Capital Hill: Home of Good Ole' American Elitism

So I dragged my sorry ass out of bed at 5 a.m. today to go with all of the other kids in my program to the capital to see in (GASP) the house floor. We waited in line for 2 hrs or so, during which security guards through out all of our lunches and angrily pushed us to the side. I left my lunch outside with some other people's, but they disposed of them because they were security hazards. I was pissed because I made really delicious stirfry under the pretense that we could leave them somewhere (as our advisers told us)...but whatevs. We then received a glorious 3-6 minute "speech" from two reps, MN and NE. They went along the lines of.. (and forgive how mean and cynical I am):

Rep from MN (1st black Muslim rep, seems like a cool guy): "Hey guys! America rocks, man. Be the change. You see this button here? That's how we vote. That's tight! Peace."

Rep from NE (probably closeted Nebraskan farm boy): "You know what? America is wonderful. We're the best country now, and definitely in history. You know that sporting goods store, Cabela's? That's in my hometown in rural Nebraska. How cool is that? Yay outdoor sports! (not indoor gay bars...)"

We were then hustled out and took a sappy group picture on the steps.

Best Moment: A girl hid her lunch outside in a bush so they didn't toss it. A security guard runs up to her as she tries to sneakily retrieve it, which promps him to scream, "Yo, miss? Yeah you. I bet that you thought you could just leave that out here, huh? Well you can't do that here!" ::angrily grabs lunch from her hand and throws it away::
Powertripping people are really enjoyable to watch. They take themselves so seriously.

I'm working on my feature story (!) now, but tomorrow is looking like another painfully slow day. Do homework? Pft, no, I'd rather text my roommate and nytimes.com myself to death, thank you.

Tonight: work until 5
walk home
power nap
gym 7-10
homework
pass out

peace.

Oh well this is wonderful. Yay American justice system!
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/washington/24cnd-justice.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

Timewaster of the Day: The Onion. If you don't read it, it's a hilarious weekly spoof newspaper that is online. I've spent many fond hours secretively giggling at my desk over this.

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/bush_says_he_still_believes_iraq (politically hilarious)
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/area_grandmother_tries_indian_food
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/ex_girlfriend_dont_want_to_speak (forgetting sarah marshall-esque)

check out all of the articles...they're lovely.

Because the oil-swigging Southerners here really annoy me...

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/opinion/22friedman.html?em&ex=1214366400&en=1d288dfdedd325e6&ei=5087%0A


really great article.

Inaugural, Semi-Prohibited Post While at Work

Hello lovers.

Blogging seems to be the trendy thing us kiddos do in our spare/misused time, I'm making one. Also, I only have an hour lunch break and can't enjoy my sushi and call everyone to let them know how I'm doing. And I don't play favorites with my calls...

Newest Revelations from D.C.:
- Southerners make me really uncomfortable.
- Serious Christians make me really uncomfortable.
- My impractical work shoes make me uncomfortable, but in a good way.
- I love keeping up with being vegan. I feel so healthy and much stronger.
- I love trash-talking and man-bonding.
- Big butts and booties aren't the same thing.

SO yeah. Um, my weekend:

Espresso Version:
- party
- cake/ free brownie (boo being vegan)
- sunburn
- awkward burnlines
- soccer
- working out a lot
- friends
- boys
- laugher
- many, many games of pong

Venti Version:
Friday I woke up early to stretch and go to my first spinning class, which was glorious and a great workout. I then wanted to go for a walk, so I decided to find (what I thought was) the nearest Whole Foods and antique market area. Um, "near" was about 3 miles each way, according to Mapquest, but it was a great time anyway. I love just walking around. Whole grain sushi is amazing. I spent the evening bumming around with my roommates dancing like weirdos and doing homework. Oh yeah, and I took some cute/semi-artistic pictures of Gtown and Arlington. I'll post later maybe...I didn't work on my sketch, which is bad. I need to get on that before the creative urges are wrung out of me by working for The Man.

Saturday night was the beginning of my roommate Adair's birthday festivities, which started with pre-going out fun and a nice dinner at Tombs. We're all so ridiculous and wonderful, I love it.
We then headed to another apartment for a party, where Soulja Boy-ing, a 2-person dance floor, pong and awkwardness ensued. It was a great time overall.
Sunday consisted of going to a DC United (soccer) game, which I had no plans of doing. When someone invites you somewhere the next day when they're drunk at a party the night before, I tend not to take it seriously. Whatevs, it was great barring the INCREDIBLY PAINFUL SUNBURN now searing my skin underneath my blazer. Ow.
At some point I realized I was screaming Spanish profanity at the San Jose team (I was sitting with this fan group thing...a great time), and that I had a burnline from bending my arms to clap. Ow again.
After I met up with Lillian in her adorable Capitol Hill apartment for dinner and then worked out (circuit training= my new obsession) and did homework.

Now I'm at work, researching for a few pieces (finally a long feature, woo!) Sadly, I have some uberconservative press event to go to Thursday, ick. I'll hold my tongue.

Timewaster of the Day: www.sorryimissedyourparty.com. It's so epic, it hurts.