| weird day |
[26 Jun 2009|11:55pm] |
weird things that happened today
1) walking home from work. took a slightly different route than usual. saw two men, mid to late 30s, talking, with an adorable dog. if i was guessing, i'd have thought they were gay. One of them stops me, says "can we ask you some questions, take a survey?" I'm like, um, ok. "do you have plans for tonight? when did you make them? is that normal? when did you make plans for last weekend?" etc. etc. "can we take your blood pressure?" (btw, took pulse, not blood pressure). it went on like that for a few minutes. they asked if i'd come by at the same time next week. i said i'd try. i probably won't. the dog was adorable, though, and i did pet it.
2) waiting for the metro later. some metro security people start walking through the station, people start walking upstairs. i'm like "what's going on?" they say "there's been a complaint, you'll have to go upstairs" and walk on. then a train comes. i look around quickly, and got on the train. fuck that.
3) go into rosslyn to meet WM people and to watch Footloose for free outside. except just after we meet up it starts to rain. and then it starts to POUR, with ungodly amounts of wind. it HURT trying to walk/run through it. we run into cosi, soaking wet (i'm still damp 4.5 hours later). someone tells us the movie's been moved inside, to the old newseum. we head over there, a bunch of people waiting inthe lobby. we camp out on the floor, start picnicking. some security guy comes and kicks us out, so we picnic on the steps outside for a while, before being told that the newseum is really closed, so they can't do the movie there. eventually, it's cancelled. (we went to a bar instead)
4) getting on the metro going home. hear these guys going "WAIT!" the door closes, but they get there and pry it back open.
5) see this guy sitting across from me on the metro. both get off at the same station to change trains. the train coming isn't going as far as my stop, so i wait for the next one. three stops later, same guy gets back on the train (i wanted to say something like "didn't realize that one wasn't going all the way, huh" but i didn't).
6) slightly out of order, getting off the metro, some people waiting to get on as i get off. some guy seems to grab my ass (like, i definitely felt a squeeze). i glared at him, he looked confused.
7) while changing metros, see these two guys, who get on my train. sit by them, listen to them talking. hear one of them describe where he lives from the metro stop, think "that's like me." he gets off at my stop. i follow him home- as in, we both go to the same place, since he apparently lives across the street. maybe next time i see him, i'll say hi.
that was the weird day.
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| oh yea, and |
[11 Apr 2009|01:36pm] |
I have a real job now, too!
The current plan is to defer law school at Cornell for a year while working here in DC.
YAY!
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[14 Jan 2009|10:53pm] |
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I am moving to Washington DC. Tomorrow.
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| my life as a mastercard commercial |
[08 Dec 2008|11:08pm] |
Train ticket to and from NYC: $13.00
Subway fare: $2
Cost of attending alumni dinner: $40
Hearing Sam Sadler recite "'Twas the Night Before Finals": Priceless
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| o crapz i has to get job now |
[03 Aug 2008|10:07pm] |
I am employed!
For those who have not been in much contact with me over the last few weeks/months, I have been volunteering for the Dennis Shulman for Congress campaign. He's the challenger for the House of Representatives in my home district, against an awful evil ultra-conservative. I've been doing pretty much anything for them: phone calls, research, "visibility" (= standing on a corner with a sign), writing blog posts.
Two weeks ago, they offered me a full-time job. Last week I decided to take it, today we worked out exactly what I will be doing. Basically, I'm a combination field organizer/communications and finance assistant. Which means I'm doing everything.
This better look damn good on my resume.
They also pay basically crap. However, considering I wanted to do a year of service for a while, I can live with the next to nothing pay, especially since it's only for 3 more months.
and with lots and lots of luck, this will turn into a job in DC (with Dennis if he gets elected, with another Congressperson if he doesn't)
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[27 Apr 2008|01:01pm] |
i seem to have killed my camera by spilling gatorade on it during blowout (yes, it was really just gatorade). mostly i wouldn't care, because my camera is such a piece of shit anyway and i wanted a new one, but i have pictures on the card going all the way back to january that i'd rather not lose. fortunately, the card appears to be intact, but i can't tell unless i can find something to read it.
so my question is, does anyone have a camera or other device that can read xD picture cards?
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| CNN is confusing me |
[21 Apr 2008|11:09pm] |
You can buy t-shirts with the latest CNN headline on it.
Not kidding.
Go to CNN.com. look at the links in the middle of the page, under "latest news." See the little t-shirt icon next to some of the stories? Click on it.
Is that bizarre or what?
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[27 Mar 2008|11:22pm] |
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why will no one hire me?
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| for those of you who are not in the VA area... |
[14 Feb 2008|10:55pm] |
you might not have heard about what's been going on here at William and Mary.
because i hate doing really long entries, i'll try to keep it brief:
WM's President, Gene Nichol, has been under fire from certain conservative alumni, students (wycoff/FL people know who i'm talking about), and, worst of all, VA state delegates. The controversy arose first around the Wren Cross issue (he took the 70 year old cross out of the 300 year old chapel that became nondenominational in 1906), and most recently around the Sex Workers Art Show (a group that was invited to campus by students, funded by Student Assembly funds which come from tuition; Nichol didn't support them, but refused to ban them from campus, saying that would be unconstitutional).
Nichol's contract was up for review; in a closed meeting over the weekend, the WM Board of Visitors chose not to renew his contract. On Tuesday, Nichol sent out an email to the WM community announcing his resignation (see email here). and much of the campus decided to stage a revolution. Since Tuesday, we have had protests, rallies, vigils, sit-ins, teach-ins, everything you can imagine. The issue has turned into one of transparency and representation; basically, the students, faculty and staff want to have input in the way our college is run. It's really very exciting.
So look us up (google news has plenty of stories, and the local tv stations have some videos of the events; also, www.wrengateblog.com is keeping track of everything that's been going on) and please talk about us on your campuses! we're really hoping to take this somewhere, so help us spread the word by having some kind of discussion, please.
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[07 Feb 2008|03:03pm] |
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So i googled the phrase "I'm sorry you feel that way" and now i feel much better because it seem to me to be pretty universally acknowledged that the phrase translates to "i think you're wrong and i know that i'm right" and generally means that the person saying it is either a) an asshole or b) doesn't have respect for your feelings and opinions. so if you find yourself using that phrase, at least be aware of its effect on the other person, which will probably be anger. (if that's the intended effect, of course, feel free to keep using it)
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[04 Feb 2008|10:17am] |
i am so sick of being angry and not understood.
Starting with my ex-roommates, who didn't seem to understand that me wanting to go to bed and not wanting parties going to 4am, particularly during the week might be a reasonable request, and refusing to accommodate me on it.
followed by Scott, who doesn't tell me that he has a girlfriend now. When he drops it into the conversation, i get upset that i didn't know, mostly out of embarrassment (because would i have been talking to him as much if i'd known? not at all). was my reaction not totally rational? maybe. but when i tell him that it bothered me that he didn't tell me about it, and try to explain my reasons, his response is "it's none of your business, and none of my other friends care about it" which to me says "you shouldn't be feeling what you're feeling."
the end result of these being i moved out of my apartment, and scott has declared our friendship (such as it was) over. it feels a lot like i'm losing all the stuff that made freshman year great. i know that freshman year is long over, but its things that you kind of hope to hold onto from college, and they're just disappearing or turning on me.
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[19 Dec 2007|01:28pm] |
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here is a weird thing- my friends page disappeared. which is odd, because it was up this morning. i'm vaguely hoping that posting will make it come back.
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| found poetry |
[01 Jul 2007|06:42pm] |
so i'm cleaning out my desk
and i find (no joke)
a lock with no key
and a key with no lock.
somehow fitting. (but not together).
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[29 Jun 2007|10:40pm] |
i am bored.
i miss having friends around. i miss having the energy and the desire to hang out with the friends who are around. i miss having something to do, even if it's just hang out and watch movies and order pizza or go to sunny bar.
i miss coming home feeling like i was running around all day but at least it was productive.
i miss having a boyfriend, or at least a boy or maybe even whatever boy i could find who would do for the moment.
i miss living more or less on my own, without having to tell people where i was every second of the day.
translation: this summer sucks. when does school start again?
*note: that's not to say i'm totally miserable. my job is alright, if somewhat tedious, i like my wednesday seminars, i like the people in my program. but every night i come home and i'm like "now what?"
**also: i know there are a few people around, but it seems like none of us have the energy to put all the effort into hanging out and finding stuff to do. during the week, i don't care so much. on the weekends, it bugs me. of course, i still don't put forth the effort to change it...
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[04 Jun 2007|10:31pm] |
so jon stewart is really funny live. much funnier than on tv, i think, despite the fact that it's the same stuff...
possibly a better update tomorrow, but probably not.
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[18 May 2007|11:30am] |
i'm home!!
today is friday, May 18th. I am home all day.
tomorrow i'm going down to VA for commencement. (if you are still in the 'burg, call me!!)
i'm coming home on the 22nd (probably). (if you are home- stay there.)
the 23rd i'm 21!! (come party with me!!)
that's all, folks.
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[04 May 2007|07:48am] |
i will never do a shot of absinthe ever ever ever ever ever ever again.
i did, however, steal a tram sign last night, from the night tram. it makes me happy.
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| sometimes you just want to go home, even if you don't know where that is. |
[29 Apr 2007|10:09pm] |
i think i'm done here. i love the city, i really do. i'm going to be kinda sad to leave. i enjoy hanging out with people, i love going to the clubs, every time i go do stuff it's great. (i went bowling today- they had it set up like a living room, with couches and everything, that just happened to have lanes in it. really cool).
but at this point, every little thing is just frustrating. i'm definitely sick of these classes. i'm sick of dealing with roommates and suitemates who want nothing to do with me. people who i'm supposed to be friends with are getting on my nerves. people who i'm having a not-relationship with is... well, not being a relationship, but not being much of anything else, either. i just want to pack everything up and have it all go away. i'm ready to leave. it's been a good time, but i miss everything that i've got going at home.
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