I get in from CDG at 10 AM excited to see my bro. I get to his roo, and he promptly: a) chews me out for waking him up before 1, b) informs me he got a fixie for Christmas, c) puts on a purple vneck and d) starts lecturing me about vinyl. In the Allen household we go all out.

Cause the times they are a changing.

I love my new job, I get to spend tons of time listening to people discuss public policy. But once a week there is a particularly great presentation. Last week it was a presentation on how courts interpret legislative intent and this week it was a presentation on how bond markets work. But alas the legislative session only lasts six months.

As some of you may know I am looking for a room in Portland. If you know anyone who is looking for a roomie give them my email address.

Now that I am unemployed I can finally post on my lj again. Turns out the caucus threatened to fire anyone who blogged and while I didn't believe them, I decided not to take a risk. First things first: we won. At this point I am comfortable calling it a thrashing. With half our district reporting we are up 57-43 ( Read more... )

Ugh, I am burned out. 18 days sounds like an eternity.

So I just came in third in the 2008 Oregon punditology game. 257 readers predicted the outcome of 28 races and I came in third(correctly predicting 21 of them). But alas, Ben DuPree won.

I am looking for a dresser. So if you have one you no longer want or know someone with one I'd be interested.

Dear Reed friends,
I am looking for a place in SE for the summer or the rest of the 2008 calendar year. Rent can't be higher than 325 a month. Please let me know if you have something that might work out. Email: allenc@reed.edu

I'd forgotten how much I love poetry.