I'm nearly all packed and ready to go. Just need to shower, pack my backpack (close my laptop!), and I'll be ready ( Read more... )

Today (Thursday), December 21, 2006 is the 18th anniversary of the Pan American Airways Flight 103 disaster in Lockerbie, Scotland. A 747 jet christened "Maid of the Seas" blew up and crashed into the rural scottish town, killing all 259 passengers aboard - including 35 Syracuse University students flying back to the United States after a semester ( Read more... )

Stole this from Rachel. I did one of these last year, so might as well keep the tradition, eh ( Read more... )

Today rocked ( Read more... )

Things are going well. The weeks are generally going by quick (I can't believe Christmas is in a week! EEK!), I'm keeping fairly busy, and I have plenty of time to just relax. It is nice not having to worry about papers, and a thesis, and multiple meetings and deadlines. I'm relishing my time to do whatever until my life is once again dicated ( Read more... )

I left Alexandria at 2 PM today to make a 6 PM flight in Baltimore (it was $200 cheaper than flying out of National...which is 30 minutes from work as opposed to the 2 hours it took me to get to Baltimore). Yes, you read that right. Suffice it to say, I got my flight and am now on the wireless network at my parents' house. I'm doing the same ( Read more... )

In other news, my career at the United Nations is over before it even started. Turns out that an inability to learn a foreign language really fucks up life planning.

Well you all know what happened between Tuesday and today. With Allen's concesion earlier today, the Democrats got their 6th Senate pickup and now control both houses for the first time since the debacle of 1994. What will be very interesting to watch now is the Democratic leadership, particularly Speaker-probably-to-be Nancy Pelosi. She has the ( Read more... )

As of this writing, Election Day is gonna be here in 6 minutes. FUCKING FINALLY!!!!! I'm a combination of relieved/paranoid/excited/petrified ( Read more... )

Its been a couple weeks, I know. Work is going well, aside from one really bad day last week when I wanted to rip off the head of a coworker. Moral of the story is that I don't like being patronized, especially when I know what I'm doing. But I've decided to be a consummate professional and just impress everyone with the quality of my work. I ( Read more... )