Hey!

The past week brought relief from that horrid humidity that plagued the previous weeks. I had a spirited social weekend despite the fact that I have “the boot” on my foot. I had a good time at every place that I visited.

Friday night a group of us went to Mei n Yu. It has received a variety of awards in the bar and restaurant arena. This place is worth going to, even if it is just for the bathroom experience, because it is undeniably… an experience. I am not one to bring up my bathroom ventures on any normal occasion but this wasn’t normal. I would go into further detail but I’d like to let you find out for yourself.

I went to the National Aquarium on Sunday with Brandon and Steve, two interns from Canada who live in the same apartment building as myself. I only invited them to come because I like hearing them say the words “about” and “out”. Lol just kidding! To be frank the aquarium in DC is actually quite monotonous. It was one room and is one of the few “educational” places where you had to pay.

The best part of my Sunday was going to Ben’s Chili Bowl! Since the first week I came to DC everybody I’ve met has asked me if I had been there yet. I didn’t realize how notorious it was until we got there. There are photos of numerous famous people eating there including George W. Bush, Bill Cosby, Dr. Dre, and Hilary Clinton. Go! and when you do get a chili dog and cheese fries!



I almost forgot about our visit to the Washington Monument. I can pretty much see it from everywhere- the apartment complex, fort McNair, everywhere! But I’ve never realize how large it was until I was right next to it.

For my internship on Monday we had a tour at Capitol Hill. They are rough with the security there. They took one of the interns, Jeremy’s, peanut butter sandwich and then tried to confiscate my deodorant. Trust me… that would have been a bad idea for everyone around. Poor Jeremy though! I guess his lunch may have been a threat to national security. Thank God they got a handle on it before things got out of control. I hear peanut butter can be dangerous especially when someone is trying to make an important point and they have a spoonful before trying to speak! It could have held up the Senate for hours!

This is a little irrelevant, but I went to see The Happening last week as well and it was atrocious. It will go down in cinematic history. I think I might give it a rating lower than Mariah Carey’s debacle Glitter--but you may not remember Glitter as we all tried ever so hard to push it from our memories. If you like movies that feature characters who run away from wind then it is definitely your type of movie. I think I will stop there concerning the awfulness of the Happening as it does not warrant even this much contemplation. M. Night Shyamalan, the tally is in, and you owe me personally 27 dollars for The Village, The Lady in the Water, and now The Happening.

I have a very busy week with my internship coming up which I will share asap.