NYC weekend

I went to NY this weekend stayed at some hostel. It was overall real cool to be in that city. Outside of the hostel I was just getting my fix of nicotine and I strike up a conversation with a fellow addict-- she was from Italia, the olde country. I asked the usual barrage of questions, is it your first time here, how do you like it so far.. etc etc. For the first time in my life I felt the inferiority of the US. I made a side comment that it was expensive being in this city-- you know what she said? "Its a great time to come to US because it is so cheap to visit here now" In my head I'm thinking oh shit, we're one of THOSE countries now... It kind of gives you perspective of where we stand on a global stand point. Thanks Dubya! I wonder if he even realizes these adversities caused by his war. We are losing troops and credibility, In Turkey, where we use to have almost 100% approval we now have 9% approval.. I'm sure it's less in Iraq. Oil Prices are sky rocketing because of the difficulty the war brings to any business in a war zone. Due to oil costs going up, we look to alternative fuels; namely ethynol which have been taking away crops that should have fed ourselves and livestock, which will consequently increase meat prices, which will result in a shittier economy and more people on the food stamp program. Some comedian once said " I like gov't cheese, matter of fact I prefer it!" so I guess its coo...
On a brighter note NY is photo-op central. I want to post up all the photos I took but that would take too long you guys can go to my Picasa to check em out. The nicest thing that I found to be in NY is not the food, not the people [mos def], not the culture, but Central Park. Because it's like a little sanctuary in the middle of the city... almost like wtf? all these buildings then BAM national forest--ya dont know what hit ya. BTW You guys are lucky these aren't smellographs because the entire city smells like piss... they should rename NYC "The Big Apple" to "America's Urinal." -- no wonder NY's tap waters so "fresh" nobody uses a bathroom there. Why pee in the toilet when you've got a wall?

Dang 2 weeks already have gone by since I've been here. it was my first week at the center for american progress. www.americanprogress.org This is the first time I got dressed up to go to work every day 9-6.. its no joke. Props go out to everyone that has done this before me including my parents . Yea, but i can really get used to this lifestyle. its a little boring compared to what i'm use to but as long as its paying for my Bentley it's going to be all gravy Lolz. So, wtf is it that you do? everyone asks... to put it plain and simple i handle the CRM (customer relation management) system, help with the big event that the center is going to throw next month, and make phone calls -- alot of phone calls. there are only 2 interns in my department so it is very hands on, which is a good thing. I've been seeing some political celebs at work too like the Iraq correspondent from CNN, some journalists, etc etc. I might one day finally work up my courage to even try to get on screen haha.


So this is a weird thing i found in DC, i dont know if its suppose to be funny or serious. the license plates here say "Taxation without Representation." L...O...L...?
some other things you might not have known about DC: there are A LOT of young people here, the turnover for jobs are really high in DC so that probably has much to do with the demography. people are here fighting a cause and go home/get their feet wet and bounce/or just get sick of it here. It is a really good place to jump start your career but I really doubt you would want to live here. It just does not feel like "home" and I doubt that it ever will.

So these are my roommates in front of the white house. most of you guys probably dont realize the image of the house you see here is actually the back. the front has it's own zip code (not really but its big).

Okay, so I WAS writing this entry but now its in two parts week 2 and week 3 . i forgot that i had a blog for a little bit.. for those of you who stayed tuned for nothing, all i can tell u is GET A LIFE. hahaha but still come to my blog and leave comments.

so week 3, it's getting pretty normalized -- i'm use to how everything is around here. i know all the streets pretty well i really doubt i'll get lost in DC now. everything is either on a # or a letter, so if you know your alphabets you're pretty straight. As you can probably tell i've been to a couple cool drinkin spots. sometimes with my roommates other times with some friends that are out here. mainly craig ahaha. We went to this bar that has the largest menu of beer , or so they claim... but we learned that blue moon and similar tasting beers are supposedly consumed when its warm. it tastes like shit i.m.o. give me a tgif tap ICE COLD beer over authenticity any day.

Also i went to virginia.. the photos are in my camera and writing this blog has already drained me already i dont have the energy to reach behind my laptop and unclick the lock for my memory card, push the memory card in to pull it out, then stick it in my laptop, then drag it into another folder then resize it and upload it so i can write more descriptions so... those are going to have to wait til next time.















So i saw these little kids i told em i had some candy and they started running with me back home. but truth was i had no candy... it was a lie. like everything else is in this fake ass city.. including these kids. :(

I can't say this trip is uneventful. Pretty F*cking fun actually. everyday i see/learn something new. useful and useless. it beats being sucked into the dark hole of life... that i've managed to put off until june.

IN DC

whats up everyone, i'm writing a blog to document my quarter in DC. its pretty nice over here the weather isn't HOT like I bet it is in LA right now. the atmosphere here is totally different than back home, everyone is in such a rush to get somewhere and do something... and everyone here walks, so there is alot of unwanted contact with people esp. because we are in such close quarters. i've almost been run over by these assholez of drivers numerous times. The other day actually, some dad was walking across the street with his kid on his shoulders and some dude in a car almost side swipes the man-- he got so pissed he kicked the car as it drove by him. it's pretty intense out here.

this building is where i'm staying the UCDC center, this is where i eat sleep study... everything. it's in the heart of the city so anywhere is decently close. if i'm not feeling too lazy i can probably walk to almost everywhere, the white house is only a 10 minute walk from this place. the lobby looks like some kind of art museum and the rooms are surprisingly huge. being in the city, I thought that the rooms were going to be little tiny holes in the wall but its pretty spacious.