A Broad Abroad: Oops, I did it again...I ate chocolate cake

Dancing in the Moonlight- You should check the song out, it always reminds me of A Walk to Remember and I love that movie. Ahhh, makes me want to fall in love...

Can anybody find me somebody to love? (thank you Queen)

I digress. HELLLLLLOOOOOOOO!!! GREETINGS FROM DC a.k.a. Distressed Civilians Inc.! Hahahaha I just made that up! As Amalee can attest (my roommie) I am very funny today. My capacity to be funny is like a disease, or rather the flu; it comes and goes. Haha, Ehatch, remember dancing to Waka Waka...!? I'm listening to it now. And since I am doing confessions, I will confess that I was trying to find the link to watch the latest episode of Keeping Up with Obnoxiously Rich and Plastically Enhanced faKes. I refuse to spell it out. But the good man upstairs said that I should be focusing and instead I procrastinated and chatted with Amalee. Funny ish people, you should hang out with us. Especially if you are German (ahem) or French. But really all are welcome.

Aight, down to whats really up. I will go into an interview tomorrow! YAY! For a business organization that works internationally (woooot!) and then I have one on thursday for a women's foreign policy group (triple wooooot!). And unlike the people I happen to know, I have yet to make any contact with a person whose political affiliation is an elephant for an internship (you two know who you are) and for that, I say double wooot! I'm wearing all grey tomorrow and I happily found out that the skirt I bought from H&M actually matches the grey jacket I had purchased two weeks before the skirt, and that just makes me happy (so just swallow those snarky comments youre dying to make). As my sisters will have noticed from yesterdays pic, I did not wear the cute shoes from Target for the bazaar, but I will tomorrow! Yee!

I did laundry today. Yes Dolorian, I know how to do laundry. I was waiting outside the laundry room just reading because I was able to concentrate there, and I happen to glance at my toe and I decided to be a child and inspect it. *WARNING, DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE QUEASY OR BORED EASILY* As many of my family members know, a few weeks ago, I played a rather intense game of soccer and I realized a few things: 1) That, even after a decade (HOLY COW THAT'S LONG!) of not playing, Lupe still has it and loves to play and is still semi-okay at her favorite sport. 2) That she is too competitive and that running in her particular shoes was not the best course of action that day because 3) She messed up the big toe on her left foot. It turned all white a few weeks ago, then I smashed it again (at Church of all places) and then it turned all purple, and sadly, it's not even attached anymore. So, I was looking at my toe as I was sitting down today and dang, theres definitely a space between my toe and my broken/dead nail, and its comin off one day soon. I even saw the space under the hole that my doctor drilled unto my nail. Fun. Anyway, I was looking at it, and then a guy opened the door, and I looked up abruptly and guiltily from the reverence of my toe. I made a goofy smile and was completely embarrassed at being caught in the act. I thought I was alone. Oh well, he and the friend that joined him later had a conversation in a different language. How do you say "Eww, she was inspecting her toe with the same exact intensity that a gorilla inspects another gorilla for termites." in German, or French, or Swedish? *CONTINUE TO READ IF YOU REFUSED TO ENTERTAIN YOURSELF WITH THE LAST SECTION*

GGReyes

Aight, so the other thing I want to say is that I got bitten three more times. Today. ON THE FREAKIN FACE! IS THAT EVEN ALLOWED? AREN'T MOSQUITOES GENETICALLY PROGRAMMED TO SUCK BLOOD NECK DOWN?oh my gosh I was so irritated. (hahahahaha I am so punny) Only because I read outside after my incredibly delightful hour and a half dinner (and in case you care, I ate salad, pasta, veggie egg roll, rice, fries and dried apricots and yes, another slice of chocolate cake. I finished it this time around. I am getting better at it. My pants are getting tighter, but you can't win them all) anyway, i decided to leave because it was getting too loud to read and I am anti-social at times (yes, mother, it is possible) and then I went outside ( I was wearing my Giants sweatshirt FYI) and read a bit more before being forcibly removed by chatty Frenchies and then I went to sit on a bench, still outside and still near Frenchies, except this group was smokin. Down wind thank goodness. Then I scratch my face. Read, then scratch my face a bit more. Then scratch my face in a wider circumference. Then I scratch my ear. Then I stop mid scratch and realize something. I WAS BITTEN ON THE FACE. WTFlip right? Freakin mini winged Edward Cullens attacked my face. Really mini disgusting Edwards, the arm (three times), the leg (three times), the knee and heck the side of my ankle is FINE, but not the FACE. I stroked my face, then went upstairs, half smiled/grimaced at one of the guys who lives on my floor, opened my door and looked in the mirror....and I was horrified. There was a hugely disgusting inflamed spot on my cheek near my jaw line, and it was RED. and very visible. I was so embarrassed. So, I decided I hate DC's main inhabitants: mosquitoes. Lupe- 0 Mosquitoes- 10. I need to buy OFF!

That is all. No pics of exciting places because I didnt really do anything unless I start taking pics of myself on the phone with the people who I want to intern for. I woke up late, went to CVS, had a blast because I didn't use real money. Went to Payless and bought two pairs of work out shoes because I chose a really cheap pair (cheaper than target gasp!) and it was buy one get one half off, and so the second pair was 7 bucks. But I had to pay real money for that so...that was sad.

Old pic, but I have to break up the monotony of my words
with something! So in this case, my face.

And that was my day. Like I said a few days ago, it can get really exciting! Oh, I bought a lanyard yesterday, and that was cool. I feel so cool carrying it around. Oh. here is something I am thinking about right now and I will let you think about it too.

In regards to America's creation of foreign policy and in light of issues that have arisen in the last decade and how we shape our foreign policy:

"One searches in vain for any critique on the problems of domestic wealth, domestic consumption, domestic corporate greed, domestic homelessness, and domestic racism - all issues that drive foreign policy consideration."Farid Esack (pg 91)

I think the voters have so much power in deciding how to pressure their representatives one way or another in regards to foreign policy, and if we were a bit more educated and able to keep a cool head instead of rushing into things, this country would be a legitimate super power. But I know I am idealistic. and there is so much more to say about this, but I should sleep.