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so at the state department i'll be working in the secretary's office under the coordinator for reconstruction and stabilization, which basically means i'll be working with reports regarding failed states and post-conflict governmental structures. so that is pretty neat. not the international emergencies, but the summer internship position. though, i suppose that the conflicts and troop surges validate my position, so i can only be so keen on complete and utter peacekeeping.
my pilates class was marvelous and tomorrow i have a yoga class. i can feel all of my muscles, really feel them, and that makes me feel very alive and in-tune with myself. i also received all of my classes that i registered for, and further, my asian studies course only has six people in it. most peculiar. i went to the whitney earlier tonight and it was remarkably beautiful. i probably feel this way because the majority of the exhibits were photography or multimedia projects, and many of them incorporated text in some way, and of course i found that to be incredibly thought-provoking. it is free on fridays, and i would recommend it to everyone and probably their mother(s) as well.
the other night i watched 'what's eating gilbert grape,' and what is eating me, gilbert, is the fact that this film is so renowned. or maybe it is just the company that i keep. but frankly, while some aspects (cinematography, the ending, johnny depp's face) (but not his hair) (ugh) were notable, i found a lot of it a tad obnoxious. the neverending story, on the other hand, still held the same charm when i watched it with my roommate as it always has. when i looked up falcor images on the internet after watching it, in a wild bout of nostalgia, i found this bizarre and slightly off-putting website devoted to finding disney characters' faces in photographs of natural (or disaster-related) smoke clouds.
the world is a very pretty place. i should hope that it will maintain its wonder for as long as i am on it, regardless of my presence, but i think that i would like to devote my time to ensuring that as few individuals as possible become artificially disillusioned.
my pilates class was marvelous and tomorrow i have a yoga class. i can feel all of my muscles, really feel them, and that makes me feel very alive and in-tune with myself. i also received all of my classes that i registered for, and further, my asian studies course only has six people in it. most peculiar. i went to the whitney earlier tonight and it was remarkably beautiful. i probably feel this way because the majority of the exhibits were photography or multimedia projects, and many of them incorporated text in some way, and of course i found that to be incredibly thought-provoking. it is free on fridays, and i would recommend it to everyone and probably their mother(s) as well.
the other night i watched 'what's eating gilbert grape,' and what is eating me, gilbert, is the fact that this film is so renowned. or maybe it is just the company that i keep. but frankly, while some aspects (cinematography, the ending, johnny depp's face) (but not his hair) (ugh) were notable, i found a lot of it a tad obnoxious. the neverending story, on the other hand, still held the same charm when i watched it with my roommate as it always has. when i looked up falcor images on the internet after watching it, in a wild bout of nostalgia, i found this bizarre and slightly off-putting website devoted to finding disney characters' faces in photographs of natural (or disaster-related) smoke clouds.
the world is a very pretty place. i should hope that it will maintain its wonder for as long as i am on it, regardless of my presence, but i think that i would like to devote my time to ensuring that as few individuals as possible become artificially disillusioned.