I GOT A JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today marks three weeks that I've been in D.C. and to be honest friends, I'm a little frustrated. Still no job leads, no interviews except for a temp agency, and the money I have is slowly slipping away. On the bright side, I've been having a great time with my friends in the area, started biking again in lovely Rock Creek Park which is right by my ( Read more... )

As a Texas gal raised hunting and whatnot, I'm all about gun rights. But this seems like an unnecessary measure. Take special note of Senator DeMint's quote about the importance of the bill ( Read more... )

Last night was a great reminder of why I moved here. I met up with Natalie (yay! I love her!) and went to an art show, and then we hooked up with some of her friends to go to a party for the Obama speech. Yes friends, only in D.C. will you find several parties going on with a drinking game based off how often he says "change." He rocked the mother- ( Read more... )

Well, its been awhile since I've been on here. I made it to Asia and back, in one piece. I'm sure LJ is jealous of my brief affair with Facebook notes, but I always come crawling back, baby. That was just a one-time thing that had little to do with my inner-most thoughts and feelings and more to do with keeping people informed of my whereabouts in ( Read more... )

After the downer post from this morning, I feel that I need to share this article with everyone. Enjoy!

Australia Gets Drunk, Wakes up in North Atlantic

Once again, I am reminded that you can't rely on other people for anything. I am the only person who is looking out for my well-being and everyone else is just looking out for their own interests. I am sick of being taken advantage of by people that I trust and caring too much about people who can't return the sentiments. Thank god I've never been ( Read more... )

If you have 20 minutes to kill and want a somewhat watered down explanation of the biggest problem threatening our future, please give this a watch:

Story of StuffLike I said, not perfect and there are definitely some holes in the video, but this touches briefly on just how large the scope of the problem is. Again, hopefully we can come to the ( Read more... )

Yet again, stumbling has led me to something pretty cool and interesting. This is from a company that is developing technology to use ocean waves as power sources.

bioWaveI understand that this hasn't been perfected yet, but I find it so exciting to see all the creative alternatives people are developing for energy. Now all that needs to happen is ( Read more... )

Because of some fuck-ups from party leaders in their respective states, Florida and Michigan voters are likely to not be counted. I ask, since when is following ? As a former parliamentarian, I understand the importance of following rules that are set out in an organization's constitution and/or bylaws. But in this case, the voices of millions of ( Read more... )