almost a month into my internship? wtf?

i realized today that i haven't really written anything specific about my internship. in summary, i love it, even though i am COMPLETELY incompetent. i know that's not a smart thing to post on the internet where potential future employers could read this, but it's true. all of the other interns are either upperclassmen or grad students, and they all go to big name schools like duke, michigan, columbia, etc. in truth, while i'm completely capable of solving the arduous and complex tasks they dole out to me, it's the simple tasks that i seem to utterly fail at. like mailing things. leave it to me to fuck up folding, stuffing, and sticking a label and a stamp on the envelope. i also got bitched at last week by the head of the finance dept. for leaving some checks out on someone's desk. i should have known better, especially after 2+ years of cash handling experience.

i intern for an organization called the league of conservation voters. for being a non-profit lobbyist group, it actually has quite an impressive record. i work in the development department, so i actually play witness to the tens of thousands (!) of dollars that we accumulate DAILY. it's also so exciting playing a part in politics (albeit a minimal one) what with the upcoming election. i have seen senators kerry and liberman speak, and last week i actually got to MEET senators boxer and feinstein!! that was a really meaningful and special experience that somehow made the weeks of bitch work and upsetness over my personal failures worthwhile. for all the problems that california has, those women have actually done a fantastic job presiding over the golden state.

the people i work with are all actually very chill. there is one other intern in my department, named m.k., she goes to duke (obviously!) but she's been nice to me even though she's 5278536x more capable than me. most of the staff members in my department have been friendly toward me as well. i also am friends w/ some of the interns in the other departments, but i don't really know the staff members.

i actually think i might be the only intern who will be there past the summer. i think it will be mad exciting participating in american politics during the election season, though hopefully my competence will augment in the meanwhile. :)

as for the rest of my life... living in college park car-less is like living in the san fernando valley car-less! well, maybe not THAT bad, and certainly not as bad as living in ventura county car-less, but it really is a pain living 45 (!) minutes away from my office in farragut square. as much as i love the metro, wmata needs to get a grip on things. i think it could take a page out of the book of the nyc subway system, as far as multiple tracks, express lines, and flat fares go.

my apartment is always messy. not as bad as my dorm was, but not up to my mother's standards either. kieran hangs out in the apartment a lot, but i myself avoid the trap of the college park bubble as if it were the plague. erin and yvette are usually at their families' homes in montgomery county (them richers!! jk... well, not really.). i'm also trying to learn how to cook. it's been rather unsuccessful.

i'm seeing my friends now more so than i did at first. i went to lisa's house in bethesda last night for a party and saw a.whit, patty, kaitlin and some other folks. that being said, i miss the camaraderie of thurston and long for the days that i could go into the room next door and see joanna and nords... :(

well, i think that's a pretty comprehensive report. i'm about to go out now. i find that if i sit in this apartment for too long, i get very depressed. and if i get depressed, then i write very emo blog posts. and NONE of us want that. ;)

a special shout-out to the infamous §. baby, i miss you so much. i know this has been a bad week for you, but know that my great gay spirit, like the humidity of south florida that you are so sorely used to, will always surround you.