you know you live in prince george's county when you're willing to do this

in the pinnacle of ghettoness in terms of my apartment, the chain in my toilet which provides the flushing mechanism broke off. in other words, we can't flush. and it doesn't help that kieran and i BOTH forgot about this so our bathroom started to smell like... well, you know what. so at the apex of my desperation, i wrapped my bony arm in plastic bags, reached into my toilet, and manually flushed it.

UGHHHHH.

yes, maintenence is coming tomorrow to fix my toilet. but i was getting desperate. our bathroom was starting to smell terrible, and besides, i'm a go-getter. anyway, i think this is enough of a favor to make kieran my personal bitch for the next month or so.

in other, less disgusting news, it has been a week since the other development intern has left lcv to go study abroad in españa, and i think i'm doing well without her. it's a lot of work, trying to do 2 people's jobs at once, but my renewed faith in myself and my job ― supplemented by elizabeth (the head of the dept.)'s renewing my internship through the election ― has provided me with the strength and the determination to do an even better job at work than i did before. i am actually quite thankful to be at lcv through november 27 ― it will be exciting to be a member of lcv WHEN (not if) obama gets elected. :)

another benefit about continuing to work at lcv: our departmental retreat!!! those whack-jobs in communications went kayaking down the potomac. luckily, we don't have to do that.

elizabeth: "our department consists of women and michael. we're going to get our nails done." :)

so, does anyone know any quality but mid-priced nail salons in washington???

oh, and i realized i'm going to california in a week and a half. yay...i think? traveling is such a pain, but truth be told i'm looking forward to seeing the rents and el jefe, even though it's only for a little bit (which might actually be more virtuous, ha ha).

my final exam for biological anthropology is on thursday... good lord. i should probably study but i'm on blogger instead.

also, i continue to impress myself with my not ever going out of town. woo.

pics from the summer, especially fredericksburg, to be posted EVENTUALLY... heh.

that's it for now.