Final Farewell

Well kids, the time has come. I said my goodbyes to DC and I am now back at home in middle of nowhere, PA. It feels good to be home with family and friends, but I will definitely miss the city. I had a great summer and I learned a lot along the way. I hope you all got a few giggles out of my experiences, and thanks for letting me whine to you for the last 10 weeks.

In a few more weeks I'll be back at Cal for my final semester. (When did that happen?) Until then, I'll be relaxing on the beach for a few days in between being penned up like a hermit studying for the LSAT. - One month away, wish me luck!

Here are a few parting photographs that I was too lazy to post before. - From Arlington, the Woodley-Park Zoo, the U.S. Capitol Building, and the D.C. Botanical Garden.





Thanks for sticking with me this summer and reading my blogs. I've had a great time running around D.C. and working with BKTC. If anyone gets in any trouble and is in need of a good defense attorney, give them a call. Those kids know their stuff.

Enjoy the rest of your summer! I know I will, beach here I come!

I lied, You get 2 more posts instead of 1

Here is another cranky metro story for you as a goodbye treat. I was sitting on the metro last night, on my way to meet up with my roommate for happy hour. I was sitting in front of two guys, who just may have been the snobbiest guys I've encountered in D.C. The worst part, they were arguing about Supreme Court cases. Who does that? They were arguing about the Supreme Court case from the 80's involving the Pentagon Papers and the Washington Post. They were loud and annoying, and they were not even correct. At all. For the two obnoxious gentlement on the metro who insist on being loud and geeky, allow me to provide a history lesson, the newspaper was not the Washington Post. It was the New York Times. The guy's name, not Miller. His name was Sullivan. Thus - N.Y. Times v. Sullivan. And oh hey, it didn't occur in the 80's during the Rehnquist court (are you kidding me?) either. Try taking it back 2 decades to the Warren court. And the ruling you are guaranteeing that the Court made, hope you aren't betting anything big because you are entirely wrong about that too. -Now, I'm not sure what is worse. The fact that they were nerdy enough to fight about this on the metro, or the fact that I am nerdy enough to know what they were talking about, know it was wrong, and know the correct case info. (Kudos to you Dr. Smith, job well done.)

Did I mention the Metro?

Well kids, the time has finally come. Today is my last day of work, which is kind of hard to believe. I am anxious to go home to my puppy... I mean family and friends. (Don't worry little buddy, get the Frisbee ready, I'll be home soon! And yes, of course you can take up my entire bed, leaving me only two inches of space.)

Things I will not miss:
the metro, swampy heat, the metro, blisters on my feet, the metro, canned soup, the metro, having no money, the metro, having no time to eat or sleep, the metro, arrogant jerks, the metro being late, the metro having no air conditioning when it's 95 degrees out, the metro getting stuck, the metro costing a fortune, the metro workers being rude, my metro fare cards being demagnetized and deleted.... have I mentioned the metro?

However, I will miss the city in general. I'll miss being able to walk everywhere, I'll miss my office and learning new things, I'll miss crazy people in court, I'll miss my awesome boss, and I'll miss my roommates - including learning crazy words like Garberator (that's a garbage disposal to you common folk) from my Canadian roomie.

This summer has been stressful and tiring, but has been a truly awesome experience. I've learned a ton and made some great friends along the way. Today is filled with packing (yikes), cleaning (double yikes), and saying goodbyes. - Don't worry though, I'm not saying goodbye to you just yet... you'll get one more post out of me. Yes one, don't be greedy.

Your Mom Has Wireless Internet.

For anyone who is in need of hilarious entertainment, I highly and enthusiastically recommend visiting http://dcinterns.blogspot.com/

It is a blog where people post about the ridiculous interns running around D.C. - I am not on here, but let's be honest... I'm not out of D.C. yet.

These posts are hilarious, and I assure you, that these things really do happen here and idiots really do say the things you read. Please visit and take a peak into what I have to see and listen to on a daily basis.

My favorite quote so far, "Your mom has wireless internet."