DAY 68(i)

11:18 PM

as if my last post wasn't long enough, i feel the need to write more. i thought my brain was sapped of ideas, but apparently not. and i am positively boiling in my oven of an apartment... i suppose baking would be the more appropriately term, i would be boiling on a stove. either way, it involves a range. i know theses things, i was formerly an appliance expert, and i still like to think i am. and i just cannot sleep naked, i'm stripped down as far as i can go, which consists of an undershirt and shorts... that's as far as i can go. the thought of sleeping in the nude is just not doable. but i cannot sleep with socks, that's also a no-no. and i'm breaking my no alcohol rule, as if i didn't break it enough last night. i had some ice-cold high lifes in the fridge, but to be honest i'd just as well pour it on me to cool off as i would drink it. but drinking it is less sticky, so i'm going with that. maybe i should ammend my "no drinking except on vacation" rule to include any vicinity that is outside a fifty mile radius of my house... and milwaukee would then qualify. i still maintain a residence, but not a permanent one. but, no, that's not a good exception, because i certainly don't feel like i'm on vacation while i'm down here.

anyway, the purpose for adding to my already lengthy post is because the last episode i was watching of the west wing mentioned the annnual imf-world bank protests. just like the cherry blossoms blooming (see my blog picture) the world bank-imf (international monetary fund) protests took place each year without fail... i think it coincided with when world leaders were in town. and, if i remember correctly, they take place in the fall, like september or october or something. on the west wing leo mentioned how 17th was closed, pennsylvania was down to one lane from m to 21st... all of this is right in my former neck of the woods. i lived on 19th and F, and one world bank building was across the street. in fact, i'm pretty sure the university owned the land the world bank was on. the world bank and imf buildings were practically on campus, so during the protests it became incredibly hard to move around freely, because they really did close off everything, that is unless you had the right backstage pass. and i did, the pass being the gworld card, our student ids. they couldn't stop us from going to class, so all we had to do was flash our gworlds and the guards and police would wave us through. it was like showing off our laminents. we could go where the protestors couldn't. fun stuff in dc. i also heard, but didn't have the opportunity to experience myself, that they also restrict movement during national elections, with jersey barriers and stuff. i heard stories of students, simply walking around barriers while trying to get to class or maybe a starbucks, and being instantly tackled by secret service. i feel like i missed out. i got to experience the money train, motorcades, the queen of the united kingdom, and getting yelled at by secret service, but i never got tackled by secret service. dammit, should put it on my list of things to do when i'm in dc next.

anyway, as you can tell i enjoy regaling with stories of my time in dc, and it makes me feel like i accomplished a lot in my two years there. anyway, my sister wants to know why east coasters are ugly. she was just watching that new reality show, ny prep, or nyc prep... i don't know, whatever. and she wants to know why they're all ugly. i said it's because they're all stuck up, and your attitude makes a difference. i'm no pinup, but i'm generally happy, kind, and optimistic, and i'd like to think that shows on my face. she agrees. or as she says, "i don't know them personally, but i'm sure they're ugly on the inside." nice. don't attribute that to me, attribute that to her. and i feel like there was more i wanted to talk about, but i think i covered the important topics. and now i've polished off the high life i was drinking, and i'm also pretty sure i've already sweated it all out, hops, barley and all. so, in the spirit of me heading to the fridge, i swear that's all for today. geez, i should miss posts more often. maybe i need a day off every now and then, kinda refresh my brain and give it a chance to come up lots of new stuff to write. yeah, that's it. i'm not gonna do it, but i think that unintentionally happens. anyway, that's all, really heading to the fridge now.

salbrent