My day today…

Yeah so, the speakers at the Dept. of State were really cool. I met this guy, Charles S. Shapiro, he used to be the US Ambassador to Venezuela and is currently the Deputy Assistant Secretary at the State Department. He was the only REALLY cool guy, we talked about Hugo Chavez.. he told me he should replace Don Francisco on Sabado Gigante hahahaha We totally got each other, I asked him about internships and said that they were totally available if I wanted to apply (SCORE!!) But it’d have to be next summer (not sure if im going to DC during winter break yet).

This girl told me about a program she does every couple of years, you pretty much volunteer 1-11 weeks in foreign parts of the world either teaching english, making food, helping out at orphanages, and aiding schools in stuff… Theres India, China, Ecuador, Peru, Sri Lanka, Ghana, Guatemala, Kenya, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. I kind of want Russia, I bet i could find a good program too. Well I really want to do this.. It might be over the school year though :/ It’s a lot cheaper than JSA too, and I would get to learn a new language (hopefully at least an into)… it would seem like something Natalie would do but I guess im finee with that.. Oh yeah I did a really hippie thing today!!! I sat outside on the grass and appreciated nature/squirrels

We spent like 4 hours going over Liberalism today (not the Left!!! it’s actually wrong to call someone a liberal if you are referring to a Democrat). Conservatism actually equals a classic liberal… But not in a good way, more like a feudalistic I don’t want to break from tradition religious bigot way. I’m not like that, i don’t think im a neocon either. Just normal. It was ok i guess, I picked my mid-term essay topic!! It’s Russia (Comparing Clinton, HW Bush, Bush’s administrations regarding US-Russian Relations, Boris Yeltsin’s economic policies, and the majority focusing on Putin’s Administration and currently Medvedev’s presidency