"that's not the nice man from the TV!"

Josh, Jason, Dan, and I all went to see Jon Stewart at GWU on a total whim yesterday. Jason and Dan used their absurd skills to secure us two tickets to the 10PM show, and we had delicious Chipotle and a great time watching one of America's most entertaining personalities. Also, thanks to Sam for pushing us to spring for the tickets and go have fun--I probably would've been boring and cheap without your encouragement.

Also, now that I have my LSAT score, I apologize in advance to everyone, because I'll probably be going on incessantly about law school and decisionmaking for the next...at least until November 15th. Thank you for all your support on all that stuff thus far, too!

Amy

California

This past week I was given the opportunity to travel to LA with my internship staff Free the Slaves. The occasion being the 2009 Freedom Awards which celebrate heroes of the anti-slavery movement from around the world. These awards are open to organizations and individuals working to eradicate human trafficking and modern-day slavery. This experience was so valuable and empowering to me. Some of those honored were:


Sina Vann
Fredrick Douglass Award Winner

Sina is a former sex slave from Phnom Penh, Cambodia who now goes back to the brothels to help sex slaves escape, and to provide health advice for those unable to break free.






Veero
Frederick Douglass Award

Veero is a former bonded labor slave from Pakistan who now collaborates with Pakistani police force to rescue other bonded slaves.




I can't really explain just how amazing it was to see these women accept awards for such triumphant acts. To learn more about the 2009 Freedom Awards and others who where honored click here.

Many celebrities came to honor the great efforts of the awards winners as well such as, Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher, Camilla Belle, Emmitt Smith, Maurice Greene, Alex Band, Quddus, Katie Ford and others. I was very much excited when I was able to hang out in the VIP lounge with all of these people. Unfortunately pictures were prohibited. Below are a couple pictures that I was able to find online.

David's Bachelor Party

In case David's post was unclear to those of you who didn't make it, we threw an impromptu bachelor party for him at the last minute this weekend. Josh threw out the idea that we should do something, I immediately decided that, knowing David, ice cream was the answer. We ended up with half an hour to get into gear and to Baskin Robbins, and we made it with nine minutes to spare.

It was so exciting to celebrate our friend, and I wish him the best. Congratulations, David!

-Sam

Dear Baskin Robbins,

You and six cool friends made my evening.
Cause ice cream does that.
Almost as good as cool friends do. Really.

Thanks.

Peaches!

Yesterday, after church, I went to the Eastern Market. I really enjoyed the array of vendors and variety of fruits and vegetables that were selling outside. My favorite being the peach stand!! So far the eastern market is one of my favorite places in D.C. -Jessica

Bucket List

So far we have been here for 3 weeks and it has gone fast. I have a feeling that the next 7 weeks are going to fly by even faster. I am not sure how many people saw the 2007 movie “The Bucket List” with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman but in the movie they create a list of things they want to do before they die which they call their bucket list. I think this is a great idea. I am creating a bucket list of things I want to do before my time in DC runs out. My list is long and it is constantly growing. Some of the things on my list include visiting the National Portrait Gallery, National Zoo and watch the sunrise from the Lincoln Memorial. I hope to get everything accomplished on my list before time runs out. I encourage all my other classmates to do the same so we could all make the most out of our short time in our nation’s capitol.

Georgetown

Saturday we went to Georgetown and went to an OSU alumni bar to watch the Buckeyes. It felt like we were in Columbus with all the OSU fans around! Georgetown is an awesome neighborhood. I couldn't believe how long the strip was and how many stores there were. My mom is coming to visit next weekend and I will definitely be taking her to that area and to see embassy row (it looks hard to get to by metro). 

Saturday we also went to see the OSU solar decathlon house which was ALOT better than any of us thought it would be. They were in 7th place when we were there and I was really impressed with all the green technology that the house took advantage of. We found out that the reason they weren't working through the night like the other teams was because their house was taken apart into 3 pieces and was easily put back together. The other houses, on the other hand, took the house apart piece by piece and had to pretty much assemble from scratch. So they weren't lazy after-all. 

Overall, a very fun 3-day weekend. Tonight we're going to Good Stuff for burgers!

-Liz

AHHhhh

Career Planning=Stressful 

-Liz

K-Unit

-Liz

Hunkering down

So tomorrow we have a seminar. That's good. But tomorrow is also the day that Mike Kerrigan (one of two people who work full time in my office) goes on his three week vacation. I'm not terribly concerned that I won't do a good job because I think I will, but Mike's absence means far more pressure and responsibility falls to me for the next three weeks. Combine that with internship presentations, seminar papers, a light cold, the ever-present Policy Paper and the fact that for some reason time seems to flow faster here than elsewhere, and you get a busy nine weeks.

In other news I was sorry to miss out on the activities over the weekend that the other Glenn Fellows enjoyed. Apparently the Korean harvest festival feast was something one shouldn't miss if given the opportunity to attend - but I did have a relaxing weekend at home in Cleveland.