Week in Review

So I've handled to butterflies, been put through the grind of work, experienced the classes, and surveyed the city for the first week. And I may say, the discouraging start has given way to an auspicious end of August. I'll be joined by the rest of the interns after Labor Day and I really look forward to the start of the session. After all, thats what I'm here for: to witness government. My confidence in the institution has waned along with about everyone else's in America, but I figure it's only fair to harbor such sentiments after experiencing it firsthand. It's one thing to watch CSPAN, but for those of us uninterested in such an endeavor, it makes sense to come down here and be a part of it however small for a period of time. Still, I'm an intern... hardly a bureaucrat or anything... but at least I have some perspective on what the flaws of our government are and hopefully some experience it for later on in life should I be called on to fix it in whatever way I can.
I suppose I'll always be considered an outsider or common person without a blue-blooded lineage or trust fund, but I think there's something to be said for that. Who knows, maybe if more people interested in just making this country better as opposed to themselves better were in politics, we wouldn't have the rampant corruption that we do.

Moving on to baseball, what is going on with the Red Sox. They demolished everyone they played, really giving me confidence going into the Yankees series, but it seems like they left their bats in Chicago. They just couldn't score, and thus got swept. Luckily they had built a comfortable enough cushion where they are still safely ahead of the Yankees, but man did they squander an opportunity to put the final nail in the Yankee coffin. On a side note, one of my friends got the boot from Fenway Park last night. Should be an interesting story, I can't wait to hear it.

Ok well the roommates have left for the weekend to go home so this weekend will hopefully surprise me and end up not as dull as it seems to be shaping up to be. I'll keep ya posted.