Word of the day: proselytize.

Because of the fantastic bus system of Odenton.  It allowed me to get back a mere 45 minutes later than I would have had I not lost my keys.



Because I had a fairly productive first real day at work.  I didn't feel as hazed as yesterday.




Because of randos on the train and metro-- one bought me coffee and conversed the whole way to DC with me.  The other and I had an exchange on my way from the metro to Union Station that went like this:


*guy next to me gets up to leave*
*woman brushes bag against me*
Woman: Gosh, I'm sorry.
Me: It's okay, it happens.  It's the metro.
Woman: You think I'd have developed a way to not fall on people by now.
Me: Well, it's fine.  I've developed a way to ignore it all.  Really, I'm not bothered at all.
Woman: Do you go to school here?
Me: Nope, I've got an internship for an exchange program and I'm searching for a job in communications.
Woman: You should apply to the Department of the Treasury.  *exchange of names* You know, one grumpy person can make a metro experience bad.  But what's there to be upset about when you're going home?
Me: Are you headed home?
Woman: Yep.
Me: Where do you work?
Woman: The Department of the Treasury.
Me: Imagine that.
Woman: Drop my name with your resume and maybe I'll read something if it comes from you.  Maybe not.  Sometimes it's all about the random encounters.
*Union Station stop*
Woman: Bye!
Me: Um, bye!(?)
*exeunt*

Turns out this woman's like Director for International Affairs or something.  Who knew?

SOTD: Hey Champ - Anything At All. Went through my head during the key crisis. Possibly because I was proselytized to this morning.

She's a soul sucker.

Because MARC tickets are good for more than one specific time.  Heck, they're good for like a year.




Because when I complain about not being able to be assertive enough, the problem is easily fixable-- be more self-assertive.  People are receptive to that sorta thing.



Because I'm sensitive to the Totem Pole Game here.  Even though it causes me stress and I'd rather be blissfully ignorant, or choose to not care.  The latter is probably best.


SOTD: The Melismatics - Soul Sucker. Because they're playing in DC later this month at an Ethiopian restaurant! (?) Also I feel this song expresses my soul as of late.

Hark, I hear the disco inferno.

Because I found classic black pumps of an average comfort level that look brand new for the right price-- $4.  GO GO GOODWILL!




Because of fun days out with Mary, even if Friendly's was less than phenomenal.




Because Mary and I have renewed our gumption to find a choir to join.  Thanks, Washington Master Chorale.



SOTD: Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal, arr. Alice Parker. I didn't really love any of the choir ones, so enjoy this funky multitrack one. Kinda cool, no? It's an awesome song, at any rate.

HAPPY OCTOBER-FEST! (not Oktoberfest...)

[--Because now I know that the MARC -commuter- train does not run on weekends.  Oops.]





[--Because Portal 2 coop mode is friggin' like the best thing in the entire universe.  Also homemade nachos.]




[--Because of friends sorta kinda having dates question mark?]

SOTD: Kylie Minogue - Better Than Today.

In other news, I still get lost at every possible opportunity....

[--Because if nothing pans out, I can start a Georgian restaurant in the DC area, since there is NOTHING to help me out if I suddenly get a craving for khachapuri or namcxvari.  : | ]



[--Because of meeting with old friends for awesome Greek food and impromptu meetings that lead to internships at cool places!]



[--Because of Godka, the finest drink from a new microdistillery, coming soon. Made in an abandoned missile silo with an advanced hydro-cooling system. Godka; closer to heaven^tm.]


SOTD: Matthew Ebel - Wasting My Time. This is a shoutout to YARebels this week. Especially Friday ; )

What luck (?)!

[--Because even though I shook the whole night and didn't get much sleep and forgot to bring chocolate, going to the Embassy for my meeting with the Ambassador today was okay.  Although I will have to call the person I'm meeting with tomorrow who was supposed to call me.  Hm.]


[--Because of making metros and lights and the MARC just on time (with a little help from a friend)]



[--Because of not only this possible media thing for the Georgian Embassy, but also an internship lead and a USAID dude giving me his card and permission to name drop!  Win!!]


SOTD: I Fight Dragons - The Geeks Will Inherit the Earth
Thanks, Jeff. : )

magnetebi, rogor mushaobs?

[--Because of people offering you time and space to stop looking like a drowned rat because you don't have an umbrella.]




[--Because of dancin' pants off at a dive bar with a bunch of returned hippies!]



[--Because of having enough gumption to walk into the Georgian Embassy and talk to a man in Georgian, asking if he knew of any positions at the embassy.  He then e-mails later, saying I have a meeting with the Ambassador tomorrow morning.]


SOTD: ICP - Miracles