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.

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.

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. : )

Trains galore!

[--Because of the people who randomly share umbrellas at street corners. : ) ]




[--Because the MARC train's conveniently close and not too expensive.  With an income.]



[--Because, even though things are complicated, at least I haven't had to sleep with anyone for money, and when I married someone who lived far away, no one didn't greet me at the train station because some jerk shot my husband and his kids.]

SOTD: Ennio Morricone - Once Upon A Time In the West: Addio a Cheyenne (this is #3's.)

All-day driving-- Day 2

[--Because I drove through the mountainous region of Northern Maryland in a thunderstorm among semis and lived to tell the tale.]



[--Because I managed to get lost in cities, towns, AND interstates (Toledo, Gambrills, and I-80/90/71/76???).]




[--Because of my amazing roommate, I slept on an air mattress with clean sheets in a freshly vacuumed room.  MY room.  And not on the floor with unwashed sheets in some motel.]



SOTD: Mgzavrebi - Arada Miyvarxar

Because of limited translated lyrics, I can translate it if you want.  But it's understandable, either way, if you listen.  If you still don't get it, you can Google translate the following for a hint:

მე დღეს, ვითომ ამითი მინდოდა მეთქვა:რომ, მე დღეს შენ აღარ მიყვარხარ!

აღარ მიყვარხარ,

არადა, მიყვარხარ

აღარ მიყვარხარ,
არადა, მიყვარხარ

აღარ მიყვარხარ,
არადა, მიყვარხარ

Last day in c-town.

[--I got to meet another friend's bundle of cute, and I made a rad swaddling blanket with my superfriends Janome the Sewing Machine and Janome the Serger!]



[--I don't have to pack all my stuff up again for a while.]

[--Leaving TOMORROW!  America's Byways, here I come!]





Also, starting SONG OF THE DAYs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzp5bindXfQ