Busy as a Bee

Ok…An update…let’s do this kind of quick since I’m at work, I’m on three hours sleep, and I have a midterm that I’m unprepared for in an hour and a half.

 Last week Monday was pretty sweet. I went to the Democratic Governor’s Association Fundraising Gala as a volunteer. I basically just had to stand outside the room for an hour, and then I got to go inside and eat. And man did I eat! I had about 80 dollars worth of sushi, tons of sandwiches and appetizer stuff. I had a bunch of berries and fruit and cheese which was amazing. Not to mention I was eating all of this food while talking to the Governor of Iowa’s wife, or meeting the next Governor of Indiana. I also met Colorado Governor Bill Ritter who struck me as especially nice. It was an awesome event.

Tuesday was also incredible as I had an opportunity to sit down and talk to Former Governor and Secretary of the Homeland Security Department Tom Ridge. He was awesome. I really like him. I was able to discuss some real policy stuff with him for about 10 minutes. The man is sensible. He’s not the biggest wonk around, but he’s a rational man. I enjoyed talking to him. Afterwards, I got to attend an interview between Ridge and my Professor for Bias in Media. So that was real sweet as well.

I had my first week of rehearsals last week and they’re going pretty well. I’m getting used to rehearsing again…it’s kind of weird. I love it though. It’s so sweet to have to learn and sing theatre music again…instead of just singing it at the top of my lungs when my dorm room is empty.

Thursday my darling girl Melissa came in. Her plane was about 20 minutes late…which was awful. Like I didn’t miss her enough. She walked around the corner lookin all cute…But I digress.

Our weekend was awesome. Friday, I took her on a private tour of the capital and we went to the Air and Space Museum so I could get some extra credit. We saw this incredible movie on the Mars Rover…which I remember nothing about.

Oh…by the way…March 2, last Friday, was our ten-month anniversary. So I took her to a nice Italian restaurant. You see, my girl’s kinda tricky…she’s tricky cause she’s picky. She’d be happy with a burger or chicken fingers. So the food wasn’t really the highlight of the dinner for her I don’t think…but then again, it wasn’t for me either.

But the food was absolutely delicious. I had Gnocchi made with Ricotta…it was SOOOO good. Also, the waiter totally brought out the fish of the day…on a platter! It was real sweet. I don’t think it made Melissa too hungry, but I was almost tempted to order fish. Ehhhh…I know when I take my mother there she’ll get the fish.

I wanted to take Melissa to the ballet friday, but couldn’t get the tickets. Then I wanted to take her to a basketball game, but I had the start time wrong, so we just went shopping a bit and then rented “A Road to Perdition.” One of my favorite movies that I haven’t seen in forever.

Saturday, my darling and I went to my rehearsal, then a meeting with the Black Student Union President. Following those things, I took her to Georgetown and we spent the evening there. Then at 8 we went to see Zach Galfinakis at Lisner Auditorium. He was hilarious. The opening act was a little too vulgar for our taste (and classless…lacking sophistication…not really funny…) but Zach was incredible. Ya’ll should check him out!

Sunday, we just hung around my room and Sunday night she left. It was one of my best weekends in D.C.

Now this week kinda sucks. Ok…it really sucks. It’s midterm week and I have SOOOO much work to do. I have one midterm today, two tomorrow, a paper due Thursday, a 1-page memo due thursday…blah blah blah. I was up until 5 am last night (this morning) and I am completely drained. But I figure, as long as I can last till thursday, I can come home and sleep all I want!

So tonight I have my midterm, and then a rehearsal…then I’ll be studying.

OH! NIAGARA WON THE MAAC! AND I WAS ABLE TO WATCH IT ALL!

In other words, it was a while before I got to studying.

So…I had written my initial analysis of the Republican candidates for President, but I lost the entry. So I’ll have to do it again when I have some time. It should be coming soon.

Thanks for reading.

God Bless.

 

I Turn A Shower Into A Storm…Joy Into Bliss

So…I have the lead in a musical.

“But Michael,” you ask, “I thought you had little to no time without this on your plate. Why would you do this to yourself?”

The answer is…Yes.

Yes I didn’t have a lot of time on my plate, but let me explain something to you:

I love theatre. I love performing. I miss the pressure. I miss the stress of having so much and so many people depending on you. I miss being able to touch people.

I passed auditioning when I saw the posters around school, but I received a message from the Director offering me a callback…I just had to do it. After receiving the ok and go-ahead from my sister, brother-in-law, and Melissa, I went callbacks today, and found out a half hour ago that I got the role.

The music is just wonderful. It feels like silk coming out of my mouth when I sing it. I just love it. I can’t wait to do a show again. It’ll be a pain time wise, but I’ll deal.

I’ve done so much reading this weekend. I’m so tired.

Melissa comes down in four days! I’m so excited to have her down here. I have so many plans…    

I think that’s it for this post. I’m about to write the entry on 2008…so you’ll hear from me in a couple hours!

 

So I Find Myself Returning…

So my sister’s incredible blog inspired me to get back to the blogging world. I had one on diaryland when I was in late middle school to early high school. That was a time of major spiritual transition for me. Then I had a livejournal for the last half of high school. Which…well that was a period all to itself…as high school is for most people. Except for those who never seem to get out of that period of their life.

I got rid of both blogs for the same reason: I am a moron. I wear my heart on my sleeve. I have no concept of discretion. I generally talk way too much and show WAYYYY too much emotion. I’m sure I’m just as emotional as ever, so I don’t think that I am totally safe from making those same mistakes. However, I hope I’ll be able to keep my mouth shut on things I shouldn’t write about on here.

However, I have no interest in a lifeless blog. So I will probably say things I shouldn’t…and I will probably, at times, be brutally honest. We’re on this journey together.

I suppose this would be a good time to introduce myself.

My name is Michael. I’m a freshman at The George Washington University. I’m from Buffalo, New York. I am a Christian. I have a beautiful, wonderful, refreshing, intelligent girlfriend named Melissa. I have, as I mentioned, a sister, Dana. Her husband is named…well K…I’ll call him K because that’s what she calls him on her blog. I’m not quite sure if it’s a privacy issue or something…so I’ll just call him K. Even though it’s kind of weird. That’s what my Grandfather called his wife.

Ok…weird transition. Yes, I have a Grandfather who died in July of 2005. He was the greatest man I’ve ever known and still shows up in my life at a regular basis. I’ll let you ponder for yourself just how I meant that…

I have a mother who just got married.

I have two cousins back home in Buffalo who I adore: Jennifer and Carrie. Carrie is just the sweetest thing ever, and Jennifer and I have been tight since we were babies. I admire her a whole lot, and worry about her just as much. Their parents are pretty great too and big influences in my life.

I have a cousin in Florida who I also worry about. He’s a great kid. Today’s culture has kind of gotten to him a little bit, but he’s still the kind of boy any girl would be almost giddy to introduce to her parents and he has a heart of gold.

His mother and I are real close. She’s one of my confidants. Charlie’s father is an amazing man as well…works his butt off for his family, and takes care of them like a man should take care of his family. He’s a good guy.

My best friend Joanna and I have been real close for about 3 years. I think about her all the time. She’s one of those people who inspire me daily. She has such an amazing character and goodness to her. I just am amazed at some of the things she does. Despite her being a year older than me…I kind of worry about her like she was my little sister. And she worries about me too, I think. I care about her and her family very much.

That’s all of an introduction for now…what I decided to do was offer four separate introductions…this is one, and then there will be three introductions on three different pages entitled: “Life,” “Life in D.C.,” and “Politics and Commentary.” In life, I will introduce more information on Melissa, my faith, and some info about my past, and what I think about my present and future. In Life in D.C., I will talk about…well, D.C. My internship, the academics here, the people here, College Democrats, my Bible Study…so on and so forth. In Politics and Commentary, I will talk about why I am a Democrat, what I think about the current Political situation, and what you can expect from me in future posts on such matters.

I’m constructing my blog in this fashion so that when I talk about D.C., politics, or some other facet of my life, you can just click on the page it fits in and their should be some background on it. So the pages are kind of like the basics, while the posts on the home page are the more nuanced, less dense (information-wise) entries.

I look forward to this discussion. I hope to pick up some readers, possibly some facebook people, and who knows, maybe we’ll journey somewhere together that we couldn’t have ever gone on our own.

We shall see…

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