Set your TiVo up to record C-SPAN 2's "Close-Up" on Friday (10/17 and 10-31) at 6pm C/7pm EST. I'm going to be in both episodes of the TV show. We recorded at the Newseum today and I had a great time. After the recording, I was able to walk around the Newsuem exhibits (I got in free for the filming) and see some really awesome stuff. This is a must-see for anyone visiting DC. There were newspapers and books on display dating back to the 1400s along with a printing press. The Pulitzer Prize photo section was very moving. Some of the photos nearly brought tears to my eyes. I wanted to buy the book with all the photos in it, but I wasn't willing to spend the chunk of money needed. While there, I went with a couple other interns to see the 4-D short movie on the history of journalism and it was pretty interesting. 4-D means that you see the movie on all sides of you in 3-d, the seats move, and you also get water and air squirted at you.
My weekend was very non-eventful. If I got bored of my apartment, I spent time working out in the fitness facility. I didn't go to work on Monday or Today. Yesterday Dr. Green from TCU did a visit to my workplace and then took me out to dinner at Old Ebbitt's Grille (where presidents have eaten out for a long time) where I attempted to eat back my tuition payment on TCU's budget. Needless to say, I hardly made a dent in eating back the amount of money I've spent on my college tuition, but at least I got all the good food I wanted!
I went to a TWC debate watching party after class tonight. I got some great free food and a leftover pizza and snacks to bring home and eat the rest of the week. The debate was probably the most interesting Presidential one I've seen so far. I got to see Bob Schieffer as the moderator for the debate. If you remember, I got to go to a small honorary luncheon with him and authoritative figures from my school a couple weeks ago. It was so amazing that he took time to meet with me and I see him do such a great thing a couple weeks later.
I was thinking today how amazing it would be to tell my (possible future) children that I was IN Washington DC when the Stock Market crash and economic crisis bill took place and also when (either a black man President or a woman VP) made history in being elected into the White House.
This blog is a collection of experiences during Toni's internship in a government relations firm in the Washington D.C. area.
"We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily
differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee."
~Marian Wright Edelman, Lobbyist
Thursday, October 16, 2008
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