DC Papal vist

I saw the Pope in DC following his White House visit.

I have never seen such crowds and such characters. It never fails to amaze me that Americans will protest anything and anybody. I just wanted to see the Pope and I did. It is one of the things I wanted to do on my "100 things to do before I die" list. I didn't think it was going to be crossed off. I never want to visit Italy because the Italians are super inefficient about their trains and economy, eat too much pasta, and have hellacious traffic. And I don't drink wine.

Heebie Jeebies

We currently have a contagious situation at work. As a card carrying germaphobe, I am absolutely horrified. I read the Andromeda Strain and know what can happen! Is the CDC going to come in an purge us! I know I have a serious case of the Heebie Jeebies. I think we should call on the special Economist SWAT team and rectify the situation.

Also in random news, all the baristas at the local coffee joints know me. I am a regular. Wow!

GRE part deux

I spent another $140 and took the GRE again. For that amount of money, I should have gotten a cappucino. Instead I got Union Workers protesting and screaming and pounding on Homer Buckets in front of the building. I could actually hear them as I took the exam. This was truly a special DC moment. NOT!

My score on the quantitative improved dramatically. However, my verbal score seemed to have dropped quite a bit. I think I got bored with the questions on the verbal side.

Anyways, I don't know what next year will bring. I hope it will be better than the last one.