I Think I Need Employment

Here’s the really epic latest update on my life: I think I may have reached the point where I’m having too much free time.  Granted, yesterday there was a hurricane so I couldn’t leave the apartment.  But between today and yesterday I have watched:

8 Episodes of Doctor Who  (the second half of the season started yesterday, so clearly I needed to rewatch the entire first half of the current season first)

5 Episodes of Community

(Troy is the best.  Watch the episode with the Reading Rainbow.)

2 Episodes of Modern Family

1 Episode of Suits (but I watched five other episodes on Thurs)

1 Episode of Covert Affairs

The new Jane Eyre

And Inception.

TV is wonderful, but I am now a pile of mush.  I think I shall run 20 miles first thing tomorrow.

*song = Fall Into Place by Apartment

Scenes from a (Pre-Hurricane) Walk in Alexandria

One of my favorite things this summer has been walking from my apartment down to Old Town Alexandria.  It’s just so cute down there, and there’s even an awesome waterfront that’s perfect for reading a good book. 

Since I have nothing else to occupy my time right now, I’ve been spending a lot of time down there.  So I thought you might enjoy seeing snapshots from my walk to and from the waterfront!  It’s all the little everyday things that caught my attention, so you can get a feel for the whole journey.  There are probably more pictures than you actually care to see, but I’m feeling reckless so I’m posting them all. Also, I literally have nothing else to do.

I know this picture isn’t very exciting, but I’ve decided that if I were going to buy a building in Old Town I would buy this one, no question.  It’s bright blue!  A gelato shop just opened in it.

Fun fact: George Washington brought produce from Mount Vernon to this square.  There’s still a farmers market there today.  It has delicious peaches.

There are a lot of hibiscus here, which seems kind of weird to me in Virginia.  But I still like it, so I won’t complain.

One of my goals in life is to see a movie in this theater.  It was built in 1914, with a theater and a dance floor.

The best bookstore here.  It’s really hard to not give them all of my money every time I walk by.

I walk by the Masonic temple 70 times a day.

And a bonus section!  Answers to questions you might have right now:

1. Hurricane status = It just looks  like a normal rainy day for Oregon right now.  The wind is barely starting to pick up.  Kaitlin just texted me and said her power went out in Richmond already though!  I have a box of Lucky Charms, a chocolate doom cupcake from Baked & Wired and a stack of library books, so I’m ready for anything.
2. Tuesday’s earthquake = I was on the way to the library in Old Town when it hit.  It was entertaining.  Except then they closed everything, which was annoying.
3. What I’m doing with my life = I don’t know.  Still in DC, doing a lot of sleeping, reading and Netflixing.  And wandering Old Town.

*song = Mumford and Sons’ The Cave.  Excellent storm music.

My Umbrella-ella-ella-a

I spent today making this, as per the request of my sister for her new apartment.  There was a random thunderstorm in the middle of the day while I was working on it, which I thought was quite appropriate.

I watched three movies while doing it (The Cove, Coraline and How to Train Your Dragon), but that isn’t quite as blog worthy…

(Oh and in case you’re wondering, I am still in DC playing the waiting game.  I’ll let you know when that changes!)

*song = the Glee Singing in the Rain/Umbrella mashup.

The Capitol Halls

Just before four o’clock last Friday afternoon, great sadness entered my soul as my Senate intern badge was voided. 

Luckily, on Thursday I had taken advantage of my last full day of free reign of the capitol building.  I wandered the now familiar halls one last time after I got off work, and was literally the only person in the rotunda for a long time.  I can’t even express how beautiful it is when you are alone in those historic rooms and halls, instead of crowded in with a million tourists.  Hopefully these pictures will give you an idea.  I miss it already.

Oh, and did I mention that it was ridiculously perfect outside that day?  The sky was so blue.

*song = Living in Colour by Frightened Rabbit.  So happy.