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The second week of internship was not as cool as the first week based on us not having very many projects to do. I ended up assigning a memo for myself on a foreign policy issue that was being discussed in some hearing on the Hill during the week. I was supposed to give my first Capitol Hill tour, which I was a bit nervous about because I really didn't want to get the tour group lost in the underground tunnels, but this problem never materialized because the group I was supposed to give the tour to never showed up.
On Thursday night, I went to a lecture at the Natural History Museum called "Blended Nation: Portraits and Interviews of Mixed-Race America." It was a really cool event and definitely something that I can personally relate to. It is part of a broader exhibit called "Race: Are We So Different?" That second exhibit was pretty cool and geared to be eye-opening for younger children especially, but it still has a lot of great information for everyone in general to see.
Heading into the weekend, I went back to Clarendon to hit up Spider Kelly's and the Clarendon Ballroom. The Clarendon Ballroom is a really cool club with cheap cover (only $5) and the best part is that it is colder inside than outside, which never happens for clubs. Spider Kelly's is right next door and has a few billiard tables, shuffle board, and old school video games.
Saturday morning, I went to Mount Vernon to see George Washington's estate and the Marine Museum in Quantico. Mount Vernon is huge and the organization that owns the estate also bought up the land on the other side of the Potomac River so that the view from the Washington house is the same now as it was when the Washingtons were living there.
The Marine Museum was really cool. It was basically a history of the Marine Corps from the Revolutionary War through the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It showed how the corps has changed since its early days and all of the different campaigns that the corps has been involved with. At the end, there is an interactive exhibit about what boot camp is like as well as a target range where you can pay $5 and shoot a laser-equipped M-16 rifle at targets. They have a computer that prints out your 10 shots and tells you your shooting percentage. I surprised myself and got an 80% and fired one shot about every 10 seconds - the 80% accuracy is enough to qualify as a Marine sharpshooter. So I guess I'll have options if this whole law school thing doesn't work out... After getting back to DC, I went to see the new "Captain America" movie with a bunch of friends from my building. It was better than expected and we all had a fun time at the Chinatown Theatre.
The Marine Museum was really cool. It was basically a history of the Marine Corps from the Revolutionary War through the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It showed how the corps has changed since its early days and all of the different campaigns that the corps has been involved with. At the end, there is an interactive exhibit about what boot camp is like as well as a target range where you can pay $5 and shoot a laser-equipped M-16 rifle at targets. They have a computer that prints out your 10 shots and tells you your shooting percentage. I surprised myself and got an 80% and fired one shot about every 10 seconds - the 80% accuracy is enough to qualify as a Marine sharpshooter. So I guess I'll have options if this whole law school thing doesn't work out... After getting back to DC, I went to see the new "Captain America" movie with a bunch of friends from my building. It was better than expected and we all had a fun time at the Chinatown Theatre.
On Sunday, I slept in and then went back to Georgetown for the afternoon. After wandering around and window shopping, I discovered a couple really cool design stores - my favorite of all time is CB2. I think I wanted every single thing in that store in my future dream house/apartment. For dinner, I went to Pizzeria Paradiso and had an amazing margarita pizza. On the bus back to my building, I chatted with two tourists from Madrid and Galecia who were trying to find their way to the Capitol Building. It was great to be able to practice Spanish with them and fun to hear the Spanish accent again.
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