I have a lot to write about, but first this gem, brought to you by Eddie Barfield.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXxvsShaAoA&feature=player_embedded#

Things to do in "The District"

The best part about living in DC is that there is a ton of stuff to do. But even with all that stuff, its still like Provo cause its often hard to get anyone else to do it with you. Luckily I have found somef fun people that like to go on adventures! Here are some highlights.

#1. Baseball

Now, Washington is definitely a football city. It seems that most people eat, sleep, and die Redskins. Even if they lose to the worst football team in the league (which technically cant happen since teams cant play themselves....) people still cheer for them and pay a ton of money to do so. Anyhow, my point in all this is, the Nationals are awful. And because of their sheer pitifulness, no one goes to their games, so you can buy a cheap 5 or 10 dollar ticket and sit way close and enjoy a good game of baseball.

I got to see the Phillies, the Braves and the team with the best record in the National League, the NL West Champion Los Angeles Dodgers!
Here me and Aubrey are at Nationals field. She agreed to come to the Dodgers game if I went to the Braves game...




Here is my man Man-Ram. Steroids and all, I love him! He ain't Albert Pujols. Thank heavens.

the game was fun, and exciting, but here's how it ended up.

Dodgers lost...

And then at the Braves game, the Nationals lost and Aubrey was so excited cause the team of her childhood won! I granted her permission to roll.



Oh and the best part about the games is this.




#2 Eat.

There are a lot of great places to eat here in our nations capital. besides the obvious McDonald's and Burger Kings that are a staple of every Americans diet, there is a myriad of eclectic and special foods! Even heads of state like our very own Barack Obama eats food in The District. One very unique place to DC is Ben's Chili Bowl and it is real good!

The thing to get is a half smokey, as seen below. Its a sausage covered in chili with onions and mustard! and it is tasty and delicious. When President Obama ate here he had a half smokey with cheese fries... i am almost presidential in my meal.. but not quite.
This had me saying mmm mmm mmm! Barack Hussein Obama really liked this place for good reason!

Kelli, Mara (like Sara) and I were just ecstatic!


Kit here (with Britney) was amazed at how much i could eat! He didn't think i could finish such a large meal but somehow i got it all in!

#3 Dancing.

Most people know I'm from the mean streets of Rancho Cucamonga, and i have seen a lot of moves in my day. But i am amazed everyday by the incredible dancing of the people of DC. here Mara demonstrates the 'jerk'. I'm pretty good at it. but i wont bore you with pictures of me making a fool of myself.

#4 People watching, and becoming subjects of people watching...

subways are a great place to find people and for people to find you!

If you make a face like this:

people like this will look at you strangely:
Similarly, if you take a picture over you shoulder at just the right moment, you may catch the person behind you looking at what they just found in their nasal cavity.

And finally if you look like this and you are sitting in front of the white house, I will take a picture of you.
(I heard this was the African doctor that signed President Obama's birth certificate.)

Anyhow there are lots of other things that i am doing besides these subversive activities, I promise. But in the meantime i hope you enjoyed your stay here with the Chronicles and check back often for more excitement soon!

Where I Live/Work

Well I have been in DC for a month, so I figure I let you all know where I live and work.

First off, I live at the Barlow Center! It's a cool place for cool kids, but occasionally they let in riffraff like me! If you want to send me mail or a care package (because you care), its 2520 L Street NW #308, Washington, DC 20037! Anyhow here is my room -

The door on the left is to the bathroom me and my roomie share. Further left of the picture is our fridge and microwave. you can see that little yellow box? thats my plastic silverware. I havent had to wash a dish the entire time ive been here. and i dont plan on doing any the rest of the time i here either.


Heres my desk and my bed is on the left... they make sure we are living in style as you can tell. I have a good view of a parking lot out the window... although every now and then a cute intern takes the trash out of one of the buildings next door every now and then. She has nice shoes.

I work at the Federal Judicial Center, in the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building. Heres a picture -

Security is surprisingly pretty tight where i work. I have to go through two security checkpoints! i feel pretty legit as a federal employee. if you plan on attacking me make sure you do it when im not on official business or you will be convicted of a federal crime. boo ya.

I work in a cubicle with a UTE. Sounds awful i know, but we get along pretty well. in fact we are the only people that talked for the first 3 weeks of the internship... but little by little things are getting more lively. Except this one intern that does web and automation. I dont know what his problem is. He always wears inappropriate clothing and uses vulgar slurs. but its great!


I have two chairs. and a headset.

Anyhow its a great time to be an intern! come out and visit and ill show you how i run this city like jay-z.

Washington DC/Philly

Hello all! I have been in DC now for about three weeks! It feels like I have been here forever! First off let me show you where I live.
My roommate is named Barack Obama, but we just call him Barry. Anyhow, DC is great and i have been enjoying myself! Recently, we took a trip up to Philadelphia and Valley Forge. Valley Forge, as you all know is the place where nothing happened of consequence during the revolutionary war. Washingtons army stayed there during the winter, which was very mild, and no one was shot, or froze to death. No one even died of smallpox. Pretty lackluster stuff eh? It rained most the time we were there but i will show you some highlights!



This glorious abode is the place where George Washingon lived during the stay at Valley Forge. It is the only thing original still at Valley Forge. It was a pretty nice little home if i say so myself.
After touring Valley Forge, we went back to our where we were staying and had dinner and then had a friendly visit with General Washington. He should a girl in our group to do the minuet.
We stayed overnight at some dorms on this complex near Valley Forge and in the morning we went to Philadelphia, PA.

Our first stop was the Liberty Bell.



Then we went across the street to, as our tour guide called it, the most historic building, in the most historic square mile, in the most historic state in the country; Independence Hall.

Heres where they wrote the consitution. Pretty sweet. I later climbed up on the roof and found a pair of spectacles that illuminated the path i needed to take to find a national treasure.

Following our tour of Independance Hall we were free to do whatever we wanted. and so I did what i usually want to do.

now you see it.


Now you dont.
we went to Jims and had the phillycheesesteak with cheezwhiz and onions. It was quite a delectable treat. as we left, the line was going out the door and wrapping around the store, so you know we made the right decision.

following that bit of greasy heaven, we did what most sane people would do when in the city of brotherly love, we went to the rocky steps and saw the rocky statue. But along the way, we were sidetracked! we were in a taxi and we look over and see a huge float and big parade of people surrounding it, so i through the money to the cabbie and we hop out of the car as we are stopped in at a light and go join the parade!




So the Hare Krishnas were having a huge party which included a free feast! but the feast had about 1000 people lined up for it... so Devin(my roommate) and I walk up to the people doing the feast and just start helping them. Eventually we get some plastic gloves and aprons and we end up serving the food at the hare krishna festival!

Heres Devin scooping rice.
I made Hare Krishna salad with this man. He went to CalPolyPomona and was engineer, went back to India, and now hes back in Philly.
FREE FEAST!
We did finally make it to the Rocky Steps. We ran to the top...

And then we punched Rocky for making us run up those steps.

I think city hall is the coolest building in Philly.
Well it was a fun trip to Philly and it has been great being here in DC. I will have to take some pictures of where i work and where i live so you all can get a good dose of what it is like out here! im having a blast!

A few things...

Ill keep this rant short, but it must be said!

First off, I dont understand the Mormon fascination with hats... not just any hat, but the 'newsie' hat if you will. I just dont get it... to me anybody wearing these hats looks like a dweeb who wishes they could hang on a light pole singing "Santa Fe"... Im just not really a fan...

What are you trying to hide under that floppy hat?

Second.

Why cant people pronounce 'h'? i had a companion that called it "Hay-ch"... that was ridiculous. but what really gets me is when people pronounce 'h' as a 'y'. I mean how does someone get yooman from human? or yooge from huge? the worst is when they call it yooooston intead of houston.... its an h... it makes a huh sound. i guess we are all yuman and its not a yuge deal, but ill have to see if they feel the same way i do in youston.

Third.

When youre in the left turn lane, pull out as far as you can in the intersection so that the other cars behind you can sneak in behind you on the three second green arrows that U-DOT feels is sufficient for rush hour traffic! I wanna go and the lady in the champagne camry sitting there behind the lines prohibits me from doing so!

anyhow thats my rant for today. Carry on good yoomans.

new sounds.

ive been listening to some new music these days.... some of it you may like... other of it is pretty out there. heres a sampling.

Metric

The Books

shake your peace

Washington D.C.

So, I got accepted to BYU's Washington Seminar program. I will spending next fall in Washington D.C. working in some government office as an intern somewhere, I am not sure yet though. Anyhow, at Thanksgiving I went to D.C. and had a wonderful time. Here are some highlights!


Bill is pretty excited for me to come to D.C. Here he is giving me some props!

Heres me and George Washington hanging out, he invited me to his house... (see below)

This is pretty self explanatory.


Me and Aubro at Mt. Vernon. We saw a movie about George Wafhington (they kept spelling with an 'f' there) and it was narrated by America's Sweetheart, Pat Sajak.

While we were touring that there house, this lady kept asking the docents where the bathrooms were, and was very suprised to find out there was no indoor plumbing at Mt. Vernon! She would not take no for answer and kept asking everyone she met. It was quite entertaining. So was her ensemble.
Another cool thing about Mount Vernon is that you can see G Dubs "teeth"...
These were pretty awesome..... but i cant say they would be comfortable!!!
Lincoln.
Wow.



Here we are at the Capitol. They were are already setting up for the inaguaration! It was pretty legit. There were a bunch of Korean dudes wrestling on the lawn in front of the Capitol too... oh good times!
I think this was the old Supreme Court.... but i can't remember. it was nice tho.

This is the scariest picture of Abraham Lincoln I have ever seen.

All in all it was a good trip. I ate chicken and waffles. One day I ate belgian waffles. And then popeyes after that. anyhow im super excited to go to DC this fall! its gonna be great!