My title today is the product of, after 10 minutes of dithering trying to come up with an effective title that combined all of the topics of today's post, I gave up. I decided my brakects would be my way of paying tribute, like Colbert and Stewart, to the imminently concluding writer's strike.
I didn’t write anything yesterday, but not much happened. I went to my institute class, which was enjoyable – I also like socializing with people afterwards. I stayed up a bit later than I should have watching Super Tuesday returns, but decided to go to bed before California came in.
Then I woke up this morning to the sound of my flatmates talking down the hall. I noticed the sun was a bit brighter than usual, and was surprised that my alarm hadn’t – MY ALARM!?! I flipped open my phone and saw that it was 8:31. For the record, I usually wake up between 7-7:30, and I leave my apartment at 8:10. It takes on average 40 minutes to commute to work. This means, even if I had left at 8:30, I probably still wouldn’t have arrived at work until 9:10. Now, we’re relatively relaxed about being on time…but still, I prefer being 10 minutes early, not late. So I scampered into clean clothes, brushed my teeth and my hair, grabbed a cereal bar, and dashed out the door. (No makeup, though). I left at 8:38. I arrived at work at 9:17. Being late, along with working on my Prius project, though, meant that I missed the Senate Foreign Relations committee meeting today. It played on the office TVs, though, so I was able to follow at least slightly the fascinating conversation about progress from the Six Party Talks in North Korea.
Between various errands and my project, however, I never stopped working today. And I mean never. As many of my friends can recall, when I get deeply interested in a project, or perhaps just too busy, I forget to eat. So I worked straight through lunch today – which I started to notice around 5pm. Still, the effort was completely worth it. I impressed the one person in the office I most wanted to impress, with my well-organized, designed, and useful database. Of course, now he wants more – but that’s good!
In spite of my sleeping in, I’m incredibly tired, so I will be going to bed soon. Still, due to the news about Sadiq this week, I couldn’t help but watch PMQs today. Three of the questions directly involved the bugging controversy, my favorite coming from an MP from Northern Ireland who asserted that he is convinced his “house and office phones were bugged for years!” I suppose it could be true, but the way he said it made him sound like a paranoid conspiracy theorist believer. One thing though – I’m shocked some that Gordon Brown is getting blamed for this as quickly as he is, since, after all, all of the reported incidents took place a couple of years ago, well under the reins of Tony Blair.
My other favorite question, though, was that the subject of our primary elections came up. One of the MPs wanted a guarantee that no matter who was elected in the United States 9 months from now, that the Prime Minister would still talk to them. Brown responded yes of course, and then mentioned he’d be meeting with Condi later today. (Speaking of which, I'll be attending the Foreign Relations hearing next week where she's testifying!) I know the US and Britain are close allies, and I know our elections are headline news in the British papers, but it still seems a bit silly for that subject to surface in PMQs. I’ll smirkingly surmise, though, that Mr. Paddy Tipping MP wants Obama to win, since Obama has made it clear he’ll talk to anyone.
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