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Today is a good day to stay home and not go outside at all, ever, I think. Not even for food, no matter how bad the munchies get.

Also, this sort of stuff can stop happening at any time, now.

Gandalf
Do you have something more stable to stay in than your van?

...That was one of the weirdest things I've ever experienced.

The sky is red. That's a new one....I think that's actually more disturbing than these tremors.

You know how TV always emphasizes the jetlag thing when you're changing coasts on a trip? I think it's safe to say that yeah, that's pretty much an Enjolras thing now. I got into DC yesterday, checked out a couple of things before I went to check in and then ran out again because it's not like I was gonna be getting much sleep.

Given how much I sleep anyway, it's not like that's a major shock here, but it's still weird. I keep feeling like it's so much earlier than it actually is, and the whole nerves before the interview thing weren't helping. That said, now that it's over, it actually went...pretty well I think. I'm not sure if they're going to want someone more local for this thing since it requires a couple office days a week and all and they might want someone who doesn't have to deal with relocating for the short term, but...Reporters Without Borders is amazing and they do great work and I'd be willing to do it, and thrilled if they pick me for this internship.

I mean, it's all pretty up in the air as far as this stuff goes, but I'm kinda excited anyway. I get that it's probably NOT going to happen because there are huge, huge numbers of people trying to get in, not just journalists, and it's a chance to do amazing work and help a lot of people in the process but they did seem to like me, which has to give me some points, and there's that slim little chance that I'm hoping works out.


With that all said and done, while I'm here, does anybody want anything before I head home tomorrow night? I'm hitting a couple of the museums later today and did the Mall yesterday, and had an amazing vendor sausage, which, by the way, Joly, still alive, but yeah if anyone actually would like, I don't know, tshirts or mugs or some crap, let me know while I'm still around, will you?

Okay, off to keep on playing tourist. And find lunch. From a cart. Because I can.

Today is International Women's Day. What people don't remember today, in the face of the kind of warm and fuzzy type stuff, is that the day got started because striking female garment workers led a huge protest in New York in 1857. The protest got broken up (violently, of course) but it eventually led to the creation of the first women's labor union. That protest was commemorated by the U.S. Socialist Party as International Women's Day.

So yes. Hug a socialist pinko chick today. :)

I've never had a real migraine, but think that's the only word to describe this splitting pain in my head.

Holy SHIT is the rapture actually real? Because outside's kinda lending itself to that, I've had a disgusting headache all day and can barely see but when I do it's RED and holy FUCK the ground. I guess I should've figured So Cal's kinda damned but still.

Hoping there's a better explanation cause I'm not ready for Hell.

God, this hurts. What the hell's going on out there?

The current state of the sky is....concerning.