Welcome to DC!!!

Uh, hi everybody, I'm Dane and this will (hopefully) be my blog.

I'm required to do a weekly log for my internship so I thought I'd make a blog to do it. I'll add a little extra to it whenever I have the time. I honestly don't know how busy I'm going to be this semester so this may be bare. We shall see. I'm going to start interning at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress on Wednesday this week.

The CSPC "...systematically examines past successes and failures of the Presidency and relates its findings to present challenges and opportunities. Lessons learned from past American experiences offer insights on how to deal with these challenges" (www.thepresidency.org). I've been told that I'll be assisting with their foreign policy project dealing with revitalizing NATO in Afghanistan. Outside of that I don't know much else, but I'll be getting an orientation on Wednesday.

I'm staying at the Boston University Washington Center and the location is great, but the dorm is pretty small. I brought too much stuff with me. Oh well. Right now my concerns are getting groceries back to the dorm, cooking, and having to dress up in full business attire for my internship. I'm sure I'll figure it all out; I'm looking forward to a great semester overall. And, and, and I get the privilege of turning 21 in the nation's capital. Sounds like fun.