Another week down, t-minus 21 days till that 21 birthday.
Last week was a real busy week for the Center. We finally got in those 2,000 reports so last week and this week we've been sending out reports to all the addresses I've collected these last three weeks. As I'm reminiscing about last week I can't think of anything too noteworthy at work to discuss.
However today was a very good Monday as I got to sit in on a meeting with a very large British think-tank. Ryan and I met with the head of the transatlantic program from RUSI or The Royal United Services Institute for Defense and Security Studies. It was founded in 1831 by the Duke of Wellington and is considered the leading forum in the UK for national and international Defense and Security. Long story short I got another business card; soon enough I'll have a collection. We met for about two years talking about a possible future partnership, working together on a couple of NATO's disconnects. It's funny. We're pretty small and they're pretty big, but I guess they are relatively new to DC and we do have some very good connections thanks to Ambassador Abshire. Needless to say, it looks like we will be partnering up on some future events and projects. Meetings with three or four people are just fun because they make me feel important and I get a business card.
I also hand delivered some reports over to Madeline Albright's office as she, herself has also had contact with Ambassador Abshire in the past and has been assisting us with this NATO project recently. And I made another trip over to Capitol Hill to deliver more reports (I had also done the same last Friday) including to Ike Skelton's office (but I didn't see him). I'm trying to get a lot of these reports out so I can begin actual research on the supplemental project. However with me being the only full time intern for Ryan it's hard to do what he needs done and to get the reports mailed out all over the globe.
Socially, I didn't do too much this weekend because I have a paper due Wednesday and a project being presented on the 3rd. I did go to the zoo for a little bit, couldn't see too many animals but did see their prized pandas. can't say I've ever seen pandas before, but I'm not sure.
I did see Shutter Island yesterday. About a 5-10 minute walk up the street is a giant one screen theater called the Uptown Theater. It's very old school looking and low key on the inside. But the screen is huge and it wraps around the wall a little bit, so cool. Anyway, the movie was just okay. Leo was great, but the movie didn't have a climax. There was no rising action and no falling action. It just ended. So... yeah.
I would also like to give a shout out to my friend Mr. Garreth Cooksey. He's a wonderful performer and has been such a real asset to the industry. Thank you Garreth for everything you've done and we'll miss your karate.
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