for the record: it's 6:30 and i could be home right now. i'm not of course, i'm at work. but i have no more work to do. (i shudder to say that - i'm sure in 30 seconds i'll have something else to do). either way, i just feel as though that should be recognized - that today i could have gone to the gym, made myself dinner, or maybe gone to the grocery store to buy food to make myself dinner (and lunch tomorrow) and taken a gre and been in bed at a decent hour, which hasn't happened since i don't know when. and by decent i just mean midnight, or really just before 1am. is that so much to ask? but either way i won't be doing any of those things because i will be eating free food and drinking at an open bar - two of my favorite things to do in the world. score. it's been an icredibly long week and i'm thrilled that tomorrow is friday and i have practically NOTHING planed for this weekend - thank goodness! that is if you don't count studying like a mad women for the GREs, grocery shopping, laundry and going to a fabulous AFI event on sat night, and going to a new hall party on fri - so really - practically nothing. either way i'm glad it's here.

so have i been too political lately? i feel like i'm on overload - there's just so much going on though! and here's my thought of the day - PEOPLE OF AMERICA: there is NO connection between iraq and al queda. NO connection between saddam and osama. NONE. it has been proven, the 9/11 commission issued that statement today even. however, it has been known for months. yet our fearless leader, george, issued this brilliant piece of rhetoric today: Pres. Bush said today: "The reason I keep insisting that there was a relationship between Iraq and Saddam and al Qaeda, because there was a relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda" (WhiteHouse.gov). WOW. i mean it's one thing that cheney won't give up on it even when Bush himself and Powell (the only quasi-good thing about the bush white house) have come out and said there was NO connection. but now it seems like our president can't even keep this straight. and he calls kerry a flip-flopper!? sometimes i feel like i will just follow em to fiji b/c it can all be overwhelming. either way, i think maybe it's been a long week - and bush can be very frustrating. but on that note it's things like that quote that keep me motivated. i will do whatever i can to kick this guy out - even if it's in my own small insignificant way by working here. i can't really pretend that by sending out thank yous to big donors i am helping with the election as much as people on the ground, but i like ot believe that i am facilitating the higher ups at NDN to do what they need to do to kick bush out. call it naive, but it'll do for now. plus i am going to the convention. i LOVE conventions. i've never been but it seems like a complete blast and a half, even though we were lectured today that it is going to be "no fun" however, we all know my mad work-aholic skills - i will enjoy it :) ok, i'm going to go check my gmail. i love gmail. i am cool.