Excuses, Excuses

I neglected my blog all last week and for that I apologize. It's not that I haven't had anything to blog about, I just haven't had the opportunity... My mother-in-law has been staying with us for the past month or so, and up until two weeks ago we had a sister in law and her 3 kids with us as well. All of this coincided with me finishing up my summer classes at George Mason so it was a big mess.

At work I have an intern that's been taking up a lot of my time... I wish I could say that the intern was some sultry Georgetown co-ed with a penchant for short skirts and an unhealthy fetish for fat married guys, but alas, his name is Chris and I doubt anyone would find him very appealing in a mini-skirt... He's a pretty shitty intern truth be told... he's actually assigned to the entire department but since we don't really have much work for him to do and because he's not very ambitious he's basically attached himself.

I didn't really like him at first... in his first two weeks on the job he was late at least four times, he called in sick twice, I caught him sleeping in a conference room once, and he shamelessly hit on Amy, the newlywed receptionist to the point where someone had to talk to him about what does and what does not constitute appropriate small talk in an office environment... That's a pretty impressive start. The only thing left for him to do is drive a car with a sleeping mistress into a lake and he could have a Kennedy-esque resume.

To make matters worse he mentioned to me a few days ago that he only got this internship because his mother knows somebody... Actually, I can't really thinkg of anything good to write about him... he did make me a couple of decent mix CDs... and he is a good sidekick to tag along at the Senate Buffet*... but mainly I've enjoyed making him into my make-over project so to speak.

I've convinced him that even if he's not going to be a good intern he should at least try to look the part and make it look like he gives a shit... No more sleeping in the conference room, no more coming in hung over and unshaven, no more hitting on the receptionist when other people are around... He hasn't even called in sick the last two weeks! His time here finishes up within the next two weeks and the goal is that he might fool someone into thinking he's made some sort of contribution while he was here. It's been a lot of work.

So anyway, those are my excuses for the blog slow down... a needy intern and a house full of in-laws. Things should be back to normal soon.







*The Senate Buffet is amazing. The food is top notch, the service is excellent, and you can never overstate the surreal experience of waiting in line for macaroni casserole behind an elected official... It's also worth noting that there is a flirty Brazilian host that's been offering to give me some private Portuguese lessons for about a month now. Overall I'd say its just about the best post-Moe Greene lunch experience I've found over the past couple of years... I've been thinking about trying to keep a running diary of one of my lunches there to post on the blog. We'll see.