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| Wherever the wind blows, wherever the sun may go
You have been faithful to me
Whenever the rain falls, whenever the night calls
You have been faithful to me
Always, always, always faithful
Always, always you’ve been faithful to me
Faithful to me
Faithful to me
When I turn my back to run, these arrogant things I’ve done
Still you are faithful to me
So, I’m letting go cuz even a faithless heart knows
That you will be faithful to me
Always, always you’ve been faithful to me
When everything is changing all around me
You alone are steadfast
Always, always faithful
You’ve been faithful to me
When you feel embarassed I'll be your pride, when you lose direction, I'll be the guide. For all time, for all time. | | |
| until I get back in June you can find me on the OC Register's site
*edit* ( http://www.ocregister.com/local/scical/042005_hunsberblog.shtml) | | |
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Here is an aerial view of the hill. I work with the Congressional Committee on International Relations in the Rayburn building -to the left in the foreground.
I just had my second day of interning and things are getting better. Yesterday I felt like crap. There are so many elite snobs out there- intent on making it known that they "come from somewhere". But at the end of the day what you put into your opportunities matters - determination and passion get you farther than any amount of priviledge ever will. There are some great people in my office that really help me feel more confident and comfortable at work- this can be an intimidating place. But like my roomie keeps saying- they picked us for a reason and we've got what it takes.
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When I heard the learn'd astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams to add, divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured to much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars.
Walt Whitman
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I arrived in DC this weekend and will start my internship tomorrow. Here is a picture of the UC center where my apartment is. We are located 6 blocks from the White House and near Dupont Circle. More later, still jet-lagged. | | |
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I
can't believe this quarter has gone by so quickly. Soon I'm off to the
city full of metrosexuals, businessmen, and well traveled educated
men, I'll be free from my 24units and one
happy girl. But seriously my time in DC will be a
refreshing way to close my undergrad years and
transition to my future.
When
people ask what I plan for the future I rattle of the 'list' of grad
school, traveling, etc. Sometimes I feel apprehensive at what
my dreams will require of me. Hard work is a given- I'm
referring to the fact that reaching my dreams will mean traveling,
moving away, and taking steps on my own- alone. I can handle
being independent and periods of loneliness, but on another level it
will be getting harder to fit and find a relationship amid achieving
these dreams. I haven't had one serious relationship during college,
and realize that timing, not "sitting still" is the real
issue. I wouldn't be content had I chosen safety over my
passions. At family get togethers or dinners an aunt or uncle will
encourage me saying its "great your going for the career woman thing,
Kristen". Thanks, but I want that and then some. And I don't think I
have to sit twiddling my thumbs through home economics to
find Mr. Wonderful. I expect to meet someone achieving their own
goals, while I am achieving my own, wherever they take me. The aim
is for me to freely seek these passions, without worrying or fearing
that I will pay for them by being "alone forever". Thats ridiculous
really- what kind of a gift is given to you with those strings
attached (since my childhood fascination with The Sound of
Music has worn off I no longer aspire to be a nun, so I don't need to
borrow that worry). Without sounding the egoist, I want to meet someone
like me in that they act on their passions if it means taking risks,
putting themselves out there, or learning from the world. In
time, we find that someone who brings us 'home to stay', in the
meantime breathing deeply and keeping our hands open allow us to live
freely- receiving or releasing the dreams and
individuals we are given.
Airplanes
Take you away again
Are you flying
Above where we live
Then I look up a glare in my eyes
Are you having regrets
I'm not but I like rivers that rush in
So then I dove in
Is there trouble ahead
For you the acrobat
I won't push you unless you have a net
You say the word
You know I will find you
Or if you need some time
I don't mind
I don't hold on
To the tail of your kite
I'm not like the girls that you've known
But I believe I'm worth coming home to
Kiss away night
This girl only sleeps with butterflies
With butterflies
So go on and fly then boy
~Tori Amos~
When every boat
Has sailed away
And every path
Is marked and paved
When every road
Has had it’s say
Then I’ll be bringing you back
Home to stay
When every town looks just the same
When every choice gets hard to make
When every map is put away
Then I’ll be bringing you back
Home to stay
And now I know why you had to go alone
Isn’t there a place between
When every road
Has had it’s say
Then I’ll be bringing you back
Home to stay
~J.G.~
Maybe
some women aren't meant to be tamed. Maybe they're supposed to run wild
until they find someone -- just as wild -- to run with. --Carrie
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