My roommate finally moved in this weekend. He's from Jersey and seems to be a pretty cool kid. For those of you back home who are wondering, he is not related to Tony Soprano nor is he in any way connected to the mafia (sorry).
On Saturday it rained heavily for most of the day, so I ended up staying in and reading. It finally cleared up around dinner time, so I walked down to a little neighborhood cafe to get some food and then down along the waterfront. While sitting by the river, I heard this loud noise coming from my right. I looked up in time to see Marine One (the President's helicopter) flying about 30-50 feet above the water. It was a pretty incredible sight.
Sunday morning, I woke up early intending to attend church at this old Methodist church that is just around the corner from my apartment. However, once I made it there, I quickly realized that the 9:30 service on the first and last Sundays of the month are held entirely in German. So, after walking the neighborhood trying, in vain, to find a church that had a 9:30 service in English, I decided to just grab some breakfast and read the Bible on my own. That afternoon, my roommate and I rode the metro to the National Mall to attend Israel's 60th birthday celebration. I think one of the organizers said that there were over 50,000 people there that day. Although there were a few pro-Palestinian protesters there, it didn't seem to diminish the overall mood of the day (the Israelis really know how to party).
On the work-front - we have launched another petition site: www.gaspriceprotest.com. The site is similar to AngryRenter.com, and we will once again be delivering the signatures to Congress in order to get them to do something substantial about the high price of gas. Please, take a few minutes to go to the website and sign your name. You have no idea how effective it is to walk into a Congressman's office and drop a stack of several hundred or, as is sometimes the case, thousands of signatures.
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