Illconcival

Today's title will be explained later in the post. I've had a pretty good week thus far. Nothing terribly out of the ordinary, and, as a creature of habit, I like that. Monday and Tuesday I got my first taste of the House's intern aerobic exercise program. By that I mean that I got to wander around the three House office buildings and gather signatures for official proposals. These weren't actually bills, more like the step immediately below. It was a nice change of pace, but walking probably a couple of miles in my dress shoes was not so nice for my feet. Outside of that, I mostly just did mail and the phones. That is where today's title comes from. One of the letters I read on Wednesday called the health care reform effort "illconcival" which we decided was a combination of "ill conceived" and "inconceivable". In case you were curious, it is not a word and, according to Google, doesn't appear on the Internet, as the search kicked back no results. My other favorite term from yesterday was a constituent who told me that the president had "quad-tripled" the number of policy czars. I'm not sure if that's supposed to be quadrupled or multiplied by 12 but, again, it's not a real word.

Today was a class day as all Thursdays are. In the morning we visited the Library of Congress. It was pretty cool. In addition to seeing some of the more famous spaces, like the great hall and the main reading room, we saw a couple of cool collections. They had a first edition Gutenberg Bible on display. We also saw draft copies of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Finally, we got to see what remains of Jefferson's original donation to the Library after a fire destroyed 2/3 of it. They have since worked to replace as many of the books as possible, but only if they can find the exact edition that Jefferson had owned. They are only missing about 200 more. The highlight of today, though, was probably finding a Taco Bell for the first time since being here. The only down side of the Taco Bell trip was being accosted by an out of work black gentleman who appeared to be dressed as a sea captain. He didn't like that we were well dressed and getting Taco Bell. To each their own I suppose.

Now its time to watch "The Office" and then Joel McHale's new show. Work tomorrow, but I don't have to wear a suit, which is nice.

Later,

Jes