Damn. Jared Polis, Aaron Shock, and Tom Perriello were featured in this month's American Prospect as emerging leaders. Schock, at 27, is deemed a future candidate for higher office in the Republican pary, kind of like Bobby Jindal. All three are amazing, I wish I can have the drive and dream each candidate posseses.
I took the Foreign Service Officer exam Monday. I bombed the essay portion on urbanization's affect on human behavior. Next time, no brainstorming. I'm almost certain I didn't pass it because of the essay section. It was a good learning experience though, and a practice test for future exams.
I'm up at 3am updating my blog because I have so much racing through my noggin: my Brazil essay I still need to finish, how the heck I'm going to get around in Paris since Raphael seems to be in and out in the few days I'm there!
My summer reading books: Dreams from my Father by Obama and Gandhi's autobiography: My Experiments with Truth. So where do I go from here?
I have what seems like three options if GU doesn't work out. First is to defer USC for a year and try to find a job with Sen. Patty Murray, the Gov, or Sen. Cantwell in D.C. or WA. I've submitted resumes so we'll see...
The second choice: Go to USC if I get a good financial aid package. Do I though? Probably not.
The third option is to finish one last quarter in the fall, take a job in Olympia as an aid while applying to grad school, studing Korean, and taking the FSOT again.
Another option is for me to move to D.C. and look. Very expensive ;) Either way I plan to apply to another five schools, the State Dept and White House internships (though I need to find a paying job to pay back my loans), and send out resumes to Olympia and the Hill. All in all though, my short-term plan is still Master's, then Foreign Service for a few years (all the while investing in the up and coming stock market!)The remarkable American laizzes-faire system can work it out. Capitalism and nationalism is what this American's maade up. I need funds to have a viable political life unfortunately :(
OR....I can jump on a campaign. The Mayoral race is heating UP!!! Lord, please guide me, my life.
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