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November 24 Washington DC !!Time for an update! So from November 19-22 I was in Washington D.C. for the annual Middle East Studies Association conference! It was fun! I met with some professors from the graduate schools I am applying to, went well overall.
Met up with some friends from the Iran tour I went on in July 2004 (Hadi and Hussein! Hellooo
 This is your shout out!). Saturday we went to an Iranian restaurant. I had some chicken and rice! and some Iranian sweet that tasted too much like rosewater  but it was still good! Then on Monday we went to an Afghani restaurant, food was really good! Oh yeah, and the smoothies!! Can't forget the smoothies from the Chinese restaurant. Thanks for the dinners!!  We should meet up more often to reminisce about Iran, it was fun!Got a quick tour of Georgetown, which was cool. For some reason, whenever I would think of applying to Georgetown University for Arab studies, I always thought the university was in Georgetown, NY!! A very gloomy and depressing place. But now that I realise the university is actually in Washington DC and not NY, I might just consider it! Who knows. We'll see. But I am interested in Persian studies moreso than Arab studies.
Monday morning I went to the Smithsonian National Zoo (pictures coming soon!!). Unfortunately the baby panda was inside, and the mother panda kept on eating bamboo! Hardly got to see her upclose.
 Maybe next time! Almosttt made it on CNN! When I was there, the news people were there! And later when I was in my hotel room and flipping through the channels, I saw the zoo and the panda on CNN!! Too bad I didn't get interviewed! I would've had a lot to say!!Attended a few lectures. One about Iran-US relations was pretty interesting. It was jam-packed! It was the highlight of the day (monday). Of course it focused a lot on nuclear weapons, blah blah. All I gotta say is that if American and Israel can have weapons, there is no reason Iran should not be allowed to have weapons!
I actually spent a lot of time in the hotel room watching "Friends." There seemed to have been a marathon on tv. I know I'm so bad. I should've been attending more lectures
 The flight to washington DC was so short, an hour and a half. But I felt sooo tired when I was there, and even had dark circles under my eyes the entire trip! I truly don't understand why! Because since I got back home, I have not had the dark circles. And I slept really well in DC too, so I am a bit confused. I felt all lethargic and whatnot. But hopefully next time I will enjoy the conference as much as possible!I had the misfortune of meeting one of the most racist and bigoted women I have ever met. All I know is she seems to think she is some hot shot, has appeared on Fox news, and her last name is Meyerson. I had to listen to her babble on for 45 minutes about how wonderful Israel is and how Arabs are backwards and terrorists. What an idiot. I could say more about her, but I dare not waste my precious time talking about such an ignoramus!
I miss Washington DC! The hotel was awesome, and loved seeing so many people who are interested in Middle Eastern studies, and I miss hanging out with Hadi and Hussein! Well, maybe someday again in the future
Actually, we should all go to Iran again and then we can reminisce about that trip next!ZOO PICTURES COMING SOON! STAY TUNED. |
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