Sooo it's been another long intense 2 days of PARLI!!! I think I'm starting to appreciate it more and in fact, I think this was the tournament where I actually improved because I'm starting to understand the way of thinking and the format so much more! D.C. was such a nice city. I loved the city, as a city. Now going to a college/university in the middle of the city, I don't know. It was quite unnverving to see that there was a need for cops and police cars at every other block. ANd in some cases, more than one on the same block. I know that obviously was put there to ensure the safety of the students but after seeing wayy too many ambulances and cop cars flashing their lights and blaring their sirens through the city, whoah whoah yeah. Wayy too much. However, I would love to be in a city like D.C. for grad school I think. I really love the peace and quiet at Swarthmore...way too quiet sometimes, haha but at least it's easy to get away to Philly if needed. So yep, I loved the restaurants and stores and parks interspersed throughout the city and within walking distance of the campus and I'd love to go back there sometime.

With that aside, I got to have a reunion with my oldest/youngest friend from wayyyy too long time ago!! We've known each other since 3rd grade? 4th grade? I remember she played the viola and was really quiet....not anymore! Just kidding, Reesie :) It was so great seeing her. I took the shuttle from the main campus of GW to the part she lives on, Mt. Vernon and as I got off the bus, we screamed and squealed and screamed and jumped and hugged some more because I hadn't seen her since the day before I left for college. It was so nice :) We ended up walking around till the middle of the night around D.C. through the Reflecting Pool, Lincoln Memorial, World War II Memorial, and Vietnam Veterans' Memorial. After that, we headed to 7-11 and decided to share a pint of Ben and Jerry's and gummy bears for me (she's a veggie). Awww, yea so we had a great time to catch up, eat lots and lots of frozen yogurt while prancing around the sidewalks of D.C. in ....30-40 degree weather? haha? I was still wearing flip-flops? haha? Hmm, anyway, makes me miss high school & high school friends & teachers all back at the Convent. Ahhh! Well my other friend Nicole from Berkeley is coming to visit me this week! Whooo! 

And for my shameless plugs (phrase courtesy of my LA Youth editor, I think?) of the day, I was just browsing around Yahoo!. Well actually it's my homepage (yea, I'm old-school, I still use Yahoo!Mail. so sue me haha). I saw this headline on the news section "More liberal arts colleges embrace engineering students" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071103/ap_on_re_us/engineering_and_liberal_arts And I was thinking in my head, hey! I wonder which liberal arts colleges that may be. And then..guessss what? Yep, it featured Swarthmore as the first college that has a great engine program (like my engineering roommate likes to call it)! Mmhmmm :)
My 2nd shameless plug for the day is ...my radio show (KLamor) on WSRN-FM 91.5 @ Swarthmore College! It is the featured show of the week (yay) so here's the description...

"KLamor It's the show where Katherine and might-as-well-be-co-hosts Omer Ikizler and Abe Bae spend an hour chatting around with Swatties about the 'burbs, nerds, hot people, society, all that great stuff! It's the show where everyone divulges their deepest, darkest secrets and discusses important issues in society (such as the 'burbs) on the side. If you have suggestions for topics or want to join along for the midday Monday fun, e-mail klam1@swarthmore.edu If not, listen in at Monday from 12-1 p.m.!"

Download the podcast (www.wsrnfm.org) or listen live!

Time for some big resting before tomorrow. Two papers due this week plus many many other things...I love pass-fail. Come to Swarthmore so you can have a pass-fail first semester.