I grabbed my laptop and started looking for rates of hotels that boasted a view of Times Square. Surprisingly the rates were very decent (last minute booking, I suppose). But then my laptop died and we continued drinking.
Then on Sunday morning the idea resurfaced. I tried to think of a reason for us to not go. And I couldn't. The drive wasn't long. It wouldn't cost alot. I didn't have anything to do until Tuesday afternoon and Loki is a pro at traveling. With a room overlooking Times Square we could just sit in the room, enjoy the view and have a few drinks, then do some sight seeing in the morning before we leave. So after discussing who would pay for what, I booked the room, packed Loki and I's things, then picked up Nacho and Krissi for our road trip.
So ok, maybe all we did was night was have a few drinks and enjoy the view of Times Square, but given the company, it was wonderful. The next day we walked around Time Square and had lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe before we piled up into the car to drive back to Maryland.
As we walked back to the Valet/ parking garage to get my car, (literally seconds after this picture was taken) my phone started ringing. I looked and saw that it was a 202 number (Washington, D.C.), because the Democratic National Committee is in DC and because I had intern orientation th next day, I answered.
"Hi this is Alicia from the Founding Church of Scientology."
"Hi Alicia, what can I do for you?"
"Well you were supposed to be in at 2:30 today to do your coursework."
Fucking really? Now to help all of you get a better picture, let me explain how my Dianetics course works. I have the book Dianetics. Then I was given a Diantics Workbook. I go into the course room, read Dianetics and then answer questions in the workbook which I turn in as I leave. I do this at my own pace and the people in the course basically sit there and wait for you to have a question they can answer or for you to wonder what a word means (They actually gave me a dictionary for "young readers" when I came in last time. It took a lot of strength to not throw that dictionary in their faces and let them know that I could teach them a thing or too about the English language...but I refrained) I could easily do this at home (having the workbook makes a huge difference). And now these people are calling me because I didn't want to come sit in their "course room" (where I have to tell them if I'm going to the bathroom and can't even bring in a bottle of water with me) and do something I could do at home and not waste as much gas.
So, contrary to what my brain was telling me, I didn't hang up the phone right then and there and told Alicia I would be in after my orientation on Tuesday.
Tuesday morning I woke up early, put on my brand new, absoluetly adorable, gray Calvin Klien suit and some cute Steve Madden pumps (reminding myself to get the pants on my absoluetly adorable suit hemmed ASAP so I could wear them without wearing 3 inch heels), dropped Loki off at Krissi's house and managed to find a 2 hr parking space right in front of the DNC (whic was awesome because orientation was only supposed to be an hour long). Myself and my fellow interns were grossly overdressed. Everyone there wears jeans! It is certianly the more casual side of business casual. They also have no problem joking around and cursing around one another. So I instantly fell in love with the laid back atmosphere. We all recieved our ID badges and were shown were our departments would be. I get to work in Operations and my sliver of a desk is right near Jennifer O'Malley Dillion's office as well as DNC Chairman Tim Kaine's office. Yea, it was pretty cool.
So after orientation was over, I got to head over to the other side of town. I only planned on spending an hour ther because I really wanted to get home to Loki. So I rushed inside, opened up my book and my workbook and tried to hurry through the last two parts of Book One.
Then I saw a woman lean over near me, trying to get my attention. I looked up and smiled. She introduced herself to me as Ann Marie. "I've had about four people come up to me and tell me I have to meet you. I'm not sure if you are looking for a job but I am in charge of staff hires here and would love to meet you."
Shut the fuck up! These people want to work for them?! And actually pay me to do it?! I hope my expression didn't come off astoo shocked but I told her thank you and that I would meet with her the next time I came in.
Not even two minutes after she left, a man with curly hair and glasses (and of course black pants and black turtleneck) came up to me and introduced himself as Austin. He said he wanted to meet me and perhaps do a personality text with me (yup, the famous Scientology personality test) I told him I had taken it online so we agreed to meet the next time I came in as well to go over my results.
I have to admit with work at the DNC, I have been slacking. I am supposed to become a Hindu on the first but I haven't even finished my Dianetics Course. I have a Dianetics seminar this weekend but it goes from 9-7 on Saturday and 10-6 on Sunday. I may have to break it up into two weekends. While I fully intend to start my two months as a Hindu on schedule, I may just simply have to allow Scientology to over lap into that abit, simply so I can have more reasearch on the area. I suppose it would be like moving Scientology from a full on religion to more of a complimentary aspect like what Sarah had told me the week before (how she practiced Catholicism but was a Scientologist). I have to admit though, I will be pretty happy when I'm done with this religion. I hope they won't keep calling me. I'll just tell them I moved away or something.
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