Showing posts with label Independence Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Independence Day. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

USA! USA!

When I was a kid, my dad always gave me shit for starting things and never finishing them. Fortunately for me, I don't think he's mastered the art of surfing the interwebs yet, so there's no way he could have found my semi-abandonded blog over the past couple of weeks to prove his point. Gotcha!

After temporarily breaking my computer (it miraculously turned on after a week) and then traveling without access to the Internet, I'm finally back in blogging action. So what have you missed? Mmm... let's start with the fun stuff...

As one of just a few UN interns from the U.S., I took on the responsibility of showing my international colleagues some good ol' American hospitality on July 4th. And by that I mean I had a party. I was kind of stuck for "American" decorations, so I limited myself to some print-outs of Obama, a homemade shrine to Dr. Pepper, and a bowl full of gummy hamburgers. Because I couldn't locate any shitty American beer, as is required for any good July 4th party, I just bought a lot of Austrian beer and then taped "FREEDOM BEER" labels on them. Yes, it was a great moment for the U.S.