Andorra Mission to the UN/US

Yesterday I met with the Ambassador of Andorra (a small country located between France and Spain).  He told Marianna and I some interesting stories, some of which were probably too sensitive.

Turns out he had an alternative motive.  He was kind of smoozing me to try to hire me to be an external consultant, considering my current employment status, I'd so be game for that!

Nats 2011 at West Point

This past weekend (Friday-Sunday) was APDA Nationals at the United States Military Academy at West Point.  The weekend was tons of fun but super exhausting as well.  I helped out al ot more than I should have, lol.  I finally caught up on sleep today!!!

The weekend was great, I got to see a lot of my friends and made a ton of new ones.

Friday night I went to be at 4:45 AM and somehow woke up at 8 PM and on Saturday I went to bed around 6 AM and woke up at 10 AM.  Needless to say I was exhausted Sunday morning - which is a rare stage to see me in.


Some highlights of the weekend:
Friday

• Fun train ride up to West Point with Faye, Greg and Ryne
• Playing with guns!

Saturday

• Bull riding with Em in our skirts
• Banquet with some hiliarious senior speeches and wearing my old my prom dress
• Colin trying to hit on me
• Dealing with a very drunk Harry Murphy - Murphy's Mission.  A large and in charge drunk Harry had fallen asleep in Matt Katz's bed, could not be woken up.  After a longgg time and lots of nudging, we finally managed to wake him up.  We eventually got him to Matt's car where he drove him to his hotel.  However once we got there, we weren't sure exactly what his room number was.  We walked to the room, then tried the key, however it did not work.  We continued to try the next 7 doors, none of which worked.  We then headed back to the car, when Bear decided that Harry could just crash in their room.  We drove back and he just passed out on a recliner.  Oh Harry!

Sunday

• Tyger teaching me how to 2 step in the TOC room
• Fun car ride with Tyler to the train station

 

Overall, a great weekend!  Great job West Point Speech & Debate!

Hell Week is OVERRRR

My sister, mom and dad left for Boston at 3 AM this morning for an accepted students day at Boston University.  I think J-Dawg's going to be going there and leaving :(

And looks like the pot luck I was going to go to today got cancelled, so I guess I'll be home alone til they get home.

Thursday turned out to be 'Hell Day" as I called it, just so much work to do.  But it's all over now!  Thursday was the last day of classes at GBA.  I'm essentially done now, minus the hybrid law class in which I have a 30-50 page paper due.  Good times!

I was so exhausted today I went out on a coffee break (and ended up with an Oringina) and took a nap as soon as I got home!

Networking for Entrepreneurs

 

Today was the big event that I was planning for my "Communications for Entrepreneurs" class.

The event went rather smoothly, the name tags, table signs and event signs I made went well, most of the people showed up and there was plenty of food!

We presented our ideas to guests of our classmates in a “speed networking” format. We were given four minutes to present our “1-minute pitch” and then receive questions and feedback from the contacts on how we could improve their ideas. After the four minutes, we would move to the next table and give their pitch again.

  I had Joe and Greg at my table, which was cool, I love those guys! We were also placed next to Heidi and her sister Bonnie who are really fun girls!

The event was a lot of fun!!! I had such a great time I stayed there til 10:30 PM - one hour past the set end time!  We even closed out the restaurant!

NY State Tournament

The past 2 days, I judged at the new NY State tournament at Brooklyn Tech.  The tournament itself was kind of ehh, but the hanging out part was fun.  I got to see and hang out with a lot of friends who I havent seen in a while--Caitlin, Andy, Andrew, Matt, Mira, Taarini, Lev, Tom and of course Jon, just to name a few

I stayed with Caitlin last night, which was a lot of fun.  Caitlin, Andy and I went out for dinner at Umi Nom, this cute Asian restaurant last night.  Afterward Caitlin and I wandered around Fort Green for dessert, and ended up getting this salty/sweet caramel sundae thing.

Today was a lot more fun, but dull at the same time.  I judged up til semis and didn't squirrel!!! :)

Took me 2 hours to get home though... I"m so done for the night lol

Spring Break in Boston

I went to Boston for a few days, including St. Patrick's Day, during spring break this past week.  I arrived on Wednesday and left on Saturday.  I got to see a lot of good friends who I havent seen in a while, so that was nice!


Wednesday
I left Wednesday after work with Bob (debate friend from West Point) and arrived in Boston around 6:30 PM and headed downtown to see John.  I hadn't seen John since we were in Nassau!  We went out for sushi at this cute little restaurant not too far from the Sheraton.

Thursday - St. Patrick's Day
I was waiting for a while for Bob and Marianna (co-intern at the UN) to arrive...  They both finally arrived around noon.  Marianna was super exhausted when she arrived and 180 from her normal cheery self, so she headed to Connor's place first, while Bob and I wandered around Boston.


We walked around Boston/Downtown and followed the Freedom Trail, which is a red brick road that goes throughout the city hitting the major landmarks.  We stopped at the North End and got cannolis from Mike's Pastry, which were amazing!  We then stopped by this cute little Irish pub/restaurant where I got a green beer and corned beef!  I also learned that GERMAN BEER IS TERRIBLE!!!

 

We then headed back to the hotel, I said my farewells to John and we headed to my friend Connor's apartment.  When Connor finally returned from class we headed out to Newbury Street, however there was nothing going on, so we headed to Faneuil Hall, which was a bit more lively, but nowhere as crazy as it is in NY.  We ended up going to a bar, where I got a green drink - I think it was an appletini?  It was yummy!

When we got back we chilled, and then tried to get a pizza.  Would you believe places close in Boston?  You would think they would have one 24 hour place near a college campus.  After much searching we found a pizza place that would deliver to us.  1.5 hrs later, we finally got our pizza... at 3 AM!

Friday
We hit up Harvard Square and got lunch at this awesome place "Charley's Kitchen" per Erica, Wes and Josh's suggestions.  Despite what Bob and Connor thought, I successfully ate an entire double cheeseburger, which was delicious!  While we were there, Connor and I tried calling a bunch of the mutual Fordham friends we had.  Of course we called none other than... JOHN MUNJOLI!!!  We were lucky enough to have Josh grace us with his presence, and of course he skateboarded over!

We then headed to Long Warf - Boston Harbor, which was very quaint, the headed to the "Top of the Hub" in the Prudential Center.  The place was located on the 52 floor and had a gorgeous view overlooking all of Boston.  After some drinks, we headed to the Cheesecake Factory and met up with none other than JAKE and RYAN!!!  I had not seen Jake since Nats last year, so that was a nice surprise!

We got a ton of awesome cheesecakes - Reeses, Strawberry and Banana Cream.  Jake was the only one to finish both his dinner and his cheesecake!  We then headed to Ryan's where we played some games and celebrated his new job!

Saturday
We went to Joe's Bar and Grille for Brunch where we got mimosas - Connor and Bob's first! :)  Then headed to South Station for the bus home.  We actually made good time and made it in a little under 4 hours!

I got Krispy Kreme donuts!

I had a great time in Boston!!!  Thank you Connor for being such a great host, taking us around and letting us crash at your place and giving up your bed; Jake, Josh and Ryan for coming out and seeing me; Bob and Marianna for making the trip out with me!!!

My First Pageant!!!

Today I tried something new and competed in my first pageant(s)--the Miss Manhattan/NYC/Southeast NYC Pageant and the Miss Metropolitan/Greater Gotham/Liberty Pageant.  It was a "super pageant," two pageants in a row.

The pageant was a lot of fun and definitely not what you see on TV.  The girls were super cool and some of them were really smart and soo sweet!

The pageant was your standard pageant with an interview, swim suit, on stage question and evening gown portion.  I got asked the most obscure and most irrelevant questions.  At the first pageant my question was:

Fill in the rest of this sentence:  "I am most afraid of..."

To which I answered something to the effect of

"I am most afraid of... jumping off buildings because I'm afraid of heights!"

During the second pageant, I was asked

Hoarders has been a huge phenomenon, are you a hoarder or a tosser?

To this I answered something like:

I think it's important to save the important things that have special memories, but the stuff that doesnt... it's gotta go!

I got some laughs with both responses, so I guess that was good! :)

I even made a new friend - Nardeen, who actually won Miss Greater Gotham!

Pageant Interviews!

As part of my New Year Resolutions, I wanted to try new and exciting things, so I am entering some local pageants--Miss Manhattan/NYC/Southeast NYC and Miss Metropolitan/Greater Gotham/Liberty.

The interviews went pretty well... I hope?  The first one went a lot better than the second one. I had them laughing and everything with me.  Although I think they think I do twitter dating.  I mentioned how I met VansJerry on Twitter last night and how he introduced me to pro BMXers.... but I guess I phrased it wrong LOL!  They were just messing with me!  Can't wait til tomorrow!

BMX Night at House of Vans

Tonight was the first ever BMX Night at the House of Vans.  Andrei and I headed down to the event after work today.  The House of Vans was pretty sick, how did I not know this place existed?  It was super cool, there were tons of ramps, quarterpipes and a bowl.  They even had a station set up outside for BBQing food!

 

At the event, I met the guy who I had found out about the event from on Twitter.  Apparently hes somewhat of a big deal and introduced me to SCOTTY CRANMER and DAKOTA ROCHE!!!  OMG Scotty was such a sweetheart and I somehow managed to get his number!!!

Black Knight Invitational

West Point got me a PUPPY!!!!!!!

Only team to follow through and deliver! <3

Rutgers Weekend

This past weekend I was Rutgers, judging at yet another tournament, only this time it was an APDA tournament and it was unpaid.  However, I did get to spend time with some of my favorite people! :)

The tournament was lots of fun, and boy did we party hard on Friday night... that is until the cops came...  All in all it was a good weekend! :)

Weekend in Scarsdale

This past weekend I judged at Scarsdale for their annual HS debate tournament.  I had a great time with Andy and Andrew, especially Friday night!  I also got to see a lot of the awesome Bronx Science team which I LOVE!  You would not believe how many times I got asked "Are you judging at Harvard?" and getting sad faces when I said no.  I feel so loved! :)

1st Article Post!!!

My first article was posted on the UN's website!!!

Check it out: http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/news/social/social-protection.html

Green Bay Packers Win Superbowl XLV

Green Bay Packers win against the Pittsburgh Steelers: 31-25

Half-Time Show was pretty good.  Black Eye Peas performed, followed by a duet of Slash and Fergie "Sweet Child of Mine," Usher singing "Oh My God," and BEP finishing off with "Where is the Love?"