If when you saw this title and thought of it to the tune of "12 Days of Christmas", then congratulations for following my train of thought, because that was the point of the title. Now that the moment of music puns has come and gone, it's time to bring you all up to speed on the highlights of this week.
This week I received 4 business cards from people of various political professions. Now for those of you who will one day need business cards, I will warn you now that I handed out about 7 or 8 business cards and received 4, which means that business card exchanges may not always be an equal ratio. Some people run out of business cards at an inconvenient time or just plain don't have a business card of their own, but it's still good to spread your name because it could help you get a future job.
My 3 roommates and I get along pretty well. We take the same classes on Tuesdays, but we intern at very different places. Nevertheless, we do enjoy our internships and each other's company. We've had both some good laughs and interesting discussions. Apparently they now think that I should teach a seminar on how to hand out business cards....
Ironically though, the 2 networking events that I attended this week were the first time that I ever handed out business cards. As a student under the Washington Internship Institute (WII), it was highly recommended that we make our own business cards. The 2 networking events were on Tuesday the 27th and Wednesday the 28th. Both of them had good food and different people to talk to. However, the event on the 27th was sponsored by WII and took place in a bar called Blackfinn while the organization I intern at was in charge of the event on the 28th and it took place in the building I work in.
After the networking event was over on the 28th, my supervisor, fellow interns, other workers at where I intern at, and I were putting away leftover food in the fridge. There was this huge container (as in approximately 13" x 19") that was mostly full of cantaloupe that was too big to fit in the fridge. My supervisor stated earlier in the evening that we could take home some of the food if there were leftovers, so I volunteered to take the container back to the apartment. I may have received a few weird looks from other passengers when I rode the Metro that night, but I wasn't paying too much attention since I was very happy to have a whole bunch of cantaloupe. I REALLY like any kind of melon. Once I was back at the apartment and told my roommates about the cantaloupe, I found out to my surprise that one of them doesn't like cantaloupe. After I realized that there was too much cantaloupe for 3 people to eat, I split about half of the amount of cantaloupe with another apartment of WII students. So if you give a Minnesotan fan of melons too much cantaloupe, they will share the wealth with others.
Well, that's about everything this week. Next week there will be a couple more stories, so stay tuned!
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