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Week 1 - Jun 18, 2004 at 4:50PM
KB 7 Posts	I got up at around 7:00 A.M; the Monday blues you might call it, for the first day of Work. After a somewhat smooth commute through the metro, we landed at College Park- ready and on the go for orientation. After brief introductions with the crew, we had a chance to visit the different organizations located at the American Center for Physics. We toured the AIP (American Institute of Physics), AAPT (American Association of Physics Teachers),AAPM (American Association of Physicists in Medicine) and APS (American Physical Society) all located in the same building. We also visited the Bohr Library which housed a unique collection of physics materials including photographs made accessible for physicists. After a brief stop to talk with Human resources Department, we headed off to meet with our respective mentors, mine being Tracy Schwab. After work, I was by my own. I almost got lost at the Metro Station but with my quick thinking, I was back on track! Yeah, That s How we do it where I'm from!!! Tuesday was less hectic and I had no problem of finding a project to get into. The projects I'm involved in seem to be a lotta fun so I'm psyched up about them. We met the vice-president of the Physics resources department, Dr. James Stith, who was very entertaining to say the least. the After a considerably busy day, I reached home hot and tired from the sizzling sun only to find out that the rest of the interns were planning on going grocery shopping. I knew I didn't have anything in my fridge so I tagged along, tired yet still moving. The highlight of the day for me was meeting one of my high-school buddies at the metro escalator in Pentagon City. We chilled for a minute reminiscing about the good 'ol times. After that, took a whole load of groceries in the metro!! I called this the WRAP of the day; funny thing- the menu on Lunch specials for the day was a Wrap! lol! Wednesday was a work day. I met the Editor of the ComPADRE, Dr. Dave Donnelly via the phone and interchanged very interesting ideas about plans to renovate the Nucleus as well as the ComPADRE. Tried to make it for the Reagan procession at the capitol but we got lost a few times not to mention that we had left GW late so we pretty much couldn't do anything but wander around and view the white house from the outside. Thursday, man, it was all about work! I had accomplished a lot today, putting out surveys and having it edited by Dr. Roman Szujko from the statistical department. Got paid but couldn't deposit it because my bank is no where around the east coast. That was the bad news as Liz put it, and it sure was. Did a bit of touring and went out to eat at TGIF with the other interns; had a good time I must quite add. Friday, what will it bring! Now that s the question of the day but I have to submit this journal before I start on my venture. Well I guess you have to wait till next week to find out! Hey Sorry! Login to reply

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Week 2 - Jun 18 2004 4:51PM
KB 7 Posts	On Friday, the 11th of June, all interns met with our supervisors, Gary and Liz at the America Café in Union Station, D.C for a fine cuisine. I, being the fearless lad, had the infamous Alfredo Steak, KC style; 'rare' I had said when asked how I liked it. The waiter repeated, "You mean 'medium rare'? And I said, "No, I'll have it much on the rare side!"-Bad mistake people! The steak was bloody juicy indeed and made all sorts of noises as soon as I poked it with my knife. Scary scene; an R rated one at that. But getting away from the craziness, the weekend was great. I met a lotta my old friends in DC, went out and had a good time. I had to learn the hard way that life in DC is not cheap at all, in fact very expensive. My account was going downhill. Nothing special happened but I got a sense of what D.C was like. I went to Tacoma Park, where they have basketball courts, Soccer playgrounds and places where you could barbeque! That was very entertaining, I must add. I met two of my fraternity brothers from other chapters; one from University of North Carolina and the other from Louisiana State University and exchanged numbers. We might get up sometime in the near future. Monday was very efficient, as I had to brush up on the survey questions I had started on the week before. After discussing with Gary, I narrowed a 15-question survey into an eight-question survey and had it edited by Roman for the last time. Then to the fun part- I had to learn the "Macromedia Dream-weaver" software program to create an on-line survey. Tracy helped me with this task and I found the program to be simply awesome for the lack of better words. Astonishing, simply astonishing! Roman bought us lunch for the feedback we gave him on a stat's web page on Tuesday, making it the highlight of the day. The week was kind of slow paced and nothing out of the ordinary happened. We went to Pentagon City more than we needed but each time we went, we had fun. It rained on Thursday, much to the delight of Heather, who thought Thunderstorms were the best thing that could happen on earth- AAAWWWWWWW NOOOOOOOOOO! I would say! J. I'm on the final stages of sending out the survey so employers, be on the look out! Like I always like to say, 'WATCH OUT THERE NOW!' Smithsonian trip with Gary is tomorrow so that would be something to look out for. The highlight of Friday is this joke I read; an answer by a high-school student when asked how tides were formed. He simply wrote; The tides are a fight between the Earth and moon. All water tends towards the moon, because there is no water on the moon, and nature abhors a vacuum. I forget where the sun joins in this fight. Till then... Login to reply \| Condense

Week 2 - Jun 18 2004 4:51PM

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On Friday, the 11th of June, all interns met with our supervisors, Gary and Liz at the America Café in Union Station, D.C for a fine cuisine. I, being the fearless lad, had the infamous Alfredo Steak, KC style; 'rare' I had said when asked how I liked it. The waiter repeated, "You mean 'medium rare'? And I said, "No, I'll have it much on the rare side!"-Bad mistake people! The steak was bloody juicy indeed and made all sorts of noises as soon as I poked it with my knife. Scary scene; an R rated one at that. But getting away from the craziness, the weekend was great. I met a lotta my old friends in DC, went out and had a good time. I had to learn the hard way that life in DC is not cheap at all, in fact very expensive. My account was going downhill. Nothing special happened but I got a sense of what D.C was like. I went to Tacoma Park, where they have basketball courts, Soccer playgrounds and places where you could barbeque! That was very entertaining, I must add. I met two of my fraternity brothers from other chapters; one from University of North Carolina and the other from Louisiana State University and exchanged numbers. We might get up sometime in the near future.
Monday was very efficient, as I had to brush up on the survey questions I had started on the week before. After discussing with Gary, I narrowed a 15-question survey into an eight-question survey and had it edited by Roman for the last time. Then to the fun part- I had to learn the "Macromedia Dream-weaver" software program to create an on-line survey. Tracy helped me with this task and I found the program to be simply awesome for the lack of better words. Astonishing, simply astonishing! Roman bought us lunch for the feedback we gave him on a stat's web page on Tuesday, making it the highlight of the day. The week was kind of slow paced and nothing out of the ordinary happened. We went to Pentagon City more than we needed but each time we went, we had fun. It rained on Thursday, much to the delight of Heather, who thought Thunderstorms were the best thing that could happen on earth- AAAWWWWWWW NOOOOOOOOOO! I would say! J. I'm on the final stages of sending out the survey so employers, be on the look out! Like I always like to say, 'WATCH OUT THERE NOW!' Smithsonian trip with Gary is tomorrow so that would be something to look out for. The highlight of Friday is this joke I read; an answer by a high-school student when asked how tides were formed. He simply wrote;
The tides are a fight between the Earth and moon. All water tends towards the moon, because there is no water on the moon, and nature abhors a vacuum. I forget where the sun joins in this fight.
Till then...

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