Over the Hump

Well, it's official I am over halfway through my time here in D.C. When I had that realization I  also realized that I have not done even half the things I had wanted to do while I was here. Not to fear though, since I want to move back out this way. Before I get into how work went this past week I will talk about volunteering at the Army 10 Miler. I was a wave start volunteer for group purple. I was in charge of making sure the runners stayed in the corral until it was their time to go. I  participated in this as part of my civic engagement project with TWC. Since I last wrote I have done a few things. At work I am still working on USS Klakring but I should be finishing that up in the next week or so. I finally hit the 2000's, which will make writing it go a little faster.

The big thing I have done since writing last was represent Envisioning History inc., at GovCon 8. GovCon 8 is an event hosted by Palantir that shows the wide range of uses for Palantir and to inform government officials about what it is. Alastair and I went and ran demos for Envisioning History on our WWII project, specifically a Kamikaze and Pearl Harbor demo. There were many interesting people that we spoke to and they posed a lot of good questions that really made me think. Some of the most fun people to talk to were the other Palantir employees. They were excited to see the program do something different. The Palantir people went all out for this event. They had all the computers there for us, there was free food (a lot of free food), their own personal archways, and the whole thing was free.

GovCon was defiantly the highlight of my week.Throughout the rest of the week I went to class and did homework. My big accomplishment was finishing my first of five books for my independent study class with Dr. Lindell, I guess I should probably pick up the pace! Not to fear though, there is the possibility that I will be cooped up in my apartment for a few days with Hurricane Sandy, aka Frankenstorm, coming tonight, which means that I will have a lot of time to read! Yesterday was spent trying to get information that I needed for some other homework projects off the internet incase the power goes out. There was a study break yesterday when I went to go see Argo. It was amazing and everyone should try and go see it. I will check back in after the storm!

Until next time,
Courtney

Union Station before work one morning

My bedroom

My bedroom

Living Room

Kitche

Table/Living Room

Gov Con

Desserts for lunch (yes that is creme boule)

GovCon

Our booth

Main Stage at GovCon

Me an other TWC students at the Army 10 Milers