Day 229: Good Advice

 

August 17th, 2011Nothing important came out of today, as I stayed in my residency for most of the day (as pictured above). I did manage to gain some valuable advice in overseeing my assets for the previous week. Apparently, at the risk of sacrficing “hanging out time” with friends, you save quite a bit of money… but in not going out, you also are subjected to terrible food all week in the form of spam, rice, eggs, noodles, and hot pockets. BLEH. I’m currently only 2 dollars overbudget, but I’m well aware that I’m probalby going to have to change my budget for the next month. With me starting P90x again, and school starting soon, the chances of me cooking during the school year are slim to none. But… if you must know, today I went to EHS and filed papers for a couple of hours, before heading straight home. While at home, I did virtually nothing useful except for working out in the third day of my P90x routines (my legs are hella’ sore from yesterday), placing books on my Amazon cart to study for the CSETS (have not yet ordered them yet), and submitting my Teach for America application. Me and Tyler also did cartwells, chatted with Lauren and Melanie for a bit, before ultimately not doing anything for the rest of the night.

On this day in 1998, President Bill Clinton becomes the first sitting president to testify before the Office of Independent Council as the subject of a grand-jury investigation. The testimony came after a four-year investigation into Clinton and his wife Hillary’s alleged involvement in several scandals, including accusations of sexual harassment, potentially illegal real-estate deals and suspected “cronyism” involved in the firing of White House travel-agency personnel. The independent prosecutor, Kenneth Starr, then uncovered an affair between Clinton and a White House intern named Monica Lewinsky. When questioned about the affair, Clinton denied it, which led Starr to charge the president with perjury and obstruction of justice, which in turn prompted his testimony on August 17. FOR SHAME, FOR SHAME…..

Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, opened the doors of his New Hampshire campaign office tonight at an event that attracted hundreds of his supporters. Paul took the opportunity to poke fun at his home state Governor Rick Perry for his over-the-top criticism of the Federal Reserve, Paul’s bread and butter issue. “Now they have this other governor, I can’t remember his name,” Paul said. “He realizes that talking about the Fed is good, too. But I’ll tell you what, he makes me sound like a moderate. I have never once said Bernanke has committed treason. But I have suggested very strongly that the Federal Reserve system and all the members have been counterfeiters for a long time. HE IS A GOD.

P.S.: ZOMG TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!