Anyways these past few days have been filled with watching Wimbledon finals (men's and women's (singles and doubles)) and am very proud to be an American after watching the greats play their best. While we all knew that the W-sisters would go all the way...I can only say that the best play I saw on the court did not win (yes its Andy Roddick). In my opinion, he played with all of his heart and got robbed at the end but more important than his playing was his post playing speech. He was gracious and humble, which is so refreshing to see on T.V. I truly hope that one day he will join the greats and win Wimbledon (or any other grand slam).
My days here have been filled with rain, walking, walking in the rain (sorry no singing to report), my internship, Big Brother (the version here sucks compared to the American one(but it is hilarious)), gelato, reading and bus rides.
My internship yesterday was uneventful but today it went by very quickly. I've been working on researching Muslim girls Schools in and around London, so that the leader of the project can contact them to pitch the Faith and fashion project to them. Thus far she has been unsuccessful because many of the schools are out and aren't planing events for next year yet...not my problem. Then six of us (three interns and three 3ff staff members) went out to eat to celebrate one of the interns birthday. This may have been the best part of my time here. While it was nice to relax and just chill out, I continue to find that when people who are all invested in one subject come together, they can't stop talking about that subject. Over pizza I talked with the program director and the birthday boy about religious differences and what is happening to change them, cultural differences that we have/are facing (due to the fact that none of us are British) and the difference between the areas we have lived in and the education and religious backgrounds we have had. I honestly had a blast. After getting back to the office I was asked to call individuals working on a Muslim/Jewish group to find a meeting time to set up a "working group" while I have NO clue what that is, calling individuals was quite a task that I was unprepared for (but still managed to pull off). At the end of the day I was given an interesting task to work on. I was asked to go through the May 1st 2008 House of Lords Debate (on interfaith dialogue) and while I didn't get very far into it, it seems pretty interesting thus far.
Made more brownies, making it a great end to the tonight.
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