Junk Science

My torts professor loves himself....he even tells us in class about the negative publicity he gets.... It's quite possible that he googles himself everyday... ;) Check out this article that was just written about him:
http://www.consumerfreedom.com/oped_detail.cfm/oped/156?nd=1

Random Thought

As I sit here thinking about why a fair number of the students around me often seem so pissed off at the world, I remember a comment I made earlier to some friends in medical school: when I pass GW Medical School on the way to the Law School every morning, I sometimes see medical students and interns and they just look so....nice. And happy. They have kind eyes and seem friendly. Then I go to the law school...and I just don't see the same thing. Why is this? A possible explanation just occurred to me. Medical students get to study the human body, the greatest of God's creations all day. They are learning about His divine works and are studying the fundamental processes, mysteries, and laws of Nature and thereby God, our creator as they learn how the body works and how to heal it. That's how we come closer to the Lord right? Through studying and internalizing his laws, words and works, making them a part of us? To some extent, those medical students get to work on that every day...study God...through his creations...every day. Us law students on the other hand spend all our time in the laws of men and worldly concerns. Things that fade and fail. And while I enjoy law school very much and find it incrediblly fascinating, I realize, as I sit in these classrooms and listen to my peers, what it truly is that brings everlasting peace and happiness: the knowledge of who you are, who you can become, and that you never have to go it alone. Just a thought. And I don't mean that medical students have it all figured out by any means, but perhaps it is the divine nature of the object of their study that accounts for that extra twinkle in their eyes.

Incredible Pizza in DC!!

"Washington Post's Best Bets 2006: Voted "Best Pizza" in washingtonpost.com's Best Bets 2006 Readers' Choice contest, this pizzeria excels at Neapolitan pies."

Even though I run the risk making it look like I am addicted to pizza as of late, I had to mention this new pizza place I tried today. It's called 2 Amys. It was incredible! Traditional Naples style pizza where they use real mozzerella that they make there and put dollaps of it on your pizza and it melts in the oven--rather than grated cheese. They use lots of fresh basil, you can get proscuito or many other amazing toppings on your pizza and it's decently priced. They have this "license" hanging in their restaurant from Naples saying that they serve traditional Naples style pizza....hmmm...I don't know much about Italy, but it was seriously delicious! I got tomato with mozzerella, basil, and pesto!! You know how I love pesto... ;)

NYC Skyline

Statue of Liberty!

The Brooklyn Bridge

We took the subway over to Brooklyn, then walked back to Manhattan over the Brooklyn Bridge! It was beautiful!! We could see the statue of liberty to our left and the incredible NYC skyline. The tall buildings to the left make up the Financial District and the tall buildings to the right make up Midtown Manhattan (they are not shown in this post but I think I have some pictures of Midtown already up somewhere).

The Financial District. Ground zero is in the middle of those buildings.

Ground Zero

The Memorial that they are going to build looks like it will be really neat!
That tall building on the right was the first building that has been rebuilt. The main one they are starting to build now is going to be much bigger though.
This is across the street from the site. It is a beam in the shape of a cross that was found in the rubble and set out as a sort of memorial I guess.
This is the engraving that rests on the beam above.
It's hard to get a good glimpse of what's going on without going up to the top of one of the nearby buildings....but one thing I noticed is that the hole in the ground is much deeper than I expected.

NYC Subway

Ridin' the subway! I hate the NY Subway...DC Metro is so much better!!! The subway smells awful, is filthy, is super confusing--there are tons of random hallways scattered all over the stations that it can be sometimes hard to tell where you need to be--, and there are homeless people begging for money on just about every car (I have NEVER seen that on the DC metro).

Traci and I got on the subway when we first arrived at Penn Station. We were alone and were taking the subway to Harlem where our friends lived. Well, after the first stop, this homeless woman gets on the car and addresses everyone telling her story and asking for help...so i just leaned over and gave her my water bottle. Not a big deal right? Well, this guy next to us percedes to lecture me and Traci for like 10 minutes about not giving the homeless people anything. He says: "baby, i know you got a good heart, and that the bible tells us to help the poor...but ain't no one going hungry in new york city! There's too many places for them to go and get help. I know...I was homeless. I was on crack. I was a drunk. But I bettered myself...I got help...and now I'm going to college trying make a better life for myself....etc." This continued for seriously 10 minutes during which 4 other homeless people got on our car at every stop it seemed and told us their "story" and asked for money. Finally, the guy sitting next to us had it with the last girl who was obviously messed up on drugs. They got into a huge verbal spat--shouting at each other. He was telling her to go get help, that all she wanted was money for drugs...and she was trying to defend herself....it was all a little scary!! Luckily our stop soon came and we got off the train and away from the crazy people!
So tired from walking the streets of NYC all day long!! I can't believe how many people are out and about in NYC at 12:30 am...crazy!! Crowds of people everywhere! Young women with toddlers out on the street in the middle of the night...we saw this girl in her early twenties with a 4 yr old girl on the street at midnight the little girl was dancing around and her mother was saying: "Go ashley...go ashley.."----Go get ashley to bed!! Is what I wanted to say...

Dave Letterman - The Late Show CBS Building

I tried out to be that girl that grinds the circular saw on her metal armor-like outfit--but they my shoulders were too broad for the breast plate
These pictures are for you dad ;) I think to the left here is where they drop stuff off the building.
The Hello Deli! I wanted to go in, but my friends didn't seem interested.

NYC - Pizza in the Big Apple

How excited are we to be in New York City! It is the first time either of us had been here! We rode the Chinatown bus up from D.C. in the morning--took about 4 1/2 hours.
Traci's tiny pretend bite...
Carly's much bigger bite...
This is pizza place #1 we went to. It's right in Midtown Manhattan next to Madison Square Garden. It was just standard new york style and tasted great!
This is Grimaldi's--Pizza Place #2. It is a super famous pizza restaurant right beneath the Brooklin Bridge. To give you an idea--there were 35 people waiting in a line outside to walk in and order take out. The pizza was really good. It is coal fired, so it tasted really different. I liked it, but call me crazy I prefer the plain old new york style better!