At George Washington U., orientation included a laser light show, Neil Diamond and a fog machine. Things are different round here. One of the most peculiar things about studying politics in DC is the way kids start planning their careers as soon as they hit campus. I asked a senior. She shrugs and smiles, then goes back to her breakfast.
Blood runs thicker in winter.
I can feel it, pulsing through my viens like too old moter oil, thick from not enough sun and too much Christmas fudge. I move slowly, sleep until 3pm, lazing all day like bear in hibernation. A curve in the road opened our view to a ridge rising up a few miles away. It was brown and orange, most of the leaves already on the ground, falling early after a dry summer. I didn't see what she was pointing at.