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Hello Xanganians,

Well life since school has been pretty good.  I pretty much started break with that nailbiter of a Republican Convention back on May 31st in which the establishment candidate was 66 votes away from being ousted out of over 10,000 votes.  What a nail biter, but quite a lot of fun.  I have gotten to work the table for Generation Joshua at two homeschool conferences this summer: one in Richmond, and the other in Knoxville TN.  After the last one I helped staff Generation Joshua camp.  This was the camp to blow all other camps out of the water.  We had mock legislature, a presidential election, national security emergencies, lobbyists, a formal dinner, and we finished the week off watching the 4th of July fireworks in D.C. on the steps of the Jefferson Memorial. 

Other than GenJ related stuff I haven't really had any solid work.  Jobs really are scarce for people who just want to work the summer.  This has meant that I can do fun things.  I've been to Busch Gardens four times, and I have gotten to help lots of people out with different projects.  I also got to run in my first 5k.  I really enjoyed it and I want to do it again.  My time, and please don't laugh if you are a real runner, was 31:26.  My goal for next time is to get below thirty minutes but we'll see.

For those of you who are wondering how I could survive for almost two months without politics, don't worry.  At the start of the General Assembly's legislative session I participated in a rally at the capital to tell the legislators not to raise our taxes.  It was a lot of fun, and we were very successful.  I have also been workign on phonebanking for good 'ol Congressman Bob Goodlatte VA-6, as he works on gettgin reelected and tries to turn out the vote for McCain in western VA.

I have also gotten a decent bit of reading in.  A nice mixture of school and fun stuff. 

Also if you haven't seen them yet, Wall-E actually was very worth seeing, and Dark Knight was absolutely phenomenal.

Well enough rambling.  I just wanted to say hi to everybody hear, and hopefully start gettign back in touch with everyone on xanga. 

Next week is the beach and about two weeks later is school.

God truly is great.