Here Come the Interns

June 24, 2004 8:26 PM

Watch out, Washington, here come the interns.With cicada season winding down, DC now girds itself for the next wave of invaders: interns from all over the country, descending on the capital to gain valuable government work experience. Some of them have been notorious, but most of them are fresh, young, wide-eyed, idealistic go-getters, willing to tolerate mockery to find a home, a job, and maybe some romance over the summer. Anyone got links to DC intern blogs?
posted by brownpau (5 comments total)

The Summer of the DC Intern. Note: She loves little dogs!
posted by onlyconnect at 8:55 PM on June 24, 2004

From onlyconnect's link:

Monday, June 14, 2004
No Such Thing As The Real World

She's obviously been in Washington long enough already.
posted by moonbiter at 11:58 PM on June 24, 2004

She also misspelled Ronald Reagan's last name. Ah, youth. I interned in Washington, D.C. for ten weeks one summer in college, but my understanding of the experience has definitely been proportional to the number of years that have passed since it. However I did learn almost immediately that you should never buy TV dinners from Banquet.
posted by halonine at 1:07 AM on June 25, 2004

Oh, I don't mind the interns a bit. Their naive optimism brightens up the place. It's the throngs of thoughtless tourists who refuse to stand-right/walk-left that get under my skin.

Pardon me, Joe-Bob, but I'm trying to get to work.
posted by Fenriss at 6:56 AM on June 25, 2004

brownpau - what, you're working for Wonkette?
posted by troutfishing at 10:17 PM on June 25, 2004