Landed in DC

I just got into my hotel room in DC, and am happy to learn it has free wireless. My job's paying for the trip so I may go wild and order room service later too! Scary.

The people in the seats next to me on the plane were pretty amazing. One was from Switzerland, under 18, and one was in college at some school in southern Illinois that is small. The Swiss guy kept talking about how the US made him feel like a baby with all the rules and restrictions on age. The girl told him all about her sorority and how all the girls live in a house together, and all the boys in frats live in houses together. Swiss man said "what is wrong with the US? Why so segregated? Why can't you have alcohol in your house? I don't understand why the men can and you can't!" Co-ed giggles and is like "i dunno those are just the rules, beats me." So here you have this Swiss guy who has been saying that Americans are mostly dumb and here you have a real life dumb American in her natural habitat. But the absolute best part of the conversation was when she told him:

"I can tell when people are Italian because they have darker skin and hair. I can also tell Polish people and Jewish people too. I can just tell in their faces if they are Polish or Jewish."

Uhh...I really wanted to ask her what she thought I was but refrained because she then said to the guy, "you look Jewish, are you?"

Guy: "No. I'm atheist"

Co-ed: "Huh? What? You don't believe in God? Weird."

Guy: "Nobody is really religious in Switzerland, its much more an American thing to be very religious."

Co-ed: "Whoa"

Me: (returns to reading the God Delusion)
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So here I am, checking the free weekly here for food ideas for tonight and the cover story is about women being harassed by cat-callers on the street. The author can't believe it happens to some women more than once a day, so he follows this woman around who gets it nonstop. Best quote:

“It depends on what she looks like,” adds Daniel Smallwood, a 16-year-old in a red polo shirt and a visor turned backward. “If she’s a slut, you have to treat her like a slut. If she’s not, I say, ‘How you doing young lady?’ Everybody says ‘baby’ or ‘shorty.’ I say ‘young lady.’

Off to sneak in a quick nap then find dinner.