It's always been Ohio against the world and it will always be Ohio against the world

Apparently, my comments on the “campiness” of Star Wars and the Dark Knight Rises have to be amended. After an hour of fierce debate and discussion amongst the interns, it seems as if Batman is inherently campy, but the Dark Knight Rises is a serious movie and the Star Wars prequel trilogy is undeniably campy, but the original trilogy only has campy aspects (in my opinion it has enough campy aspects to be camp but I digress). Regardless, this week bought Whiplash, 10 minutes of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and Mamma Mia. Which, respectively, are not campy, awful, and campy.

Monday was work in ACP, and there was nothing notable outside of my continuing domination of Scrabble and GamePigeon Games. That evening, we played Catan; this time, there was a trade embargo levied against my nation for the entirety of the game. I still won. I suppose the moral of the summer is that I am too good and everyone needs to be better (This is a joke; I continuously lose at Chess).

On Tuesday, Jenna and I went to NIST; nothing notable happened at work. As is tradition, we watched the Bachelorette in the evening. As the show goes on, I’m less entertained. Jenna made banana bread and it was delicious.

Wednesday, we went into NIST again. Highlights include my office handstand, the NIST gift shop, and finishing up some work on my report and presentation. Barely anyone was in the office; Jenna and I were lonely. In the evening, we watched Whiplash.

Thursday was intern appreciation day, requiring all interns to be at the ACP office. Desks were shared, jokes were made, and the campiness of most movies was debated. Not too much work was done on Thursday, but I got a second draft of my presentation together and finalized another draft of my report. Thursday evening brought a yoga class with Charles, Brynn, and Amanda, then climbing at Amanda’s (and I guess Charles’s) gym. The yoga was amazing (a little crazy at times, but overall 10/10), and I remembered why I don’t often go climbing (it hurts and not in a good way).

Friday was NASA Goddard day! We all piled into the Metro and road all the way to Maryland to see some astrophysics. I hate to say it (because I am a known believer that space is not real), but it was very cool. I’m sure other blogs go into tremendous detail on what we exactly saw, so for the sake of brevity, we saw the Hubble Control Room, the beginnings of Lisa, and a large Roman prototype. After home and dinner, some interns went to happy hour for apps and drinks. I had fried pickles again. We later watched Mama Mia.

Saturday was an exciting day: brunch. I got a ridiculous amount of food for $19 (see below for the spread). Post brunch, I played horse with Johnny, Caden, and Jaden. I did not win, but Jaden is undeniably worse at basketball than I am, so I count that as a win. We watched some Olympics then trekked to the Air and Space Museum. I worked on my presentation and planned on the Sunday events.

Sunday morning Jenna and I went for a walk for coffee and pastries. I bought a sardine-themed tote bag too. Sunday afternoon brought the first annual Intern Olympics. At 4 pm, the interns convened to give their all in a team competition for ever-lasting glory. My team was Sonja and Jaden; our nation was Ohio. We came in 3rd (podium). But we had a good showing in all events (we won the coveted Hallway Hurdles with Jaden’s sub-7-second run; I fell during the race and now have rug burn on my legs). Only