Feet

Okay I have four blisters on each foot. my feet are wrapped in duct tape constantly, and it actually feels kind of good. Like they're secure from the evils of the world. It makes running a lot more comfortable, somehow. Uses up a lot of duct tape, but that's okay. I had some Chinese food last night that was pretty good. It was lamb.

So Bush mentioned the Millenium Development Goals yesterday at the summit. That's nice, except that is the first time that he has mentioned them basically ever.

International Criminal Court ruled that Israel has no viable reason for extending the fence past the green line (http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/625034.html). Thanks Trevor for the article. I'll have to read that article again to digest it a bit.

Kofi Annan's hopes in his "In Larger Freedom" for the 2005 summit are, ah, hahaha. Well, nice thoughts. I've noticed that International Studies type personalities, policymakers, bureaucrats, do definately take a wider view of the world than business people. that came into stark evidence yesterday at the meeting with the Deutche Bank guy, who was keeping score between the business majors and INTS majors for who asked the "best" questions, which was all ridiculously subjective anyway, but what can you do? I want to be able to see that big picture, but also to get things done. Inefficiency in everything is just so rampant in the UN, and the government...we visited the Import/Export Bank Headquarters, and I was amazed that it was a government agency. 350 people in the nation, well-organized, efficient, specific, and they actually followed up on their policies. This is a good example. I mean, governments inherently create efficiency vacuums with their sheer mass, but I don't know...it just seems like some shaking up can be done. I keep thinking back to Rudy Giuliani's "Leadership" book, especially being in New York and seeing that things really are pretty efficient, despite the biggest week for the city all year. It can be done here, can it be done on a federal scale? It's extremely difficult to find the kind of leaders who believe in transparency and especially accountability, and who believe that it's important, and know how to, instill those traits in their employees. It basically can't be done, which is a damn shame.

Ahaha I am chipper.