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Wednesday, 07 October 2009

Wednesday, 23 September 2009

  • Sort of an overdue update. I'll make it short and sweet :)

     

    1. I'm ENGAGED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For details and to send me your address email me at melisa.kersey@gmail.com

    2. I'm in training living now in Kansas City, MO until March. If you live around here and we should catch up call me at 803.640.3015

    3. I leave in March to go to Afghanistan for work. I'll be there for a year and I'll come home and get married November 6, 2010.

    4. I graduated from Grad School in May. That's right I have a masters degree. ;)

    5. Life is really really really good.

Friday, 27 March 2009

  •   Well it has been quite a while since I have updated here.

    As you all know the Bush Administration has come to a close and my last day of work was January 20. It was truly a privledge to work with the administration. Having first hand experience with Iraq and Afghanistan with the Bush Administration may be seen as a negative, but the wealth of knowledge I gained was incredible. I am now Focusing 100% of my efforts on my Masters Degree. 5 classes at once is nuts for grad school.

    black tie and boots

    Black Tie and Boots - Texas State Society Inaugural Ball

     

     

    andrews air force base

    Andrews Airforce Base For Bush's Final Air Force One Departure

    I graduate in May 15 from George Mason with a Masters in Peace Operations Policy.

    I'm going to Nicaragua from May 18-26 to visit a friend - this is really exciting for me.

    I'll be in Augusta, GA May 27-31 for my dear friend Summer's wedding. If you are going to be in the area - let me know and I'd love to visit.

    June: I start my new job at the US Department of State. I'll be in the Bureau of International Secuirty and Nonproliferation working on Cooperative Threat Reduction. God really hooked me up. Pray that I am glorifying to Him.

Thursday, 27 November 2008

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      SOCIALISM
      You have 2 cows.
      You give one to your neighbour.
      COMMUNISM
      You have 2 cows.
      The State takes both and gives you some milk.
      FASCISM
      You have 2 cows.
      The State takes both and sells you some milk.
      NAZISM
      You have 2 cows.
      The State takes both and shoots you.
      BUREAUCRATISM
      You have 2 cows.
      The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and then throws the milk away...
      TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM
      You have two cows.
      You sell one and buy a bull.
      Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows.
      You sell them and retire on the income.
      SURREALISM
      You have two giraffes.
      The government requires you to take harmonica lessons
      AN AMERICAN CORPORATION
      You have two cows.
      You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows.
      Later, you hire a consultant to analyse why the cow has dropped dead.
      ENRON VENTURE CAPITALISM
      You have two cows.
      You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by
      your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated
      general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows.
      The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island
      Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven
      cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows,
      with an option on one more. You sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States,

      leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet provided with the release. The public then
      buys your bull.

      A FRENCH CORPORATION
      You have two cows.
      You go on strike, organise a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows.
      A JAPANESE CORPORATION
      You have two cows.
      You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty
      times the milk. You then create a clever cow cartoon image called 'Cowkimon' and market it worldwide.

      A GERMAN CORPORATION
      You have two cows.
      You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.
      AN ITALIAN CORPORATION
      You have two cows, but you don't know where they are.
      You decide to have lunch.
      A RUSSIAN CORPORATION
      You have two cows.
      You count them and learn you have five cows.
      You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.
      You count them again and learn you have 2 cows.
      You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.
      A SWISS CORPORATION
      You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you.
      You charge the owners for storing them.
      A CHINESE CORPORATION
      You have two cows.
      You have 300 people milking them.
      You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity.
      You arrest the newsman who reported the real situation.
      AN INDIAN CORPORATION
      You have two cows.
      You worship them.
      A BRITISH CORPORATION
      You have two cows.
      Both are mad.
      AN IRAQI CORPORATION
      Everyone thinks you have lots of cows.
      You tell them that you have none.
      No-one believes you, so they bomb the **** out of you and invade your country.
      You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of Democracy....

      AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION
      You have two cows.
      Business seems pretty good.
      You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate.
      A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION
      You have two cows.
      The one on the left looks very attractive.

       

Tuesday, 07 October 2008

  • Long time, no update. Well here's the basics

    I'm still working for the administration. I'm currently at the Department of Commerce on the Iraq and Afghanistan Task Force doing investment and reconstruction stuff. Since the administration will change Jan. 20 that's when I loose my job...

    Which is actually perfect timing because I don't want to work while I finish my last semester of grad school. I'll graduate in May of 2009 with a Masters degree in Peace Operations Policy.

    My mom has gone on more mission trips than me recently and is about to go to Ethiopia. I'm so proud of her.

    I miss my family.

    I'll be in NC for Thanksgiving. NJ for Christmas. FL for New Years.

    Rowing has been really good for me. I love being on the water in the mornings. The season ends in a month and a half so I'm giving it all I've got.

    I moved to Crystal City (same place that McCain's headquarters are). I love the location and love my roommates. It's refreshing to live with people that pray for me again.

    I think that's it for now.

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