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If it doesn't inspire you it'll at least amuse you.

So this is my week:

Rough draft of my paper for Writing due Monday
Political Science final on Tuesday night ( I still have 93214732987439849032840198490284 pages of reading left)
Film Take Home Final due on Thursday (another 298739837434 pages I haven't read yet, and the damn final is a 6-8 pg paper)
Final Draft of my paper due next Monday
Bio final on Wed the 13th

On top of everything,
-I'm still waiting for the credit check thingy to clear so that I can have the apartment in Sacramento for sure. If it doesn't go through okay, I don't know what the fuck I'm gonna do
-Israel still might happen for me (despite the below post); I guess I find out more on Tuesday (pray to your deities for me)
-I still haven't booked my flight
-I still don't have work clothes

What keeps me going?
-the prospect of Israel
-the hope that I make the Model UN Travel Team next year so I'll get to go to Mexico (Puebla/Playa del Carmen;  Mayan ruins!) and Turkey !!!(Istanbul/Ankara)
-the long shot that I'll get accepted and get to volunteer at the Olympics in China next summer

And oh yeah, I just need about $7,000 or so to pay for summer housing in Irvine (cause they're shit heads and won't let me sublet), housing up north, and the possible Israel trip.

This summer I have two options:

1. Intern in the Governor's Office in Sacramento for ten weeks (self explanatory)

2. Go to Israel for two weeks in September (cover the student delegation's activities for the school paper, The New U; visit refugee camps in Palestinian territory, participate in OneVoice action on Sept 8, tour Israel)

Unfortunately, I cannot have my way and do both. Fuckin' hell I want both so badly.

A pro-con list:

Israel

Pros

1. precedent (I’d be part of ‘something big’)
2. semi real journalism experience
3. can do summer school (?) before I leave
4. can get a summer job
5. VDC Norte (my housing which goes from June to June) won’t go to waste since I'd live there during the summer                                                                    

Cons

1. all that stress the whole quarter would’ve been for nothing (of placing an internship)
2. this plan is still not definite (it could very well get cancelled the night before our flight...it is Israel after all)
3. dangerous (?)

Internship

      Pros

1. office experience. Critical in getting future jobs.
2. networking opportunities
3. letters of recommendation
4. this plan is definite

Cons

1. VDC Norte would go to waste ($2000 down the drain)
2. uhhh, hello, it’s freaking ISRAEL!
3. Another writer could possibly replace you, going to Israel in your stead (something I cannot! bear, esp. since I'm the one that's done all the work so far)

Things to consider:

- Could someone else from the New U work on the fundraising?  (but then they would probably then be entitled to go on the trip)

-  Could I defer my internship spot to next summer? Would I have a guaranteed spot?
- I still don't have housing in Sacramento

- You could always do the internship next year? (internship will always be there; Israel, probably not so much)
- though they say they want to make Israel an annual thing, it depends on how well the first trip goes. 

-So basically, if I take the internship, I lose out on Israel (if it happens). But if I sign on to Israel, I could either have the experience of a lifetime, or lose out on both opportunities and hate myself. Well I'd hate myself either way. 

I NEED YOUR INPUT! IF YOU WERE IN MY POSITION, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? YOU CAN'T SAY BOTH! DO YOU TAKE THE CHANCE ON SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY BUT RISK LOSING OUT AND LIVING IN IRVINE ALL SUMMER, OR DO YOU PICK THE SAFE CHOICE AND LOSE OUT ON SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY, BUT STILL HAVE SOMETHING GREAT?

So far I have 3 votes for Israel and 2 for internship. Not that that should affect your decision process.