Sep 29, 2011
Paging All Interns: Congress Wants You
There’s simply nothing glorious about most D.C. internships, nor will there much to crow about in a congressional internship program that D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton seeks to create.
Jun 01, 2009
D.C. Summer Interns Targeted by New Blog Updated
Photo by Grundlepuck UPDATE: Wow, huge apologies for directing anyone to this site, as an alert tipster points out that much of it appears to be blatantly plagiarized from The Phat Phree’s Look at My Striped Shirt!. We weren’t familiar with that particular work, but you should definitely not count on the DC Summer Interns blog for anything good after all, based on this evidence. They’ve only got two posts up (including one that…
Jun 27, 2008
Overheard in D.C.: Everybody Gets Dissed
D.C. is a city of archetypes. There’s the Hill staffer, the bigshot douchebag, the crackhead, the intern, the yuppie, the tourist. They all came together this week in a melange of stereotypes and stupidity. But not before discovering the newest trend: coming soon to a hip desk near you: vintage office supplies. Overheard of the Week: Three State Department interns at McDonalds during lunch rush: Girl 1: “So I’m supposed to go through her Rolodex…
Jun 17, 2008
Web Site Collects Men Seeking Intern Craigslist Ads
Intern season is in full swing in Washington, and one local blogger has taken notice of just how many gross older dudes are hoping to hook up with them. The concept behind m4intern is simple: posting entire Craigslist ads, with links, that are expressly designed to lure young women in D.C. interning for the summer out for dates and sex. It’s not like you can’t find these on your own, but when someone is taking…
May 28, 2008
How Not To Be That Intern
Hordes of summer interns have once again descended on Washington, leaving many of us rolling our collective eyes and bitching to friends about the latest thong sighting, overheard “I was sooo drunk” story, or just being stuck with training someone who appears to lack the ability to function in an office. But let’s say you’re one of those rare interns who has actually come to D.C. to learn something, or are planning on using…