Bush

Well, I did it. I went to Sofia, Bulgaria to meet 'the leader of the free world'. We discussed topical issues such as 'what is up', and 'how beautiful is bulgaria, huh?'. I wasn't the only person he met with, but I was probably the only person he high-fived, so that is saying something. Though this event wasn't covered by the popular media, I did happen to get this picture taken by fellow PCV and sitemate Casey (thanks Casey).



For those of you who claim that I am not actually high-fiving him, or it could be anyone high-fiving the president, I took the liberty of pointing out details of the picture. 1a. he is looking directly f**ing at me; 1b. I am not possibly growing extra thumbs/fingers, that's his hand; 1c. the sun was behind him and to the right, only his arm could make that shadow on this lady's head; 2a. If you can't tell those are my transition lenses, you don't know me and thus I do not care if you don't believe me; 2b. my red wrist-band which I've been wearing since my trip to El Salvador (spring 2005).


You might wonder: if you added so much to this picture, how do we know you didn't just photo-shop the whole thing?
Answer: I am not that good. This is proven by the poor quality of the things I did add.


The picture is only surpassed in awesomeness by the exchange of words I had with President Bush. The conversation went something like this -
Me: Hey! How are you doin'?!
Bush: I'm well, thank you. How are you?
Me: I'm great, thanks!
Bush: {generic we are thankful for the work you volunteers do comment} and Bulgaria is really beautiful, isn't it?
Me: Oh, Ridiculous! (meant to be 'yes, ridiculously beautiful', but i didn't get that far)

Well, if there was anything about that last comment that was misunderstood, I can just clarify next time I meet him.
Another volunteer had a funnier exchange with him, but I do not feel like telling that story at this time.