Dear President Obama,

Dear President Obama,

Please let me visit the White House this weekend. A month ago I signed up for a trip to go to Washington D.C. with my NYU Residential Hall. They advertised it as a trip to D.C. with a tour of the White House. But the day before we leave, I find out that we will not be going to the White House.

It turns out that after collecting all our personal information and social security numbers, our RA's hadn't realized that all the tours for this weekend were full. I feel like only a VEEP gif can truly explain my annoyance at the people who planned this trip. At least they could have emailed to inform us that we would not be touring the White House. I only found out about the change in plans when I emailed one of the RA's because I didn't see the tour listed on the itinerary.

Of course I'm really excited to just go to D.C., but the tour of the White House was really what I was most looking forward too. If there is any way that that can still be arranged, please let me know.

Sincerely,
Shawn Wu

Apologies to the Person I (Apparently) Almost Killed

Let me explain the situation.

Monday was the Game of Thrones Season 5 Prescreening at NYU. I was super enthusiastic, hyped up, and crazed. Then the people working the event got me even more excited by bringing out my favorite thing: free stuff. Volunteers started launching Snoop Dogg GoT t-shirts into the crowd, and I was ready.

What I thought happened:
Volunteers walked down the aisle and held up the t-shirts. Each volunteer only had one or two, so I didn't expect to get one. I started waving frantically, and then the shirt started sailing through the air. It was going higher up than me, but I reached up and used my height to get a hold on it. At that same moment a person from the balcony above me had reached down to grab it. We both looked awkwardly at each other, and then he gave up and released it. I had won.

What my friends tell me actually happened:
Well, according to my friends, the person above me actually grabbed the shirt first. Then a split second later I grabbed hold of it and pulled down (allegedly). The other guy was already leaning over the edge of the railing, so he had to let go so he wouldn't go over the railing.

What really happened? We will never know.

But I would like to officially apologize to the other person who was holding that shirt. You are a great person for letting me have it.

P.S. The first episode of Game of Thrones season 5 is amazing. Prepare to be amazed.