T H E   W H I T E H O U S E

Washington, D.C.

Oh, the symbolism of these shots. One could say things like, "I feel I have no voice, I've been imprisoned by my very own government", or "The government is only for the wealthy who can break through these bars of injustice", or how about "Government programs to help the needy have been slashed, I cannot support myself, I may as well be in jail." As for me, all I see is the White House and a stupid fence that's going to make taking my shots a bit of a challenge.

Ahhh, there we go, I just have to poke my camera through the fence. Hmmm, am I taking a risk doing this? I mean technically I'm going past the fence right now. Is there a sharp shooter atop the White House looking through a rifle scope with the cross hairs positioned on my forehead? Or maybe he's using a laser scope and there's a little red dot on my forehead?

In any event, I can't worry about such things, I'm here to capture the essence of the White House. The White House is a lot larger than it looks. Believe it or not, this place sports 6 stories and 55,000 square feet of space. Here's a laundry list of some of its features:

134 rooms 35 bathrooms 412 doors 147 windows	28 fireplaces 8 staircases 3 elevators 5 full-time chefs
5,000 visitors a day a tennis court a bowling lane a movie theater	a jogging track a swimming pool

35 bathrooms? What a bachelor's dream pad! Just think how many years one could put off cleaning them if you just cycled through all the bathrooms. You'd just have to use a given bathroom once every 35 days. I'm thinking one wouldn't have to do any cleaning in an entire lifetime. How cool is that?

You know what? I think I wanna be President now, I've just found a have a good reason to run. I can see it now, my campaign slogan will be "Drilling for President - Elect a man who'll have more time address America's important issues because he won't waste time cleaning this bathrooms." Sweet! I think I'd have a good shot!

Hmmm, what's going on in front of the White House? There's a black van there. What is it doing? What's inside? Where is it going? One can only hope that good works are being perpetrated here.