While I wasn't especially bent on winning formyownsake, I was keenly aware that my family, school, hometown and the local sponsoring newspaper had invested an awful lot of time, cash and care into my trip to Washington, and I did not want to fail them.
For the sake of myown ego perhaps I should as well but I fear that the harsh truth is that while both of us were excellent at chatting about things over a pint neither of us were all that good at actually doing things.
Neither the environmentalist, nor the anti-nuke understands this and as far as I can tell, they are both bent on destroying my life in a misguided effort to save the planet for its ownsake and to perhaps save me from myself.