March 2010
1 post
February 2010
2 posts
“The “real” to-do list
- sing
- smile at strangers
- keep learning...”
– words of wisdom from the best.
January 2010
5 posts
Florgan Schmorgan FML.
Computer crashed today, had to restore to the way it was when I got it. Which means I lost EVERYTHING considering I didn’t back up anything because i’m an idiot, including all my music, documents, pictures from Greece that I never uploaded and all that important stuff =( …and all the pictures I just took in the past few days, and planned to post now.
To top it all off, I...
Not Exactly Leiden. →
http://www.usatoday.com/news/mapxmlfiles/earthquake.htm
When we think of an American soldier lost in combat, it is so easy for us to feel sympathy not just for the hero himself, but also for his comrades, his family and friends, the life he left behind. It’s scary to think that we can just as easily detach ourselves from the same feelings when we see numbers - thousands dead in an earthquake,...
Yay Snow!
It’s already been a week since I left NJ, but I’m already starting to feel a little more at home. There was a ton of snow here during this alleged coldest winter in decades, which seemed to delay just about everything that was supposed to start for me this week - luckily, the snow gave me an opportunity to spend more time getting settled into my room and to get used to life here....
Out of the Hotel and into... a Castle?
Today was definitely an adventure.
Kudos to anyone who can read a map and successfully navigate with it. Really, you’ve got skills. I’ve tried and given up, but I’m kind of happy about this personal failure; one of my favorite parts of going to a new city is the feeling of finally getting home after a confusing afternoon of being lost. Exploring is more fun when you don’t...
"I'll figure it out when I get there"...right.
I am completely new to this blogging thing, so it’ll be pretty simple until I figure it out. This is my attempt at finding a way to keep people updated on life while I’m gone. I hate the idea of mass e-mailing/facebook-inboxing to tell people what’s going on, so instead I usually turn the the polar opposite and do nothing - and end up with everyone mad at me for falling out of...