It's summer in Denmark! Not that the weather shows it...it's still 50's and 60's. The first week of May was gorgeous, it was sunny and it even hit 70! That was the week John was here, which is pretty excellent. The regatta in University Park was that week (where departments build and race boats with crazy themes- one team rode in on camels- and ( Read more... )

SO, I walked into a pole today. It was pretty embarrassing but I don't think many people saw me. My hair was blowing in my face, I was messing witht he MP3 player, and yes...I generally don't pay that much attention where I'm going. But what was that pole doing in the middle of the sidewalk anyway? At least I don't have a black eye ( Read more... )

Next week I am faced with the challenge of making an "American dinner" for 12 people. My group of friends has this thing going where everybody hosts a dinner from their respective country- thus, we have had several Italian dinners, a French dinner, a Spanish dinner, and there is going to be a Dutch dinner, a Czech dinner, etc. It's really fun and a ( Read more... )

Okay, so I have been in Arhus for...almost two weeks. In the beginning there were moments when all I wanted to do was go home, because being lost and confused all the time and speaking no Danish was not very much fun. But things are much better now. I still get lost and speak no Danish (which is an incredibly hard language to learn), but I've ( Read more... )

Well, it's more of an "inclement weather day" since this is Oklahoma, but the point is we don't have school tomorrow (today?)!! I never thought this would happen. Even though it's been sleeting and thundering and the forecast for tomorrow is terrible, OU is known for very rarely cancelling class. Plus it barely snows here! The thing is though, ( Read more... )

So it's official, I'm going to Denmark next semester. We (Hannah and I) found out on Monday. It's so weird that it's a reality now. I'm going to be taking mainly linguistics classes, so I can finish my minor. But the grades are based on one thing- generally some kind of paper or big test- at the end of the semester, that's it. But all we have to do ( Read more... )

Today my friend (who may prefer to remain nameless, though I haven't asked her) and I decided to experiment with eating acorns. I was pretty sure I'd heard somewhere about people eating acorn soup or pancakes or something. But, as this was not a thoroughly planned out experiment but rather an idea that came to us while sitting under an oak tree, we ( Read more... )

I'm restless. Just because you have a whole free day does not mean you should assume you will get all your homework done. For me, completing homework involves more than just the necessary amount of time...it also requires the appropriate conditions for me to be focused. And, well, I can only be focused for so long. So this morning I got stuff done ( Read more... )

This is how weekends should go. Friday I worked out enough to make me sore all over for the rest of the weekend. Then Friday night I saw Divinci Code for free in the union with Hannah, Monica, Rachel, Tina, and Jamie. Then we got free breakfast at Crossroads and chatted for a couple hours ( Read more... )

So Sunday our air conditioning stopped working. It had been over 100 degrees all week. At first it was slightly cooler in here- maybe only 85 or 90. But if you know me well, then you know that I get cranky and don't function well in the heat...so that made getting ready for school a challenge. That night I was almost too sweaty to sleep ( Read more... )