So I won't even pretend that I'm good at updating this thing....but I will attempt to make up for my sad lack of posts with a comprehensive list!  YAY!  So here' s what's been going on in the CH.

-Oktoberfest last weekend.  Fabulous.  Stole 10 steins, had great weather and met lots of Italians.
-Feeling a little unmotivated as of late.  Not so into ( Read more... )

 It's that time of year again......Oktoberfest weekend!  We're going to pick up the car in about an hour and then we'll be off to see what kind of adventures await us in Munich.  We only have six in our car this year (me, Kandyce, Michael, Christina, Nicholas C., and our new study abroad friend Ashleigh) because one person backed out on us at the ( Read more... )

I know what this chilly feeling means....it's not quite the same as just being cold, it's more of a deep-down, my toes are always freezing sort of chill.  And it means that the winter season is coming.  Maybe not full-on just yet.  But it's on it's way.  And it means that I won't really be warm again till about May.

 On the subject of men's clothing....

Prof. Saveau: "If you've ever seen Professor Schlein without suspenders...he can't wear pants!"

In other news, today was the first day since I got here in August that I've been able to wear clothes that weren't line dried.  Jeans just don't feel the same when they air dry.  So it was a good day.

Jacci, I want you to know that I think 22 feels pretty much the same as 21.  Although now I am five years older than some of these freshmen...Anyway.  I had a really great birthday last night, I couldn't have asked for a better celebration.  And I just realized that it was the last birthday I'll spend here in Lugano.  I wonder where I'll be next ( Read more... )

So here's my schedule for the semester....

M
12:50- 3:35 CLCS 370- The Culture of Intimacy: Reality TV

MWF
8:30-9:20 BUS 410- Intl. Organizational Behavior
9:35-10:25 BUS 353- Intl. Management

TTH
11:30-12:45 FRE 310- Paris and the 19th Century
1:00-2:15 CLCS 340- Fashion and Popular Culture

I am so tired.  Today is the second to last day of Orientation, and I'm just exhausted.  I haven't really done anything that doesn't revolve around orientation in a while, so I don't have too much to say....We go to Vally Verzasca tomorrow and then we're officially done tomorrow night.  It's been a really busy two weeks, but it's been good.  The ( Read more... )

It's 11pm and there are two jackhammers going 15 feet outside our room.  The one and only time that they decide to do road construction at night....on via Ponte Tresa and via Paradiso.  At the same time ( Read more... )

Tonight I was accused of not thinking so much about the future, and I was sort of shocked because I think about the future A LOT.  I also spend a good deal of time worrying about the future, but I've really been trying to cut down on the fretting for no reason.  Still though, I think about the future all the time and it was interesting to have this ( Read more... )

OK, so I know that I was a little bit cryptic and vague in my last entry....and I hate it when people do that!! So anyway.  Until recently my post-collegiate plan was to go into the Peace Corps and have an adventure for a couple years and work out a long-term life plan during that period.  But recently the idea came to me that maybe I was trying to ( Read more... )