I just read an article about China's rising power... whatever... the point is that South African President Mbeki was quoted. I MET THIS MAN. I shook his hand. I know that name and when I read about him I can try to recall a face to go with the name. It's not a far away story but something connected to my real life. NMH was a fantastic place. ( Read more... )

I'm in DC. It's nice to visit again. I do have very fond memories of this place. I suppose that any place that you stay at just long enough to aquaint yourself with will leave you with amiable memories. I'm staying with my friend Kilian who goes to USF. DC lacks an ocean though. It lacks a lake as well. I need to swim and soon. It's so ( Read more... )

I was so mad at myself the first week I was here. I was spending too much money, drinking too much, eating too much, sleeping too much. Generally being a bum about reading and exploring. It's better now ( Read more... )

I'm in Australia.

Not much to report yet. The people in the program are nice. We've been doing a lot of touristy stuff. Leadership... how do you teach that?

On Monday I turned in a 14 pg paper (which would have been a better 10 page paper because I had to make up a lot of bullshit at the end, although maybe because I have been known to make unfollowable jumps it was good for me to go back and really explain or dig deeper) about love as a good and bad force in the state. It was a paper for Graeco-Roman ( Read more... )

I was walking back to my dorm with a Nick last night, and in the moment of mundane frustration of walking the same route home after yet another long Monday... I exclaimed, "I can't wait to get the fuck out of here!!". I said it with a little laugh and mostly in reference to how excited I am to go to Australia. Yet, it bubbled up with in me too ( Read more... )

I sort of promised myself that I'd never do the 3 day drink-fest again. I also resolved (and documented in this journal) not to fuck around with assholes anymore. I reneged on both those resolutions this weekend... but I had so much fun ( Read more... )

I often get lulled into false comforts. And it's helpful to remember that there are very few dependable things in life. Very very few, so cherish those few. Books and music are better friends than friends sometimes. Careful balance of both I suppose. But most of all... OH how I have learned the lesson of being self-reliant. It's the most ( Read more... )

I love dammit.

This weekend ( Read more... )