hey, its late tues night and i am about to go to bed. i am functioning on 4 hours of sleep and i have been up since 8. no nap. Tonight was eh, but I am having a good time. Lucy is coming to visit me soon. At the end of september. I miss home but I am liking it here. My classes are alright. I got an A on my first test. In French. I got a ( Read more... )

So I had my first test today. In French. I think I did pretty well. There was a listening portion of the test. She picked up the chalk and asked "Quest que c'est?" I answered out loud. Everyone looked at me. I have never felt so stupid. It makes a decent story though, I guess.

Hey all, it's friday night and I just got back from dodgeball practice. Yes dodgeball practice. It was lots of fun but tiring. I am about to take a shower then possibly go to Bourbon Street. Friday nights here are off nights (well just in comparisson to Thurs and Sat nights) but the frats bussed all the freshmen to the French Quarter. Jason ( Read more... )

Hey, today was my first day of classes. I got a call last night telling me that my 8 AM MWF Comparative Politics class was cancelled because the teacher took another job. I spent last night trying to find another class to take. So now I only have 8 AM classes tues and thurs. I am taking Financial Accounting instead at 4 something in the ( Read more... )

Thanks for responding so much! Things are eh. I told some people about last night. Every frat house on frat row was covered in people. It was just too out of control for me cause of the random people talking about coke (not the drink) and random people getting arrested and more. I'm just having a rough time meeting new people too I guess. ( Read more... )

I am writing from my fucking dorm! How awesome is that? After about a week, probably not that awesome. Things are a mess in my room. It's bigger than I expected (my room). My roomate Jason is awesome. We have a great view of downtown NOLA (thats right) from our window and we can see the superdome (where the last superbowl was played)! I miss ( Read more... )

Hey, I am back from South America. I had a good time, but it's good to be home. Yesterday I spend the day at the bay with Hilary. Today I went to Warped Tour with Lucy. It was a lot of fun. Here is my analysis ( Read more... )

hey, i am in otalltambo (sp) peru on the oldest computer and slowest internet ever. thanks for leaving me messages mandy dana and jessie! im glad im not missing TOO much. there is nothing to do in this town and its only 530 and ive read all my books. i am coming home soon. if this weekend is the ONLY weekend people can go camping i can try and ( Read more... )

hey, i am leaving quito this afternoon. today we went on a tour of the city, which was alright, but mostly cathedrals. actually it was only cathedrals until we made a special request. the city is a lot like madrid but less touristy in a not so good way. i miss the europe trip. we asked our tour guide to take us to a fruit market instead of the ( Read more... )

Hey. Its thursday night and i am back in quito, ecuador. We just flew back here from the galapagos after 5 days on a boat. I got pretty sick for about a day (lots of throwing up - hilary style) and I hurt one of my toes snorkelling and its now VERY purple and possibly broken. Otherwise it was a lot of fun. I can give you more details when I ( Read more... )