(X-posted on CIEE program blog)

After the first weekend of events, CIEE does not actually plan many more events for the entire group to participate in. There are some through Sophia Univeristy, but mainly people go off on their own and/or do the activites recommended by CIEE on their own time. This is basically true except for one time: Shannon, our ( Read more... )

So I've been in Japan for about 1.5 weeks now - I wanted to post last week but LJ was too busy being attacked to allow me to - and I can honestly say I am thoroughly enjoying myself. I won't be able to post about all I've done so far because that would just be too long of a post, but I'll continue where I stop in another post.

The CIEE study abroad ( Read more... )

Possible spoilers for British friends & Torchwood watchers...maybe?

1: The writers are clearly still British
What with their use of capital punishment in America - likely to show how distasteful it is. And with the way Mekhi Phifer's character is running around telling everyone he's in the CIA. That's kinda not how they do things and an American ( Read more... )

1. You wake up as a different person, with a different life. Do you try to get back to your old one, or just accept it when they tell you you’re crazy? Well, I guess it'd depend...on whether this new life is better than my old one or worse. I'm sure I wouldn't believe I was crazy, but if this new life was better, I'd probably just keep it instead ( Read more... )

Oh MSNBC, even with your wonderfully leftist leanings, your commercials still make me laugh. America was not founded on equality for everyone. I can give you a laundry list of people for whom equality was not even a thought when this country was formed. But perhaps it's just easier to say who was thought about: white Protestant males. I would even ( Read more... )

WTF, man! I feel completely cheated! Watched the whole damn Saiyuki series (not the reloads, just the original) and still didn't get to see Hakkai's demon form! WTF!! He had a whole fight and they didn't even show it! Bitchessssss!!!

I still believe in this rock-n-roll and I pray the music's gonna save my soul... - Pop Evil, 100 in a 55

This week two great musical acts came to Louisiana, much to my concert-going heart's pleasure. Sick Puppies - an Australian band well known for their Free Hugs video (which is below) - came to The Varsity Theatre near my house on Wednesday. This ( Read more... )

I'm currently watching the Saiyuki anime and I just feel the need to point out that all of the main characters are canon gay. Okay, maybe I'll give them bi since they each like girls, too, but they're all totally in love with each other. How can you watch that show and not get Sanzo/Goku and Hakkai/Goyjo? I refuse to believe it's possible. I can ( Read more... )

For this post, I point you to the blog of a friend of mine. She's Black and living in London for a semester study abroad, and had a run in with use of the word by a fellow student who happened to be White.

Her Thoughts

I'm interested in yours. She did make a mention of the word "cracker" and how it's used by White comedians, which I suppose is the ( Read more... )