March 27 2008

I'll be coming home April 24th.

While walking to the library today I loudly sang the Star Spangled Banner.

March 23 2008

I've been on a pretty regular schedule. I've gotten in plenty of work on SchoolisHard, banjo, and my life in general. I think I have a pretty good idea about my plans for the next 4-5 years, but I can't be completely certain until I know how many credits I am going to get from France.

I went to a nightclub last night and had a pretty boring time. I met 4-5 of the people who worked there at another club a week ago. They were so busy working that I couldn't really talk, and even when I could the music was so loud I had difficulty understanding them.

My Grandma will be here in less than 3 weeks. She is in China at the moment, so I hope she is ready for some heavy walking when she gets here.

March 21 2008

How about some updates?

• I quit going to class about 3.5 weeks ago. I just wasn't getting anything out of the courses. The French kids talked the entire time. Also, to get credit I was going to have to produce 2 college level French research papers. I think not!
• I have been going out more since Laura left and have made some new acquaintances. It is difficult to be here by myself, but I shouldn't be here too much longer.
• I've started eating healthier since I am by myself and I am on a bit more of a schedule, too.
• I will probably go to Mexico for a week or two before going back home.
• My Grandma is coming in less than a month for us do to some Europe traveling. It should be fun.

I guess there isn't a whole lot going on, I just hadn't posted in a while. All France is for me is a United States that doesn't have a Waffle House, where nothing is open 24 hours a day, and everything is 1.5x more expensive.

It's kind of hard to get a cultural experience in a country that is 90% the same as your own.

"Study abroad" in the post-20th century world is nowhere near as beneficial as people claim. In the 70's, 80's, even the 90's I understand why people lauded it as they did, but the world is becoming too homogeneous now to justify the expense and time required to go abroad.