May 2012
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What Happens When You Live Abroad →
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Even though I still miss Italy more than I think anyone here understands, I’m actually starting to feel like my normal self again!
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So many of us, when we leave our home countries, want to escape ourselves. We...
– Chelsea Fagan
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Studying abroad and getting straight As
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25 Things I've Learned In My 20s →
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I want to be alone forever
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Why is Ben now listening to “Someone Like You?”
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Also, Ben is playing “Call Me Maybe” on repeat.
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My life feels so all over the place and I think I’ve figured out why.
I just spent four months in a completely different environment and then was thrown back into the one that has always been familiar. I keep thinking things are different back home, but they’re not. Nothing has changed. If anything, home and everything I’ve returned to is the only constant in this equation. What...
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9 o’clock and I’m ready to pass out. It’s 6 in the morning in my head.
Santa Cruz tomorrow. I haven’t been this excited for something in…well, for like 2 days! And I’m going back to work on Monday which means I can stop crying when I look at my bank account!
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And one by one the nights between our separated cities are joined to the night...
– Pablo Neruda
Those One Direction boys need to get out of my sight and back in their cradles.
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I must mention, I’m in love with Atlanta.
When I landed, I went straight to starbucks, ordered a coffee that wasn’t the size of a child’s teacup, and told the cashier, “God bless America.”
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I haven’t slept for over 48 hours and for some reason I’d rather pace around my house than go to bed.
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Non voglio lasciare.
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Perfect last night in Firenze.
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Domani: Firenze.
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Tomorrow I depart from Utrecht to embark on the final two legs of my journey home.
First, Utrecht to Florence. Still haven’t decided if I’ll actually stay in the center or just bum around the Pisa airport until the early morning when I can take a bus into the center and then to the airport.
From Florence, I’ll go to Paris. Paris to Atlanta. Atlanta to San Francisco.
It’s...
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Prepare yourselves for some nostalgia.
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Obama: Doesn't want to ban porn.
Obama: Doesn't want to restrict your internet.
Obama: Doesn't want to take away your guns.
Obama: Supports gay marriage.
Obama: Education for all!
Obama: Universal healthcare!
Obama: Wants to continue Planned Parenthood!
Americans: You're destroying this country.