Under Examination
I had a final exam today. I am torn between loving and hating final exams. I dislike the way that they held at the end of the semester. You go in, take your final, and…
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Identity Capital
I watched a ted talk this morning by a psychologist who argued that the twenties are not a wasted decade, as so much hipster-leaning rhetoric would have you believe, but a time to actually plan…
"That's What Makes You Beautiful."
I take great issue with this song. Well, not so much the song itself, but the fact that it is touted to young girls as a song that they should listen to in order to…
Alternative Ways of Being
I think that I have spent most of my life unsatisfied with society. This dissatisfaction has been a driving force in me. It caused me to do things that many people would never dream of-…
The Problem with Expertise
I spent my spring break in Bulgaria, among other things, getting my tooth fixed again. I have a tendency to do such mundane things on breaks that are supposedly known for their adventures, and generally…
Irony of the desirable
The other day I had topick up the second half of my course reader for my modern theory course. I bemoaned the constant need to purchase reading material during University, when people have some of…
Lies I was Never Told- The Making of an Expat Part III
I suppose that a good reason for studying abroad is the dissolution of your current ideas about the world. It wasn’t my reason though. I do happen to enjoy my dissolution and so I tend…
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The Passport- Making of an Expat, Part II
Despite my father being in the military I did not travel abroad as a child. His last lengthy stay away from home was on the USS Nimitz during my mother’s pregnancy with me. Following that…
The Most Important Thing
It was 25 degrees today, in Celsius. I have become so well integrated to European standards that I have neither desire nor need to convert that into Fahrenheit. 25 can be understood as quite warm, and…
The Essay— The Making of an Expat Part I
Discovering that you’re an expat is a little how I imagine “discovering” you are gay might be. For the first portion of your life it doesn’t really have any context to come up in. Sure,…