Friday, March 25, 2011
still in Bloomington
not much of consequence has happened in the last couple of days. the wether was beautiful and i was getting really hot in my prague boots (or my kazdy den boty) which were the only pair of shoes i brought, so i bought some new sea-foam sneakers from urban outfitters and then the next day it snowed...
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Bloomington
I'm at katie's college house now! it's so awesome it reminds me of the little town in new york where i visited kesslie, Tivoli. This is also reminding my of visiting hailey at lewis & clark except for x10 because for one this campus is bigger and for two because i'm here for a whole week instead of a couple hours here and there.
we rode bikes to fetch katie's laptop out of the her friend josh's car. i.am.so.out.of.shape. i had to recover for a good 30 min. earlier we ate yummy sandwiches and shared a pitcher of beer before walking through her campus. Her house is awesome too, she has 4 roomates, so there's 5 girls living here and they all seem super nice. the house is really old, again like the layout of hailey's except no one who reads this blog has been to haileys house i dont think...
katie's room is connected to the bathroom and kitchen and a sunroom which is connected to the outdoors. downstairs has lots large dark molding and stain glass windows. i'm taking pictures but have no way to upload them....so yea, sorry 'bout that.
tomorrow its suppose to be 75 but rainy. we're going to a library and grocery shopping!
we rode bikes to fetch katie's laptop out of the her friend josh's car. i.am.so.out.of.shape. i had to recover for a good 30 min. earlier we ate yummy sandwiches and shared a pitcher of beer before walking through her campus. Her house is awesome too, she has 4 roomates, so there's 5 girls living here and they all seem super nice. the house is really old, again like the layout of hailey's except no one who reads this blog has been to haileys house i dont think...
katie's room is connected to the bathroom and kitchen and a sunroom which is connected to the outdoors. downstairs has lots large dark molding and stain glass windows. i'm taking pictures but have no way to upload them....so yea, sorry 'bout that.
tomorrow its suppose to be 75 but rainy. we're going to a library and grocery shopping!
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Splash Universe Amish Inn
I literally have a picture of a sliding glass door with "Splash Universe" on one side and "Amish Inn" on the other.
It was pretty awesome though. We drove to Amish country with Katie's parents and her 4 year old nephew, Eliot. He shares a fear of Harry Potter movies with me and so I love him.
Her dad is a journalist and was going to write a travel piece for the Chicago Sun I believe. That being part of the reason for the short family vacation.
Our hotel was teeming with children, seeing as there was a water park within i should've expected it.
Some of you may not be aware of my fear of water slides but I was very good. There was a water slide in which you had to walk up all these stairs and go through all these dark tunnels but I did it! and without hardly complaining! there was this horrible giant bucket that would fill with water and then every 5 min or so would dump over which was loud and terrifying. it successfully kept me off the play structure.
We shared one room with 9 of Katie's family members plus baby. her dad and mom were on the pull out bed in the living room. katie, her younger brother and her two nephews and i shared 4 bunk beds in the "center" and then her older brother, his wife and their baby, Penelope, in the bedroom. there was one bathroom. i didn't freak out though, everyone was super nice, and really loud especially compared to hailey's family which is the only other family, aside from my own, which i have been on a road trip with.
tonight we went to a st. Patrick's day party of katie's dad's high school friends. then we came home to watch more harry potter. katie had to leave to take her brother to get his car and i had to change the channel because apparently i can't watch harry potter alone in a house.
i'm watching everybody loves raymond now.
It was pretty awesome though. We drove to Amish country with Katie's parents and her 4 year old nephew, Eliot. He shares a fear of Harry Potter movies with me and so I love him.
Her dad is a journalist and was going to write a travel piece for the Chicago Sun I believe. That being part of the reason for the short family vacation.
Our hotel was teeming with children, seeing as there was a water park within i should've expected it.
Some of you may not be aware of my fear of water slides but I was very good. There was a water slide in which you had to walk up all these stairs and go through all these dark tunnels but I did it! and without hardly complaining! there was this horrible giant bucket that would fill with water and then every 5 min or so would dump over which was loud and terrifying. it successfully kept me off the play structure.
We shared one room with 9 of Katie's family members plus baby. her dad and mom were on the pull out bed in the living room. katie, her younger brother and her two nephews and i shared 4 bunk beds in the "center" and then her older brother, his wife and their baby, Penelope, in the bedroom. there was one bathroom. i didn't freak out though, everyone was super nice, and really loud especially compared to hailey's family which is the only other family, aside from my own, which i have been on a road trip with.
tonight we went to a st. Patrick's day party of katie's dad's high school friends. then we came home to watch more harry potter. katie had to leave to take her brother to get his car and i had to change the channel because apparently i can't watch harry potter alone in a house.
i'm watching everybody loves raymond now.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Indiana
oh and its st patricks day! big deal for chicagoians apparently. met up with katie and josh today. drank some berrrs, went to a college improve comedy thing. that was awesome. then we took cab back to katie's car and we drove somewhere for a while to get to her parents house. its so weird. it felt like this vacation i took with my mom to arizona when we were driving between pheonix and tucson in the middle of the night except that my mom isnt here. its just me and katie. makin decisions all on my own.
we pulled up to katies house and it struck me just how very very bizare this situation is. i met this girl in prague. she lives in indiana. now i am at the house she grew up in. i just love to think about how when i met her at the orientation the first day (we barely said more than a couple words to eachother), how i could never of fathomed that i would someday be at her parents house in indiana!
its 2:28 am, we just got here maybe 20 min ago. her whole family is in bed. im in the "den" or office area on her dad's computer. tomorrow we're waking up at 7ish to go to the amish country. its all just so bizarre.
we pulled up to katies house and it struck me just how very very bizare this situation is. i met this girl in prague. she lives in indiana. now i am at the house she grew up in. i just love to think about how when i met her at the orientation the first day (we barely said more than a couple words to eachother), how i could never of fathomed that i would someday be at her parents house in indiana!
its 2:28 am, we just got here maybe 20 min ago. her whole family is in bed. im in the "den" or office area on her dad's computer. tomorrow we're waking up at 7ish to go to the amish country. its all just so bizarre.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
New Adventure!!!!
I was struggling to figure out what to do with this blog after i returned home and didn't have anything interesting to share. Enter, Colleen Mae and Katie Taylor. Two of my very best friends that I met in Prague who live respectively in Chicago and Bloomington Indiana. Sure my savings might have been put to better use paying off my student loans, but thats not nearly as fun as going to the MIDWEST!!!!
So now I'm in Colleens apartment, north-side...lakeview, listening to passion pit as we get ready to embrace the day. it's sunny and suppose to be a 58 degrees today . (take that mom). i'm wearing my neon green tee-shirt with the big headphones on it (thats parts for you cassandra).
my flight over was just peachy. got on the L train which was awesome, like disneyland for an architecture student. Apartment buildings in chicago are small but most of them have wooden porches/fire escapes in the back. it reminds of the wild west. Then colleen and i ate deep dish pizza at gino's east. it was good but made me uncomfortable for the rest of night. we went to some bar with her friend lynn called "alive one" and met some romanian dudes one of which colleen is seeing cause he was her cab driver.
today we're doing something to do with millenium park, and michigan lake, and something about a bean...
So now I'm in Colleens apartment, north-side...lakeview, listening to passion pit as we get ready to embrace the day. it's sunny and suppose to be a 58 degrees today . (take that mom). i'm wearing my neon green tee-shirt with the big headphones on it (thats parts for you cassandra).
my flight over was just peachy. got on the L train which was awesome, like disneyland for an architecture student. Apartment buildings in chicago are small but most of them have wooden porches/fire escapes in the back. it reminds of the wild west. Then colleen and i ate deep dish pizza at gino's east. it was good but made me uncomfortable for the rest of night. we went to some bar with her friend lynn called "alive one" and met some romanian dudes one of which colleen is seeing cause he was her cab driver.
today we're doing something to do with millenium park, and michigan lake, and something about a bean...
Saturday, January 8, 2011
home again
well that was short.
ive been home for about a week now and have already finished my first week of school, back at PSU. still havent done any homework yet though.
i'm not sure if this will be my last entry or not. it seems fitting since it is titled Prague Blog that i not continue writing after i've come back from Prague. Perhaps i will just continue in my other more obscure blog.
for my last entry i thought i might do something a bit different and more personal. i will share with you an abridged version of my journal entry in the JFK airport on my way to PDX. I sat down at my gate with about 30 min to spare and decided to write about a certain thing which was on my mind but to my surprise a whole slew of other things came out, and i wrote for the entire time until my section of the plane was called to board. Some of this may not make sense due to its more personal nature but i thought it was interesting enough to share, and hopefully you'll find it interesting too:
So funny that my last experience on this pilgrimage is on 01-01-11, you see because this whole time i've been having confusions about how to write the date, but on THIS day, it doesn't matter! Plus it just looks cool.
I am returning home with much more than a sense of achievement. My sense of achievement is far surpassed by my sense of urgency to create a better life for myself and live as full as I can. To my benefit or detriment, these are my emotions, but I will try to focus on the positive. In this world it is too easy to find the negatives and I have a LOT of positives to be thankful for.
I feel like this is just beautiful brain throw-up.
Love Actually was right about the bizarity of airports. I can't wait to get home and see my parents and family.
Every surprise is wonderful and beautiful in it's nature alone.
I am an interesting and fun person who attracts the same sort of people, at least in females, and cool 27 year old cousins.
I'm so bad at consuming food.
Oh remember this guy in the plaid pj pants and the pancho hoody tied around his waist! it's like he saw the portlandia clip about portland being stuck in the 90's and he wanted to fit in with the locals. Which brings me to....Martha! I love her. She is so interesting, I don't want to kiss her, but i do greatly enjoy her.
I am so happy about my new family. SO interesting! I am happy about my amazing best friends who miss me.
Before you go and start making yourself sad I have a few more things to congratulate you on.
I am happy I feel my potential! I had a goal as of last night, kinda forgot what it was but i remember being proud of myself for identifying it.
I'm glad i'm young although the sense of time doesnt give me much solace.
i'm happy people basically like me.
i'm glad i lived in prague.
i'm glad i hardly lost anything, as far as i know.
i'm glad i met emily as she helped me identify more parts of myself that i needed to work on
i'm especially glad i met katie, colleen, and kate
i'm glad i can recognize my mistakes, whether i should correct them or not is up for debate.
i'm glad i can recognize beauty in many different forms.
i wonder if i'm writing so many positives because there are so many or if i'm afraid to look into the other side. it can be a swirling black whole.
i think the only way to solve this is to gently and cautiously start sorting out the other side.
i hope theres a good movie on the plane.
ok. im afraid of the brevity of life and the lack of chances i've taken already. afriad that my life could've been more beautiful than it is now and maybe there's not enough time to make up for it.
i know that every person has their own timeline and mine may not line up with hollywood's or most everyone else's but that doesnt make it any worse. nehorsi (czech for the worst) moslty i just dont feel like going down that negative path right now and i think thats fine. i've certainly been there more than enough in the past couple weeks. i think i've taken a fine mental beating and it's time to start recooperating. plus i have a lot to be happy about right now, primarily getting to see my friends and family.
oh ive learned so much! this is awesome! i hope i never forget it.
oh i cant wait to see portland. so strange but true. oh my god, and the pdx airport?!? SQUEAL!!!
life could surprise you.
i wonder if i can go against my natural tendency and just not think, relax, and fall asleep on the plane.
this androgynous looking woman is playing with that baby. that used to be me when i was more loving and carefree, the playing with the baby part. i need to try and be more loving. thats a resolution me, even though i dont really belive in them. crazy i've been writing the entire time ive been sitting here. i wonder if anyone noticed.
i cant believe im going home!! i cant believe this is ending!! surreal. i learned so much, i just wished i ........
oh god, if someone ever read this it would be bad.
i should maybe publish this.
so there you have it my European semester abroad. an irreplaceable experience i can never forget.
ive been home for about a week now and have already finished my first week of school, back at PSU. still havent done any homework yet though.
i'm not sure if this will be my last entry or not. it seems fitting since it is titled Prague Blog that i not continue writing after i've come back from Prague. Perhaps i will just continue in my other more obscure blog.
for my last entry i thought i might do something a bit different and more personal. i will share with you an abridged version of my journal entry in the JFK airport on my way to PDX. I sat down at my gate with about 30 min to spare and decided to write about a certain thing which was on my mind but to my surprise a whole slew of other things came out, and i wrote for the entire time until my section of the plane was called to board. Some of this may not make sense due to its more personal nature but i thought it was interesting enough to share, and hopefully you'll find it interesting too:
So funny that my last experience on this pilgrimage is on 01-01-11, you see because this whole time i've been having confusions about how to write the date, but on THIS day, it doesn't matter! Plus it just looks cool.
I am returning home with much more than a sense of achievement. My sense of achievement is far surpassed by my sense of urgency to create a better life for myself and live as full as I can. To my benefit or detriment, these are my emotions, but I will try to focus on the positive. In this world it is too easy to find the negatives and I have a LOT of positives to be thankful for.
I feel like this is just beautiful brain throw-up.
Love Actually was right about the bizarity of airports. I can't wait to get home and see my parents and family.
Every surprise is wonderful and beautiful in it's nature alone.
I am an interesting and fun person who attracts the same sort of people, at least in females, and cool 27 year old cousins.
I'm so bad at consuming food.
Oh remember this guy in the plaid pj pants and the pancho hoody tied around his waist! it's like he saw the portlandia clip about portland being stuck in the 90's and he wanted to fit in with the locals. Which brings me to....Martha! I love her. She is so interesting, I don't want to kiss her, but i do greatly enjoy her.
I am so happy about my new family. SO interesting! I am happy about my amazing best friends who miss me.
Before you go and start making yourself sad I have a few more things to congratulate you on.
I am happy I feel my potential! I had a goal as of last night, kinda forgot what it was but i remember being proud of myself for identifying it.
I'm glad i'm young although the sense of time doesnt give me much solace.
i'm happy people basically like me.
i'm glad i lived in prague.
i'm glad i hardly lost anything, as far as i know.
i'm glad i met emily as she helped me identify more parts of myself that i needed to work on
i'm especially glad i met katie, colleen, and kate
i'm glad i can recognize my mistakes, whether i should correct them or not is up for debate.
i'm glad i can recognize beauty in many different forms.
i wonder if i'm writing so many positives because there are so many or if i'm afraid to look into the other side. it can be a swirling black whole.
i think the only way to solve this is to gently and cautiously start sorting out the other side.
i hope theres a good movie on the plane.
ok. im afraid of the brevity of life and the lack of chances i've taken already. afriad that my life could've been more beautiful than it is now and maybe there's not enough time to make up for it.
i know that every person has their own timeline and mine may not line up with hollywood's or most everyone else's but that doesnt make it any worse. nehorsi (czech for the worst) moslty i just dont feel like going down that negative path right now and i think thats fine. i've certainly been there more than enough in the past couple weeks. i think i've taken a fine mental beating and it's time to start recooperating. plus i have a lot to be happy about right now, primarily getting to see my friends and family.
oh ive learned so much! this is awesome! i hope i never forget it.
oh i cant wait to see portland. so strange but true. oh my god, and the pdx airport?!? SQUEAL!!!
life could surprise you.
i wonder if i can go against my natural tendency and just not think, relax, and fall asleep on the plane.
this androgynous looking woman is playing with that baby. that used to be me when i was more loving and carefree, the playing with the baby part. i need to try and be more loving. thats a resolution me, even though i dont really belive in them. crazy i've been writing the entire time ive been sitting here. i wonder if anyone noticed.
i cant believe im going home!! i cant believe this is ending!! surreal. i learned so much, i just wished i ........
oh god, if someone ever read this it would be bad.
i should maybe publish this.
so there you have it my European semester abroad. an irreplaceable experience i can never forget.
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