Newwwwww REM album :)
The P4 will be back after these messages.
Just finished my Turkey paper!! Actually about Kazakhstan. Oh yes. Lots of oil. Lots of corruption. Enjoyed writing it. Enjoy the material. I’m a nerd…officially.
London is over. I’m back in the States….getting to the ATL airport was great. Went to the Chili’s there and had a great time with some peeps. I never thought I’d say this but I loved hearing that southern accent again….felt at home. Still though….can’t stay here, out of necessity. It’s a hard thing to give up, but you gotta do what you gotta do.
Looking forward to seeing some old friends and all…who knows what the next three weeks will bring.
In retrospect, the London program certainly changed me for the better….I’m a better student because of the program. I never had a teacher push me like Julianna did…and I’m very grateful for that, no matter how crazy she seemed at times. I loved the people in our class, each and every one of them stood out in one way or another…we were a group of great character to put up with the stresses for four months. I don’t know how we did it. Anyway…no more sappiness….I’ll write later….life awaits.
My hand is destroyed. Too much writing. Too little time.
-A
Ahhhhhh yeah…about that.
Afghan Pres Hamid Karzai says he’ll need security assistance from int’l forces (NATO & Co.) until 2024.
This is unfortunate…
Goodnight all.
Time has come! After 6 years out of the States (a month in Turkey, and the rest in the UK and various visits), it’s almost time to come home. Looking forward to it. This year has been great, but in some ways it’s been the worst year I’ve experienced. That explanation is for another day.
Going home is good at the moment. The stresses of finishing grad school along with taking part in an intensive program (I wrote 11 thousand words in a week and a half, no joke) hasn’t been healthy. I know my behavior has changed quite a bit….I’m very tempermental. It’s been a very frustrating time…a lot has happened to the people that I hold closest to me, and I think the experience of those problems and my refusal to talk about them upset me.
No way to be a downer though. A quick list of all I want to do going back home:
- Writing a song every other day! (Cos I haven’t wrote any in a while! And they’re going on here :)
- Record those songs! (Duh.)
- Write a book! (Or start to…cos mum thinks that maybe I’d be good at it…kinda lazy though)
- See the locals! Miss em.
- Watching football with the pops! (Favorite pastime….cos usually we’re yelling at the TV or making fun of the size of massive linemen)
- Work on the next step…which is….applying for LLM programs in the UK. HERE WE GO AGAIN! :D
…It’s been a great year. But bittersweet. I’ll tell you why in due time.
…chicken sandwich and waffle fries shortly.
-A