It has only taken me five minutes of sitting in the library to realize that going to graduate school was the right choice for me. To some of my friends, the idea of jumping back into the world of endless reading lists and long days spent in the library four months after graduating seemed unappealing,… Continue reading No Study Break
A quick update, and then on to my ostensibly more “profound” observations of life in Britain. My life is pretty much currently non-stop déjà vu of freshman year at Princeton, only better in every way. I’ve spent my last days before the deluge of classes bonding with my roommates, exploring Oxford, setting up my new… Continue reading America Is Under Attack! Defend Yourselves!
Unsurprisingly, England still feels really new to me. Somehow, I don’t quite fit in as a local after forty-eight hours (Okay, that’s letting myself off easy – somehow the English know I’m an American from 20 feet away – something to do with the loudness of my voice). I’m still in awe of how old… Continue reading New Normal
I have no business blogging tonight. I’ve been up for a solid thirty-six hours, and although I arrived in Oxford almost twelve hours ago, I have very little of significance to say about it. Still, I feel like I ought to write down a few first impressions of England – impressions that I will later… Continue reading Welcome to England, It’s Very English
“I haven’t been this scared in a long time And I’m so unprepared so here’s your valentine Bouquet of clumsy words, a simple melody This world’s an ugly place, but you’re so beautiful to me.” – Blink 182, “Going Away to College” Four years ago, “Going Away to College” seemed like poetry. I was preparing… Continue reading What’s My Age Again?
Tonight is Worcester College, Oxford’s first pub night. All the new graduates will gather around the buttery and partake of some low-price English ale. Sounds like a good chance to meet people and make new friends. I will not be in attendance. Instead, I will be leading a group of Princeton undergraduates in some illicit… Continue reading LSAT, Redux
I’ve spent my week in Princeton oscillating between having a smile plastered on my face and fighting an irrepressible melancholy. On balance, I must concede it’s pretty fabulous to be here: each day has consisted of bouncing from lunch dates with good friends to band rehearsals attended with good friends and late-night study parties composed… Continue reading Legacy
Hey sports fans. Sorry I haven’t posted in a while, but it would seem that my life is decidedly less interesting when I’m no longer in mind-blowingly messed-up third world countries. Looking over my old journal and the blog I kept in high school, I’ve realized that I used to share practically everything with the… Continue reading Going back
For those of you who haven’t heard – and really, there’s no reason those of us who get Western media would have – Kampala, Uganda has erupted in rioting and violence. You can catch up with the action by reading the slightly-befuddled coverage of the New York Times here or the way-too-nuanced-for-us-Mzungu-to-understand Ugandan coverage here. … Continue reading Know Nothing
I didn’t watch Obama’s speech last night, partially because I was passed out sick (those parasites take a long time to die), partially because I’m already convinced that whatever Obama pushes is the best feasible option for health care reform, and partially because I’m sickened by the prospect of what that “best feasible option” likely… Continue reading A Brief Rant – Read a Book, Joe Wilon
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