Yup, it's going to happen this summer and I'll be blogging the journey on my website: http://www.brycecarter.com.

For anyone that still follows this blog and lives in the United States and is interested in grabbing coffee sometime leave a comment!

Sincerely,

The B

I've been meaning to blog about the series of events that have been occurring on our campus and how frustrating it all has been.  The Roanoke Times just came out with an article that does it better than I could describe, so I'll just paste it here:

http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/225603

Tragedy-rocked Tech reaches out to Fort Hood
School ( Read more... )

My deepest sympathies go out to the community of Fort Hood and to all those affected.

It would have to be a Virginia Tech graduate... 

I was looking over some statistics for my website, www.brycecarter.com, and saw that some people were being referred from this blog. It's interesting knowing people are still reading through it. One of these days I'll make a better organized website to read through documenting my experiences, but that'll be down the road when I'm not so busy...

So ( Read more... )

Over two years ago I had a class for two weeks on the second floor of Norris Hall, a class that was overcrowded so we moved to a bigger room in a neighboring building.  Two days ago for the first time since then I walked into Norris Hall.  I barely recognized the hallway of the second floor of Norris, with its wood flooring and hazy glass wall with ( Read more... )

As the two year anniversary of the shootings at Virginia Tech approach I've had a few moments of flashbacks in its anticipation, but overall have been well.  I'm planning an unofficial "Free Hugs Day at Virginia Tech" event in which perhaps nearly 1,000+ people will show up on the Drillfield and randomly hug each other and celebrate our community, ( Read more... )

I'll make this short.

Last night a Chinese international student who had been here only a few weeks was beheaded by another Chinese international student who was here since last semester in a cafe that I attend semi-regularly on campus.  It is difficult to imagine, and to know that place and what occurred is making it hard on me.

Last night, before ( Read more... )

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Today was the first day in over a month I had an opportunity to walk across campus instead of bike due to the somewhat pleasant rain we’re experiencing (I now live off campus here at Virginia Tech).  As I crossed the Drillfield with my umbrella in hand amidst the dismal gray I looked around at other students that passed me.  It is hard to convey ( Read more... )

Well here I am.  For the weekend I'm in Blacksburg.  I love this place so much.  It is so peaceful and the community is so close.  I'm at a friend's house further down the road from what will be my apartment next year.  Just around the corner is the smoke stack for the power plant for Virginia Tech and the rest of its campus ( Read more... )