First Arabic class this morning at 8:30. AMAZING. He taught it all in Arabic the way we teach at camp-- lots of repetition and some gestures and then helping us figure things out and pronounce them, having us talk to each other ( Read more... )

Alright, Tom Wolfe and all you other New Journalists. Inspire me.

"Wow, CJ, you're cooler than I thought!"

...What the fuck does that mean?

It would be so much easier to worry about things like fascism if I weren't so damn concerned about these library books that the Reg can't find. I seriously don't want to pay $200 worth of fines for two books that (by all accounts and purposes) were turned in to begin with.

UGH.

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In Nice!

Things have been going really well so far. This is my first real access to free Internet, so, well, I thought I'd check in just to say things are fine and I'm alive.

Longer letter later.

Love,
CJ

We went to see Auschwitz today ( Read more... )

KRAKOW.

* Bonding with people over drinks at the first club I've ever been to tonight
* Beautiful art museum with my new favorite artist of whom I still don't know the name.
* Cathedrals cathedrals cathedrals
* NEW FRIENDS and NEW VOCABULARY
* Zoltys

LOVE.

~CJ

Prof. Friedman's recipe for hot buttered rum ( Read more... )

“You English majors, you’re too progressive for me. I like my literature traditional and boring.” ~ brunette girl from Egypt program to Chamberlin house boy, overheard in the library today.