The internet is real.

Being in a Global Communications MA program, the internet enters a lot of our discussions; it has been a significant part of all but one research paper that I have written here. You can’t avoid talking about this thing that has fundamentally transformed the way we communicate (especially in the international contexts that this program […]

March 28, 2012

The Expat Chronicles: Vagueness, Feelings, and Trashy Sequined Katniss

I swear that I will resume posting real things with actual writing in a day or two. I have this thing that randomly posts old entries to my Twitter every few days and about a week ago it selected my first vlog entry to this blog. I was using my netbook’s webcam that has this […]

March 27, 2012

I still live in the internet. And places are awesome.

Remember when I said that I wasn’t going to post all of these videos here? I meant it when I said it, really…

March 20, 2012

I live in the internet.

Lately this blog has been venturing into SRSBSNS territory. We are now in the second half of the semester and the real work on the research papers gets started and the questions about WHAT COMES NEXT will also start tugging at our heels and my life will spiral into a mess of #gradschoolproblems. All of […]

March 16, 2012

Returning to Ghana

“It was the hardest thing that I have ever done, but also the best.” This is the mantra that I pilfered from the classmate whose host family lived in the same neighborhood as mine. The thirty minute walk to school each day functioned as my morning therapy session; it was a way to keep the […]

March 13, 2012

Academic rambling. #gradschoolproblems

I am experiencing an academic crisis of conscience. If you are here because you appreciate my stories about falling on my ass or my inability to learn French, this post will disappoint. GET OUT NOW! A few months ago I wrote a long rambly post about how I wanted to be able to help others […]

February 25, 2012

Origins

I wrote this last fall and for reasons I can’t identify, I never posted it. Since I will be returning to Ghana for spring break in a few short weeks, it seems especially appropriate now, even if it is a bit different from the vast majority of posts on this blog. – “Morning is the […]

February 13, 2012

Snow day in Paris

Yesterday it snowed in Paris. After giving up on my plan to go running, I decided to out and look at the pretty and take pictures and try to appreciate it for about four minutes before I go back to my standard routine of loathing the existence of snow. Behold, a short (and incredibly shaky) […]

February 6, 2012

GTKYFB: Get To Know Your Fellow Bloggers, a vlog ring.

Somewhere in the sea of the thousand things that have happened in the last two weeks, I decided to participate in a vlog ring. I also changed the colors on this blog about a dozen times, and while I think this iteration is my favorite, I will still probably change it a few more times. […]

February 3, 2012

Having so many things to do that remembering all the things is the mostimportant task

It has been an insane few weeks. I was ill to the point that I was rendered a barely-functional-human-being when I flew back to Paris. A friend I have known since freshman year of college was also arriving around the same time. Since my disease-addled brain got in a brawl with jetlag, my reaction to […]

January 20, 2012

Bootleg nominations, a giant thank you, and an awkward video

Last week 20sb announced the nominees for this year’s Bootleg awards and I came home to some awesome emails and @replies because (1) Childhood Trauma was unopposed for Best Group Blog (!!!) and (2) I was personally nominated for a few things. Taking a look at the full list, I was a little bit excited. […]

January 8, 2012

The church van road trip and a year in review

It isn’t really the holiday season until the Sweeney family piles into the car with a bunch of suitcases, a few canvases, and some gigantic frames for a minimum of six hours. My little sister is about to be seventeen, and we are not exactly a tiny family, so we get some real quality bonding […]

December 31, 2011