Last night I flew back to New York. Since I was barely home for 48 hours last time, it felt almost like I was returning again for the first time. Without the all night drive from New York City up to Ithaca or the extreme jet lag, but nonetheless.
In large part, unlike the [...]

Posted on August 31st, 2004 by Lee
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I’ve been a student in Minnesota for two years, but never have I felt more Minnesotan than walking around the Minnesota State Fair yesterday.
When you think of the things that define a fair, midway rides, animal exhibitions, and concerts by has-been classic rock bands usually come to mind. Maybe food enters into the equation, [...]

Posted on August 29th, 2004 by Lee
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It took me about 4 hours of being home to remember that I’m not nearly materialistic enough to be an American again. I’m living in the Stone Age here. I mean, I don’t even have a cell phone! And the car I drive is a piece of crap. In England, a [...]

Posted on August 25th, 2004 by Lee
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Being broke is no fun. I’m in London until tomorrow night, and I currently have £4.50 to my name. I splurged by buying £1 worth of Internet access, so that I could do something other than sit in my room. Also, so that I could try to get ahold of my family [...]

Posted on August 20th, 2004 by Lee
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I’m sitting here in my empty dorm room, about to leave Cambridge for the last time and get on a train to London. In the next couple days I’ll be there, then visiting a family friend in Fareham, probably travelling around the countryside a bit, and by Monday night, I’ll be back in the [...]

Posted on August 20th, 2004 by Lee
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