jiggly will

have i not been writing on this a lot lately? i feel like i havent. no one complained so whatever. had another paper due yesterday and i busted it out in three hours (not counting the 5 hours of friggin research). so now all i really have to do school-wise is our final project. pretty excited about that. this program is gonna be over soon though, and i have mixed feelings. there are certain things ill miss, others not so much. i definately miss the comforts of home. comfortable bed, clean bathroom, clean apartment. oh well.

so we went on another bike ride today - this one not as long - just around prague. my ass hurt a little but not nearly as bad as before. my ass was a little disappointed that i lied to it saying we wouldnt be biking anymore. i promise no more. a little exercise doesnt hurt. im really gonna have to start running again when i get back. getting a little jiggly.

i gave myself a haircut with the clippers i bought. went really short, but it looks good, i think, almost like justin timberlake.

so anyway - i eluded to something else happening soon in my last blog and i guess i can reveal sort of what it is. has to do with a very cute norwegian girl coming to prague this weekend. thats all i am saying. i couldnt be more happy. cant wait for all of you to meet her. just kidding ;) (I think?)

THEN - my sister is coming up here a week earlier - on tuesday... so i am really pumped about the rest of the trip, etc. should be fun. i was going to extend my trip but have since decided not to since it costs a bit too much. oh well - at least elise will be here a week earlier. i will have a lot of school related stuff to do these last few weeks but that shouldnt be a problem. im so freakin smart.

ive been having a hell of a time uploading pictures to this stupid website and so ive pretty much given up for now. i know jon was interested in seeing the tourguide (maybe a little too excited), and i promise i will try to make that happen. nice myspace picture, by the way, lindsay.

is anybody still reading this?? its okay, i like talking about myself so much that it doesnt matter too much. im thinking about having a blog even when i get back home.

so - i am coming home to seattle august 13th as scheduled. clear the following weekend! ive been craving some vitamin r's. another bbq? a welcome back bbq might be in order. i swear the next time i leave for europe i might not come back

fun times at prague high

im in the process of acquiring MANY pictures from the trip from my friend bryan. a lot of them actually have ME in them. i know, i know, shocking. there are officially about 10 with me in them on the ones ive taken here. im also planning on pooling together with everyone else and get more pictures...

i have one more paper to write about the czech transition from communism to democracy - was it a success or failure? due tomorrow... all i know is that as soon as i get this one done, we will only have our final projects to work on. whew!

theres a prague bike ride tomorrow.... shhh.... dont tell my ass. will take pictures!

my sister is coming a week earlier than expected! she will be here a week from today... then i am trying to stay a week longer so we can travel around... we'll see what happens.

gotta hit the books! there are some economic terms that i have to get my head around by tomorrow... and try to post some pictures - its been a while since there have been new ones (sorry bout that)...

drinks, bones, and a beautiful tourguide

okay boys and girls, im back. it feels as if i have not blogged in a while. i apologize to all you loyal readers (and i know there are many of you). i had midterms due this past friday and so that occupied most of my time last week. i did two papers - one on the educational system under communism (it was a tough topic choice, by the way) and another for my visual culture class on a stalin statue in budapest that is only boots. fun stuff. i think my last blog was on phil collins, yeah? well i am still rocking some genesis on the iTunes. i hope everyone went out and bought that cd. anyway - went out friday night - beach volleyball again, but i could not play since ive been put on the dl. my back is better, but i didnt want to risk it. playin it safe, glad i did. got up early saturday morning for an optional field trip to kutna hora, an hour away from prague on the train. i was a little sleepy but i was a trooper. we went to a bone church - which is literally a bunch of art inside a church made of purely human bones. little creepy. ive also figured out that when they charge you more in order to take pictures inside a touristy place, its all a matter of honesty. i didnt pay, but there were not camera police in sight so i snagged some photos, which i will post later since i have not yet uploaded them. saved myself 50 crown. anything helps at this point when you are on a budget. ive become really cheap on this trip. didnt start out that way. but anyway - we went on a tour of the silver mines after lunch and we had the greatest tourguide ever. actually the most beautiful one ever. teresa - have a picture but once again not uploaded yet. i recommend going to kutna hora just so you can go on this tour and meet her. i might be in love. but then again so is every male that takes her tour. i will post picture later and you will all see. she basically made the trip. all the getting up early and sweating like mad was worth the hour and a half she was in our presence. anyway - sorry. the tour was pretty cool also we went way underground and it was pretty fun. i was pretty exhausted by the time we got to prague and all i could muster was a game of hearts and an early bedtime.

so how is life in seattle? anything happening? i feel so out of touch over here. thats the only downside of being over here. i miss the conveniences of home, but i gotta say this is really good for me to get me to step out of the comfortable bubble i live in in seattle. i really wish i did this earlier. please tell me someone wants to travel next summer. its very liberating.

i feel like i was going to blog about something else, but it has since left my mind. actually i remember, but i feel like its too soon to blog about. gimme a week.

song of the day - "the medication is wearing off" by eels. awesome song. eels is actually one guy (he writes a lot of depressing songs - his mom died of cancer and his sister killed herself). but theres an element of hope in his music and thats what i like. this particular song is just flat out cool. simple and cool. anyway. hope all is well in the west. the weather has cooled here, hoping that summer has arrived in the emerald city. i gotta go, time to musk up.