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Monday, July 3rd, 2006
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10:13 pm - First animated icon!!
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I experimented with animation shop today and look at what I turned out!! Woo hoo!
Okay, warning: you have to watch it for a few seconds before it starts doing anything.
I like animations to be subtle, and not repeat endlessly if possible. I would've made the flickering continuous if I could make it look natural, but I'm not that good yet.
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| Tuesday, May 31st, 2005
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7:33 pm - Moved to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.2) larkspurlazuli
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7:31 pm - Name's changed
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Hey, I've changed my livejournal name! It's now larkspurlazuli!
I'm just back from the library. I feel like I've just walked away with an armful of loot. As I walked to the library, I recalled the numerous minutes adding up to hours that I can spend aimlessly on the internet, checking and rechecking my friends' list, email, deviantart account, or anything else just for some stimulation or to relieve boredom. I have one month left before I return home, and many goals and achievements on my 'master list' that haven't been reached. Besides my schoolwork, I have letters to write, websites to design, socks to darn, icons to make, and books to read. Something must change. But it's not just that I need to get more of what I need/want to do done -- I feel like I've been in a rut for too long. Living here at York has become so comfortable, but I feel almost like I'm sitting inside a cotton pillow, warm and cuddly, but unable to see the external world and apathetic about it. I'm just in need of a whole new vitality, inspiration, to living and working.
Hopefully this is a step in the right direction. I ended up checking out eight books from the York library for 'leisure reading'. Some of them are really fun, no kidding. I found two outstanding ones on CSS, cascading style sheets, and one on webpage usability that'll help me with my webdesign-- hopefully especially for my mom's site that I'll likely be making this summer. I got several on internet sociology, and one on cognitive science, although I was looking for an intro to AI book, because I'll be taking that class next spring and feel like I've gotten out of the CS loop lately: hopefully this'll suffice. And, and(!!!) a book on the art of Sleepy Hollow. I've never seen that movie before but this book looks downright inspiring. Photographs, conceptual drawings, sketches...It's so dark and gothic, and the pages are even made to look as if they were printed on parchment. It's amazing what you can find if you just look, or even without looking. I feel like my love of learning has been reignited, possibly just by a combination of my realization of the amount of information available at my fingertips, the fact that it can actually help and interest me, and that I took the step to look.
*glee*
Next step: reading them...
current mood: hopeful
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| Friday, May 27th, 2005
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12:16 am - My parents are in town!!!
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They're on a trip for their 25th wedding anniversary. I got to hug both of them yesterday, and then again today... how often does that happen when one is an American studying in Britain? Not very often! The American mother's day was a few weeks ago and I wished so badly that I could just give my mom a hug, and now I have! They really haven't changed much, as parents tend to, except that my mom got her hair cut short enough that it could now be considered a bob. I have missed them quite a bit, and it really does seem that for me, home can be many places, whether it's Trinity or York, but wherever my parents are is "really home". There's just no replacing them.
It's funny, I was thinking about how it seems like my american friends and I seem to talk about our families quite a bit to make up for our distance from them. I don't know how much this applies to Archana, since she's thousands of miles away from her parents most of the year, but I know quite a bit about the parents and siblings of my friends at York, and I'm sure they know about mine. I could probably tell you the occupations, personality traits, and a few idiosyncracies for each of my friends' parents. What does that mean, anyway? I'm glad to hear as much about their parents as they are willing to tell me -- it's intriguing to get some background on where they came from, and to an extent, how they were raised. It gives me an appreciation for the diversity of life, because, after all, I only have one family, one frame of reference to draw from.
I have a new icon too.. Merry made it for me.. I do like carrot sticks, and now everyone knows!
On a somewhat related note, I saw Episode III with my parents tonight! They'd actually been waiting so they could watch it with me. ^^ I won't say too much, but it was very predictable - but then again, the writers had a lot of plot constraints to work with anyway. Definitely worth seeing, though. I like Ewan McGregor. And Jedi cloaks... Especially the big black drapey ones... <3
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| Thursday, May 26th, 2005
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12:47 am - Icon post and new community!!! Excitement!
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Well, the time has finally come. archiana, merynne and I have started an icon journal together. It's just a place where we show off what we've been working on, and most of the icons are free for public use. It's called...
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif?v=92.2) icontemptations!!!!!!
Very exciting, huh?
I've posted for the first time -- come on over and take a look (and friend us, even) if you'd so like! So, this means I won't be posting my icons in this journal anymore. If you want to see my icons pop over to icontemptations, or in time, at teatree_icons, my personal icon journal, when I get it up and running (which isn't yet).
To further tempt you:
  
( oh the shame of a fake lj cut, but that's what it is )
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| Wednesday, May 25th, 2005
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11:07 pm - Journal name change and lake district trip!
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Hi, anyone who is reading this, I've changed my lj username from larkspur778 to larkspurlazuli! Please unfriend this journal and friend larkspurlazuli instead! Sorry for the inconvience!
Well, I suppose this is now the time when I talk about how my weekend was!! In short, it was short, but great. ^^ We only had one full day there, but it was a very full one. I've only traveled to London, York and Aberdeen within Great Britain so I'm glad I got to see another side of England. We spent Friday night at a pub and hiking around the lake. We stayed in Windermere, which was about 1 1/2 miles walk from Bowness, which was actually on the lake. We stayed in a 'backpackers' hostel' over the weekend, which was actually very nice, and very similar to some of my accomodation in France and Italy.
I loved the Lake District's natural beauty best-- which is most people's reason for visiting, right? For those who don't know, Cumbria is located in Northern England on the western side of the island. It's covered in mountains (or hills, I don't know which) that provide the range of terrain to create its many lakes. The entire area reminded me strongly of Seattle or Washington State -- doubtless because the climate is very similar -- coolish and very rainy. Azaleas and other unidentified bushes were prevalent in the area and just covered with fragrant blooms. We spent a lot of our time hiking, both around the lake and from Ambleside to Rydal Mount, Wordsworth's home - which was an extremely enjoyable activity. The house itself didn't really offer much remarkable to anyone who's not a Wordsworth afficionado, but the grounds were absolutely gorgeous. The place was absolutely not crowded, unlike how I know the Dove Cottage, his other house, would've been. Erica mentioned how she felt that she had stepped into a storybook, and I felt the same. The lush greenery, climbing vines and ivy and the history behind the place made it feel otherworldy. We were hoping to visit the home of Beatrix Potter as well, but I think all of us felt fulfilled after a day spent hiking through hills dotted with spring lambs and lined with hedge fences and exploring Wordsworth's garden. We booked a small "sunset cruise" for that evening, which provided a perfect time to just spend time with each other and enjoy the calming effect of being on the water.
The sun is setting so late these days -- about 10:00 pm. I've never lived in a place where it sets that late. And it's not even the Summer solstice yet. The late daylight hours are kind of throwing my rhythms off, so it's easy for me to eat dinner as late at 9 or 9:30. Plus, the sun rises at around 4:30am, I believe, so it's fortunate that I have a heavy curtain over my window. Although it does catch quite a bit of sunlight in the morning... but more sun is almost always better than none. It's just strange, though...things are going to be so different at home, in so many ways. I have a little more than one month until I fly back across the pond.
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| Friday, May 20th, 2005
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12:32 am - New Name: Larkspurlazuli!!! and Lake District
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I've finally changed over to a new journal! I've decided on larkspurlazuli. Most people I know have changed over, but a few people who I know would like to friend me haven't yet. I don't expect everyone I friend to friend me back, but I know some would like to. You know who you are! Sorry for the inconvenience.
I'll continue double posting for a while, but only a week or so.
Well! The busyness is finally starting to set in! And this weekend isn't going to be helping any of it. It'll be worth it, though -- I'm going to the lake district for the weekend, which hopefully will include some hiking, canoeing, reading, and perhaps seeing the house of William Wordsworth! Honestly, of all the places to visit in the UK, the lake district has been at the top of my list. And the company will be delightful as well, of course!
My parents are leaving tomorrow for London. They're going to be spending almost two weeks in the United Kingdom as their 25th wedding anniversary celebration, and they're coming to see me as part of the trip. ^^ They'll arrive next Wednesday, only a couple days after I get back from my own trip. I hope they have such a wonderful time!!! I know it's the first time they've been out of the country in a very long time, and I believe it's the first time my Mom's been to Europe. I'm really looking forward to showing them around York~~ ^^ ...and giving them the gifts I got while traveling.
By the way, I found a scanner that I can use here at York, so pictures of my trip will be coming~~
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| Tuesday, May 17th, 2005
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10:27 pm - Name Change!!!
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Thank you to everyone who gave their input on my new lj name! I think a lot of the ones you suggested were pretty (especially limabeanlarkanator!!) but I just don't like underscores much, so I've decided on larkspurlazuli. Seems kinda weird right now, but I'll get used to it. Okay, so I'm asking everyone now, please un-friend larkspur778 and friend larkspurlazuli now. I'll be double posting until I think everyone has moved over. Parting is such sweet sorrow.... *snif*
I really want to make a new layout for my new journal. I love this one so much -- it's like a good old shoe, and I've never gotten tired of it, even after 2 1/2 years. But there needs to be some change around here, and for the first time in several years, I have the time to do so. Right now I'm copying the old layout over until I can come up with something better.
I saw the movie Kingdom of Heaven a couple of nights ago. Although it had Orlando Bloom in it (yayyy!) overall it was certainly less than stellar. It just wasn't a very well made movie, the plot seemed forced, the script was.. very silly at parts, and a lot of the characters were weird (although the leper king was cool). Plus, I don't really like Orlando Bloom very much when he's very scruffy and dirty and says about two words in every scene. See, that was the reason I never really liked Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn in LOTR. Anyway, Meredith's cousin Sarah described it as a movie made by someone "jaded with religion". I have to agree. I was wondering about what kind of religious message it would express, since it's focused on the Crusades, in my opinion, one of the darkest and most senseless things done in the name of Christianity. The message was basically one of tolerance, really an anachronism during the Crusades. It had some good stuff in it, though, and brought out the difference between God and religion, that many madmen have done evil saying it was "God's will" and "holiness is in right actions". That entire movie made me think of the icon I've seen floating around saying "Your stupid makes me hurt", but in reference to the Crusaders. So stupid, it hurts!!! Yeah, anyway, I could easily write a 2000 word essay on the difference between religion and God/spirituality but that's for another time.
I have a Henna tattoo on my right palm! Archana (who is Indian) made it for me, and she's had a lot of practice at the designs. It's kind of a five-sided lotus/flower that fills my palm, with curling tendrils up each of my fingers. Anyone who's had a henna tattoo knows that it's a pain in the beginning, though. I had to leave the henna paste on my hand for several hours, moisturizing it with lemon juice, then slept with a bag on my hand! Good times. You never know what it's like to brush your teeth with one hand until you are forced to try it. It turned out a lot darker than I had expected, which is a good thing. I'm still expecting to see brown dye in the sink when I wash my hands. It's a good thing it's not on the back of my hand because if I was I don't think I'd even be able to type because I'd be so distracted by the complexity. Whenever I see a bit of my palm, I just can't help but stare at it for a bit.
Now on to a bunch of other entertaining stuff..
( books survey~ )
( 32 Million American Say They Read Blogs )
( Ranking of frequent commenters on my journal )
current mood: wistful
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| Monday, May 9th, 2005
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4:54 pm
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I'm not liking the name larkspur778 anymore. The presence of numbers is finally starting to bug me. When I created this journal in 2002, I just used the same name as on AIM and email. I think I'll just move to a completely different journal, to save the $15 on a rename fee.
Now the question is, what to name it? I still like the name Larkspur, and I've had it for too long to completely eschew it now. Some possibilies are _larkspur, larkspur_, larkspurlazuli, lavenderlark, and larksparrow (although I'm iffy on this one). I'm still trying to make up my mind. Any feedback would be appreciated!
And I get to go see A Very Long Engagement tonight! Yayy!
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12:13 am - only life
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Okay! I'm back after my super-long absence. The term's in full swing now -- it's the beginning of week 3, out of 10. Believe it or not, I am just a little bit over two-thirds of the way through my time in England. Today I went to York Evangelical Church, which organizes a 'student lunch' -- church families cook and open their homes to college students for the afternoon. So, I introduced myself quite a bit, and had to explain about the weather in Dallas more than once or twice (people are really enchanted by the prospect of warm weather!) and everyone kept asking me if I was staying for a year or for the two remaining years of my degree. Sadly, I had to tell them I was leaving in about 7 short weeks! Still, that's not nothing, and though I'll be so sad to leave, how nice it'll be to see my family and friends again! (not to mention Target, an Arby's or two, some good tex-mex food, cheese other than cheddar, etc...)
The weather here has been horrible, for the most part. And it's May! We had some flash hail storms yesterday and it's been pretty cold and windy one day, and warm the next. Just when we thought it was warming up... we were decieved!
Oh yes, I wanted to post this in here a while ago -- when I visited the Harewood House, a large estate about 30 minutes train ride from York, I learned that a popular form of portraiture in the 18th century was miniaturism. They named the artists of these miniature portraits as "limners". Strangely, my first thought was, "Hey, I'm a limner too!" I may not be a portrait painter, but I do specialize in "painting" on a very small canvas, 100x100 in fact. And although not all the materials in my icons are purely original, it does take an aesthetic sense, effort at composition, and in a way, vision, to make a good icon. At least that's what I hope I put into mine. Which reminds me, I do have some I need to post... Still working on the teatree journal -- I've been kind of stumped in terms of a layout. I've found several excellent pictures, but I just don't have a cohesive vision for what I want it to look like, and the composition never really comes together with what I've tried so far. I really shouldn't be so picky, I should just get it up and running already. And there are also plans in the works for an icon community called IconTemptation, that my friends archiana and merynne and I would be contributing to. Sounds like a bunch of fun! I always get so excited when I meet talented graphics people or when people get interested in that.
My classes this term look like they'll be one hit and one miss, and not quite as stellar and stimulating as my classes last term. My sociology class, Cinema and Society (which two of my friends are in too!), has a fun tutor, seems to be pretty serious about the discipline, and requires no reading, replacing them instead with film screenings! Wow, to say the least! I'm really excited about it. On the other hand, my psychology class, Personality and Psychometrics, doesn't look to be so great. It has an outrageous number of contact hours (6-8 per week, about twice as much as my soc class), tons of reading, and, on top of that, it's a first year class (the only psych class I hadn't taken and one that I needed) and as far as I can tell, the 'psychometrics' part of the class, which sounds cool, is really just the same material I learned in Stats/research methods almost two years ago. That's right, we're talking about reliability and validity of measures, what a likert-style scale is, etc. etc. While review is always good, I've got most of my stats stuff down already. I'd forgotten for the last four years what it's like to be in a class that's far beneath your ability level, until now. However, we've only had two lectures, and hopefully I can learn from the personality half of the class and do some extra reading to make it all worthwhile. Time will tell.
I was so happy to find out that Michelle P. has a livejournal! Although she doesn't do a lot of actual journaling, she does post her writings there, and on fanfiction.net, which I think is so exciting. I'm just happy to find some way of communication with her beyond emailing and the occasional phone call. And she's so encouraging about my graphics website, which is just what I need. She's immensely talented at graphics making herself too! Anyway, that was just a happy point in my week.
Something exciting on the home front: My family reports that they've bought six guineas! In case you've never heard of guineas, or guinea fowl, here's a link. They're just like poultry, kind of, and I think they're raised for feathers. I'm not sure, perhaps their meat and eggs too. But the guineas my family bought are pets only. We and my grandma jointly had two guineas along with two hens about.. six or seven years ago, and they were a lot of fun. I'm not quite sure why they bought them now, but I wish I could be there! The chicks are only four days old, and, I'm sure, as cute as anything I've ever seen. To tell the truth, I'm not quite sure where they're going to keep them when they get older -- we do have a lot of property (a pasture for the horses, a large backyard) but there are also numerous dogs about, including our own, so I hope they'll figure something out. I'll have to ask them to take pictures soon!!
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| Monday, April 25th, 2005
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12:09 am - Teatree Icons!
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Okay, so the name's gonna be Teatree Icons, or Teatree Graphics Studio on my website. Sorry Lacey, I know it does sound like a shampoo name (well, it kinda is) but I think Meredith and Archana had some very convincing arguments and I do like it better anyway.
And then I had to battle it out between choosing to make teatree_icons a journal or a community! Both have pros and cons, but I think (against the counsel of most of the people in icon_tutorial) that I'll make it a journal. It's harder for me, but less difficult for other people, and at this stage in the game, making it easy for other people is what counts. Besides, it's just nicer that way.
I'll post in here when I get it up and running!
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| Sunday, April 24th, 2005
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I'm about this close to picking a name for my graphics site/journal. Teatree studio is really the one that I can't seem to get off my mind -- but it seems everyone likes Delphinium Sudio so much. Is that true? Why do you like the name Delphinium so much? I'd appreciate any feedback. ^^
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5:21 pm
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Ah, the last four days have been such pleasant ones. My grandma, aunt, and great aunt came to visit me here in York on Wednesday and left this morning. It was great getting to see them again, especially after such a long time. I feel like I've grown a little bit apart from my grandmother and stepgrandfather after going off to college, but that's only understandable. She's lived fifteen minutes away from my house for the entire time I was in high school, and my family would always spend easter dinner and a few other holidays together with them. I hadn't seen my aunt or great aunt for at least three years, and I really enjoyed getting to reconnect with them, too.
You know, I think turning 21 really has changed me. Everyone wakes up on their birthday and says they don't feel a bit different -- but my 21st was different from any birthday before. I feel like simply possessing that title of 21 years of age gives me added responsibility, takes me about five steps closer to "adult" than I ever was before. Not only am I aware that I'm relating to my parents in a more adult fashion, but it's also carried over to my relatives. I can only wonder what things will be like after I graduate.
Well, I would like to say that I was feeling like more of an adult than a child in their presence, but on the other hand, they did pay for my food and any admission fees when I was around them, so. But I'm not going to tell them no -- they enjoyed treating me, especially because they see me only rarely, and I don't have any stable income, either. And the UK is expensive for Americans.
I am really looking forward to my parents' visit in about a month. Just hearing my grandma talk about my mom, dad, and sisters and what they were up to aroused pangs of.. not lonliness, but just wanting to see my family, the people who my heart is with. Even though I do talk to both Bonnie and Katie on AIM, I feel like I'm really missing out on seeing her grow up, seeing her during the last time that she'll be spending at home before she too takes off for college. So, in short, I am homesick, but it's the people, my family, that I miss, instead of the American culture. Two more full months until I return home! Oh, how the time has flown.
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| Wednesday, April 20th, 2005
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| Monday, April 18th, 2005
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6:42 pm - back in York
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Well, I really must say, I'm glad to be back. Three weeks of traveling abroad is a bit to endure. It seems strange to be able to communicate to others in my native language now.
I actually made an effort to keep a travel journal during these last few weeks. There's no way that I can put everything into this journal, and I wouldn't have the strength to rewrite it all. However, I think it would be fun to type up some of what is in my travel journal and put it online. I'd enjoy re-reading everything and perhaps others would find it interesting or helpful as well. I found a couple other examples of where other people had done this while I was researching for the trip and it helped me out a lot. I'm just worried that it would seem a little egocentric. I just have so many stories to tell, and want someplace to put them all down. What do you think?
Sorry, I really don't have many pictures to share. I decided to use a film camera for this trip and I don't know of a scanner I can use at York. Trevor took lots of digital pictures but he wants to send me a cd of them which may take a couple of weeks to arrive.
We climbed so many stairs... I have legs like a horse now!! The only problem is, my knee hurts when I change position.. hopefully it'll get better with some rest.
I'm currently just trying to catch up on things that have happened while I was gone. Other than the fact that my ivy plant was devoured by spider mites, everything seems about the same. The large garden behind my dorm building, owned by locals, has shown a lot of progress. They've been busy, and I enjoy looking out there and seeing one or two people toiling away in the dirt, planting everything in neat little rows. Trevor told me T.S. Eliot once said that April was the cruellest month. Everything in York is in full bloom, yet the weather isn't so different from when I arrived in January.
I won two icontests while I was away!! First place in both of them, yay! And it was my first time to enter any icontests, which is kind of strange, even.
My grandma, aunt and great aunt are supposed to be coming in to visit York sometime today, but it's 6:30 and they haven't shown up yet.. I wonder what is going on. I'm a little worried because I have no way to contact them while they have my phone number and address. We'll see...
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6:12 pm - icon awards
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| Thursday, April 14th, 2005
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7:54 pm
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Bonjour to all!
Hailing from Paris now, Trevor and I have been here for about a day and a half. We've made our way through Spain, Italy, and most of France-- Paris is the last stop and finale of the trip. There's so much to see, but I'll be so glad to return home as well -- the travelling is finally starting to take a toll on me. I haven't written in this journal much, mostly due to exorbitant prices of internet cafes in most of Italy and France, but I have been writing in my travel journal to make up for it all. Hopefully I can get some of that typed up and online for general interest and to help other travelers out.
Today I went to the Musee d'Orsay, a treasure-trove of impressionist and 19th century paintings, including lots of Monet and Renoir (yay!!). The Louvre was yesterday, where we got to see the famed Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo, among others. Paris has really been awesome -- I keep wishing my Mom was here to see all the art! I know she'd love it! The Paris Metropolitain is absolutely so convenient, of course -- the only way to travel.
The weather hasn't been the best, however -- it's rained and been overcast at our stops in Venice, Nice, and here. Oh, well, you can't have everything, I guess.
Oh, yeah, and I got to go to the mass in Pope Jean-Paul's honor at the vatican!! (but couldn't go inside the vatican...tear)
But hopefully I'll be home (to york) soon and will be able to put my brain and life back in order.
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| Thursday, March 31st, 2005
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7:48 pm - In Madrid!
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Well, I´m finally on the European continent! I believe I´ve been on ´holiday´ five days now, during which time Trevor and I have been to Spain, seen a few art museums, and travelled to Toledo, about an hour south of Madrid. Toledo is the most fabulous little town - it reminded me a lot of York but with a Spanish flavor to it. It´s very old, and used to be the capital of Spain under Isabel and Ferdinand. We even got to see the old palace, called the Alcazar. Toledo´s filled with great views and quaint little places to eat. Like I´ve heard, the Spanish do indeed eat late -- we´d usually order at 8 or 8:30 and by the time we were leaving some others would be sitting down to eat.
We´re back in Madrid for a couple of days to see El Prado and the royal palace. Then it´ll be off to Rome, and a whole different new language to learn!
We´ve had a few difficulties so far, but have overcome them all in time. I didn´t top up my phone before we left, but ended up topping up 60 pounds online! Whoops. At least I won´t run out of credit until the end of the semester! I´ve had to depend on Trevor´s Spanish speaking abilities heavily and hopefully we can both learn the necessary italian before next week. I´m looking forward to France, but I know communication will be challenging as well. We´ll see, though! It seems every day we have a new challenge to face -- today it was washing laundry. It seems Toledo has only one laundromat in the entire town. And who knew that they would charge 65 cents (american) to dry your laundry for five minutes??
On a different note, I´ve decided to do a one-year thesis next year. My research professor from last fall recommended it and so does my advisor, so I´m going for it. I´m still kind of scared, but also excited and exhilerated about what it´ll bring. Maybe I can bounce some research ideas off of you psychology majors in the future?
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| Saturday, March 26th, 2005
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2:06 am - Leavin' on a jet plane (reprise)
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Well, the time has finally come... I'm making an actual entry. But this event is not unprecipitated. Tomorrow I'm leaving for the beginning of my spring break trip. First I'm heading down to London to meet Trevor, then flying out to Madrid. Basically, we're visiting three different countries, for a week each. Spain will be the first week, Italy the second, and France the third. I'm returning home on April 17.
I want to fill this journal with all kinds of eloquent thoughts about this being the beginning of my journey, but I can save that for my travel journal. In short, we've been planning this for a very long time (over a year) and it's finally here. I still can't believe I'm lucky enough to get to see Europe, and with one of my best friends. I can only try to appreciate it as much as it deserves to be appreciated. But I'm still nervous. I hope I don't die or get stuck in prison, or sleep on the streets.
I plan to update this journal maybe once or twice a week with a few tales of where I've been and the highlights. I'll be writing a lot in my travel journal as well, but I won't be able to transcribe those while I'm traveling, although I may well do that after I get back. I will have my phone with me, and it will be turned off most of the time, but if you have an emergency, I'll probably respond within 24 hours.
Whoa, my brain reels at the thought of how much catchup weblog-reading I'll have to do when I get back! I'm a little sad I won't be able to continue my icon making/other online activities, but this is just one of those times when you have to drop the computer and live instead.
Happy Easter everyone!
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| Thursday, March 17th, 2005
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6:18 pm - A poll!!! *gasp gasp*
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