My courtship with religious doubt began in middle school, about half-way through the 6th grade. I was contently oblivious that the seeds of ideological discontent were being sown by the very entity designed to keep me drinking the Jesus-flavored Kool Kid: Sacred Heart Elementary School. But let’s skip the “merits organized religion” discussion . Frankly,… [Read more…]
January 22, 2012
Thus far, my life can be appropriately divided into two The Deathly Hallows-sized chapters. The first, lasting from the time I was forcibly cut from my mother’s womb to about age 16, and second from age 16 until this present moment. The first chapter of my life consisted of an irrational fear of … well,… [Read more…]
January 15, 2012
Like most negative emotions I’ve processed in my life, I’m all for getting them out of my system in one fell swoop. Why diddle-daddle for a week as fun-loving 7th grader about not getting straight A’s when one solid emotional breakdown can get it all out! That being said, I managed to purge all cultural… [Read more…]
August 23, 2011
Hi readers! Sorry for the delay for the lack of posts over the last week, after moving back to Boston, it’s been a whirl wind of loan applications, moving, and eating out because I have no kitchen supplies as of yet. But I promise tomorrow I will begin to recap my Europe adventure before the… [Read more…]
August 9, 2011
I’ve taken a break from recapping my backpacking adventures in preparation of my return to Boston. As per “pack up all the shit in my life and throw it into a suitcase and fly across the country” endeavor, the same check list continues to apply. Do I have my medicines? Does my wallet have all… [Read more…]
August 6, 2011
It wouldn’t be a true European adventure without some kind of strange bodily secretion story. I’m happy to say that it was neither Michael or I who ended up doing something… err, embarrassing. Rather, we were the victims of the aforementioned fluid attack. Let me preface this story by saying that we had a wonderful,… [Read more…]
July 26, 2011
My last two weeks in Italy were fairly uneventful in the best way possible. While there was plenty of time for thought, reflection, and that other cheesy crap (which will be the last post from Europe adventures) I mostly spent my time with friends and enjoying the city. Studying in the gardens, making our last… [Read more…]
July 19, 2011
With Spring well on its way, it was hard to go a day without some kind of event occurring in the city. Two of my favorite memories by far were attending a Fiorentina soccer game along with the Italian MTV Awards a couple days later. The day of the soccer game, Megan and I bought… [Read more…]
July 19, 2011
The weekend after our Chianti adventure, a couple of friends and I made our way to Cinque Terre for Easter Weekend. Cinque Terre is a series of five small fishing villages off the coast of Italy. With breathtaking views out of a postcard and breathing hikes out of a labor camp, it was a great… [Read more…]
July 19, 2011
So, 17 countries and half a year later I’m back in the States. Once my semester was completed, I went on a month-long backpacking trip with a friend from high school and had the time of our lives. We finally returned on June 26th and I immediately went into a deep coma. Well, sort of.Since… [Read more…]
March 27, 2012
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