Obamania (45 minutes) Barack Obama has set out to do the impossible, and even today he is on the cusp of failure. The hyperbole he has built into his campaign through an overreliance on hope, audacity and their related synonyms has made for a compelling presidential candidate that has bucked trends and seems to be on the verge of bringing the critical change that everyone believes is desperately needed in our capitol. His support is broad, and spans many demographics that are traditionally opposed or bear little/no relation to eachother, which is a somewhat lukewarm sign of possible success. Obama might be the most electable candidate the democractic party has fielded since Jimmy Carter in 1976. 1. But being electable and being a good president are two very disparate qualities. The expectations on Barack Obama are ... read more

Dublin was another fantastic travel shop trip arranged by our university's student union. It was at the beginning of our easter break, and allowed us to have an extra day and a half at our destination. Unfortunately, we still left the university on a thursday in the evening, so we were subject to the now familiar routine of a red-eye bus ride broken up by a long ferry trip. I ended up passing out in some contorted position on the bus and had some classy drool marks down my window before it was all over. The ferry ride was rather long, which was fantastic because me and my friend kelly were able to grab halfway comfortable seats and sleep for a good 3-4 hours. Haha this is where the fun starts, we get to Dublin, on ... read more

I began working on this blog quite awhile ago. I got distracted. And I went home for christmas without my wonderful photo capturing device...errr camera, so I had no way to upload my pictures! So now I'm doing it, after the fact. I'm probably leaving out a lot, which I apologize for. Four score and 3 days ago... (more or less) I went to the land of France, and Paris. In the past, I have bemoaned the lack of luxury on our traveling coaches. Someone was listening, because this coach had approximately one extra inch of knee space. For me, this brought untold joy and celebration admist my sleeping. Unfortunately, our 'luxury coach' had some problems later on in the trip, which will of course come later. So we left on a thursday night, headed for ... read more

After going to bed late the night before, I roused myself at 6 in the morning (thank god for firefighting) and made the 40 minute walk down to campus for the coach. Usually I can take a bus down to campus, but no bus travels that early on a saturday/sunday, so I had to hoof it. Along the way I ran into the british equivalent of a garage sale, which is more of a open market where people display their wares from their car. I bought a translated, story form of the odyssey for 25p (50 cents) and made my way to the bus. The moment I got on the bus I grabbed a seat and faked being asleep while taking up two seats. So, when someone predictably missed the bus, I was left with two ... read more

Well, this is technically a throwback to a hike that I took a week ago on the gower peninsula. Much of it will appear desolate and probably not as too much fun, however, I enjoyed it! Bearing in mind of course, that I love the outdoors and scenic locales. This is actually the land that king arthur supposedly ruled over and on our bus ride in, we actually passed one of the many "sword stones" from which he pulled his mighty sword. At this time I would like to thank my awesome author/aunt for giving me a copy of "The Once and Future King" from which I know atleast the fictional myth and parable of the mighty king arthur. Landscape landscape and more landscape photos. Until we got down to the bay, and all of this ... read more