Hello, and welcome to my… well… thing. “blog”
sounds way too, what’s the word I’m looking for… super lame. This isn’t 2004.
Basically, I’m going abroad to Italy for approximately 5 months, and, along
with the rest of my generation, I feel the need to publish everything about my
life. Rather than write about my adventures in a diary, like some sort of
archaic Laura Ingles Wilder, I’ve decided that the world needs to be kept in
the loop with all my adventures. So here we are… thank you internet.
Let’s back up a second… when I said
world, I was speaking metaphorically. I’ve posted the link to this “blog” (note
to self: come up with a better name for that) on Facebook, tweeted it, and sent
it along to friends, family friends, and, of course, my entire extended family.
Optimistically, I’m looking at maybe two people who will regularly (using the
word loosely here) keep up with this thing: mom and dad (shout out to Nora and
Tim, best parents ever. They’re better than yours.) I’m not trying to get pity
here, just trying to be honest. If my friend/family member/etc sent me a link
to their blog I’d be all “that’s rad! A blog?? Wow. I’ll totally read it every
day because Europe sounds like it will be so interesting!” In reality, I’d
forget about said link, and even if I clicked on it, as soon as I saw more than
a couple sentences, I’d bail. But, if you are one of the brave souls who plans
to keep up with me, or even intermittently tune in, there are some things you
should know:
1. I
love grammar. It’s the best WHEN USED PROPERLY. I am a linguistics minor
(google it, I won’t explain it again). That said, I am a flawed human… (gasp) I
have been known to misspell things, write in run-on or fragmented sentences,
misuse punctuation, and even use improper grammar. A lot of times this is for
effect, but sometimes it’s just because I’m tired, lazy, or just plain dumb.
Bear with me people.
2. I
typically get creative at odd hours. This will typically mean between the hours
of 11pm and 3am which actually shouldn’t matter because you guys are probably
all in America and I definitely heard something about a time difference…
hopefully that means we won’t have an issue.
3. I
think I’m funny. The operative word here is “I”. I crack myself up. However,
you might not feel the same way, and if you don’t, then there is something
seriously wrong with you and you should be blocked from this blog thing pretty
much right now. That said, I’ll admit that sometimes I’m off my game. On those
rare occasions, I deeply apologize for wasting your time.
4. I
have been known to occasionally repeat myself.
5. I
am often redundant.
6. I
see this blog (temporary term) as a diary of sorts… I plan to chronicle my
super cool European adventures here so when I’m old and depressed zonked out on
medication rotting away in the nursing home my good-for-nothing kids dumped me
in, I’ll have something to look back on. However, I do understand that there
are others who are not 86-year-old me who will be tuning in. It is because of
you guys that I will be trying to include content that will be educational, or
at the very least, entertaining.
Itinerary:
August 10, 2012: Departure for Rome,
Italy
August 11, 2012: Departure from Rome to
Dubrovnik, Croatia.
August 19, 2012: Return to Rome, Italy
August 22, 2012: Family ditches me for
America.
August 22-September 15, 2012: Tentative
Italian activities
September 16, 2012: Arrival in Florence
September 17-December 20, 2012: I’ll
let you know as soon as I figure it out.
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