Traveler, writer, and adventurer. Who knows where I'll end up next?
Hello Dear Readers, It seems I am in a new place every time I post something here, which is pretty much true. This summer has been filled with adventure thus far, and the adventure continues in Colorado at this very moment. I am in Salida, Colorado for a family reunion and to satisfy some adrenaline … More Colorado
When I first heard heard that I received the Fulbright my reaction pretty much followed this order: 1) Disbelief. 2) Ecstasy. 3) What next? I’m a planner. I make lists. I play out a variety of scenarios, ponder different possibilities. I seek opportunities, and I follow through whenever possible. I’ll admit that there were a … More Life After Fulbright: Premature Musings
Hello Dear Readers, I have a backlog of things to share (Bonnaroo! Road trip home! GRE! Goals for summer!) but for the moment I’ll touch on two that are recent and relevant for the subject of this blog: placement and Pre-Departure Orientation (PDO). For the first: Placement. Whenever I tell people that I am going … More Placement and PDO
I write to you now from a Starbucks in somewheresville, North Georgia. I left Tampa yesterday in the late morning and am slowly but surely making my way North. My final days in Tampa were bustling, what with packing, saying way too many good byes, and getting a little bit of work done somewhere in … More Bonnaroo or Bust!
My Dear Readers, Two and a half months remain until once again I head across the Pacific for an extended stay, this time in Indonesia. I do not yet know where I will be placed for this time. I could be in a large city, small town, rural village; on the beach or in the … More And so it begins
After a few weeks of silence I am back to say… good bye! I leave in less than two days and am in the middle of packing at the moment. But perhaps that is getting ahead of things here. After all, what have I been up to in the weeks since the end of term? … More The end
I just typed “work will fill the time allowed” into Google and discovered that there is in fact a way to describe this phenomenon: Parksinson’s Law. It would seem that in the past few weeks I have been demonstrating the truth of this law. The nature of the Oxford system is very independent, and you … More Parkinson’s Law
Two and a half weeks left of term and life is continuing in much the same fashion. I’m at the kitchen table, determined to draft an essay before I am due at a lecture at five. The reading for this week was considerable and saw me at the library from open to close for the … More Starting to sound familiar…?
At this very moment it is 3:25… in the morning. Perhaps not unusual for a student, but for someone who is usually nodding by half past midnight, this is pretty late. I am working on an essay about music in the postcolonial world. It seems pretty inventive right now, which feels like a good thing, … More Oxford: where pens come to die, theater comes to live, and students don’t sleep
It is 9:00 on a Thursday morning of an even week. That means… an essay is due! I was taking a bit of a gamble by leaving it so last minute (the computer could have stopped working or some other horrible, unforeseen circumstance) BUT the email with attached essay was sent out with a time … More Last minute
Where in the world is Kelly? 