Road or Wild

So before school ended I was in my advisor's office helping grade some papers, and he was asking me what music he should play. I said Bob Dylan of course, and so we got to talking about similar artists and my love of them. He decided that I seem to like this "Americana" thing.. and I'm not so sure, but he said he thought that I am probably one of those people who want to just pack up and head out on the road. Well, the only thing I could respond with is that I have indeed read "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac... how is that for americana? (not quite but you get the progression right?) Then he suggested that I read "Into the Wild".. so I went to the library and picked up a copy.. 

So far if I compare the two.. I am much more inclined towards Kerouac. I have only read the first couple of chapters of Wild, but the way that it is written really to me is not good. It starts out by introducing the (non-fiction) character Chris and how he went up to the wilds of Alaska with little to no supplies, and then a few months later was found dead. So now the rest of the book will be a sort of mystery of why did this guy go out there, and what was he looking for. If the author had not started with his death, but with the beginning of the journey, I think that the reader would become more attached to Chris. We would have been sad when he died, instead of matter-of-fact about it. I guess it is just not drawing in that emotion factor. Kerouac did that well, and he really got the reader to know the characters well and see what they were about and why they were out there, even if it was, just because. 

spring break how could I FORGET YOU???!

Went up to Illinois to see Emma and Christian and Will and also Ruth, Matt, and Aidan came over from KY! So just fun times at the apartment. It was good to see the sisters, and their boys. I wish I could see them more, but living 8 and 16 hours away doesn't really help the situation... 

when I got back to Omaha on saturday, I met up with Beth, who was in town for a few days, and we ate dinner at Nicolas!!! mmm so good!

sleepover

Well after banquet we all went to Jess K's house and stayed the night.. and WHAT besides eating, and watching MTV could we do?? Well take pictures with photobooth! yay probably one of the best things that they put on these nifty imacs! love it

spring banquet

Here is a couple of shots from spring banquet last night. We had our banquet at the Joslyn Castle and then we all went ice skating. I went with Jess, Jess, and Sherilynne.. 

That first pic is of me and Jess in the atrium, and then me and John (he is on the next EDGE team with me), and then us girls with our friend Paul, recreating a picture from last year. 

The Joslyn Castle is so sweet too! If you ever have the chance to go there and tour it, I totally would!

walk

We had a really really nice day one day, so I convinced Hannah to come out on a walk with me. I think this was right before spring break, cus she had to pack, but I said no! haha

We walked around the neighborhood and took some pictures at the catholic church right next to Grace. 

James E. Smith World Affairs Conference

In the beginning of March, me, Hannah, Sarah (another IS major), and Mike all went to Kearney for a world affairs conference. It was pretty good, the Ambassadors from Egypt, Indonesia and France were all there, plus some consolate generals and some other people who are very involved in world affairs. They talked about the War on Terror and democracy and others talked about the Middle East, or the EU, and we heard some talks about torture and Guantanomo (sp?) Bay and human trafficking. It was all really interesting.. what do we do with all this information? How do we help? We had a lot of good conversations come out of this weekend..

Also we stayed in a Lutheran church there in Kearney, and their youth room had a projector with guitar hero hooked up... so OF COURSE we had to play!  That first picture is us out seeing the cranes, then Mike playing guitar hero (hilarious), and Hannah playing it. Its kinda funny, but I had this natural ability to play this game really well.. it was quite funny! 

OKC

Jess and I went to OKC to see your good friend Beth in february... 

We did all sorts of okie stuff.. like check out the oklahoma city bombing memorial.. drink yuckie bubbly tea... and just ya know have a great time! It was fun, but I think that is because we like to see Beth, not because OKC is all that great... haha