The end is near. Well, kind of. While all of my friends and roommates are talking about what they’re going to do (and eat) when they get home at the end of the week, I have spent what seems like … Continue reading → Continue reading →

…remember that time my computer broke and I couldn’t post pictures for 2 months and I promised that one day I would post all of the pictures of everything you all (my semi loyal readers) missed? Well now is that time*!!! Now … Continue reading → Continue reading →

In about 4 hours I am leaving for spring break on a farm called Wub-Wub* to meet a man named Nacho at a place in Spain that wouldn’t really show up on the internet. So this could be the last … Continue reading → Continue reading →

My entrance into the nation of Germany was from a ferry. You, my reader, may be thinking, “but you can’t take a ferry all the way from Copenhagen to Germany.” Well, you probably can. But that’s not what we did. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Update: Thank you all so much for your support; We WON! See the video footage of Social Entrepreneurs of Grinnell Leader Grace Phillips at the White House here! Grinnell just received word that the Social Entrepreneurs of Grinnell and its Local Loans Program has been selected … Continue reading → Continue reading →

For the past week cotton balls and yellow jackets have been thrashing at a sold-out punk show at a too-small venue. This venue happens to be located in my lungs, throat, nose, and general upper-torso region. I also turned 21. These … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I have to come clean. I mentioned earlier, in a fit of excitement, that my visit a few weeks ago to the IKEA in Tostrup was the closest I would ever come to the original. This is false. This past weekend, during … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Not mine. Thank goodness. I woke up yesterday morning without heat in my apartment, so instead of braving the cold indoors, my friend/roommate Cheryl and I decided to brave the cold outdoors momentarily so that we could seek refuge in the adorable and delightfully heated Cafe … Continue reading → Continue reading →

You may have noticed the fancy new logo on the side of my blog; yes? This means that I, along with around 20 others, am now representing my fellow students and travelers as a program blogger for DIS (you can … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Randomly, I have been hearing this phrase pretty regularly the past few days. In the spirit of honoring its message I felt it was only appropriate that I update within its framework: The things I’m doing well at Loving: The couple of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

1) I am not an environmental studies major, and therefore I do not know as much about sustainable development as an environmental studies major. 1a) The notes that I take in my Sustainable Development class look a lot like “Genesis 1: man is given an … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Yes. The house that I am living in was built in 1751 and therefore it is older than America. It also looks like a stage room at Ikea. It also looks like the set of Real World Copenhagen. All at … Continue reading → Continue reading →

For those of you following along at home (instead of watching me from three seats behind across 3 countries*) I have arrived in Copenhagen successfully, without an Icelandic spouse. Here are a few things I’ve learned though a thick haze of jetlag: … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Hi Richard, I hope your break is wrapping up nicely. I’m about to head off to DIS/Salamanca* for the semester and I had a few questions and concerns I was hoping you could placate: 1) If there is a nuclear … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Preparing to leave to travel and study abroad for 5 months is, I can only imagine, a little bit like experiencing the 5 stages of grief. The first stage —denial— looks a lot like how I conduct my life at … Continue reading → Continue reading →