Howdy everyone! Well, let me preface by saying I ALREADY HATE THIS PLACE! It has been a really bumpy ride so far here and I've only been here since Saturday. Yep, it's been not so great. I still don't have a car. Hopefully it will be here soon. I take the PANCE this Saturday, oh joy. I've been walking 8 blocks to the closest Starbucks everyday to study. It's been quite interesting there. The same hippies come in every single day at their usual time. One acts a bit Schiz-ish. He makes multiple trips into Starbucks throughout the day buying each time a tall Chai tea and then proceeds to drink it, smoke a cig, and talk to himself (or someone whom he THINKS he's talking to) outside. It's quite entertaining to watch him talk his own head off outside. He's always making quirky faces at me, too. I'm not impressed. Another dude totally creeps me out. Every single day he staggers in there looking dirty, exhausted, hungover, high, etc and he rolls all of his joints in the store. I want so much to laugh at these weird people, but I'm scared of them. :) That's another thing, the natives here are WEIRD. They are definitely a different breed than what I'm used to seeing. This will certainly be a cultural experience for me. I've been sheltered in the south for far too long I suppose.
Basically, I'm really lonely right now. I don't have a car, which makes it quite difficult to get around. I'm having to rely on my fellow PA colleagues to get me where I need to go. They tell me NOT to take the buses. My cooky neighbor is...well...A FREAK! She's a hippie lesbian with trashy hippie bumper stickers all over her car. I love it when Freddie poops in her yard. :)
Alrighty, well, I've bored y'all enough. I'm so sick of studying. I'll be glad when my test is over Saturday night. I don't even start my test until 2:30pm. Ugh. That was the only time available. The only good thing I have going for me so far is that my employer put me on the payroll starting this past Monday so they're paying me to study this week at my house or where ever. Can't complain.
Take care! Keep in touch. Miss y'all. :(
Amanda
Thursday, January 31, 2008
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As all of us have undoubtedly chosen careers in science it feels only appropriate to impart a bit of Darwin's wisdom as we all find ourselves in unfamilar places...
"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."
Amanda, be strong, willing, and open. I have great faith in us all.
Kristian.
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