The other night, I had the prvilige to hear a speech by General Wesley Clark, and then meet and speak with him. His speech, focusing on the Balkans and part of the overral series of speechs at my school concerning the issue of "Do we really care about human rights?" was an amazing thing. He spoke of the past relevancy, his personal experiences in and out of the military and washington and then went on to answer questions very detailed and thoroughly ranging from his speech, to Iraq, Iran, China
So here I am sitting at an internet cafe in Ankara... and I'm having fun but a little pissed off... mainly because Turkish Airlines LEFT my luggage in the USA... and I HOPEFULLY will have it by tomorrow...
Other than that... I must say that thus far... DAMN! Tis a very beautiful country where 8/9 or 10 women at random are very nice... so I am even more inclined to hit the bars tonight. Also, I've been taking so many pics and videos... and having a blast. Bilkent University is a huge campus
If you are reading this I am most likely either finishing up packing or on a plane out of the country going to Turkey. Some of you, know this already but this is for everyone... as of 1pm Central Time I will flying out of O'Hare International headed to JFK, then from NYC to Istanbul, (Not Constantinople), (+4 awesome points to whomever gets the reference first), and I will not be returning until July 10th.
I am going, along with a professor of mine and about 9 other students, to work alongsi
So, a nice update on what work has actually been done. I was initally assigned to sketch and draw the site we first visited and my professor liked it so much he wants me to just continue the job and has given me graph paper, measuring sticks, all of this stuff to draw and document illustrations for the work on the Galatian Hillforts. I have not taken any drafting classes etc, and I was told I should since I have a hand and an eye for drawing excavations and that if I continue and hone my skills
Hmmm... perhaps some of you can relate and some can't but I am throwing this out there nonetheless.
After so many years at college, I have come to realize that tutition is near robbery, (meaning how they tack on an additional 10,000 just because I am out of state), but what's worse is Follets and textbooks. That SURELY is robbery, you pay $100-200 for a brand new textbook that, when you try to sell back they will either give you, $35 for even if it is in pristine condition or two... they wo
I am submitting a paper on the Maccabee Revolt into my school's undergrad history jounral in hopes of it getting published so I have something really nice to present to a graduate school... I probably won't find out how I fare/ if it is accepted until the middle of Feburary...
Wish me luck...
Phil
Ok, so I got my luggage like a day after my last update. I get a call from the security gate that it was dropped off in the middle of the night so me and a friend go to get it. It's a long, LONG trip but to keep things short, we end up getting picked up by Jandarma, which is the crack troops of Turkey. These guys offer us a lift, with the luggage, and they can't speak English and we can't speak Turkish but we can like use hand directions etc. The sgt. of the group was more interested in telling
Oh Jet Lag... you harsh mistress of domination... why must you be so powerful over me...
I need sleep.... will report on the trip and work then... and send in another review...
Phil
On a quick note I just realized I have been making entries but they haven't been posting and reason is they were only drafts when I thought they were posting... so... yay for being dumb...
Something I love is when you are taking a class in the first couple days you can tell if this is going to be an easy A = blow off class and those you can't. I've got about 2-3 of my 6 classes like that... I just hope I can survive my one class. That being my one political science class, (I made a tread in the after hours section), because of my frustration with the instructor. But it is always good to know you can drag ass in some classes and concentrate on the harder ones and still pull the goo
So I have 3 Power Hours on T and Th. Power Hour being a class that is an hour and fifteen minutes long and which are spread out throughout the day and here I am up and online, mainly cause I can't sleep, partially cause I just finished a great book and have an urge to start another and also because it's only the 4th day of classes, (2nd techincally for the ones I have only on Tues and Thurs), so I kinda don't care.
More to follow soon... I am currently downing a Red Bull and debatting on a b
I'm trucking on despite my complete lack of sleep...
On a totally different topic, has anyone ever read this book? .
If so can you tell me how it is, cause I am kinda cautious to get it... thanks for any info.
