The city of Savannah owes a large debt to SCAD, and the tour guides talk about it to every tourist. SCAD owns a remarkable 60 buildings in historic Savannah and has saved many of them from demolition. The face of Savannah would look very different if not for SCAD! Their restorations have been exquisite! They’ve [...]
Full Story »My summer of love, life and learning in Italy
I am going to try to write a few blogs while I’m in Italy, but as I have to use other people’s computers, it will probably be limited, as much as I’d love to write about every single one of the experiences that I’ve had so far verbatim.
Full Story »Cape Town, South Africa
Okay, so I realize I have not blogged in a long time. I am sorry. But here is my South Africa blog. India will be next with a few comments about Mauritius and Singapore (we were only there one day each). So Africa…. Our first day was, unfortunately spent on the ship sailing in circles [...]
Full Story »Takoradi, Ghana
Six days ago I was in Takoradi, Ghana and now I am in Cape Town, South Africa. My days on the sea are starting to get shorter and shorter. When I go to India I hear that sea days will be short and ports will be often. And with every port, I am more and [...]
Full Story »Manaus, Brazil
I have had another great adventure in another wonderful country called Brazil. For the past week, the MV Explorer has been traveling slowly down the Amazon first reaching Manaus, where we stopped for five days, then doubling back to exit the Amazon and out to the Atlantic ocean.
Full Story »My Eye
A little more than a week before leaving Australia, I got hit with a water balloon by mistake. I was not the intended target, nor was I participating in this battle of water filled rubber projectiles. Just an innocent bystander who took a water balloon to the eye
Full Story »Matille: Junior year (so far)
This semester has been extremely unordinary for one main reason, my friends. The class of 2010 graduated, and it’s not the same without them! I met some wonderful friends from that graduate class, like Jaime, Justin, TJ, and many more. I had some of my close friends go abroad, like Miguel and Mia. I had friends transfer like Kuan, a great friend of mine, and one of my best friends, Melanie! My best friend/roommate from the past two years, Laura, is currently studying abroad in Bolivia. I didn’t realize how much I would miss her. I feel so incomplete without her. I think about her all the time. I know she’s having an incredible time, but I can’t wait until second semester because then she’ll be back!
Full Story »Ole Miss then Semester at Sea!
Well, things are still super busy and rush is coming up. But because of my busy schedule I am missing about half of it. After rush is over, I think things will slow down again because I wont have rush practices on Wednesday nights any more. That will open up a lot of time to do homework and take a way a lot of stress. My roommate and I started working out with P90X. Its killing me, but overall I feel better
Full Story »Pop Stars, Politicians, and Google Trends
Google trends is a service offered by Google that allows you to find out how often certain terms are searched. You compare different terms to see how they stack up against one another. If you look at the internet democratically or in terms of supply and demand, you can tease out what really matters to the world. Let’s look at a few examples..
Full Story »Ball
I might be burning out a little here. It’s still fun and I’m happy, but a recent bout of insomnia has left me (surprisingly) tired and I believe it’s caused me a minor cold. Headache + sore throat + no sleep = capital markets textbook is going to be brutal once I stop procrastinating and actually start it. Despite those hardships, I still blog!
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