Broadcasting Life

preparation

last night was my 3rd meeting with my eurospring crew, the one's who will be taking this grand adventure overseas with me. i now have a packing list and a book list and have started searching for all the travel necessities i will need. this is going to add up.

i bought 5 books i believe today...i have 3 classes over there and workshops one weekend a month the couple of months before i leave. i need to read pages 12-69 from Global Studies Europe before January 21.

I'm so worried about the group I am going with. It's kind of strange...there is one large group of theater people who are practically inseparable and all have the same sense of humor, which isn't 100% my same sense of humor. everything to them is funny...which is great...but some things to me just aren't funny.

then there are the few who have been to europe before and proceed to tell us all about what we need to do and are a little too know it all ish to me. the worst part is that they are know it alls in all the common knowledge stuff. like don't bring a video camera for the obvious reasons since we all know that we are going to be on a bus for 3 weeks traveling non stop and hey, it could get stolen. i'm not bringing with a video camera for the reason that i am more than likely not going to sit down after the trip and watch it ten times over (o, hey! there's trafalger's square again! awww...).

then there are the intellects that know 10 languages, speak in that weird intellectual voice and also speak big words, which is cool, but do they really ever understand that no one knows what they are saying since over half the population has ever heard that word and cannot comprehend it anyway? they also have unusual names.

then there are the ones like me. Don't say much at the meetings, get the information you need, are excited about the trip and are ready for a great experience. We're here because we know we will never get the chance to probably do this again. unless we strike it rich.

i hate to be subcategorizing those who will be traveling with me in a couple of months...it's very judgemental and stereotypical of me. these are just little things that i pick up as i observe those i am going with, almost to prepare myself so that i can adjust to the people and their characteristics before i have to spead 5 weeks with them. i am very excited to be in this mix of people. i'm not all that excited to be with so many people i know however, but what can you do. i almost thought of deleting this post but i think it will be fun to go back and see how my perception of the group has changed after having to spend 2 months traveling with them.

ahhahaha....120 days! i need to find electrical adapters and converters for europe...hmmmm......and a columbia rain jacket? paying for passport this weekend....