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HeatherFife – Fri, 2005 – 12 – 02 15:48

The Whole World – Fun

Seriously, I need to get off

Seriously, I need to get off the internet. I never study anymore. I 'll be back though.

HeatherFife – Fri, 2005 – 12 – 02 15:51

I travel internationally to see new design and because my wife makes me.
I travel domestically for sports, friends, and design (in that order).
I like to call the international travel that most 20-somethings do "getting drunk in foreign lands" because let's not lie, that's what most of the stories are. How many times have you heard this story:

"Oh my god, we were in this bar in {location} and the {people/drinks} were so {exclamation} that...and we didn't stop partying until 6:00 AM because that's just, like, the culture there."

No, the bars there make you think that's the culture because they can get more money out of you. No culture in the world more than a hundred years old was founded on partying until 6:00 AM.

greg – Fri, 2005 – 12 – 02 16:15

But hey, that's the life of

But hey, that's the life of a rich twenty-something white North American. It's our god-given right!! I was actually going to suggest the subtitle of our blog be "because life is more fun somewhere else" but I didn't know if people that didn't know me would feel me on that.

Brook – Fri, 2005 – 12 – 02 20:09

When we were living in the

When we were living in the Netherlands for 3 months Nikki had this deep conversation with someone who had spent a couple years in psychology classes (she was a twixter before her time...plenty of studying for that one). She explained this whole theory of international travel where you go through a few phases such as: the first few days or weeks in the country can be hard but you overlook those problems due to infatuation with a new set of surroundings, then you settle into a pattern and still really like it, then you start hating the new place and longing for the comforts of home. I don't remember all of them, but it suggested that in the short term foreign lands could be abused as a way to avoid realities at home. She'll have to explain it better.

greg – Fri, 2005 – 12 – 02 21:20

That is so funny, because

That is so funny, because when Heather and I studied abroad, we went to an orientation where they showed us something called the "study abroad bell curve," basically the same theory. But when we were traveling around together, we felt like we went through an accellerated bell curve in every city we went to. We would get there and love the downtown where the train let off, then get bored after checking in to the hotel, then someone would do something bad like touch a breast or steal money and we would start to hate that city and want to move on.
I also think the same theory has been used for development professionals (sometimes called development cowboys) who travel from crisis to crisis in different developing countries. I don't know what that says about me!

Brook – Fri, 2005 – 12 – 02 22:47

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