tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-211482722011-12-15T03:56:14.443+01:00This is just a humble little blog about my last semester of my senior year at Franklin College, Switzerland.JDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01295674502547578567noreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21148272.post-1145534985385372352006-04-20T14:09:00.000+02:002006-04-21T15:24:29.630+02:00

This past weekend, Chelsea and I took a fantastic trip to Vienna. We flew straight out of Lugano and we were there in a few hours. The trip to the hotel was by train, and a lot easier than I would have thought. We walked out of the station, and BAM! There was the Hilton, Vienna; a magnificent 15 story building right on the center of town. It was a little late in the evening when we arrived though

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Ok, so by now every one should know that I am hard at work on my thesis. I am typing my butt off here. That is not to mention all of my regular papers due for other classes. Meanwhile, back in Florida, my little brother Jason, also in school, is doing something completely different. He is putting all of his brain power into... [drum roll]... Puzz3d!I mean, are you kidding me man?! I am writing a

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Here I am, all alone in Lugano writing my stupid thesis (ok, in a few weeks when I am done with it, I am sure that I won't be calling it stupid, but for now, that is its official name). Practically every one else on campus is off wandering around foreign lands, enjoying their academic travel, and here I am like a schmuck writing a thesis. It is actually about Haiti and the wave of attempts to

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I can't even believe this thing myself. You see, a couple months ago I had to put in all of my applications for graduate school, but I was not very hopeful. I guess I am like that so that I never get let down. Anyways, I heard from the first school two days ago. Not only that, but it was the program that appealed to me the most. I was so freaking nervous that it took me twenty minutes to even

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Sorry it took me so long to post this. I actually went to Nice a week ago, but it took me a little while to get the pics from Chels. Anyways, like the title suggests, we went to Nice. It was me, Chelsea, Annie, and Brett. We were lucky enough to have a car to go with, because the train would have sucked and cost a fortune. So we stayed for two nights and saw both night-time and daytime parades.

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Well, yeserday I had the best performance in basketball this school year. Now, my stat line is nothing impressive at all (0 points, 5 rebounds, 1 block), but really, it was an awesome game for me. I played about 20 minutes and even though I felt like I was about to faint the entire time (yeah, I don't know why...), I still had a great freakin time. So the team lost... big deal. We have only one

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Originally, I had a big text post here, but due to requests from an un-named person, I took it down and have replaced it with just a few photos :(Obviously, we spent Valentine's Day in New York.Mmmm.... Cake....We enjoyed champagne and hamburgers!Check out her serious face while she cuts cake.The happy couple during dinner.*Photos courtesy of Chelsea Stephens

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So another weekend, another exciting, crazy time of my life. Chelsea's sister, Katrina (or frijole) and Sophie (an exchange student that stayed with Chelsea's family a while back) came to visit Lugano this weekend. Now, this may not seem out of the ordinary, but low and behold things turned it into a weird situation. First of all, Chelsea's roomate caught mono, a disease that is horrible to have,

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This friday, we threw the best party for Chelsea! The theme was an 80's Malibu Beach party. At first, I was pretty skeptical. I mean, who would really come dressed like an 80's beach partier or whatever? Well, as it turned out, it worked beautifully. In fact, we had way too many people for Chels' apartment to handle.First, my friends and I decorated the place with some awesome decorations. We had

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Today we went to go see the Olympic Torch stop in Lugano. To be honest, the whole thing was kinda strange. First, they drove the torch to Lugano, then they had like 20 different people run a kilometer to get it to the main square. I mean, it was the most exciting thing I have ever witnessed, but it was kinda just neat to be a part of it. Anyways, I got myself a little Samsung sponsored flag,

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Well, I am sure all of my classmates have mentioned the exact same thing on their blogs, but this past weekend was incredible. It was the blizzard of 2006. I for one, have never seen that much snow in person.Anyways, my girlfriend and I were supposed to go to Florence this weekend. She paid for everything, including a car and the hotel. Well, mother nature decided to dump a couple feet of snow on

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So, today was pretty damn strange. I was walking down the street to school, when all of a sudden, my teacher, who was driving by, stopped his car. On any other day, I would have just kept on walking, but my curiosity got the better of me. Well, it turns out that his kid was in the hospital and he needed me to teach the class. How do you like that?I got to class, and was really nervous. Actually,

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That's right folks. We actually did it! The Franklin College men's Basketball team won its first game yesterday! I really can't believe it myself. We played so terribly, but luckily it was good enough to beat the DDV Junior team (unfortunately, we play the senior team in a couple of weeks). Oh, and in case you didn't know, I play for the Falcons basketball team (indeed, we are the Franklin

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I just had the most awesome time in Dallas, Texas. That's right folks, I said Texas! I know most people would probably think that such a notion is ridiculous, but let me tell you, it was awesome. I went to visit my girlfriend Chelsea, and stay with her family (and believe me, it was like her entire extended family; they were all there). I really had a great time there, and I just wanted to share

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Well, here I am again... blogging... See, I already have a blog, Godzilla is in Japan, and that was a class assignment. Now, I have a new assignment for my internet production class, namely to make a personal blog; not that the world doesn't have enough blogs... But whatever, this should be fun. I guess I can try this online journal thing, even though I am not one for sharing my personal thoughts

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