I went to France for five weeks, which was excellent. I might single out some events/anecdotes to blog about later, but the point is I loved it. I stayed with a beautiful, lovely family and learned so much.
I learned about parts of France different from my own, and it was also very much an experiment for me. I learned how to live on my own and so much about living with others, whether or not they are culturally similar to me.
So, in a way, it was testing the waters. I've always wanted to leave this place for some reason, and that was the first toe in the ocean, if you will. I liked it so much I'm planning/trying to spend my last year in high school in Japan as an exchange student.
I'm not feeling particularly eloquent right now (as you can see,) but I just wanted to update.
One more thing- I read Endgame: The Problem With Civilization, like Sutherland suggested to me. It was pretty good- I've got way too many thoughts and critiques for one blog, but I did try annotating so I can split it up when I have more time.
Anyone reading this want to tell me about their summer? It's great to feel this good.
Endgame?! You have more courage than I. Would love to hear your thoughts about it. Remember the "liberal vs radical" question? I'm back to thinking I'm not radical ENOUGH...Derrick Jensen, on the other hand...
ReplyDeleteHaha, would you like to borrow it? It's like 700 pages long. I'm planning to write reviews once my dad gives it back. (I was like, hey dad, you should read this! Because I think a lot of it conflicts with him and it's always interesting to see the other side of the argument, but I don't think he's going to.)
ReplyDeleteYeah, I do... Jensen, in my opinion, is too idealistically radical and honestly not realistic enough to be convincing at times!