A thought in the dark

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82788452011-04-21T13:19:10.319-07:00A thought in the darkthese are the written accounts of my adventures while living exploring the world. these are stories of heros...the kind of stories that get passed on from parents to children...these are the myths that have created the man.Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.comBlogger1171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1130460397809079372005-10-27T17:40:00.000-07:002005-10-29T14:00:23.026-07:00Thank you Mr. Speaker of the House

Well, I guess I'm not the only one blogging about this outrage. Denny Hastert, Speaker of the House, just blogged about it too. He's starting his own blog, giving us mere mortals the insider look on the issues the House is examining. And the two big ones he mentions: fiscal responsibility and energy. BP and Exxon Mobile have posted record profits and the gas stations have posted record prices

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1130443769135268582005-10-27T13:00:00.000-07:002005-10-27T13:09:29.146-07:00Exxon Mobil 3Q Profit Balloons to $9.92B

What's happening in the United States of America? We're paying around $3.00 a gallon, the highest in history, and oil companies just post the highest profit in history! This reminds me of the railroad and steel monopolies of the 19th century, apparently the oil monopoly was never really broken up. When is someone going to step in and say this isn't right? Oil drives our economy, yet consumers

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1129689952542381302005-10-18T19:44:00.000-07:002005-10-18T19:45:52.550-07:00iPod anyone?

Hey, anyone out there need an iPod? It's in great condition. Check it out online athttp://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5820895636 I've had to relist this because the first guy flaked on me. Some guy from China too, I don't know if that makes a difference. But here's your chance at owning a great iPod at a low price! Come on, you know you want it. =)

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1129620716224839352005-10-18T00:31:00.000-07:002005-10-18T00:31:56.223-07:00

I just realized... I'm obsessed with my dog at home. Now please... FEED TOBY!!

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1129497293763470012005-10-16T14:10:00.000-07:002005-10-16T14:14:53.766-07:00

People have been talking about the end of the world coming. I really honestly, don't buy it. It's not going to end, and honestly, it'll probably get a lot worse than this before it does. I will say that this year has been one of the weirdest in natural disasters. But, we've only been recording stuff like this for like a hundred years? Just becaue it might be the worst year on record doesn't

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1129262200667685082005-10-13T13:48:00.000-07:002005-10-13T20:56:40.673-07:00Class sucks

It's been awhile... I'm out of practice writing on this, I don't know what to do! Oh, I went to San Francisco last weekend. It made me miss Europe even more now though. I definately got used to going to a different city/country every weekend last year.I must say that it's very weird being back in Malibu and actually going to college. But living off campus and essentially on my own (with some

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1129262549748584272005-10-13T12:02:00.000-07:002005-10-13T21:02:56.386-07:00A picture from SF

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1111622195396595272005-03-23T15:34:00.000-08:002005-03-23T15:58:05.670-08:00Religion and the American Constitution

Recently I have been interested in the religious foundation of our country. My curiosity was originally piqued by Brooke Allen's article in The Nation entitled "Our Godless Constitution". After referring it to my parents, my dad sent me a response that Gary DeMar wrote in response entitled "Did George Bush Lie About American Being Founded on Christian Principles?" Both of these articles are

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1111113327346810092005-03-17T18:17:00.000-08:002005-03-17T18:35:27.350-08:00Spring Break again

For all those that didn't know, all my spring break pictures are officially up at my picture website. Also, if you want to check out some other interesting pictures from Dap, you can go to his website here. All I can really say is that I had a great time. It was really tiring traveling so much, so this past couple weekends I have been chilling here in London. The weather here is amazing right

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1110193397859543482005-03-07T02:55:00.000-08:002005-03-07T03:03:17.860-08:00Spring Break

Yes. I am back. And it feels good. I got back from spring break yesterday after being in France & Spain for 9 days. I don't have much time to elaborate on how it went, but here's a general recap of all the cities that we visited...Day 1 - 3 ParisDay 4 - 5 MadridDay 6 - SevilleDay 7 - BarcelonaDay 8 - Montpelier & MarseilleDay 9 - Marseille & St. EtienneIt was a crazy nine days abroad. I

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1108430492584821572005-02-14T17:16:00.000-08:002005-02-14T17:21:32.586-08:00Leaving for Ireland

It's 1:15AM here in London. Tomorrow morning at around 9AM we are leaving for Ireland for the rest of the week. It's another one of those "educational" field trips that the school "forces" us to go on. Honestly, we couldn't be more happy to oblidge the school in going. It's free travel, all planned out for us. And since it's all of us going together, it's always fun. We're spending most of

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1108408193330847942005-02-14T10:49:00.000-08:002005-02-14T17:16:04.190-08:00Bustin' in up in a tiny car for two days

Last weekend was spent crammed in a small small car with three other big dudes.That's a big guy for a small car. And we had 3 more guys in that. Just for comparison, that car is the same size a Mini Cooper...We got to see a lot of Scotland though. We flew into Glasgow early Friday morning (not having slept Thursday night) and picked up our rental car and starting driving north. We got all the way

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1107883334251710832005-02-08T08:58:00.000-08:002005-02-08T09:28:09.416-08:00They call me "tatter salad"

I think I got like at least 11 hrs of sleep last night, and I'm still really tired. This last weekend really drained me. I think I got about 13 hours of sleep over the weekend and most of those were on a train or in a train station. So I needed that sleep last night, and I need more!!! Of course, from what I hear, Charis has been getting much less than me. At least I can sleep in on during the

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1107455226551079282005-02-03T10:13:00.000-08:002005-02-03T10:27:06.550-08:00Venice & Carnaval

Once a year during what us Americans would call Mardi Gras, the Europeans throw a huge party called Carnival. The main cities of activity are Paris and Venice. Guess where I'm gonna be this weekend? You got it....Venice. I'm really excited, Lianne got me a mask in Florence last week so I will fit in. Typically you wear a mask to the celebration to hide your identity. I'm going with Susan

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1107208766372355872005-01-31T13:34:00.000-08:002005-01-31T13:59:26.373-08:00Heidelberg

This how it all goes down in Germany. They seriously have some of the nicest trains in Europe, from what I hear, only Switzerland has nicer trains. And that whole stereotype about Germans being the most efficient people on the planet...I totally believe it now. Their trains arrive exactly on time, and they leave exactly 3 minutes after they arrive, no later no earlier. Here's the story...

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1106845691791071662005-01-27T08:12:00.000-08:002005-01-27T09:08:11.790-08:00Hotdogs

What does hotdogs have anything to do with this post? Absolutely nothing. Except I am going to where they were invented this weekend: Frankfurt Germany. Yea, I really didn't know I was gonna be going anywhere, until I got really bored and a couple nights ago decided to go through all of RyanAir's many destinations (many of which I didn't even know what country they were in) and Frankfurt was

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1106524546619014472005-01-23T15:55:00.000-08:002005-01-23T15:55:46.620-08:00

Me and Lianne inside Tower of London with Tower Bridge in the background

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1106454441518337862005-01-22T20:19:00.000-08:002005-01-22T20:27:21.520-08:00Buddy Holly

So I've got a Weezer song stuck in my head, what of it? Ya know what's gonna be super swell? I'm gonna be in Venice for Carnival!!! In case you didn't know, it's a huuuuuge party all over Venice for mardi gras. Generally you were exotic masks and have a grand time. Here's more info. It's gonna be awesome. I'll be in Venice February 4 - 6. Also, I booked another trip to Scotland for

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1105837723218797262005-01-15T17:52:00.000-08:002005-01-15T17:08:43.216-08:00Chaucer would've been proud

I visited the cathedral at Canterbury, where the pilgrim's in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales were headed. It was also the site of St. Thomas a Becket's murder. The town was pretty interesting from what we saw. There was just a lot of little shops. Seemed like a huge tourist trap, but whatever. There was the Cathedral and an old Norman castle, but it was pretty much in ruins and whatever was left of

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1105836534072159702005-01-15T17:48:00.000-08:002005-01-15T16:49:56.386-08:00

Meaghan, Me and Dap at this spire/obelisk thingey ontop of this small hill overlooking Canterbury

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1105836670558908202005-01-15T16:51:00.000-08:002005-01-15T16:51:10.556-08:00

Yay! Me at the Canterbury Cathedral

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1105836640145928962005-01-15T16:50:00.000-08:002005-01-15T16:50:40.146-08:00

Ontop of the hill, looking over Canterbury and the spires of the cathedral in the distance behind those trees

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1105617400034417352005-01-13T03:50:00.000-08:002005-01-13T03:56:40.033-08:00Class Schedule

Here's my current class schedule (subject to change at any time). Monday - 9 - 10.30 Organizational Behavior 2 - 3 Convo 4 - 6 History 554: History of England Tuesday - 1 - 3 Humanities 3.30 5.30 Humanities Museum Visit Wednesday - 9 - 10.30 Organizational Behavior 2 - 4 Economics 4 - 6 History Thursday - 1 - 3 Humanities 3.30 - 5.30 Economics So yea, my load is pretty spread out..

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1105526661644413602005-01-12T02:28:00.000-08:002005-01-12T02:44:21.643-08:00Scotland...?

Here's the story... didn't go to Scotland. Didn't even leave London. Not my fault, I swear it isn't. Susan & I left about 3 hours before our flight. The bus ride to Stansted airport is *normally* only 1 hr. But for some reason, our bus (which was the right bus) spent an hour traveling around London, and after I asked the bus driver how much longer he said another hour. That wouldn't work,

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1105179855728312492005-01-08T02:16:00.000-08:002005-01-08T02:24:15.726-08:00Heading off to Scotland...

Ok, here's the plan: I'm leaving sometime today (hopefully in like 4 hours) to leave for Scotland for 3 days with Susan. I'll be back on Tuesday afternoon. My itinerary is in a previous post (scroll down). The main point of this post is to let you guys know that I started a smugmug site to host all my pictures. I figured in addition to posting one or two of my favorite pictures (which I'll

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1105111416273763132005-01-07T08:11:00.000-08:002005-01-07T07:24:26.046-08:00Back in L-town (London)

So I'm back. Got back yesterday, flight took a long, long, looooooong time. We got delayed landing in Heathrow, so we had to circle for 30 minutes, and then we had to wait another 30 minutes until our gate was open. So I landed at around 11am and didn't get to my hotel until atound 1pm. I was planning on walking around all day. But that plan went to pot cuz the moment I got to the hotel, I passed

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1105110799127084152005-01-07T07:13:00.000-08:002005-01-07T07:13:19.126-08:00

Tower Bridge

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1105110767717787042005-01-07T07:12:00.000-08:002005-01-07T07:12:47.716-08:00

My hotel... i'm pretty sure this room used to be a laundry room or servant's quarters or something... it wasn't bad...just not good....

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1104866218783190142005-01-04T11:16:00.000-08:002005-01-04T11:16:58.783-08:00

Norris - you look like a crazy bowling addict FEIND!!!! calm down man, it's not the weight of your balls, it's the speed of your spin ;)

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1104493364369537022004-12-31T03:42:00.000-08:002004-12-31T03:42:44.370-08:00

ahhh... Toby!! sooo cute ... but yet... *such* a weird dog.... he absolutely HATES the mailman, all trucks, and anybody that gets near Charis.... weeeeeeeird

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1104493275869951472004-12-31T03:41:00.000-08:002004-12-31T03:41:15.870-08:00

It's been my friend Jill's dream to be feature in my blog... i know i know.. she's a nerd.. but here ya go Jill... just for you ;)

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1104493184720298012004-12-30T17:27:00.000-08:002004-12-31T03:44:07.743-08:00Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Seasons Greetings to you all. No doubt you know that I am in Santa Cruz for the holidays, chillin like the villian I am in the hizzouse of the famizzle. (yes, i'm a fan of snoop dogg, get over it) So yea, this is me wishing you all a merry christmas ( i know i had one) and a happy new year ( I know i *won't* be having one...unless one of you fine ladies out there calls me up ). I had to include a

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1102743580699654452004-12-10T21:33:00.001-08:002004-12-10T21:39:40.700-08:00Amsterdam was awesome

Ok, I don't need to repeat this, but Amsterdam was awesome! Best time of my life ;) We got there and checked into our 5 star hotel. During the day we wandered around the city. Amsterdam is a really nice place, and just to burst all of your preconceived notions that Amsterdam is the devil's hellhole, it's not. It's a really nice city, and the infamous Redlight district is pretty small, only

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1102743206704932562004-12-10T21:33:00.000-08:002004-12-10T21:33:26.703-08:00

Meaghan, Me, Lianne, and Artie at the Heineken Brewery where we took the Heineken Experience. It was 10 Euros for a tour and free beer!! best money ever spent =)

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1102743162628359462004-12-10T21:32:00.001-08:002004-12-10T21:32:42.626-08:00

Artie, Meaghan and me at a club in Amsterdam.

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1102743140444235522004-12-10T21:32:00.000-08:002004-12-10T21:32:20.443-08:00

Red Light District!! yes! hookers and blow!! my kinda part of town! haha redlight is actually a really small part of town... it's just both sides of the canal for about the length of a city block

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1102743071624912902004-12-10T21:31:00.000-08:002004-12-10T21:31:11.623-08:00

...and what you've all been waiting for... me and artie drinking Absinthe!! (Absente in europe). artie got to keep the bottle, i was kinda dissappointed =( oh well, i'll get another one next semester.

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1102267064683225502004-12-05T08:59:00.000-08:002004-12-05T09:17:44.683-08:003 days left...??

I don't know how this semester went by so fast. Seems like it was just last week that I arrived here, completely confused and jet lagged outta my mind. But now I only have 3 days left. I'm leaving here Thursday afternoon, back to the states. We are having a Christmas party on Wednesday. It's a formal dinner at a really nice hotel in South Kensington and then a dance party afterwards. It's

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1101859477148401792004-11-30T15:46:00.000-08:002004-11-30T16:04:37.156-08:00Finals & Amsterdam

Yes... finals have almost started. I'm stressed. I've written over 30 pages of papers this week. And I still have to study for my finals... ugh.. i hate this time of year. But it'll all be worth it, I'm going to Amsterdam this weekend!!! Me, Artie, Lianne and Meaghan are flying out of Heathrow on British Airways and staying at a 5 star hotel. (i'm treating myself right for my 20th birthday!

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1101829854179159762004-11-30T07:50:00.000-08:002004-11-30T07:50:54.180-08:00

Hope you guys had a good Thanksgiving!! we sure did here in the UK!! we had to teach a couple brits here how we do things in the good ol' US of A

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1101392569485223102004-11-25T06:20:00.000-08:002004-11-25T06:22:49.486-08:00Happy Thanksgiving!

It finally feels like Christmas, beause it's Thanksgiving...! Of course not here in the UK, but over there in the States it is ;). Hope you all have a good one. We're having a group dinner here in the house with the law students. It's gonna be a lot of fun, I don't know who's catering the dinner, but I hear it's gonna be good! A lot of people are cooking their mom's receipes to contribute

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1101174174783098772004-11-22T17:52:00.000-08:002004-11-22T17:47:35.743-08:00Kanye West

So I just got back from seeing Kanye West in concert! It was awesome... I had low expectations from what I've heard about hip hop/rap concerts, but Kanye definately delivered. He was great. I just tallied up the number of pages I have to write for all of my classes over the next 2 weeks, and it came to a staggering 27 pages, plus a powerpoint presentation due next week. Ouch. I was planning on

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1101174424453059102004-11-22T17:47:00.000-08:002004-11-22T17:47:04.453-08:00

Random picture time!! This was the best pizza ever...! me and dap found this little shop in venice that sold pizza by the slice for 4 euros each, or the whole pizza for 10 euros.. so of course we got the whole things... and it was amazing, those venecian pizza makers are the best...!

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1100965032162638762004-11-20T07:17:00.000-08:002004-11-20T07:37:12.163-08:00brrrrr

It's getting colder and colder here. I just walked down the street to get some Chinese food and nearly froze. All the trees around here have lost their leaves, and they just look like skeleton sentinels. When we traveled to Stratford-upon-Avon we only had sweatshirt and jeans, and we really needed winter jackets. (definitely picking one of those up over Christmas) We had a 2 hr train ride to get

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1100918708218497032004-11-19T18:45:00.000-08:002004-11-19T18:45:08.216-08:00

Shakespeare's birthplace

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1100918643392615512004-11-19T18:44:00.000-08:002004-11-20T07:38:07.233-08:00

Holy Trinity Churhc, the eternal resting ground of William Shakespeare

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1100918605060945032004-11-19T18:43:00.000-08:002004-11-19T18:46:36.980-08:00

Shakespeare's grave... inscribed on it was: Good friend for jesus sake forbeare, to digg the dust encloased heare. Blese be the man that spares thes stones, and curst be he that moves my bones.

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1100918536160248882004-11-19T18:42:00.000-08:002004-11-19T18:42:16.160-08:00

...and finally.. .me with black painted nails... i got bored last night, and my friend megan bought me some =)

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1100516959230998452004-11-15T03:09:00.001-08:002004-11-15T03:51:25.390-08:00

Hello again - Just got back from the Italian Alps ... This weekend was the spiritual retreat. All programs were invited, and most everyone was there. I think 36 came from London, all 55 of Heidelberg, something like 32 from Florence, and about 20 from Lyon. There was a total of 150 of us jammed into this ski lodge (yeah, i know my math doesn't add up, get over it). This whole weekend only

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1100137543400454072004-11-10T17:50:00.000-08:002004-11-10T17:46:32.003-08:00Off to Italy...again

Well, I hate to say it, but I'm going to Italy...again... I know, my life is rough =) This time we're flying into Bergamo and staying at this hotel in the Alps for a spiritual retreat. Most everyone from the other closeby internation programs will be there (Florence, Lyon, and Heidelberg). So it'll be interesting to see people again. I'm looking forward to it. Even though we have to leave

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1100137473775499552004-11-10T17:44:00.000-08:002004-11-10T17:44:33.776-08:00

Justin, Taylor and Dap, all in kilts all drinkin the good stuff ;)

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Halloween rocks... and yes, i was Property of Pi Beta Phi (a sorority these two girls belonged to)... oh sweet sweet sorority girls

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AHHH RANDOM PHOTO OF ME IN THE VATICAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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BOO! (did i scare you? --thought so! ) So this weekend's been very uneventful. Although I did go to Nottinghill market on Saturday, and it was awesome! I thought it was going to be just a street with vendors, but it's *huge*. It's gotta cover at least 4 or 5 square blocks. I got myself some cool shirts, one that I got for Kent, but I liked it too much I'm keeping for myself (don't worry

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So Pepperdine calls last week the "Educational Fieldtrip". We called it the best week ever (VH1 can sue me). It was the greatest time we've had so far. All 46 of us (including about 6 administrators and faculty family) traveled to Greece to explore the historical significance of the ancients. But we did so much more than that. Oh sure we saw the Acropolis (it was cool), the Parthenon, Mar's Hill,

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yay!! the beautiful Greek water off the Aegina island... i'm so going back there.. wanna come?

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and the next morning we rented vespas and rode around the island of Aegina! soo much fun!

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A beautiful Greek sunset, as seen from the back of the bus as we traveled back to Athens from Olympia

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Corinth!!! where Peter was!!! yayyyyy

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Me and Susan in Olympia!!!

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Me borrowing my friend Cathy's hat which just happened to match our tourguide's hat!!! i'm soooooo craaaaazy

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Me and Christina after lunch... that was the view outside of the restaurant's windows... it was absolutely amazing!

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Wooo hooo! It's the ruins of the Oracle at Delphi with a nice valley behind it. We pretty much looked at ruins the whole trip... sometimes it got *really* dull

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That's as close are we could get to it....

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Well, we found the Doping Centre... that building sure had a lot of use!!!!

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We went exploring and found the Olympic Stadium just as the sun was setting behind it.. it was awesome. Although we couldn't get close to it at all because theyhave it all fenced off with armed guards... i guess they're worried about terrorists blowing it up

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Artie, Matt, Me & Dap got yelled at from this guard across the yard (like 50 yards away)... she had an earpiercing high pitched squeak ... apparently taking a picture on top of some ruined columns is a serious offense in Greece....who knew?!?

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Me doing what I do best ;) just kidding. Yeah so that's Kate, Me, Meaghan, Megan, Callie and Christina with the smog of Athens and the city of Athens back there. That's just next to the Acropolis.

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Me on Mar's Hill, next to the Acropolis (just out of the picture on the right) and the city of Athens behind me. (much more not pictured)

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The Acropolis in all of its glory! Did you know that the current condition is due not to natural circumstances, but rather some darn Turks stored gunpowder there and it exploded when a Venetian cannonball hit it... whoops... there goes an irreplacable historical landmark... oh well!

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yes!! vespas rock my world!!

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Yes, so I'm back from Greece! Arrived around midnight last night in Heathrow. Today is the last day before midterms, and I haven't done a second of studying so I can't spend a lot of time writing this. I'll give you the general jist though. This whole trip to Greece was coordinated by Pepperdine as an educational field trip, so I didn't have to do any planning or pay for anything except some

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Yay for Vatican City!! woohoo! This is going to be my last post for awhile, and probably my last pictures from Italy. i'm leaving for Greece for a week tonight, so i'll be sure to take a bunch of photos!! see ya guys!

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All of us at Trevi Fountain (L to R : amanda, carolyn, taylor, me, dap, susan)

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A random alleyway in Venice.. it's so pretty there... everywhere you look it's like this.

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Me and all the girls on a gondola ride. Yes, it was the most expensive 30 minutes of my life... but oh so worth it!!! you can't see it here, but our gondola dude had the weirdest haircut... Italians are sooo weird

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1098021614237930292004-10-17T07:35:00.000-07:002004-10-17T07:24:49.340-07:00Long Weekend Recap

Hey guys, so I haven't updated this in awhile and some of you might want to hear about my long weekend in Italy. So here's how it started... We left Tuesday afternoon for Stansted Airport just outside of London to catch our RyanAir flight to Milan, Italy. I think it was about a 2 hr flight, but when we arrived it was already dark and the airport was pretty much deserted. We luckily found a bus

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St. Marco's Bascilica square, with THOUSANDS of pidgeons

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One of the random canal ways that litter Venice. the colors of each of the buildings are very subdued colors, but they vary for each building, is really beautiful

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Gondolas in venice! we took one for 80 euros (about $100). it was absolutely awesome, totally worth it

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Dap, Amanda, Taylor, Me, Carolyn, and Susie at St. Marco's Bascilica in Venice... and if you look close that's a pidgeon on my arm

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VENICE!!!!!

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Me and Susie at the Trevi Fountain in Rome. This place was so beautiful! And yes, I did throw a coin over my shoulder, so I should have 10 cents worth of good luck!! woohoo!

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Me infront of the Pantheon

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yeah... we were tired outside of the Pantheon

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Left to right : Carolyn, Susan, Amanda Taylor all eating gelato (trust me, i've got some too =) ... italian ice cream is amazing!! (and cheap!)

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Inside the Sistine Chapel, where your not allowed to take pictures, but i managed to sneak this one...

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From just outside of St. Peter's, looking out on the square. Just imagine hundreds of thousands of people standing there waiting to hear the pope speak....

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The inside of St. Peter's. Below they actually have his bones in a tomb. This is only a small fraction of the immense size of this place. The dome's volume is actually the same as the volume of the entire bascilica.... so it's BIG

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St. Peter's Bascilica in Vatican City. This place was absolutely stunning!

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Taylor Me and Dap inside the Colluseum... it sounds more exciting than it actually was =)

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Ok, so I was really hungry and all we had was cake mix, so I decided to get Megan to help me bake a cake. Honestly it was the best cake ever!!!

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Megan, Taylor and me at a pub one night. Obviously one too many beers =) Just kidding

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Left to right : Christina, Elliot, Megan, Artie, and Kate. All at one of the courtyards at Windsor

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This is one of the ornate ceilings in windsor castle... me and artie had to sneak this picture in while the guard was looking away, they have strict anti-photography rules. but anyways, as you can see, windsor is awesome!

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Someone asked if we had fast food here... the answer is a resonding yes. they just look different... but we have KFCs, Burger Kings, McDonalds (no Taco bell, i'm bummed!!), and Pizza Huts... and others i just can't think right now

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The town Eton is build right up to Windsor castle and here you can see they have shops and tourist traps right along the otherside of the street. It's a really cool contrast. We walked along the shop streets for a couple hours, ate lunch, shopped a little, it's a cool little town and would recommend anyone go at least once.

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An overview of the size of Windsor castle, and your seeing MAYBE a 1/5 of it. It's absoluty HUUGE... and that's Cathrine in the forground looking a little lost...

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This is an almost unreal picture of one of the terraces of Windsor castle... (it's my desktop background =) It was an absolutely beautiful day when we were there. This is from the inner court yard where the Queen arrives and leaves. They have guards 24/7 and they have the same Changing of the guard ceremony as Buckingham.

Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439236812146048332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278845.post-1096661255279421702004-10-01T13:07:00.000-07:002004-10-01T15:01:54.743-07:00Our failed travels

Well, I had planned on going to Brighton on the southern coast of England today and tomorrow. But we ran into a hitch. Me, Lianne, Artie, Megan and Caroline got up this morning and took the underground to Victoria station, where many a train and coach leave everyday. When we got there, we found that the train ticket that we thought was 8GBP was actually 22GBP. So while we were standing around

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