Hello. Welcome to my website. It started while I was in Europe for a semester, and I've kept it up since then. I'm now at the University of Chicago Law School, living in Hyde Park, and the story continues. If you want to say hi or visit me, email cfloyd at uchicago dot edu.
"Life is nothing if not the sum of your anecdotes." -Scotty The Body, on storytelling "But it ain't that bad, man. Just figure out the system before the system figures out you." -T. Matthew Smith, on the 1L year "The beer just doesn't taste as good when you're not drinking it with your buddies." -Anon., on being away from good friends "Somebody has to pay the rent around here. Why the hell not us?" -Cotton, on studying for exams
3/23/2003
Ostensibly, today is Mail Day. The majority of email that I've received, however, is simply wishing me well. Answering those in public would kind of be a waste of space and time because they probably wouldn't be any fun to read. So today is still Mail Day, but instead of replying on the site I'm just going to reply personally.
I bought a plant yesterday. At IKEA. IKEA is an amazing Swedish home store. There are also IKEAs in the US, but nowhere near Oklahoma. I think the closest one is in Houston. IKEA has the most generic-trendy furniture ever. Like a Pottery Barn that channels the style of the Gap into three stories of superstoreness. It was a good time. My plant is english ivy. I hope it will thrive on my windowsill. I know from my landscaping days last summer that english ivy is nearly impossible to kill. I think I'll name my plant Frank.
Because I've been here long enough to buy and name a plant, I feel that it is now time to leave Graz for a while. I am going to Vienna next weekend with Justin Lantz, International Man of Mystery and Youngest Retiree Ever. That will be a test run for a big 18 day adventure in April during Easter holiday. I plan on seeing most of the western part of the continent during that time. I have a grand idea for a tour that would take me through Northern Italy into France, crossing France all the way to Bordeaux, then into Paris, north into the UK, back through Belgium and Luxembourg, through Germany to home. That's just a general idea for a loop. No way I can see everything, but I'm thinking a Eurail FlexPass will do me right.
Since that trip will happen in about three weeks, here's a request: I need suggestions. Whether you've been here or not, lemme know what you think the indispensable cities are, and also tell me of off-the-beaten track places. If you're in Europe right now, offer me dates when your couch might be available. And please use the comment link below. You can post your own ideas or add to a discussion string using the "feedback-to-feedback" feature.
