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
5/16/2003
Hi folks. I am being lazy, so enjoy this first "guest post." This is an email I received about a month ago from a friend also visiting Europe. I find her observations particularly apt.
"I dont know, there is just something about sitting in the park napping and eating ice cream, casually watching a 'football' match and then realizing I am sitting in the middle of London by the Tower and enjoying a warm spring afternoon 50 billion miles away from everything... there is just so much... do you ever just look at where you are and feel so surreal? Like, is this really happening? I find myself comparing where I am to what it feels like in something of my memory, sort of, this feels like so and so... and this feels like... only to really now know that no matter where i am it really is wonderful, and this trip really fulfills me in a way. It is clear now that getting caught up in the States isnt a bad thing... I love America, and i don't mind spending the rest of my life there. Europe might have more culture (among other things) but it really isn't that much different then everywhere else. Where I want to be just has to be comfortable..."
