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. If you want to comment on my posts, comment away.   Photos Paris and Brussels Sturm vs. GAK football match Women's American football Team USA vs. Graz Giants American football The Man...The Myth...The Roommate...SUPER MIRZA Graz Styrian Wine Farm Budapest Essays and Significant Posts First 48 Hours Anti-Americanism Early Observations Mail Bag Days in May Ode to Street Food   Who is Charlie Floyd? I graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2002 with a degree in Letters. Then I decided to get a second BA in German and spent the spring finishing my degree requirements at the Karl-Franzens Universitaet in Graz, Austria. Now I'm at the University of Chicago Law School and loving every minute. This is my story, day by day.   Archives << current

Charles in Charge: Chicago "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   5/09/2003   Today at a coffee shop I ordered a café au lait. The waiter decided I was from France and proceeded to speak to me in broken French. I said, "Merci." Then he brought me my café au lait and told me the price in French. Since I don't understand French numbers I told him that I was not French, and that I was actually American. He seemed very confused, and told me I had a French accent. So I'm an American speaking German but sounding French. Interesting... 5/09/2003 08:29:00 AM