Welcome lovely friends and family, and also, hello to you creepy internet strangers who have randomly come across this blog! I am both shocked and impressed at the level of your masochistic tendencies that would bring you back for another round. I imagine most of you reading this know generally what I am up to, but for the benefit of the creepers, I'll summarize. For a little while, I will be traveling through Europe. I'm not sure how long I'll be traveling, perhaps as much as six months, or perhaps you will see me eating at Brothers Pizza tomorrow. I am starting my trip in Italy, and from there, we'll see what the world holds.
I was pretty excited when I figured out the name of my blog. It took me quite a while to pick it out. For a bit I was leaning towards "Alicia's Planetary Quest," but then I realized I was getting altitude sickness from being so far up on my high horse. Once I safely dismounted, I toyed around with some more names, and eventually decided on including "Homebody," because that, straight up, is what I am. I am the type of person that likes staying at home. That is what I like to do. Unless the power is out, which just might be hell on Earth, I can amuse myself with numerous items at my house like books, the TV, movies, video games, the overabundance of food, YouTube videos, the DVR, the list goes on and on. That's not to say that I don't like going out, but just how about we get home in time to catch the end of the Law and Order: SVU marathon? That's part of the reason that I think this trip is such a big deal for me. It has always been a dream of mine to do this, but it is quite far out of my comfort zone. This trip is so far away from my comfort zone it was charged long-distance to make a phone call. 2015: The year Comfort Zone jokes take over from the ever-popular Yo Mama jokes.
I was pretty excited when I figured out the name of my blog. It took me quite a while to pick it out. For a bit I was leaning towards "Alicia's Planetary Quest," but then I realized I was getting altitude sickness from being so far up on my high horse. Once I safely dismounted, I toyed around with some more names, and eventually decided on including "Homebody," because that, straight up, is what I am. I am the type of person that likes staying at home. That is what I like to do. Unless the power is out, which just might be hell on Earth, I can amuse myself with numerous items at my house like books, the TV, movies, video games, the overabundance of food, YouTube videos, the DVR, the list goes on and on. That's not to say that I don't like going out, but just how about we get home in time to catch the end of the Law and Order: SVU marathon? That's part of the reason that I think this trip is such a big deal for me. It has always been a dream of mine to do this, but it is quite far out of my comfort zone. This trip is so far away from my comfort zone it was charged long-distance to make a phone call. 2015: The year Comfort Zone jokes take over from the ever-popular Yo Mama jokes.
Eventually, I kind of settled on "Adventures of a Homebody," but I wasn't happy with it since it felt kind of generic. That's when I pulled out the trusty thesaurus. As any decent slacker or procrastinator knows, the thesaurus is the ultimate guide to meeting a paper's page count. ("Eats a lot," what is this, amateur hour? More like "gormandizes superabundantly.") So, while perusing my old friend the thesaurus, I stumbled upon "ramblings." I liked ramblings because it's what I do. I write long, meandering posts, which could probably be compared to reading my stream of consciousness. If these past few paragraphs are not enough of an indication, feel free to look back on my blog from my study abroad in Ireland for further examples. For this, I apologize, but, I also say to you, do not expect change from me. I will ramble, and you will either read or not. I personally suggest skimming. There's a lot of garbage here to dig through. Rambling is also what I am going to do. I am going to bop around from place to place with no real destination or plans in mind. On one hand, this is going to be exciting, because, yay!, freedom and youth, but on the other hand, this is slightly terrifying, because I like having a plan.
At the end of the day, (my time, not EST), this blog is a way for me to connect with you, beloved family and friends, and let you know what I'm up to. I feel very honored that you think I'm interesting enough to read about, because I don't think I would read about me. But that may be just because I know how many hours I spend watching Bravo. This blog is also way for me to remember what I did, because I have the memory of a very forgetful elephant. Personally, I'm proud of myself for doing this trip. Not everyone can say they doing things that challenge them, and not everyone can say they are accomplishing their dreams, so go me!
Anywho, I'm not exactly sure how I am going to work this blog since I'm doing a lot more traveling than I was when I was studying abroad, but we'll make it up as we go. I'll probably talk about the truly interesting places I go, none of that Colosseum baloney, or chuckle-worthy things I saw or went through. Ultimately, I want this to be a way for you to passive aggressively kill time at work ever since your boss called you out in front of all your co-workers at the morning meeting. And I hope I can oblige.
P.S. This blog is definitely still a work in progress, design-wise, so give me a chance to work the ugly out. In truth, this may not be a possibility from this god-forsaken iPad.
Anywho, I'm not exactly sure how I am going to work this blog since I'm doing a lot more traveling than I was when I was studying abroad, but we'll make it up as we go. I'll probably talk about the truly interesting places I go, none of that Colosseum baloney, or chuckle-worthy things I saw or went through. Ultimately, I want this to be a way for you to passive aggressively kill time at work ever since your boss called you out in front of all your co-workers at the morning meeting. And I hope I can oblige.
P.S. This blog is definitely still a work in progress, design-wise, so give me a chance to work the ugly out. In truth, this may not be a possibility from this god-forsaken iPad.
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