Though I intend for this blog to serve primarily as a journal of my whereabouts and wanderings this summer, I see no reason not to begin it now, at the end of things. Okay, it's not really the end of things, but I will be done with college in a little under two weeks. I will no longer be considered a 'student'. Chances are, I'll never again have to write a 15-20 page paper (size 12, Times New Roman) about "The History of Playgrounds," be responsible for identifying different categories of Gregorian chant, or be expected to explain the physics of cloud formation (never really got this one anyway).
I'm not going to try to editorialize about what this ending means. I imagine I won't really grasp how much things have changed until many months after it is over. It is often difficult to appreciate the value of something until it is lost.
As much as I am in semi-denial about college ending, I am also incredibly excited for this summer and beyond. I move out of New York in mid-May and intend to be in motion more or less through the beginning of September. Based on my experiences last summer, I won't come anywhere close to keeping in touch with people as well as I would like to. I see this blog as a chance to at least share a few words about what I've been up to. I'm still deciding how frequently to write, what kind of subjects to write about, what style to use, etc., but I imagine that will all develop with time. For now I just want to develop a rhythm of actually posting entries.
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