So, I've been doing some looking around, and it seems like the focus of many blogs is less "Hey, look at all the cooool crazy shit I'm doing!" and more "let me expound on how I've been impacted emotionally." As much as I'm opposed to soul-searching, I guess I'll give a quick nod to this style with the next post, due to be one of my shorter, and quickly followed by a much more awesome "cool shit" style post:
I have to say, one of the best things about being here is no longer being surrounded by goal/future-oriented, risk-averse Stanford students. I mostly refuse even to spend too much time with other members of the program (besides my Soul Mate Sini, of course) in fear of watering down my experience. Its incredibly nice that when I say to a German, "I want to cut my hair shorter" or "I want to smoke a bit" or "I'm kind of feeling like wandering into this new and potentially sketchy situation," my musings are never countered with something along the lines of "well, watch out, it might not turn out absolutely perfectly, so you probably shouldn't even take the risk." And this Berlin attitude has led me into uncountable RIDICULOUS and AWESOME situations (oooooh, let me tell you...in another post, though).
Anyway, that's my philosophical musing for the month. I've made enough sacrifices to the future, I'm ready to live it up in the now. Which is really not a hard thing to do in this city, which is hands down the greatest city in the WORLD. I wasn't joking, kids- I'm not coming back.
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