"Somebody call IXII!"

For real, I've never done one of these before and I often made fun of people who did. I've never found the appeal of pouring my innermost thoughts, dreams, and musings in a public domain. That being said, this is kind of cool. You always wonder as a kid what it would be like if you could hear other people's inner monologues and really get to know a person. Well, enter the World Wide Web stage right. Loss of privacy, you're up next kid!

When I first heard about this trip at the beginning of my first week on campus, I knew I wanted to go. It's Greece for crying out loud, a place so vibrant, quirky and historically important that Andy Warhol is turning green in his grave with envy. That might be decay, but I digress. This is the birthplace of modern civilization, philosophy, mathematics, democracy, and every other thing that you really hated about high school. The Greeks are the hipsters of history! They were conquering, inventing, acting and watching their empire spiral down into an uncontrollable tailspin before the Romans made it cool! Scenic vistas, exotic foods, and interesting and colorful characters all set to the rocking hits of a 1970's Swedish pop/rock band, does it get any better than this?

I find the phrase "once in a lifetime-anything" (opportunity, trip, offer etc.) to be extraordinarily cliche. However, this is one of those trips that has the potential to be that rare instance of a genuine once in a lifetime trip. The things I am slated to see and the people I will be sharing these experiences with will forever be etched into my mind when it is all said and done. Though I will probably be less enthusiastic in the midst of the nine hour flight to Athens in a few weeks and the hellacious bombardment that my sleep schedule is going to endure from the armies of jet lag, I'm still growing increasingly more excited about this trip.

I'm trying to still enjoy my time here at home (Misawa, Japan) before I get too excited about going someplace else but with one week left to go before I depart the trip is looming in the back of my mind and making steady advances towards the front. I'm sure it will really start to hit me when I'm on my way back from home next Sunday.

I will go ahead and stop here for now. Anybody that is truly willing to spending valuable, irreplaceable man hours reading this; here is what you can expect in the coming weeks:

1. A detailed account of one college student's trip to a very foreign land very far away.
2. A few pictures every now and again but since I'm not hauling around a camera, don't expect anything mind blowing.
3. Any moments that may have caused any emotional stimuli to be triggered. (Discomfort, happiness, sadness, nervousness and any other emotion that can be joined with the affix "ness")
4. Very poor attempts at humor.
5. Any other interesting stories or things that I deem might be cool enough to share.

In all sincerity, please enjoy this blog as I plan to thoroughly enjoy writing it.

Yassas :)