The Long and Winding Road...

...of Interstate 89. I am heading back to the Boston are (Arlington to be specific) later today. The bus usually takes forever and I won't be sitting on the couch checking e-mail/the internet in general until about midnight. Since it is almost Thanksgiving after all, I hope that everyone has a wonderful time. Regardless of where you will be having dinner (home or friends house) or who will be at the table (family and/or friends), I hope everyone has a relaxing enjoyable time. From people I have talked to recently here at Champlain, we need a vacation. I am going to try and track down some paper work (one of my favorite things) for Dublin while I am home. That is about all I wanted to say for now.

With peace and love,
Scott

P.S.- The video posted below is from the show "The West Wing." Just to give some context, Charlie (Dule Hill) has been searching for a new set of knives for the President (Martin Sheen). In the show, the president has become a father figure to Charlie since both of his parents are no longer around. I hope you enjoy it.

Let it snow

Hello everyone again,

So, here in the Winooski Metropolitan area (insert laugh track here), there was a bit of snow. I noticed when I woke up that the ground outside of my room looked a bit different than last night. I was glad to see a bit of snow. As for Dublin updates, there was a meeting last night where I got a big long check list of stuff I will need to get done. Fun. I know which forms/paperwork that I need to get for going over there. It will take a few phone calls to get stuff together, but I already have my passport. I haven't made any videos yet related to Dublin but I wanted to toss in an embeded video into the blog. Basically, an embeded video is one where you can see this video right in this window as opposed to giving you a link and going to the site where the video is located. I got a clip from a recent Simpsons episode where Homer tries to go vote.


With peace and love,
Scott

Dead leave and the dirty ground

The part of fall that I love has now past. Now it's just leaves on the ground. It doesn't help that it is overcast and a few snow flakes in the air today, but not a good day to wake up early. As for updates, it looks like this blog will have video updates along with it. Yesterday, I had a meeting with Lynda Reid (she works in the study abroad office here at Champlain and is just an all around wonderful person) about the video updates and have this blog connected through that Champlain site. The full details of how often, the look, and style still needs to be set, but that will happen soon.
On a tech note, I have opened up the comments section. Before you would need an account on blogspot to add a comment, but now you don't. Feel free to comment with reactions, questions, or concerns, or whatever else you want. I just ask, keep is G rated.
Something to think about:
One day it was announced by Master Joshu that the young monk Kyogen had reached an enlightened state. Most impressed by this news, several of his peers went to speak with him.
"We have heard that you are enlightened. Is this true?" his fellow students inquired.
"It is" Kyogen answered.
"Tell us," said a friend, "how do you feel?"
"As miserable as ever," replied the enlightened Kyogen.
-Anonymous


With peace and love,
Scott

What kind of day has it been?

This is my first blog ever. What a day to post. Less than an hour ago, Barack Obama was elected President and I couldn't be prouder. We are breaking down what happen in the election while putting in CNN in the background. I don't want to turn this into a political blog, but I'm pumped. This blog is to document my experience in Dublin. This blog starts from the couch in my dorm room in Winooski, Vermont and who knows the places where this will go. The paper work is filled out, airline tickets are purchased, and I got my passport. This is dedicated for you, my readers, for the first hand account, unedited, unmessed around with experience of the world outside the bounds of the good old United States of America. Enjoy.

"I'd like to dedicate this song to anyone with hearts, any kind of hearts, and ears. Goes something like this." -Jimi Hendrix at the Monterey Pop Festivle, June 1967

Note: There is the possibility of video updates, details have not been set. There will be at least text updates.

With peace and love,
Scott Miley