The Majdis Are in Town

So it seems as though I've fallen significantly short of my 2 posts/week goal, but at this point I'm just going to roll with it until New Years when I can make another resolution. I've been extremely busy this past month. But I'm not going to worry about the fact that I still have to start/finish another paper and reminisce about my travels with y'all.

I went to Prague which was pretty alright. It felt like I was "Back in the U.S.S.R., and the aftereffects of communism were still pretty apparent (by that I mean people were quiet, maybe they just didn't feel like talking). I bought a "Ticket to Ride" the tram, which made me appreciate the metro system in Paris (no offense Prague). Then we went to the club where I met a DJ from South Africa, and I was all like "I Want to Hold Your Hand", but she was all like "Help!" and I was all like "All You Need is Love", "We Can Work it Out". But she wouldn't have any of it, so I just decided to "Let It Be". Oh I also went to the John Lennon wall:

"Imagine" that!

After that I came back to Paris. Thanks Danielle for being a real host! Also, I was a bit of a highroller in Prague so it was difficult to come back to spaghetti and peanut butter:

Just put it on my tab.

On the plane ride back, I got stuck in a window seat without a window. Ridiculous! And yes I do think this is worth blogging about.

This is me in the plane. Observe the lack of window.

Last week, Neda was in town so she invited me over for dinner with her new husband Clayton. We may or may not have trashed the apartment but dinner was great!

This is Justin.

Justin.

This is me in Strasbourg.

Me in Strasbourg.

This is me being me in Strasbourg.

Me being me in Strasbourg.

Then we made a quick pit stop at the EU. I kind of like this picture, I may consider a future in politics. Only if I get to work in a cool looking building though.

Supreme Chancellor Sepanta.

After the EU, we made another quick pit stop at Avatar (that was the name of the planet right?). Here is a picture of me with the tree of souls or something.

Me with the tree of souls or something.

And then I came back to Paris. This past week I've been working nonstop on papers, and I am one paper away from freedom, free doom. This morning Arash and his sister Naghmeh arrived. Here is them:

For those who do not know, Arash is also keeping a blog of his journeys in Europe. In fact, he is attempting to uproot my blog in the process. Unfortunately, he didn't make it too far into his next post and currently he is making sweet sweet sounds in front of his open computer:

Anyway, I'll be busy for a while, but hopefully I'll post back within two weeks. The first semester is almost over and I have lots of thoughts but at 3:20 AM they don't feel like coming out. I'm really excited for the next couple weeks. We're taking a train to Amsterdam on Saturday, then Brussels on Tuesday, Aachen on Wednesday, and back to Paris on the eve of Christmas Day (it was cheap). Also, we're trying to be more hipster. Let us know if you have any suggestions (we've already tried googling, Yahoo! Answers isn't that helpful). Also, Blogspot's getting kind of too popular. I can't have my blog become a sell-out. Stop reading and don't show anyone!

In other news, I think I might pull off a Joaquin Phoenix and take a stab at rap. Anybody want to make the documentary?