The COP15 is in Copenhagen starting today

I wish I could be here for this. I'll be following it here on Denmark.dk.

It will be interesting to see what this week-long convention brings. The web site has videos of side events being held to promote sustainability and green-living. Being a journalist in Copenhagen right now would be amazing.

Learning about being abroad

Last night at an orientation, we learned that we will probably have something of a "W curve" of emotions while studying abroad. This occurs if one were to plot their emotions on a graph, and it would create a W, or a series of small Ws, depending on the person and their experiences. In example, someone would start high, fall when things get difficult, rise again when they become more comfortable, fall when they go home, and rise finally when they are readjusted to life back home. I suppose this will probably happen to me, and apparently it's a good thing, because I will be experiencing life, rather than just being a tourist. We'll see if it's true.

In studying the study abroad experience (which all feels very metaphysical) I remembered the first article I read about being abroad. The blog Stuff White People Like had a post about study abroad, and in re-reading it, I am more excited than ever. (Despite the fact that it completely discounts the experience as superficial.) I'm sure at some point I will be caught saying "When I lived in Denmark..." but who cares. I'm paying a lot of money to be able to say that. So what if it's viewed as a status symbol? So is a college degree, and I'll never apologise for getting one of those.

Class List

So after searching around Facebook for a few weeks, trying to find the other students in my class for the TV Semester, I finally asked Anna (the Coordinator) if I could just have a class list. She was lovely enough to send it to me, so I'll share it.

The font is really small, but the punchline is...I'm the only American. This is pretty exciting, but also kind of crazy. I think number 12 is the few Danish students who will also take the classes with us. Anna also said we would be getting more information on housing, mentors and other school information.

In headlines out of Copenhagen: Climate Change Summits.

49 Days and 13 hours until the day I leave, not that I'm counting...