Elevator Pitch

"Hi my name is Kevin and I am in The Netherlands to study what motivates people to play amateur-level baseball"

OK, now the long version: for the last 8 months, I and my InterFuture "cohorts" (probably my favorite word to come out of this program aside from anything DR says) have been developing a number of incredibly varied and incredibly interesting research projects and we are now finally on locale and ten days into our intercultural excursions.  InterFuture is a unique study-abroad opportunity where students develop and engage in an intercultural research project of their chosing in anywhere from 2-3 different locales.  So basically we get to skip class for a semester or two and travel...something like that.

A year ago my friend told me that when I go abroad not to "think about all the things you are missing out on at home," because, "you only get this opportunity once." She also suggested I keep a journal, only to correct herself saying "though you do have a freakish memory so maybe you don't need to."

Well. I was just thinking about missing Wednesday night trivia, so I tried to think about what I was doing here instead, and I couldn't remember! (despite my 'freakish memory') So to rectify that, rather than journal, I decided I would take a crack at blogging figuring maybe my family (and hopefully friends) will care enough to follow along.

And so begin the Tales of the Illiterate English Major