August 2010
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Morning disorientation
Mornings are not my thing. They never have been and I believe they never will be. This morning was an utter fail for me. Yes, I love the word utter and fail together, they work pretty god damn well together.
Well, anyway, I was waiting for the elevator to go back to my room after eating the hotel breakfast. My father handed me the key card. I noticed the key card said, “Welcome to...
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Amish mashed potatoes and a grumpy New Yorker
For our last taste of the Amish country, we headed back down to Indiana and went to an Amish town named Shipshewana. We ate at a fabulous Amish-style restaurant named the “Blue Gate Restaurant”. The restaurant gets its name from the Amish myth (so yes, it is false) that when a girl comes of marrying-age, the gate of her home is painted blue. The waitresses are dressed up in traditional...
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Anyway, apply to Kalamazoo College. I go there. It's perfect.
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Michigan is more than just corn fields!
I am happy to write that Michigan is more than just corn fields! Today was my interview up at Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan. On the drive up from the hotel all I saw were cornfields, after cornfields - very reminiscent of my favorite Amish state - Indiana. I swear I have never seen so much corn in my life. Corn was becoming an eyesore, I didn’t want to see it anymore. It was...
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Cloudy with a chance of Amish people
While driving through Indiana, I saw a couple of road signs that really caught my attention.
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At first I thought nothing of it, seeing that I was driving through West Bumblefuck, Indiana, because there were horses everywhere (along with the occasional cow). That’s when it happened. I was staring out my window observing corn field, after cornfield, when I saw a horse and buggy. My father...
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