Journal for tbrounst

Greece

Thu, 28 May 2009 11:09:52 -0800

I'm in Greece!

Italy

Thu, 14 May 2009 07:16:27 -0800

Tom is still alive!

Prague

Wed, 06 May 2009 10:29:01 -0800

I'm in Prague!

Glasgow

Sun, 03 May 2009 12:26:56 -0800

Some thoughts from Glasgow

Scotland

Fri, 01 May 2009 02:47:46 -0800

What I'm up to.

Friendship never ends...?

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:59:16 -0800

For those keeping up with my travels, tomorrow I’m going to hand off my laptop to my parents and they head home while I head back to Galway. Then I’ll spend about a week in Galway. On Thursday the 30th, I’ll begin my nomadic trek. So, it’s 10 days away. I’m not sure if I’m excited or nervous as all Hell. Probably both. It’ll be an incredible experience, but it’s really scary. Especially that being alone and without internet part. I’ll manage, though.

The End.

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:10:24 -0800

Tom's last real blog post.

Beautiful Day

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 03:50:24 -0800

So, I’ve made no secret that I had a pretty bad week. I’ve just been in a bad place emotionally, and while I’m glad my parents are here and like spending time with them, I’ve just been feeling crummy. But, the thing is, each day it gets a little better and after awhile…you just walk on. It stops hurting and you can move on with your life. That’s what happened to me yesterday. I got over that omni-present specter and got to move on with life. I had a good day, something I really needed.

My life, right now

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:44:25 -0800

Meh, I’m tired and have been on the computer too long at this point, but I feel like I should post a quick update about what’s going on with me. Here’s what’s going on with me right now.

I believe

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:06:00 -0800

I believe...

Jackie visits

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:35:27 -0800

I should probably talk about Jackie coming to visit. I don’t feel like talking about our itinerary. It was unimportant at best. Well, to me at least. I’ve seen the places before. For her I hope it was important and exciting, but for me the fun part was having Jackie around.

I'm Not Gonna Stand Here and Wait

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:08:03 -0800

One thing I’ve been wondering about for awhile, and that was especially relevant tonight, was what makes a hero. It’s been one of my goals for a long time to be a hero, to help other people. I remember at New Years one time, Jackie decided that we all had to come up with New Years Resolutions before the end of Live Free or Die Hard. I jokingly answered “to be more awesome,” like Barney from How I Met Your Mother but my real resolution was to be a hero.

Newsies

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:04:58 -0800

America is a little obsessed with news. We have four or five 24 hour news channels. We have the morning news, the evening news and the 11:00 news. We have several magazines devoted to news. We have a lot of newspapers, though they’re becoming rarer, like Bigfoot or good Mariners seasons. Even our parody news is widely popular—think about how many people read The Onion or watch The Daily Colbert Report Show. This is something I never really thought much of, but of course it’s different in Ireland. It just took me forever to notice.

Travel Plans

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:33:50 -0800

On a completely unrelated note, I’ll talk about travel plans. I booked my ticket for Scotland yesterday. It was pretty expensive: €15. Yeah, I get to go to Scotland for €15. Well, by the end it cost €30 because of random and crazy charges (::shakes fist at Ryan Air::), but that’s still awesome.

Putnam answers!

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:53:54 -0800

Answers to the Putnam questions I posted a couple days ago.