Two Years Gone from W&J

I was a pretty happy camper on May 17, 2011.

Nostalgia is alive and well in my veins this morning. Two years ago today, on May 17, 2011, I graduated from Washington & Jefferson College. Sometimes it feels like only yesterday that my friends and I graduated, and sometimes it feels like half a lifetime has passed. For the past few days, my Twitter and Facebook feeds have been inundated with updates from my fellow young alumni who are heading back to our alma mater this weekend for the College’s 214th Commencement ceremony.

The Perks of Living Abroad in an Election Year

First, a disclaimer. Despite some of the opinions I’ll express below, I love my country. Sometimes I think the people running it have more than a few screws loose, and I’ve often touted the various benefits of living in a foreign country, but I’m still an American, through and through. Likewise, my political opinions are very staunch; I  know what I believe in, and I will stand up for those beliefs.

That being said, oh my god, am I ever thankful to be living abroad in an election year. Seriously, produce whatever higher power you like for me, and I was flatten myself prostrate in front of him (or her) out of thanks. I don’t think that I’ve ever applied the mantra “ignorance is bliss” so aptly to my life than I have in the past year or so.