Blondington

"I hate to say this, but your battery light just went on again."

Thu, 14 May 2009 13:13:24 -0400

““I hate to say this, but your battery light just went on again.””

- Me to guy I was training to deliver papers (yes, there is something to do in Bloomington at 5:30 a.m. in case you were wondering) after his girlfriend’s car stalled and he pushed it back into the Marsh parking lot in the flash flood weather

Indiana: Nothing happens.

Mon, 11 May 2009 19:51:59 -0400

Indiana: Nothing happens.:

The biggest, best story in the local paper today was about something that happened in Pittsburgh.

Look how intent I am. This is because my main goal yesterday was...

Mon, 11 May 2009 18:43:55 -0400

Look how intent I am. This is because my main goal yesterday was to test my hypothesis: Zac Efron is hot and Sara Amato likes to see moderately funny movies as long as they only cost $5. Although I was confounding variables, they were both proven true, unless someone else can prove otherwise.

Public Transit

Mon, 11 May 2009 11:02:28 -0400

Unlike London, where no one cared if someone was, oh, say an hour or so late due to a complex yet working public transit system, in Bloomington, the advanced public bus that only stops twice an hour by my apartment complex is the only way to get anywhere*.

Designer: Hey its ali fm the ids. rachel wanted me to text u cuz were doin the readership guide? im here till 130 today and she wanted to know if ur comin in today
Me: Yeah. Should b in at 11Ish
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Me: Hey, Ali. Yeah, the bus doesn't come until 11:10...

*Pro of this choice of transit compared to its London companion: It has maps. London buses did not.

"What are you guys doing?"

Mon, 11 May 2009 10:58:08 -0400

“What are you guys doing?”

- IU police officer accosting Sara and I when we were just attempting to recycle newspapers because IUPD hates the earth

Yes, I chose to stay in Bloomington for the summer.

Sun, 10 May 2009 19:46:00 -0400

Now, you might ask yourself, why would someone as charming, wonderful, and intelligent as the author of the once vastly popular (amongst her relatives and close friends) Blondon blog disappear into obscurity after a trip to Paris only to reveal herself in a college town in southern Indiana?

Because, friends, it is a culture study. Have you been to a Walmart in southern Indiana at 2 in the morning? Have you listened to an over-zealous grad student majoring in Persian poetry? Have you experienced a summer in a ghost town?

Yes, it is a tale of adventure. A tale of exploration. A tale of my final summer before hitting the road to “no more free sandwiches” America. Please join me for my last summer of freedom, which I have chosen to spend in the exotic and exciting locale of Bloomington, IN, mainly in the zip codes ranging from 47405 to 47408.