tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697025037465214150Sun, 08 Sep 2024 00:22:43 +0000http://samanthajodavis.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Samantha Jo)Blogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697025037465214150.post-3500711901608420239Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:23:00 +00002011-10-13T12:23:48.572-05:00Well things have been great!  There have been a few struggles, like I knew there would be, but I can't say that there has been a time since living here that things haven't been great.  A few weekends ago, I visited the Accademia and saw what else, but Michelangelo's David.  There really isn't much else to see in the Accademia but it was definitely still cool to be in the place http://samanthajodavis.blogspot.com/2011/10/seventh-inning-stretch-already.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Samantha Jo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697025037465214150.post-7062892828691105818Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:05:00 +00002011-10-04T16:05:05.191-05:00I usually leave my writing class feeling really inspired and there's no reason why I should've waited until a month in to let the inspiration take me where it pleases, but I guess better late than never.  Normally after class, I simply go home and I don't know why I do that.  I have no more obligations for the day so why don't I do more exploring?  I don't know where my thirst for http://samanthajodavis.blogspot.com/2011/10/we-just-got-swallowed-up-by-whole-damn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Samantha Jo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697025037465214150.post-4497634177245122182Sat, 01 Oct 2011 11:56:00 +00002011-10-01T06:56:53.460-05:00Clearly I haven't been keeping up in the slightest with my blog.  I've been out, you know...living my new life.  I'll try to do better, folks. This past weekend I went to Munich for what else other than Oktoberfest.  And for those of you who have never been, Oktoberfest is kind of like Vegas in the sense that it really is exactly how you imagine it to be.  It consisted of a http://samanthajodavis.blogspot.com/2011/10/whole-new-world.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Samantha Jo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697025037465214150.post-8320944406511228001Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:24:00 +00002011-09-17T12:01:32.003-05:00"There is no foreign land, it is only the traveller that is foreign." -- Robert Louis Stevenson Yesterday a guy told me that I look Sicilian (which might have just been to butter me up, but I don't care).  And today, an Italian girl, who I assume speaks no English, stopped ME to ask for directions, which I successfully gave her...in Italian.  It's official.  I'm a local!! : ) http://samanthajodavis.blogspot.com/2011/09/im-local.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Samantha Jo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697025037465214150.post-3730496984948149704Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:51:00 +00002011-09-05T09:51:25.968-05:00So I've been abroad for exactly one week and so far...this is already the best thing I have ever done.  I've met amazing people and I've seen the most beautiful places that I don’t even know how to describe with words how happy I am.  All my problems at home are suddenly behind me and the only thing that matters is making sure that my time here is the best that it could possibly be.&http://samanthajodavis.blogspot.com/2011/09/mission-accomplished.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Samantha Jo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697025037465214150.post-4297894389766012200Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:04:00 +00002011-08-23T15:28:10.713-05:00I'm reading a book right now titled "The Sociopath Next Door: The Ruthless Versus the Rest of Us" (don't ask why) which says that one in 25 people have no conscience.  One in 25 people have no sense of guilt or accountability and no sense of right and wrong.  One in 25...that's 4% of the population.  One is more likely to be sociopathic than to be anorexic.  The book talks http://samanthajodavis.blogspot.com/2011/08/youre-waving-goodbye-well-at-least.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Samantha Jo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697025037465214150.post-1294861591632047703Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:45:00 +00002011-08-11T11:19:01.246-05:00"Even when I have pains, I don't have to be one." Yesterday I wrote a post about my family issues that after re-reading a few hours later, I had to remove.  Not because I didn't mean everything I said, but because I don't want my blog tainted by all that anger...and also because I didn't want you to have to read that shit. SO TODAY I downloaded GoogleEarth and looked at where I'll be http://samanthajodavis.blogspot.com/2011/08/take-due.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Samantha Jo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697025037465214150.post-6855711327149457654Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:42:00 +00002011-07-26T13:42:11.314-05:00So I happen to be taking an Ethics course at the same time that I face an overwhelming ethical dilemma that I wish I could share with you.  Our most recent assignment was to write a Values Statement outlining our five or six most important personal values.  Here is my Values Statement...        When compiling a list of my personal values, I primarily consider how I http://samanthajodavis.blogspot.com/2011/07/this-post-has-no-title-hope-thats-cool.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Samantha Jo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697025037465214150.post-133225217710714489Mon, 18 Jul 2011 03:45:00 +00002011-07-17T22:45:20.188-05:00I edited my bucket list the other day and I thought I'd be predictable and share it with you.  I'll be happy if I don't do everything on my list...but it's cool to think about and I encourage everyone to make a bucket list.  DO IIIIIIT!! Bold is for things I've either already done, or plan to do while abroad. 1. Learn how to surf 2. Learn how to salsa dance 3. Learn how to jugglehttp://samanthajodavis.blogspot.com/2011/07/live-as-well-as-you-dare.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Samantha Jo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697025037465214150.post-8752968057642402265Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:41:00 +00002011-07-11T01:50:18.428-05:00"I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become." -- Oprah Being my mother's daughter is a lot of work.  It forces me to grow up faster than I would like and make sense of things that feel entirely beyond my years.  It forces me to play the role of "detective" in search for the truth and it forces me to be the "bigger person" more often than I would like.  I take on thesehttp://samanthajodavis.blogspot.com/2011/07/my-mothers-daughter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Samantha Jo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697025037465214150.post-8725291576710541053Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:20:00 +00002011-06-23T15:21:37.877-05:00I haven't been writing lately.  This is partially because I get insecure about my writing skills and partially because I have not been finding myself all that interesting lately.  I go to class, I go to work, and during my free time I try not to wait around for the arrival of August 28th.  However I still feel extremely restless.  I am restless with my life as if I'm waiting http://samanthajodavis.blogspot.com/2011/06/show-on-road-please.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Samantha Jo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697025037465214150.post-529352077093416483Sun, 29 May 2011 08:05:00 +00002011-05-29T03:05:53.924-05:00"A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes." To paint you a picture of my current life: today I went to work, made about $80, bought a bottle of wine on my way home, and am now sitting in bed with my laptop and a chick flick to keep me company.  Since the semester has ended, my life consists of working.  http://samanthajodavis.blogspot.com/2011/05/my-mundane-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Samantha Jo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697025037465214150.post-3742522857307520373Fri, 20 May 2011 22:14:00 +00002011-05-20T17:14:33.705-05:00So, I spoke last time about my willingness to make myself "fantastically uncomfortable."  I would hate to be all talk, so here we go.  Now I promise not to always bore you with the ins and outs of my love life but for the sake of being very uncomfortable, it feels like a logical place to start.  So I guess we're doing this.  I guess we're getting personal... I am not a "http://samanthajodavis.blogspot.com/2011/05/lets-get-personal-i-guess.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Samantha Jo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697025037465214150.post-1292027343380264711Tue, 17 May 2011 12:12:00 +00002011-05-17T07:13:01.965-05:00"Sometimes I pretend to be normal.  But it gets boring so I go back to being me." - Anonymous After reading my previous entry, my dad asked me if I'm serious about the level of honesty with which I plan to write.  The answer is yes, I'm serious.  I promised myself, and now I promise you, that aside from keeping things PG-ish, I plan to hold nothing back.  If you knew me in http://samanthajodavis.blogspot.com/2011/05/embarrassment-is-overratedr.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Samantha Jo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697025037465214150.post-3489100048776420405Mon, 16 May 2011 03:43:00 +00002011-05-15T22:55:30.456-05:00So I'm actually doing this.  I always knew I was going to start a blog before studying abroad but so much is happening recently that I see no purpose in waiting until August.  When mulling over the decision of how honest I plan to be in my writing, I was hesitant about how much I'm willing to let you know about me.  But then I realized that I'm actually pretty great so I'm no http://samanthajodavis.blogspot.com/2011/05/welp-here-goes-nothing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Samantha Jo)4