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First impressions and the unreliability of a tired mind

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      Wow! Transcontinental flights are long and incredibly uncomfortable! I'm quite accustomed to long haul drives numbering north of 12-14 hour long stretches. But the lack of any adequate gas stations 36,000 feet in the air makes a flight of the same duration 20x worse. By the time I arrived in Italy I hadn't slept for 24 hours and by the time I had reached my accommodations I had been awake for over 28 hours, and hadn't eaten for the last 15 hours or so. It would be a gross understatement to say i felt like the icy touch of death was caressing my neck.      So in as few words as possible, I was in a terrible mood. Which then lead to me being very angry at everything Id seen since landing in Napoli. The streets were full of moped drivers who seemed to not realize that they are in fact flesh and blood and very squishy compared to asphalt. The best way to put it is that in Texas the chaos forms out of order, everybody pushes the limits of what's legal to m...
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what to expect and a bit about my reservations

    I d like to say that I'm nervous about going to Italy or that i find the experience super exciting, which don't get me wrong i am excited, but I find myself approaching this summer with a Luke warm indifference, it feels like just something else i have to check off in order to get my degree.      Its an odd thing to be so "eh" about Italy, one of the most (im)famous countries in the world with a history that began around the dawn of the iron age. It might be a byproduct of my Hyper Americanist attitude or maybe I'm just not as susceptible to the culture of Italy as others, unlikely I have to admit as it is. But i think it really has it roots in the highly pervasive online culture in two key ways. Firstly, the ease of access that everyone with an internet connection and a Nokia has to all the available information and knowledge that humanity has ever possessed, has taken away the mystique that foreign lands used to possess in the minds of Americans. I no long...
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