A Web Log on the Inter Nets

I have successfully created my very own blog on the intertubes for the enjoyment of any passersby who wish to learn more about my Belgian adventures this summer! The momentous afternoon is only a few days away, and my list of things to do would go unfinished without writing a "make a blog" task and checking it off. In fact, I have my travel itinerary here so you can know with absolute accuracy where I will be at every second of the next few days.
1. Northwest Flight 1695 to Detroit, MI July 12, 2008 4:28pm ET
2. Northwest Flight 48 to Amsterdam, NL July 12, 2008 9:20pm CT
3. Thalys Train Schiphol, Amsterdam->Brussel Zuid July 13, 1:00pm in whatever time zone that is :I
4. Arrive at La Plaine Campus of the Université Libre de Bruxelles... hopefully by 5:00.

So now you know. I'm inwardly hoping to become stuck in the Schiphol airport while America's government collapses amid a mostly bloodless civil war, leaving me stranded à la Tom Hanks to eat saltine crackers covered in ketchup. My imagination is always eager to produce these kinds of situations for me.

Did you know that John McCain is not computer-literate? There is a website called http://www.thingsyoungerthanmccain.com that is pretty entertaining. (note: You have to scroll down and go through the pages to weed out the posts about the things McCain supersedes in age.) I get bored at the cancer lab where I work a lot, especially since it's my last week before my summer hiatus (I'll be back in the fall).

I would write something inspiring, but I feel a little spiritually winded right now. I've definitely been enjoying the very active presence of God in my life recently, don't get me wrong. But as Zack Braff puts it in Garden State, I am very much "in it" right now... I need some time to think and sleep and just rest. People have been both an amazing encouragement and also a big challenge. My pride has been injured by pretty much every situation recently, which is as humbling and awesome as it is difficult. I think that getting to travel in the near future is really going to open my eyes to the extent to which God pursues me... and the distances He will go (both with me and through me!)

Anyway that's a pretty good first post I think. And if you're wondering why it's called what it's called, just remember that I study political science. And that I'm a huge nerd.

Much love from beautiful Cary, NC.

Ian