å reise har blitt en illusorisk flukt fra middelklasselivets uutholdelige kjedsomhet... (ballard)
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travelling has become an illusionary escape from the unbearable boredom of middle class life...
can there be a relation between this quote and my crazy excitement for studying african civil wars, ethnicity, migration, conflict and peace...? ;)
its such a treat - my studies are fantastic! I really enjoy all the readings and some of the guest lecturers have been just grand! I feel so lucky! we have access to the PRIO library (its like a candy shop, sorry I sound like a nerd, but its true!), we read at the nobel institute and the national library, and I have never felt more inspired! my class mates are all fantastic people and I am so sad this semester is over, even tho the last 3 weeks of exams and essays have been way too hectic! however, last night we had a final julebord/tapas evening/out of control-party to celebrate ourselves and it was the perfect crazy-madness ending to these months!
but why must everything end when it starts to get really nice...? to all my friends in my class, and in the anu-class; you are all fabulous people and I wish we had more time together! luckily the ten of us from my class will go to south africa in january and spend another 1 1/2 year together, fighting about collier, new-barbarism theory, norways "charity-role" in the world, and most importantly, nicole will educate us on marxist theory and nice "radical shit" from the south! yahoo!
respect, my friends!
♥ peace and love
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