Before I go

So. I'm spending the next six months in Vienna, Austria. Since I haven't had anything to do for a while, I got to thinking: maybe I should keep a journal of some sort. This is the journal. I'm doing this mostly for my own amusement so I have some written memories of my time spent studying in Vienna (rather than just pictures). There will probably be other thoughts, too. But now, if you run across it, you know what it is. This is to cover my ass.

So for starters: I leave on Thursday in about 34 hours from now. I'm just starting to pack (and I'm writing this instead). Packing won't take long. It's strange. The idea that I'm leaving hasn't hit me yet. Well, maybe that's not so strange. This will be the first time I have lived somewhere other than Oxford for more than two weeks. I just don't feel like I'm going anywhere - yet. Leaving will be a nice escape. Plus, I get "Italian" food (read: Old Spaghetti Factory) as a going away dinner with my family. Tasty.

By the way, the name of the blog is a sort of double entendre; probably not a good one. Escaping Oxford is part of the inspiration and, for those lucky few who know some ring theory, I hope the other part is somewhat self explanatory. Though maybe it isn't. It was the cleverest thing I could think of in five minutes. And yeah, it's gonna be like that.