I'm an Idealist without Illusions. JFK.

 If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times, I'm so excited to go to Cape Town. With 7 days until my departure from the arctic chill that has rapidly made me seasonally depressed and simultaneously encouraged me to become obsessed with bikram yoga, I've finally began my attempt to blog. So without further adieu, my goals for the upcoming semester...

1. Climb Table Mountain
2. Go Bungee Jumping, Kloofing, diving with sharks
3. Make new friends...And I mean with these guys:
http://disney.go.com/disneynature/africancats/
OR these ones

4. See Victoria Falls
5. Have an intelligent conversation with a local on South African Politics...most likely only after I
6. Finish A Long Walk to Freedom- then visit Robben Island to commemorate his excellence
7. See the Garden Route
8.  Use sunscreen religiously(in an effort to counteract all of the sun damage I've already done to my skin)
9.  Learn something new everyday-- kind of a broad goal that ensures one of these things will actually be checked off yet completely necessary in order to feel a sense of accomplishment
10. Actually update this blog