Sophisticated, Politically Dissinterested, and Socially Apathetic Expatriates of the World Unite!

You know exactly who I'm talking about. The intelligent, mildly apathetic, indie rocker, art fanatic, Hemingway Jr., coffee-aholic who can't seem to shut up about their dream study abroad program in Paris when they go to The Gatsby School of Philosophy in the G.A. Herbert Memorial Foundation University to study European Literature and minor in Thoughtful Conversation. The expatriates of tomorrow. Our next, "almost" generation of quasi Americans who find the profound discussion of Chaucer over French espresso much more interesting than pursuing any legitimate form of existence that might, even for the shortest period of time, guarantee some form of financial and social stability for them and their children.

Now, don't get me wrong. I find an intelligent conversation with a mild adherence to grammar just as intellectually compelling as the next guy. I just can't see myself living for an extended period of time in a street corner cafe. I do plan to study abroad. However, I am not subscribing to the same hormonal rush that has seemed to draw so many college kids to the bricked pavilions of Italy or the rustic slopes of Monte Carlo.

No, I plan on journeying to the steep mountains of Nepal or Kashmere where I will devote my time to studying the remnants of ancient civilizations with far more historic worth than what, in my opinion, could be observed from behind the gauzed lens of a tour of St. Peter's basilica.



Also, I hate coffee.