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Hey there!

I've to admit I have felt a bit bummed in the last two days and couldn't find the motivation to update this blog...Furthermore, I was hanging out in the library, amidst loads of books, trying to figure out how to proceed with my thesis.

Therefore, I asked my professor to give me a hint at what could be a good strategy, but unfortunately she left me blind in the dark...at least, this is how it feels right now.
I've quasi finished the first part of my thesis which is a historial explanation of the American Dream, where it comes from and how it developed over time. I just wanna stuff the text with some more quotations and sources, so it is richer.
Now for the second part, I only see a huge question mark above my head....

And the funny thing is, my teacher wants me to write an abstract, a bibliography and a time plan for my thesis which I have to hand in on Monday...plus I have to read the texts for the course I'm doing with her!! Sounds like I'm going to have a great weekend!!

However, yesterday I got the chance to relax after a whole day in the Lane Reading Room. Celia, a girl who studies German and attends the course of Dr. Fellner that I have to attend too, asked me if I wanted to join her in the Haus Mitteleuropa, the Germany/Austria themed house, because they have a German Stammtisch with food and drinks. On my way there, I saw some of the fraternity houses and student dormitories, which was pretty interesting since I have only known this from TV...here is one...if you zoom, you can see the Greek letters on the house....

We had some food and talked about the differences between Austria and the US, between Stanford and the University of Vienna, which are, as you might have guessed, huge!! She offered me a ride home and we walked to her car over some remote parts of the Stanford campus, I haven't seen so far. It's immense and they even have a lake!! (which right now is a bit dry...)It looks so idyllic!! There is really no doubt that people here can totally focus on their studies while being surrounded by such great landscapes...the overall mood on the campus is totally relaxed and calm!

But it is soo hot these days! And I can't take my bike to uni because I now have access to the Stanford University Wireless and can bring my computer to uni which is great but my bag (I brought only one) is not adapted for carrying books and a mac, and neither am I...I hate to carry heavy things...

Well, it's 9.50 a.m., I will dress and get ready to go to library for another day of books and thesis....

PS: Excuse the bad quality of my pictures...but I'm really not good with that and I also use my mobile, so the quality isn't that great anyway...Im glad I didn't chose to become a photographer =)