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Tweak says, "Brian is a Justinite"

Dr. Hannibal Lecter (poisonlittleboy) wrote in valarnet,
@ 2013-04-30 17:36:00

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abigail hobbs, beth cassidy, eli, hannibal lecter, mavis dracula, oliver queen (green arrow)

Watching Abigail prepare for her first year at university, I can't help but reflect on my own experiences.

I graduated pre-med in France, but it was my graduate studies I remember most fondly. I was nineteen, and was traveling to America for the first time in order to pursue a medical degree at Johns Hopkins. I remember being like a duck in a pond; calm on the surface but paddling furiously under the water.

I see so much of myself in my daughter. She's very mature for her age, but I can tell she's nervous about going off next year. At least she won't be going too far, and I can keep her under my wing a bit longer.

Having a child, I've found, makes me very nostalgic for my own childhood. Has anyone else found the same?

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	poisonlittleboy 2013-05-01 02:41 am UTC (link)
	It was certainly different. I'd moved to France when I was a young boy, from Eastern Europe, so I was at least used to shifting from one country to the next. But it was still odd, to say the least. What was the hardest part about adjusting to America for you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dashdotdash 2013-05-01 02:45 am UTC (link)
	My birth father is in the Army, and my mother was a translator, so I was born in Stockholm. We didn't live in many places for more than a few years, but I think I liked France and Germany best. I do not know if it is so much America as it is Orange County in general, but the weather is so relentlessly sunny. It makes me long for rain. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

poisonlittleboy
2013-05-01 02:49 am UTC (link)

I'm from Vilnius, Lithuania, originally. But it wasn't a stable environment in which to raise children, so we moved to live with an aunt and uncle in Paris. I have happy memories of both places, but I spent most of my time in Paris.

It is very sunny here, isn't it? It hardly seems like we have a winter. I lived in Maryland for a while when I first came to America, so I'm used to it being a bit colder.

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	dashdotdash 2013-05-01 03:01 am UTC (link)
	But I've heard it's beautiful. I was in Nice for a few years, I liked it very much. I expect I'll miss snow. There's nothing as beautiful as Lake Mälaren in winter. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	poisonlittleboy 2013-05-04 04:17 am UTC (link)
	There's a little snow here, but not much. Not like Sweden, of course. At least, not in this part of California. Up in the forests and the mountains they see quite a bit of snow. Up in Yosemite, for instance. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dashdotdash 2013-05-04 04:23 am UTC (link)
	Perhaps I will ask my papa if we can go camping closer to the Christmas holidays. I would like that - a cabin would be nice. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	poisonlittleboy 2013-05-04 04:34 am UTC (link)
	It isn't home, of course, but at least you'll have a white Christmas. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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