Mish Statement

I’ve been telling myself that I would do this for awhile, and now, it’s official, I have no excuses left. It may have been when I was talking with my flatmates about how I only have class three days a week, or that one of those days off is a Friday, or perhaps it was that I have yet to attend my Modernism seminar (at Allegheny, I would be over halfway done with the fall semester ... what the fuck?!) where I realized that I have a lot free time on my hands. The idea of writing some form travel blog for the duration of my stay in England (perhaps beyond?) seemed exciting, but time consuming. However, as much as I like an uphill argument, I find myself invariably defeated each time I attempt to enlist the “too busy” argument as an excuse for not embarking on this potentially rewarding blog.

So what will I be writing about? In short, I don’t know, but I’d like to think of this blog as the viewpoint of an American making humorous, yet socially penetrating, observations on the cultural norms surrounding me. This blog probably won’t contain all the crazy stories of the year. I won’t be writing about every time I do drugs off a supermodel’s body, about banging my TA or about one of my mates getting drunk in Amsterdam and fucking a prostitute ... you’ll have to get those stories from me personally (Eh ... maybe I'll sneak a few in, we'll see). Another reason for my choice in form is, frankly, I’m not much of a narrative writer; I’m more of an essayist, so that’s probably what you should expect.

I think the title of this blog “L.A. Wronski: Stud Abroad” is actually fairly relevant on the grounds of 1) I’m arguably a stud (just bear with me) and 2) I’m indisputably abroad and 3) isn’t the play on words with study abroad at least a bit funny? Originally, I wanted to do some sort of play on words with one of my favourite novels “Gulliver’s Travels,” but again I think that sounds more travel-bloggy (a quick heads up, I will make up words when I have to), but I think the idea of Stud Abroad focuses on what it is like to live abroad while simultaneously being a stud (a third heads up, if you’re not reading this and subsequent entries sarcastically, you should ...), which is ultimately what I aim to convey in this blog.

I hope anyone reading this doesn’t feel gypped for reading 400+ words about me starting a blog, as opposed to reading something of actual substance, but bear with me. If you have questions about being abroad and I feel I can adequately answer them in a blog, I will. If you have questions about being a stud, I will direct you to one of my many much more qualified friends to answer and will probably exclude them from the blog. In short, questions comments and feedback are very welcome, for this is a very new process for me and all opinions are relevant.

In short, I’m pretty pumped to be writing this sure-to-be-hilarious blog and hopefully it proves worthwhile to any readers. More entries coming soon ... LW