Today is the day. I’ve been packing, cheering, studying, worrying, sweating, networking, interwebs-searching, excitedly anticipating, and fundraising for this day for a while now. It’s the day I embark on my most epic of adventures thus far: to serve as a Kiva Fellow in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
But during all this time of daydreaming what I will see when stepping off of the plane in Cameroon, its new and foreign culture, I neglected to appreciate the other two cultures I would experience first: New Jersey and Brussels. Immediately upon landing in Newark at 6:00am local time this morning, the flight attendant greeted us over the intercom. It wasn’t until I heard her delicious accent that it dawned on me: holy crap! I’m in Jersey!
This is what came to mind (forgive the terrible quality):
Do you guys remember when SNL was actually cool? When Dana Carvey preached his Church Lady preachings and Chris Farley wooed us with his humility? I certainly do. Maybe it wasn’t ever really cool…. but I was dorky enough not to care.
Anyhow, my day hanging out in the Newark airport was less than exciting, so I’ll only remark on two things.
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New Jersey tap water is really tasty.
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To the woman who was smoking in the last Terminal C bathroom: shame on you.
Next stop- Brussels!
Yay New Jersey! Our tap water is some of the best in the country.
And agreed, I love that SNL sketch. Keep up the very insightful postings, Natalie!
oh dang, i forgot that you’re a Jersey Girl! Is it weird I’m looking forward to my Newark layover in June? hahaha
My favorite SNL skit ever. “Bronx Beat” doesn’t hold a candle.
hahahaha. I almost forgot about that one!