Dijon, April 2010
What can 5 people do in 24 hours ? Honestly - everything. Travel around the world, for instance. Or else, stock up on Red Bull, a selection of exciting texts on Turkish politics, chocolate, cigarettes, a few alarm clocks, and write a research paper on... wait for it !... "Typologie des 25 membres de l'UE selon deux critères : le niveau de soutien à l'UE et le degré de rejet de l'adhésion de la Turquie à l'UE". I know, I know.
The process itself was all a bit of a blur, actually. I just remember getting home at 1 AM with the only word popping into my head every 4 seconds - "thesis". The first years counting hours till the end, some delirious dream about Kemal Ataturk chasing me with a fire extinguisher, us, getting rather sardonic at the end of the paper itself, and even sticking in some "thees" and "dosts", our desperate need of a stapler... Frankly, I'm surprised we didn't decide to end it with "Amen".
And then, at 6 PM, that feeling of relief... And noticing it's warm and sunny, that it's actually spring, and that we're now on vacation. Laughing, running from one room to another, listening to loud, really loud music, stumbling over half-packed suitcases in the middle of the room, ice-cream, completely legitimate laziness, beer with Staind, talking about holiday destinations, and poems, and parties coming up, letting someone listen to songs on the phone, then falling asleep at 3 AM, chatting with your best friend... That can happen in even less than 24 hours.
Luckily for us.
