{"id":22701,"date":"2010-06-02T07:55:16","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T05:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/?p=22701\/"},"modified":"2017-01-21T05:09:06","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T05:09:06","slug":"comment-time-is-running-out-for-me-in-copenhagen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/comment-time-is-running-out-for-me-in-copenhagen\/","title":{"rendered":"Comment: Time is running out for me in Copenhagen"},"content":{"rendered":"

The reality, as odd and counter-productive as it sounds, is that as international students we shape our identity around our impermanence. We know we\u2019re leaving, and as much as we\u2019d like to pretend like we immerse ourselves completely into the culture without the hindrance of anchors to other places, the knowledge that this is all temporary gnaws at us and has us counting down days even when we don\u2019t want to. <\/p>\n

Read an interview with Karen here. <\/a><\/p>\n

Pushing boundaries<\/h2>\n

I hadn\u2019t realized this until I questioned why I seem to have this obsession with my flight back to Arizona \u2013 I mention it constantly, and the things I do get more and more reckless and daring, and I\u2019m pushing boundaries and trying things I wouldn\u2019t have tried three months ago because there\u2019s a deadline, a finish line, some looming \u00bbend\u00ab that keeps waving at me from closer and closer distances. <\/p>\n

I realize now that because I know I\u2019m leaving, I have this overwhelming need to create an impression \u2013 a legacy, as stupid as that sounds \u2013 because I\u2019d like to think that I maybe left a little something to remember for Denmark, and not just the other way around. If someone told me today that I was, after all, not leaving in August, I would lose that. I\u2019d be a person who wasn\u2019t just fleeting. I\u2019d have to put down anchors and move my roots. I\u2019d be clueless.<\/p>\n

See article Coming home is the real culture shock<\/em> here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Colourless anticipation<\/h2>\n

I don\u2019t fixate on leaving because I want to leave, but I don\u2019t necessarily fixate on it because I completely dread it. It\u2019s pure anticipation \u2013 entirely neutral, colourless anticipation that keeps me looking ahead and saying things like \u00bbI won\u2019t be here for that\u00ab when I hear about Copenhagen in September, or November.<\/p>\n

The anticipation is just an expectation of change \u2013 pretty much the only thing that makes youth and growing older any fun at all. Change is as exciting as it is terrifying, but it gives us something to look forward to, even if it\u2019s not necessarily for good or bad reasons. It keeps things interesting when being stagnant is the enemy. <\/p>\n

See article Copenhagen didn\u2019t live up to fairy tale <\/em> here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Claws and teeth<\/h2>\n

The whole idea of leaving is far enough in the future to be faceless and still unthreatening, but close enough to be in my peripheral almost all the time. I won\u2019t start seeing the claws and the teeth and the stuff that makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up until I can smell the jet fuel of the 747 and feel the weight of my carry-on bags. \t<\/p>\n

That\u2019ll be when it starts ripping at my insides and I know it because it has before, and sometimes I can still feel the scars when I hear a song from my junior year in England.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t figure out if this is all a bad thing of a good thing or just a thing that always happens and I can\u2019t change, but I guess everything makes a little more sense with time \u2013 and time always runs out.<\/p>\n

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We know we\u2019re leaving, and as much as we\u2019d like to pretend like we immerse ourselves completely into the culture without the hindrance of anchors to other places, the knowledge that this is all temporary gnaws at us and has us counting down days even when we don\u2019t want to. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"Node\/5711\" target=\"_blank\">Read an interview with Karen here. <\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Pushing boundaries<\/h2>\n<p>I hadn\u2019t realized this until I questioned why I seem to have this obsession with my flight back to Arizona \u2013 I mention it constantly, and the things I do get more and more reckless and daring, and I\u2019m pushing boundaries and trying things I wouldn\u2019t have tried three months ago because there\u2019s a deadline, a finish line, some looming \u00bbend\u00ab that keeps waving at me from closer and closer distances. <\/p>\n<p>I realize now that because I know I\u2019m leaving, I have this overwhelming need to create an impression \u2013 a legacy, as stupid as that sounds \u2013 because I\u2019d like to think that I maybe left a little something to remember for Denmark, and not just the other way around. If someone told me today that I was, after all, not leaving in August, I would lose that. I\u2019d be a person who wasn\u2019t just fleeting. I\u2019d have to put down anchors and move my roots. I\u2019d be clueless.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"Node\/5708\" target=\"_blank\">See article <em>Coming home is the real culture shock<\/em> here.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Colourless anticipation<\/h2>\n<p>I don\u2019t fixate on leaving because I want to leave, but I don\u2019t necessarily fixate on it because I completely dread it. It\u2019s pure anticipation \u2013 entirely neutral, colourless anticipation that keeps me looking ahead and saying things like \u00bbI won\u2019t be here for that\u00ab when I hear about Copenhagen in September, or November.<\/p>\n<p> The anticipation is just an expectation of change \u2013 pretty much the only thing that makes youth and growing older any fun at all. Change is as exciting as it is terrifying, but it gives us something to look forward to, even if it\u2019s not necessarily for good or bad reasons. It keeps things interesting when being stagnant is the enemy. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/universitypost.dk\/article\/copenhagen-didn-t-live-fairy-tale\" target=\"_blank\">See article <em> Copenhagen didn\u2019t live up to fairy tale <\/em> here.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Claws and teeth<\/h2>\n<p>The whole idea of leaving is far enough in the future to be faceless and still unthreatening, but close enough to be in my peripheral almost all the time. I won\u2019t start seeing the claws and the teeth and the stuff that makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up until I can smell the jet fuel of the 747 and feel the weight of my carry-on bags. \t<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019ll be when it starts ripping at my insides and I know it because it has before, and sometimes I can still feel the scars when I hear a song from my junior year in England.<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t figure out if this is all a bad thing of a good thing or just a thing that always happens and I can\u2019t change, but I guess everything makes a little more sense with time \u2013 and time always runs out.<\/p>\n<p>universitypost@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you have a good story? We would like to <a href=\"http:\/\/universitypost.dk\/article\/how-share-stories-university-post\" target=\"_blank\">hear from you<\/a>. 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