My honors advisor, Pete Coviello, has been one of my closest friends here. Professors Jaffe and Turner in the Spanish department are very good. Tricia Welsch, of Film Studies, and Paul Franco, of Government, always seem up for a good conversation. Discuss the differences between living in Utah and Maine. The main difference between Maine and Utah is that Maine is cool.
Maine has more trees and water and sensible, open-minded people.
Everything back east feels older. My parents are from Maine, and they moved back last summer, which was perfect timing because we could keep our Utah residency long enough to enter the citizens' lottery for 2002 Olympic tickets, but we established Maine residency early enough get the cheaper, in-state duck stamps and deer tags. I do miss Utah's sunsets and Mexican food. I miss Snowbird more than anything. The skiing here in Maine is pretty far away, but at least there's bad snow when you get there.