First time may be the best?

Well, I guess this is a simple introduction to my very first blog! I must say I am not super excited about having one, probably just because I never have had one before and I don't really know if I could seriously commit to one. This blog is really for Honors Lit and Civ II, and I'm hoping I will be able to keep up with it. Shouldn't be too hard right?
Now on to the good stuff: Conversation partners. This is another thing that I am kind of scared about, as I am usually not a huge fan of just meeting new people, so this is definitely going to be something I am going to have to make a conscious effort to take care of. We had our first meeting February 1st and I just have yet to write about it really (I know, I need to work on writing these sooner). My conversation partner's name is Sina Burmeister, and she is from the northern region of Germany. She is studying abroad here and living with her aunt and uncle. She only really knows of one other German student here on campus, so she has a sort of hard time relating to others here at TCU since most students here know little to nothing about German culture. Sina has been able to make friends here though and has come to appreciate the culture here even as she misses the culture back home. For example, Sina frequents Billy Bob's quite often with her friends and says that she really enjoys it even though she occasionally misses the atmosphere that Germany had to offer. Hopefully as we learn more about each other I will gain a greater insight into what that atmosphere and culture is exactly like.
When Sina and I started to talk about humor, I immediately could tell we did not share the same sense of humor (for the most part anyways). I like to laugh at almost anything, while she says that it takes a certain type of humor to appeal to her and make her laugh. Sina is not a huge fan of Youtube and does not often laugh by herself when watching videos or anything of the like, whereas I frequently visit Youtube and watch videos for the sole purpose of laughing and making the day that much better. Sina did say that she often laughs when things happen in person however, and I was even able to coax a few laughs out of her during out conversation. (Ok, so maybe I just think she doesn't laugh that much, but granted it was our first meeting and most first meetings carry a sense of awkwardness. Sina really does like to laugh, just not at my jokes.)
When I asked Sina what the difference was between American and German humor, she had something to say that I thought was really awesome, something that I've been seeing more of during the course of this class. Sina stated "Humor in different places is the same I think, and it depends more on the person than it does the region." I thought this was actually quite true, and the only idea I really have against that is that sometimes the region has an effect only because people are raised to think that kind of humor is what humor truly is. I know that sounds kind of contradictory, but to sum up my thought, "Humor is defined by people's perceptions of situations. Some people think some things are funny, while others would find the same thing boorish. The only effect that regional humor has is to brainwash its inhabitants into a specific definition of what humor is." (This is my own quote, take it as you will!)
With that being said, I almost feel obliged to stick to my perception of humor when it differs from that of others, if only to prevent from conforming to those around me (call it the leftovers of teenage rebellion. Hoping that everyone else who is reading this is having good luck with their blog as well, and that everyone will always find Enough Time in the Day to do what they love most!