We watched that music video in my Tingli (Listening) class a LOT. And this iteration seems to be the VH1 Pop-Up Video version with people, places, and translated subtitles plus pinyin. It's super-deluxe! (The translations make the lyrics seem really awkward, even though they seem to be true to the words. I guess it's one of those things where the flow gets lost in translation. In Chinese, it's a very cute song.)
Today I tried to make an appointment with my academic advisor, but the list that should have been on his office door was not. I asked the intern at the desk, and she agreed that there should be a list, but there wasn't anything she could do about it, and he, of course, was out.
Then I walked over to the on-campus Starbucks (surprisingly less dangerous than you would think for me) in order to drop off Velvet Elvis and Blue Like Jazz for Edith (and probably Eryn) to read. I hung around the counter talking to E and E for over an hour. My friend Patrick was also working, so we all had a good chat. I'm hoping to go to Portland on Spring Break with E and E. That is, if things work out money-wise. (Last year they road-tripped to Boston to see a band play and stopped at every coffeeshop between here and there.)
They're moving to Chicago after the spring semester so Edith can go to U of Illinois's Physical Therapy school. That's like watching a carnival move on to the next town. I'm sure to miss them. Eryn's going with because they're best friends, and jobs happen everywhere. I think it's kind of sweet.
I wanted to hang out with my fledgling friend, Ryan, but we didn't sync up. I think he called me (unknown number), but my phone would not communicate back to that number. I tried calling several times, and I texted, but it all bounced. I'll try again tomorrow, maybe.
This weekend is Hallowe'en, and I feel a bit of a fuddy-duddy because I am not dressing up or really celebrating. I just don't feel it. I kind of don't want to celebrate the night when spirits have free reign. Even if I don't believe in that kind of spiritual free-for-all, I definitely believe in malevolent spirits, and I'd like to not celebrate them. I know Fall Fests and stuff are springing up, and they're fine, but I don't know.
You know what else I don't know? This election. You know that margin of swayable voters CNN and Fox News keeps squalling about? It's me. The problem, of course, is that I think both party nominees are fatheads, and it puts me in the predicament of not wanting to support anyone. And I don't believe in voting "against" someone by voting for their opponent. Votes are all affirmative. That's how it works. Who knew responsible civics was so taxing? Pun intended.
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Lest I forget to mention it, I have a new job working for San Francisco Bread Company here in Conway. It's a café, coffeeshop, and bakery, and I'll be working in the front taking orders, making drinks, etc. I hope I enjoy it. The pay is a lot less than my other job (which I am not quitting, since I don't really work anyway), but I don't have to burn half a tank to get there, either, so it easily evens out.
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