I'm not unemployed anymore - I actually have a very fabulous job as a preschool teacher with the University of Michigan child care centers. But I'm still posting, albeit a little more irregularly, and I don't want to ignore the personal progress I've made since starting this blog by renaming it.

Blog inspiration: I read 48 States in 48 Days by Paul Jury in the summer of 2011. It was fabulous...although he planned way less for his roadtrip than I would have. And at the same time, my lovely Anna was constantly reminding me that our lives were awesome, despite the fact that we didn't have job prospects, new cars, boyfriends/husbands, houses, etc., like so many people we knew. So, in an effort to appreciate my life and the crazy uncertainty that it is, I started writing this blog about the little adventures I have. (And by "writing a blog," I mean "making a list" because I make lists, not narratives.) Even if there isn't a BIG adventure that happens every day, I try to find at least one thing to list :)

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Magic Power (Feb 15)

  • We learned magic as one of our lectures today! It was really fun: the tricks were doable, but also the lecturer was a very nicely dressed Asian man and was very charismatic and funny. He kept saying things were "Simple...but effective." And he told us that if we messed up part of our trick, "The next step is very easy. Stand up. Walk out the door." He was also a lecturer today, so it was fun to have him again.
  • I hung out with Monique and Richard for most of the day (classes, meals, Norebang) and they are fantastic, which made life much better today :)
  • There was an epic Wednesday night party last week so another was organized for this week. Highlights included:
    • Norebang - We sang BSB (of course), along with Whitney Houston, Gaga and "Summer Nights" from Grease. Also, after a few beverages, I went into another singing room where there was a group of Koreans. One of the girls kept saying "____, ____!" which means "pretty"...she liked my hair! She even told her boyfriend how pretty I was and he agreed! Then he fed me peaches. We hugged a lot and then I went back to our room.
    • Ice cream - FINALLY. And it was ice cream on the top and sorbet on the bottom!
    • Dance party/hanging out in the common room - Everyone went down there after returning from Norebang, so there were so many people down there. It was totally great AND...
    You know, just hangin with
    Daniel Radcliffe and Matthew Lewis ;)
    • Finally meeting some people I've seen around but hadn't gotten to talk to yet. Yay for new friends!
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