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 :)

Friday, February 17, 2012

Up Late At Night Again

  • So many bruises on my knees...
  • As I was going to bed last night, I watched the last episode of BBF again. It was so amazing (apparently I'd forgotten) so when I was talking to Anna, I told her she HAD to wait for me to be available in order to watch it because I wanted to see her reactions. But she was on 24 (the 2nd to last one) and didn't want to stop...so I stayed up with her. Best decision EVER! She related in all the right places and it was basically like we were together, watching it. And the stupid episode is so darn cute that we both practically cried. It was totally worth it, even if I did only get 4 hours of sleep :D
  • One of the lecturers we had today was totally boss. First of all, he was dressed fantastically - he looked very attractive and way younger than 39 (totally shocked when he said that was how old he was). Secondly, he talked about a really fascinating subject: basically, the conventions that we take for granted as English-as-a-first-language speakers can be huge roadblocks for ESL or EFL speakers. Thirdly, he had the best stories:
    • He met his first friend and Charles spoke Korean and his friend spoke English, but they just laughed and played together anyways.
    • After his family moved from Korea to Hawaii, his teacher read him Where the Wild Things Are. He said that as a 6-yr-old who didn't know English, it was the most amazing sensation...and then clarified: "Up until then...not since. But I won't go into details." Hahaha :)
    • On learning semantics over pronunciation: He learned "So?" after an older student came to his group of friends bragging about his new Gameboy. When Charles' bigger friend said "So?" to him, he realized that that was a tough phrase, a good one to know. "From then on, I became a very cocky boy." He also learned "What about it?" when the same older student came back a second time. Charles said "So?" to him, so his friends were patting him on the back and saying to the boy, "Yeah! What about it?" He used it as "Whataboutit?" but used it nonetheless and "became an even cockier boy."
    • (At the end of the lecture) Now you might be thinking "'Ah, I have the goodies for the rest of the year!' And yes, you do."
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