This isn’t good, this state of mind. Thoughtful classmates are suggesting I take a break. Like, leave town.
I had volunteered to be part of a committee that plans fun surprises for the other MATs, but at today’s meeting I kept saying, —”I want to do something that involves kicking. That, or hitting.”
Here’s a classmate of whom I’m fond. She’s wearing a coat she brought from her homeland.
Here’s a guessing game for you. She’s from:
a) Baja
b) The Amazon rainforest
c) Hawaii
d) Siberia
I got turned down for a Swine Flu vaccine yesterday because I’m too old. People over 49 can’t get the live vaccine because they might keel over and die on the spot, or something like that.
Yesterday Adi & her mommy Lucille came to visit me. It was so great to see them that I started to miss them the second they arrived. It was surrealistic to see friends from Real Life here, sort of like being visited in a mental hospital (I guess). They made me laugh a whole lot. We laughed and sang and made faces and spoke in funny accents. Here’s proof.
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Adi or Lucille: The people who come to my blog are friends, some of them mutual, so if you don’t want this video here, tell me and I’ll rip it out by the roots.
Here are some more pictures. In the second you can see Adi holding my just-completed assignment for Second Language Acquisition. She’s the only person in the world who understands how absurd it is, so I gave it to her. Strangest of all, she actually wanted it.
After Adi and I rubbed noses goodbye (it’s just something we do) and I hugged Lucille a few times and I watched them drive away, I was one sad puppy.
One of my classmates who agrees that I need a vacation suggested I go to the White Mountains in New Hampshire, which is a great idea. My grandparents used to have a cottage there and it would be fun to see if I could find it. To hell with homework deadlines. Time to blow this Popsicle stand before I turn to complete mush.
Hey, you should look up my niece on Lake Winnipesaki or however you spell it. She owns or used to own the Holderness General Store but maybe she doesn’t anymore. Also I got a new cat that looks just like Pup, the other cat. After I thought my neighbor ate Pup but didn’t, I decided that I needed a back-up cat and got one. Your best blog page yet, Gin. You are beginning to grow up. Fuck ’em all and sleep till noon. MBlerimarkle esq.
How very pedagogical of you.
I can’t read the poster that you gave Adi – what does it say? Enlighten me.
I respectfully respect that you do not turn into mush. You’re much prettier as you are, even with those washed-out blue eyes.
ReCaptcha: “139 misfit”. That’s me!
Ginna,
NUMBER ONE I love your friends Adi and Lucille, what a great video…they seem like such fun and eccentric ladies…just my cup of tea
NUMBER TWO You are so not the only one that has no idea what is going on in kiswahili class, I missed you so much in class today. It was awful not having a comrade in my kiswahili ignorance…everyone was speaking in full sentences and I had no idea what was happening, thank god I got to leave “early” at 5:15 to go to work
NUMBER THREE Please dont be creeped out that I discovered your blog, Ryan wanted me to see a video on here and I could not help being nosey and see what else was here
NUMBER FOUR Lets vent together sometime!