Bought a borrowed suit and learned to dance

For once I'm actually going to blog about a day right after it happens. This should be pretty regal!

1) Wondered around campus a bit today. Had my iPod in for part of the walk, but realized I was hearing some other kind of music also. So, off with The Smiths, and I hear what sounds like a band rehearsing upstairs in the gym. So, I climb the stairs thinking I'll just peak in, see what's what and then disappear. I walk into what seems to be a reglass jam session with some students. Acoustic guitars, bongo drums and a few singers. Several other students were sitting and listening, so I sat down for awhile and just listened. A few students started asking me questions, and I had to leave shortly after, but for a little bit it was nice to be anonymous and just hear some music.

2) My roommate Lauren and I went to Taipei, and I got a haircut. Yes. I did. Really. And I LOVE it. *Begin vain chat* No really, I like it tons. It's shorter than I thought it would be, and the amazing hair stylist gave me lots of crap about how I shouldn't be dying my hair I should let the natural color grow because it's pretty. That's not happening, but he was amazing and the overall experience was great. Diggin' the hair, too. A little past shoulder length, choppy bob with swoopy bangs. Yep! *End of vanity...except not because you're reading a BLOG*

3) We also did some night market shopping, and I got a bunch of jewelry, a few gifts (Andrew Moyer and Gavin Weiser, ya'll are going to die of happiness).

4) I took Lauren to the Heineken bar near the Jihe Teaching Hotel where we all stayed with the class. A few things: The waiter recognized me. He immediately brought the tiny cups to drink from and two beers. Lauren says it's the best food she's had her whole time here. So, GREAT SUCCESS EDHE 832 SEC. 2. That's right, got the course number memorized. I'm that real.

5) Being here is sometimes like being two people in one body. Part of me is here, experiencing stuff and doing things, enjoying it or learning from it or both or neither. But part of me is in South Carolina, Mississippi and Tennessee thinking about those places and people and missing it all the time.