Victorious!! Give me Pocky or give me death!
Wonders will never cease . . . I actually got the grant I applied for so I am going to PERU!! I literally jumped/hopped around the room when I opened the letter. Admittedly I convinced myself it was bad news, before I even opened it. Thin letters do not bode well, but this time a lot of money came in a small envelope. Anyway, after my happy dance of pecuniary joy, I made the obligatory call my mom.
She realizes I'm under stress, but I feel guilty not calling her. She's been going through a rough spot lately, today would be the anniversary of her and dad's marriage. I think it has been 12 years since he died, and I know she's still not over his loss. Well, frankly none of us ever really got over his death. My brother and I just built impenetrable mental fortifications around that little part of our minds.
A fire alarm in Willow spared me the tongue lashing I know my mother had waiting for me. Slightly peeved and slightly thankful, I got to take my newly found Pocky out and spread the news of my victory to Josh, Matt, and Jim.
Oh yeah speaking of pocky(yummmmmy), for my Anthropology of food class we ferreted out all these strange little ethnic food places because we were supposed to compile a list of all the fruits and veggies available with their place of domestication. We found a bunch of great Asian food markets where we tripped over a serious language barrier, but we still got great candy =) . . . worship the lychee!! And I don't care what anyone else says dried squid kicks ass!!
She realizes I'm under stress, but I feel guilty not calling her. She's been going through a rough spot lately, today would be the anniversary of her and dad's marriage. I think it has been 12 years since he died, and I know she's still not over his loss. Well, frankly none of us ever really got over his death. My brother and I just built impenetrable mental fortifications around that little part of our minds.
A fire alarm in Willow spared me the tongue lashing I know my mother had waiting for me. Slightly peeved and slightly thankful, I got to take my newly found Pocky out and spread the news of my victory to Josh, Matt, and Jim.
Oh yeah speaking of pocky(yummmmmy), for my Anthropology of food class we ferreted out all these strange little ethnic food places because we were supposed to compile a list of all the fruits and veggies available with their place of domestication. We found a bunch of great Asian food markets where we tripped over a serious language barrier, but we still got great candy =) . . . worship the lychee!! And I don't care what anyone else says dried squid kicks ass!!