Its raining now and it rained all night.
And its the first time I woke up and thought. this city is beautiful

Shopping in this city is unparalleled by any other place in the world…

Fabric:
16 meters (not yards like back home) of top quality threads
~320 rmb (Chinese currency)
about 38 US dollars
comes out to about $2.40/meter

( Shanghai market why are you so good to me? )

I regret not being home to send you all off properly.

Have fun & visit often so the end of my summer doesn’t seem so dismal.
You are all in my thoughts...far far away.

So it still was the longest flight I’ve ever been on but between the bright purple blankets, anime safety instructions before takeoff, free little gray socks and a toothbrush for the ride, and the two empty seats next to me, it turned out not as bad as I was expecting.

Now in Shanghai with not much more than my laptop and the clothes in my tiny ( Read more... )

You all are unforgettable.

Wish me luck in China..

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Update: Anyone who desires Chinese postcards should send me their addresses, seeing as I have none of yours.

I just got my housing assignment this week and oh how easily I fall into spending all my time online looking for info about my dorm.
Not ok.

Find one for your school and become addicted:
http://unofficial.stanford.edu/unofficAial/index.html

I can't believe I got up and went to work yesterday.

I can't believe I stayed there until nine o'clock.

What would I do without my loving Macys coworkers and customers? I can only imagine the state I would be in if I didnt get such crucial advice as "dont move your wrist," "dont get your cast wet," "dont lift anything with that arm," and my personal favorite, "dont hit that against anything today." What would I do without these people?!?! Thank ( Read more... )

Way too much sand in my toes to have come from a moon bounce.

Surgery went well.  Thanks for all the calls guys.

Your loving made me feel better when the vicodin didn’t.

Haha, right…we all know vicodin takes care of everything.

But today in Santa Barbara a homeless man on the side of the street asked if I could spare thirty thousand dollars.  I laughed and then thought about joining him on the curb to put ( Read more... )