Friday, April 17, 2009

Andy - International Man of Mystery

If you haven't heard, I'll be attending UC Santa Cruz for grad school next year. Apparently, I was admitted to BU as well, but I missed the boat because the Chinese post is so slow. Having one known choice made the decision-making process a whole lot easier though. These are the guys I intend to work with: http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1086830660&play=1

Things are absolutely nuts on my side of the world. I'm teaching 24 hours a week, not including class prep, and taking 10 hours of Chinese language class. I suck, but whatevs, the classes are free and I'll probably never use the language again after the next three months. I recently picked up a class of Pakistani students as well, but they speak English fluently. Since I don't have anything to teach them, I intend to turn the class into a 2-hour "Whose Line is it Anyway" session with occasional movies. It's pretty sweet when the administration doesn't give a shit. As long as they have an exam, I'm good.

I'm running again (i.e. I've got my fix finally)! Did over 12 miles along the Yellow Sea last week and weirded-out a fair number of locals.

Still, I have basically no social life without Phred and Erin forcing me to go out on weekends. My life consists of work, running, and pirated episodes of Scrubs, The Office, and The Daily Show. I know, it sounds like heaven, but I miss you guys.

I'm still planning on being state-side in mid-July, with a side trip to England and Rwanda in August, before flying to Cali in mid-September. Count me in if anything happens in the northeast.

How do you post photos on this thing?