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Football Squared

justin — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:11:06 +0000

Almost every bowl game you could have watched over the last few days has been shown on ESPN Asia, I’m happy to report. So I’ve had football on my TV while going about my grading. The English commentators haven’t even been dubbed over. And along with it comes the dramtic FA Cup advertisement that includes the stirring reminder that ‘the Minnows are not about to falter’. Read that again and listen to what you are saying. Yeah, I laughed too.

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Semisweet

justin — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:40:47 +0000

I’m finishing classes. It actually saddens me a little. Both are good things.

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Snow Day

justin — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:46:17 +0000

Snow always makes me happy. But it was even better today because the snow’s arrival was timed almost exactly with my class’s beginning. We struck a wager that if they would stay with me and work hard, we could dismiss a little early to enjoy the snow. So not only was there snow to enjoy, but a good class as well.

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Food. I mean, Friends.

justin — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:19:21 +0000

Karyn found good ice cream at Carrefour, so, we were obviously obliged to buy a lot and have a party. So we did. And it included our cool Japanese neighbors and their native snacks.

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Musicality…ish…ness

justin — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:11:08 +0000

So the Berlin Philharmonic came to see us in Changchun. It was very kind of them. I’m not sure they knew what they were getting into, but we enjoyed it. In our coats and gloves and scarves. In a stadium. Odd, but cool.

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Workout

justin — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:42:57 +0000

My new hobby? Tongue exercises. In an effort to improve my students’ pronunciation, I found tongue exercises for them. And I, of course, must demonstrate them—for every class. My tongue is officially needing a day off. But, boy, can it curl.

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Timeless

justin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:04:45 +0000

You have to love the ‘I have no time to write a message’ message.
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Flippy

justin — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:33:16 +0000

I am now borrowing a better phone than the one I have been borrowing. It’s a flip phone with a colored screen and more common layout and organization. It reminds me of the nice phone I had back in America. And that makes me happy.
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Happy Nap

justin — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:08:29 +0000

I took a nap. And I slept. That doesn’t happen often.
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Afternoon Jaunt

justin — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:00:23 +0000

I made a quick trip downtown today that managed to include a Chinese quarter pounder and a motorcycle laden with bags of ducks. For a moment, St. Ives almost seemed a reality.
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