Power Rangers!!

I really should be asleep, because apparantly I have a job interview in 8 hours...but whatever. Lots of thoughts, not very tired, therefore I shall stay up. I just decided that I'm not very good at this whole travel blog thing...or maybe blog thing in general. My brain just does not hold a train of thought very well at all. And, instead of telling some contiguous story about something that happened to me, I have all these really short stories that I want to tell that don't really have anything to do with each other except that they are things that have happened in my life lately or things I have thought about (can you tell this blog is going to be like that?)

First of all, when I was walking home tonight, there was this group of people that we passed and two of them were dressed vaguely like power rangers, and one of them ran past us making strange noises. And then we passed the rest of them, and the second guy in a power rangers costume was like, "he's not with us". It was good for a laugh.

I just realized that this post is completely capable of being a contiguous story, because all of the stuff I want to write about basically revolves around today, but I'm just not in a state of mind to write it that way, so it's a little helter skelter (which reminds me, my friend Maxime LOVES to sing Beatles songs all through my constitutional law class, whih is pretty much the coolest thing ever. That kid never ceases to make me laugh).

Today, my roommate invited a couple friends over and we had a delicious vietnamese/taiwanese lunch which was prepared by all 5 of us smashed into our tiny kitchen and it was AMAZING. Wei Ching's friend is from Vietnam, so she came over to make nem, which are fried spring rolls, and then Wei Ching made soup and...BOBA. It was so exciting, although she kind of hadn't cooked it all the way, but I didn't even care. For those of you who don't know, boba are these little balls of tapioca, and you put them in drinks and they are just really amazing and I love them. It's actually a specialty from Taiwan, but has gotten pretty popular in the states, but basically does not exist here. Except that Wei Ching's friend had some from Taiwan. YES. Basically, lunch was a giant success and made for a really great afternoon.

EVERYTHING smells like cigarettes. Seriously, every time I go out I come home reeking of cigarette smoke. It's in my hair and my clothes and it's just icky. Even after a nice long shower and clean PJs, I can still smell it. Berk! I cannot WAIT until January when the smoking ban goes into effect (sorry Napoleon, I know you are anti smoking bans, and as much as I love you, I do not appreciate having my entire wardrobe smell like smoke).

Despite the unfortunate odor that comes from going out, I have been having a lot of fun on those occasions when I go out. Tonight, I went out with Wei Ching, her friend Mathilde, and Mathilde's friend, whose name I never completely got. Anyway, we just went to this bar to hang out and have a beer and watch the soccer game (France v Ukraine...which ended in a tie and was really a pathetic, very uneventful game). It was a nice little girl's night out, and I think it will become a weekly tradition. Yay!

OH! They are opening a Starbucks in Lyon soon. Honestly, I am not sure how I feel about this, but I do have to say that I really miss big lattes and cafe's with big comfy couches. Silly, I know, but it's one very american thing that I miss. I mean, there is only so much pleasure that you can get out of a cup of coffee that is gone in two sips. Even if it's really good coffee.

Um...I think that is all of the discongruousness that I can think of for now. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!!!!

*MUAH*