i'm into this video. ("Reverse Graffiti : Graffiti ao contrário" - nothing to do with turkey.)
a few new things i'm experiencing for the first time in my life:
- growing out/dealing with longer hair (this is a bigger deal than one might think)
- exercising with a rowing machine
- actually, really attempting to exercise/jog regularly
- really feeling the significance/difference of my (culturally american?) individualistic mindset, particularly in regards to gender performance and specifically amongst my mostly female co-workers
- TEXT MESSAGING allthetime
- feeling uncomfortable/embarrassed of my body/lack of "turkish" style, especially while wandering around the super-cool kızılay area of ankara (i don't even wanna think about istanbul)
- grocery shopping as a weekly highlight. . .
- . . .and developing a soda-water-habit (which i just recently "got" after being puzzled my whole life over the whole carbonated water thing) - - - especially cherry-flavored. and also getting good at opening bottles without bottle openers.
classes start tomorrow. . .and teaching officially begins thursday!
2 comments:
for me, growing out my hair (which i am also currently doing) is emotionally exhausting. let me know if you need support. also, don't invest in horse shampoo (said to promote hair growth), it will just turn your hair into straw. you might, however, want to check out the peanut butter solution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Peanut_Butter_Solution
oh, p.s. the main theme of the peanut butter solution is to not put any down your pants.
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