Post-Thailand Post

I've just finished this ridiculously long post-program survey for the Thailand program (only 1 week late!), and although I was lovely and loquacious for most of it, I thought you all might enjoy the slightly tired, slightly snarky slide show I had to put together. The general theme was "Demonstrate, with photos or video, your Academic, Social, and Personal learning." Or something like that.



It's late and I'd go to bed but it's Thursday night in Westwood which means the drunk parade will be shouting outside my window for quite a bit longer. Just the other night some dumb people decided to have an impromptu late night bonfire, made of cardboard boxes and various pieces of discarded street furniture. I heard the strange noise through my open window, and deciding that it wasn't rain (too much of a point sound source) and not smelling the smoke yet I wondered, "Why the hell is someone rolling around in bubble wrap?!" such was the snap-crackle-pop of the event. Your mind makes strange conclusions too when it's tired, I'm sure. Eventually, though, the smoke drifted through the window, and I was reminded of Christmas and Wintery things while the firetrucks rolled up, bleeping and flashing their lights. Ah, the smell of summer, or at least stupidity.

I shall be quite glad to move out of the more populated side of Westwood, when that time comes in about a week. My other ongoing gripes about LA aside, it's noisy, dirty, and quite shoddy. Parking's a nightmare, homeless people rummage through the recycling bins, brown water comes out of our faucets in the morning, and we have cockroaches in our kitchen. Stylish student digs, indeed!