March 29, 2005

• topic: some informal thoughts

  First…I just found out the John Butler Trio, one of my new favorite bands, is playing tonight on the Late Show w/ David Letterman. for those of you w/ late bedtimes…i’d highly recommend watching!!!

  Thanks Cheryl for the books to read. I think you’ve offered me some good advice about providing my students w/ some choices, but to give them freedom to choose, and to let them teach me what they want to learn, or perhaps, just what they want to do.

  I also appreciated the comment about starting a travel company focussing on food culture. I’m entering a stage where i’m less about what i want to do, and how i wish the world looked, and more on, “how can i make some cash.” I think my career lies in working for an organization that takes people around so they experience culture.

  I went to STA travel today, just to get some travel ideas, and they handed my friend and I travel brochures for guided tours. I said, “I won’t pay for someone to show me around when i can possibly get more out of a place myself, but I’d love to get paid showing others around.” So, yeah, i think moving into the travel profession is in the cards.

  I walked around by Harvard all day today w/ my friend who is trying to be a musician/producer. He’s teaching himself lots of Dyland and Beatles, and practices hours a day getting his technique and theory down. Some of his music has been described as “conceptual art,” I kind of get what he’s saying, his music is full of lyrics about art, full of references to old movies and such. I don’t get what he does, but I get that he’s doing it. He’s a great guy to be around because we get along so well and have identical views about life, but have many different interests.

  We also had an afternoon beer, 4pm on a Tuesday. I just realized that drinking a beer at 4pm on a Tuesday falls right in line w/ my vision for London Day, a national holiday where everyone drinks a beer on Tues. at 4pm. Cheers!

  My friend and I have been discussing travelling this fall. First Hawaii, I liked Central and South America, and today we toyed w/ Europe. Sure…I’ve been to Europe, sure, it’s not the cheapest continent, but there’s still pleanty of reasons for us to go there and explore. We liked the idea of walking slowly through France, see Cinque Terra in Italy. That would be great…since I didn’t get to see that when I was abroad, and I’d hate to feel like Europe was “closed,” just because I’ve already been there. Maybe we’d rent a car, find random jobs or girls to live with!!! Oh…the mind is racing.

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