Odds and Ends

What have I been up to lately? Walked about 4.5 hours today, that was pretty good. I revisited three language schools to regive them my resume and retell them to give me a job. They were kind of all over town and trying to save money so I just figured I would walk it. Then Julia moved into an apt across the moat, so I walked there to see it and meet her for dinner. Took me 55 min one way, but I had 'Wait Wait Don't Tell Me' (my favorite podcast of all time, a humorous weekly news quiz show...on NPR...yes, I am dork, I know.) for the way there and some TSwift for the way back. Though I was getting pretty into it ('You belong to meeeeeeeeee') on the way back, and I am pretty sure that I accidently started singing out loud, which looking back, would explain some of the looks I was getting from the Thai's I passed on the street.

Also got my first haircut in Asia today. Before I had been shaving my head, but since my clippers broke, I had to get to a real one. So I was waiting till the hair on top was long enough to lay down so I could just get the sides clippered and finally today was the day. I figured the odds were 70/30 of them screwing it up and me just telling them to reshave it, but they actually did a decent job. It was pretty funny though, I walked in and there were three Thai women sitting in there who obviously worked there, and when I asked for a haircut one of them yelled something in the back till this man came out. This place is right next to my guesthouse and I walk past it multiple times every day and I don't think I have ever seen this guy in there, but I walk in and he appears out of nowhere! Like they keep him around just so he can cut men's hair when they come in. :) But through hand motions and finger scissoring, I made him realize what I wanted, and he did a good job. Also, I was thinking, I don't know if I have ever had my hair cut by a man before. At Great Clips or Cheap Haircut Chain X that I usually go to, its pretty much always women. But not in Thailand.

Not much else is new...no ants since my room was cleaned (knock on wood!), but I have been very careful not to have open food at all in my room. If I have snacks, I make sure I eat it all on my balcony and throw away the wrappers in the garbage can outside my room. I have started downloading movies lately, just watched Sherlock Holmes and Up In The Air, both of which I liked. Up next is the Hurt Locker or the Princess and the Frog. And reading Yiddish Policeman's Union, by the same author as The Adventures of Caviler and Klay...having trouble getting into it, but I think I'm going to like it. Ok time for bed, take care everyone, good luck with the cold!

TPWWLT - TSwift 'You Belong With Me' (She is single now ya know...)