Random Collection of Thoughts

Two in a row what?

Since i haven't blogged in a long time, it feels like, i have a lot of random little things to share! which aren't quite on the level of the stuff i just talked about.

• I didn't come in expecting to see advertisements on the side of the road for American TV. However, i've seen some, which is kind of interesting, and it's kind of funny that the only show i've seen advertised here is Prison Break. You might recall the T-Bag pictures on the side of the van in my last post.. i caught Wentworth Miller on a banner, too. haha..

• I kissed a giraffe!!!! hahahahaha. Kristine did too and it was pretty awesome. Their tongues are a little over a foot long, and they're actually kind of rough. They eat leaves from the acacia tree, which has super long and super sharp thorns, so their saliva acts as an antiseptic for them, which is kinda handy.

• I've gotten hurt a lot these past two days. Bumped myself on the chin with my camera, got hit in the cheek accidentally, got a burn from the cords we used for the signs in the drama, and this morning, when we were trying to watch the sunrise, i touched the electric fence. haha...

• I LEARNED SNAPS!! Finally. I think April and Laura introduced it to me two years ago? on a bus to/from Mt. Hermon. And it was really frustrating. It was still really frustrating, but i got it this time! woo hoo.

• About 700 of those 3000 pictures that i've taken so far were taken yesterday on the safari.

• So.. many of us are Asian. And when we're passing through the slums (etc), we get "Chinese?" shouted at us a lot. I think it boggles their minds that there are Asian people from the States, because it's kind of like "oh" when we tell them where we're from. And there've been a lot of times when the kids come up to us (daniel+jesse+me) and go "Jackie Chan!" or "Jet Li!" or "Bruce Lee!". I got the Shaolin Soccer guy (Stephen Chow) once, which was kind of cool. (he has the same name as me! sound-wise. And me and Jack were talking about him the other day!)

I think that's all for now. 2ish days left.. !

- steven