I got a wee package in the mail

Just to let you know, because some people are interested in that sort of thing. Especially appreciated (of what I've checked so far) are the hacks, Maclean's magazine, Brad-mixed CD & DVD of Devin's vidz. Especially cool was finally seeing "the Mannta" & getting a good look at the rocking abilities of Alleah's boyfriend, Sean.

Today, we had some sort of meeting where we got to mess our timetables. Kenta just dropped a block of Scout so he could have time to practise his Japanese thing every day at school. Alex & Ivan totally massacred theirs, making a crazy amount of time for what is called "going around and speaking Chinese." I advocated for a calligraphy class & got it -- two hours Monday morning starting next week. Booya, we'll see if I can catch up with Scott & Kaylee though. I'm studying that with Alex & Ivan, mind you, but Kenta won't be because he has already done some in Japan. I hope the other two don't impair my learning-to-calligraphy-awesome ability.

Also, this one lady said she'd teach me Chinese/practise speaking with me, at least two hours a week, starting tomorrow. With my favourite learning tool, children's books! Oh, how I strongly like children's literature. Namely because it has bopomo so I can read it aloud, & also because there's this random grammatical character I always see but never hear people say which I hope to learn. More updates on that as they develop. Might be able to get "Three Principles of the People" (三民主義 san min zhuyi a distinctively Taiwanese thing) & some drum time as well, though that wasn't decided. As it is I'm happy. Also, winter break is apparently 3 or 4 weeks long. w00t

All in all, rock on everyone. I hope people (whether they observe religious, consumer-capitalist, statutory, or pagan-astrological events this time of year) keep in the spirit of the season, cease any douche-like behavior, & be friends with your friends. At least, that's how I would put it. I've been saying "douche" a lot lately. Also, today we practised at 師大 (shida) again, but we won't be on Friday. Which is bad, because we are so not prepared. Still there is a week & a bit left, which means many an hour of practise time. Music teacher spoke highly of me again today.

Also randomly, music classes are supposed to be putting on parts from musicals next semester, which could be really cool or suck a lot. Tomorrow, I hope to do swimming in PE and cook in Scout, so it should be quite fun. If I can find my bathing suit. :p K out