30 days remaining

Well, if I plan on returning to Canada on July 15th, and today is June 15th, how long do I have left?

I finally got that Japanese textbook I'd been wanting. It's used for the entirety of 1st-year so I can use it whether I get to skip the introductory course (JAP 100) and go straight to JAP 101 or not. Either way it's an excellent book & I suppose I'll give Foo a boo as well. I'm supposed to acquire, speaking of Foo, a Japanese name for him, but preliminary studies indicate Kenta has stopped attending classes. Clever boy.

I haven't been doing much of anything lately, except skipping the morning to varying degrees as I sleep in. I started writing a farewell address to the choir today; maybe I can get rid of my excess business cards there. Really I have several hundred left so that's wishful thinking in the extreme. I really need to do some packing & figure out how much I need to ship or throw out.

One thing I want to do before I go is write a ballad about Augustin. He's practically a folk hero in the eyes of many exchange students. Michael (from Texas) was the only one Rotary managed to nail, randomly enough, and successfully send home. Some people in other countries have already left for home as scheduled, like one girl from Canada, and have begun to experience "the rebound"--what for some is a dreadful time of not-fitting-in worse than initial 'exchange culture shock.' We'll see about that though.

In the meantime, try to leave a day after the 15th open in your books for some hanging out with me. A social gathering may be in the works, but if not feel free to drop by (recommended course of action: call in advance) for some video games, pool, hackey sack, army of darkness, jamming or just plain chilling. Good luck with exams, those of you still in school, & remember to do a re-write of every single provincial :P rock on