Visiting the Bulldogs

Happy Thanksgiving!


Being back in the States is kind of bizarre. It is not like the cultural differences are intense, but back where they say p(ah)sta, use paper bills for $1, and measure in miles rather than kilometres is just different. It is not even like I am back home, rather it feels as though I am on vacation to some other part of the world (which technically, I am). I guess I am just adapting very quickly.

Anyways... I returned to the States for one thing : Thanksgiving!


Note: American readers, Canadian Thanksgiving is in place of Columbus Day. Also, to people from other countries, Thanksgiving is a holiday with noble intentions that degenerates to a day of gluttony and celebrating the start of the end of North America's aboriginal population.

I decided to something I have been meaning to do for ages now, visit everyone at Gonzaga University. Kirby has been particularly pushy on her urging me to visit her so that she could get a massage. So, I pushed for it, bought my tickets, and prepared for a three-day adventure. Mind you, the transport here (bus and train) is really slow, meaning that I essentially waste* 24 hours in travel time, to and from.

*waste in every sense of the word because I need to read all of Plato's Republic by Monday (of which I have read most of the first two 'books').

I arrived around midnight to a screaming Mariah and Kirby in Spokane. Since then, I have been chatting with them, giving Kirby a massage, talking to and meeting new people, giving Kirby a massage, looking at campus, wandering around, and giving Kirby a massage. Kirby missed my massages.

There really is not that much to say. I will say this, though : I am glad I went to a secular school, I am glad to be in Canada, I am glad my friends are relatively close, and I am glad that I chose UBC.
I do not mean that Gonzaga is a bad school, quite conversely, it is really good and great for some people, but I am not one of them.


Thank you Kirby and Mariah for being such great friends, and thank you Molly and Brigid for being cool cousins.