Ohio

So I am in Ohio and being in Ohio means that the internet quits working randomly and then I have to restart the computer.
It also means I get to take my dog on walks, and catch up with old friends (one of whom kindly drove me back from the Greyhound Station) and of course spend time with my family.
I watched the Disney movie Mulan with my mom tonight while I studied Chinese. I forgot that I really like that movie! I know it is not historically accurate, but I wonder if it was well received in China anyway...Yao? Any thoughts?

In other news, I love the weather here and being able to see the sky from horizon to horizon without any hills. Not that hills aren't great, but Ohio summer sunsets are really really great. Also, you can see lots of stars at night.
I have been lazy and sleeping a lot. But, as I said before, I started studying Chinese tonight and I'll probably start packing (and continue a studying regimen) tomorrow. I know how to say I was abducted by aliens, which is pretty sweet: 我被外星人绑架过！or, in pinyin if you all want to give the pronunciation a shot: wo bei waixingren bangjiaguo!
And with that, I think I will go take the dog on a walk.

address!

Here is my address in China in English and Chinese:

Associated Colleges in China
Foreign Students Dormitory
Capital University of Economics and Business (CUEB)
Hong Miao, Chaoyang District
Beijing, P.R.China 100026

美国各大学联合汉语中心
留学生宿舍
首都经济贸易大学
红庙，朝阳区
中国，北京 100026

They tell us mail will get to us faster if the address is printed in Chinese (I am not sure if you also need to print it in english so it gets through the US okay, I would guess probably). Thankfully, you can copy and paste it from here and print it and then just paste it onto a letter or something. Not that I'm asking for letters or anything like that. But you know, in case you really really want to send me something...

My life is pretty boring right now...I am mostly just spending as much time as possible working on my brackenridge paper due thursday, and when I'm not working on it I'm worrying about it. It's weird being in Pittsburgh without my stuff and with some of my favorite people home visiting their families, and I'm really looking forward to going back to Ohio for two weeks on Friday morning.

Oh and finally, check out Jake's blog to the left if you want to hear about life in Pittsburgh in addition to St. Petersburg and Beijing.

back to work...ahhhhhhhhhhhh