Sina (7th meeting)

     On Thursday night, Sina came to my room to chat. She told me everything that happened within the last few weeks since I've seen her. One major thing she did in that time was get her belly button pierced! I asked her why she did that and she said, "Because I got a coupon from TCU saying I could get it done for $10!" I thought that was really strange, but didn't say anything. When I asked her if it hurt, she said, "Yeah, but not too bad. I would never get a tatto, though." I guess tattoos hurt more than piercings? I wouldn't know. Then she told me about how she "is a roll." When I asked her what she meant by that, she said she was "rolling everywhere." I finally figured out she meant that she felt bloated from eating so much Halloween candy last night! She went trick or treating with her cousin, uncle and uncle's brother. She didn't have a pumpkin 'basket' to collect candy from trick or treating, but her cousin let her share his candy. :) Her costume was really cool...she wore a wig and a pink outfit. She didn't know what she was, so I decided to give her the name "Pink Fairy Princess." She laughed and said, "I love it!"

     Next we discussed group projects and how much we loathe them (sometimes). At the beginning of the year, all of her peers were trying and focused on learning English, but their motivation has quickly died down. She says they "aren't trying" and she always ends up having to do all of the work. I commiserated and we found something else that we have in common. After we finished discussing these very important topics, she asked me to explain what SAC (Senseless Acts of Comedy) is. I had decided to invite her to see SAC (which performs every Thursday night at 9:00) with one of my roommates and me. I didn't tell her my reasoning behind the invite. I wanted to see if she laughed as much as I do...if she "got it" and decided to use her as a case study...in the nicest way possible. I was pleased with the results. The show was hilarious as always, but alas, she didn't laugh as much as the rest of our peers in the auditorium. Her favorite part was the skit where 3 improvisors joined together as a body with 3 heads. Each of them were only allowed to say 1 word and they had to participate in a conversation with each other. It was really funny (especially when one of the 'heads' said four words), and she laughed a lot there. At the end, she singled out three of the improvisors as her favorites and stated that one of them reminded her of one of her friends in Germany! I wonder if she is homesick... Overall, I hope she enjoyed it. It was good to see Sina again...we've both been very busy, so we hadn't been able to meet in a while. I'm glad we got a chance to catch up.