tonight i was watching sense and sensibility when i chipped a tooth biting my nails. it made me realize that i haven't used a nail clipper in over 10 years, ever since i got my braces off. um...yeah. luckily it was a really small piece that broke off. sometimes it seems like my teeth and nails keep trying to detach themselves.

i liked sense and sensibility a lot, at least a lot more than when we were forced to watch it in high school, when i was a bit traumatized by seeing alan rickman play such an old and worn-down character. healthy amounts of awkwardness and tragicness (sweeter than tragedy) scattered throughout.

i've been starting to subconsciously count down the time i have left here, which is odd since i still have another 4 months or so. maybe cause january seemed to go by so fast. i'm gonna miss this country, with all its quirks. for example, a few weeks ago there was a nytimes article about a small riot (i forget where) caused by a government official picking on a local porter. my favorite part was that after the incident became publicized, the government instructed the official to tell the media that he was a fruit vendor instead of a government official. pure (comedic) genius!

porter: ...and then he threatened to pay 15,000 kuai to hire a hitman to have me and my entire family killed.
media: is he really that well-connected and well-off?
official: i, um, sold a lot of apples last year.

go eagles! stick it to the patriots, it's time that new england sports fans remembered how to suffer.