language barriers -> joys

A friend of mine is in China teaching English.
He received the following email from a student:
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I'm Dick.This is my E-mail address.I think you are very funny.I love people who can tell many interisting tings to me.I think you are my teacher,also are my friend.My

classmates were all like you.Do you remember Paul,the boy can walk spacewalk.He is my best friend,we like playing basketball.Do you know,I was a member of the school volleyball team.I like playing volleyball.Do you like it?By the why,where do you live in Chengdu,If we have time,We will take you sightseeing in Chengdu.

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My dad runs a translation company, so I am acutely aware of poor translations. However, to be honest, I am attune to both the barriers and the opportunities of language differences.
Here's my friend in a foreign place, with different customs and words. But in putting himself there, he opens himself up to opportunities to connect with different types of people.
And the student! The student writes in a vulnerable way which Americans would by shy to near in their communication. This welcomes my friend into the otherwise obscure world of the student in such a raw way.
Does any of that analysis make sense?
I can't put into words how joyful I think this is

happy

hello faithful followers!

so i just wanted to share that my Dutch aunt just sent me vintage cocktail dresses from Luxembourg.
They're soooo cool and I will put up pics soon.

Saw my parents again today and they gave me flowers (what did i say about flowers?!?!)

Also, I made whey, cream cheese, yogurt, butter and buttermilk today.

So yes. dresses + love + flowers + happy dairy products = happy X

But the greatest of these is LOVE!

hoping to make my midnight bed time ;)

red bull

blogs are for procrastinating
e.g. wasting time

Yesterday I witnessed a scandal.
I was slightly late for my 3:30pm Quantitative Models in Finance class. Walking down McCormick Road, just before the gates, I saw a police car pull over the RedBullMobile. I couldn't help but notice the two 20 something year old attractive females inside. They were obviously being pulled over because they were driving through the gates behind a UVA vehicle and it was before 4:30pm. The students at the bus stop next to the gate snickered and "ohhh"-ed, red bulls in hand.

Now, of course I'm wondering, do these RedBullMobile girls have titles? What do they tell people they do for a living? "Oh, I get paid to be hot and give out fake energy boosting liquids to college students".
Now, this picture I found clearly is from Europe, note the license plate (maybe even the middle east? note the palm trees). But it is of the same type of mini-truck-car that I saw yesterday in Charlottesville.
So, is this RedBull giveaway international? And my real question is,where are the hot RedBullMobile guys???? Now, that might make me change my mind about how repulsive the "drink" is.



Then I got to class and my amazing professor, Keenan, complemented my fur hat :) awesome.