Today, I was washing some dishes at my new school residence, when Alex came in from watching TV in the adjacent room. He said, "hey, you're doing a nice job there" and I said, "Si senor." It was an inspired moment, and we had a good laugh about it.
Dan, Roman, Alex and I got together in Fairlawn to watch Everything Is Illuminated. Somehow it was a perfect movie for us to watch, because each one of us could find something in it. For me, it was about Ukraine, Jews, and my hometown of Odessa. For Roman, it was the breakdancing character with more than a passing resemblance to Ill Mitch. I think that Dan and Alex each appreciated the literary and stylistic aspects of the movie, since it is based on a novel and as Dan put it, relies heavily on visuals to tell the story.
We missed Veenz because he's in Massachusetts, and Ravi because he's working in London until the end of August. Alex recently spoke with Veenz and asked what his ambitions are for the rest of summer. Veenz delivered a list of half a dozen items, all of them involving food. I think it was Dan who pointed out that maybe Veenz has the new apartment's kitchen on his mind.
I saw Ravi a few nights before he left on business. We walked around a golf-course. This golf-course had these rotating cylinders shooting two streams of water in either direction, covering what must have been 30 feet. Ravi casually walked up to it and casually stepped over the two streams where they exit the cylinder. Very graceful. I followed in the same way.
Roman was kind and drove me home and Dan as well so that he could get to work at 4am. If I ever thought that Dan was a lazy guy, I retract that 10,000-fold. Roman has cold feet about school, but we all hope he'll get through that.
I think that about covers what's going on with us recently. We hope to throw some fine get-togethers next semester involving themes, tasty drinks, and strip-scrabble. See you then!