Today I went to class like usual. I had a presentation on The Sand Child in the afternoon. I know you're probably thinking, "What! You're in school?! You have homework!? What kind of crazy plot twist is this!" to which I respond, "Yes? Yes. Yes. The plot was beginning to get a little dry anyways." The presentation was a little unorganized because I read the book and put the presentation together three weeks ago, but it went well.
I didn't go home for lunch so I would have time to work before I presented. Instead of having tagine, Tash, Meredith, Joe, and I went to McDonald's. I had a McChicken AND a Big Mac because I put on my big boy pants this morning. I didn't walk either direction today because I took a cab to school in the morning and in the afternoon, I started walking back to the medina, but then an empty cab just happened to stop in front of Meredith, Tash, and I just after leaving school.
We all hung out in the riad because Elle's parents are visiting for a week and brought us some of the ingredients to make a proper Mexican fiesta! We had American tortillas, rice, refried beans, salsa, and spices, but all the chicken and veggies were Moroccan. We cooked it up in the kitchen of the riad and had a lot of fun. I spoke some with Elle's mom while we had a terrible time trying to cut the raw chicken off the bones because that was our assigned job. I faked cutting my finger, with salsa for blood, to lighten the mood. It only achieved moderate success and prompted stories from my FSP-mates to warn Elle's parents not to believe most of what I say or do. The burritos tasted delicious and it was nice to have some comfort food. I'm sad I won't be around this weekend to adventure with Elle, her parents, and Marissa, but I'm sure I'll enjoy the beach weekend I've got planned.
In the riad, I watched the new 21 Jump Street movie and it was one of the funniest movies I've seen in a while. Fun fact: the directors, Phil Lord and Chris Miller, both graduated from Dartmouth in the early 2000's and they also directed Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs a couple years ago. Phil also went to my high school, Ransom Everglades, and Chris was in my fraternity during his time at Dartmouth. You could basically say we're in a three-way best friendship.
After dinner, I skyped with my mom and Amanda. They are good. Then after that, I watched the original Batman from 1989, directed by Tim Burton. The third movie of the reboot of the Batman franchise, The Dark Knight Rises, comes out this summer, so I'm going to try to watch all 6 Batman movies between now and then. I haven't seen any of the original four films, so this was a good start. I went to bed before midnight in order to rest up for the 7:10 am train the next morning.
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