22 Novembre 2006
Thanksgiving is Thursday, but that holiday is not celebrated in Thailand. Last night Tristen, Jamie, Anne, Kelsey, Aaron, and I celebrated it though. Tristen cooked dinner for us – a really good pasta/vegetable/artichoke dish – and we ate it in his and jamie’s room. Some thai friends of tristen joined us and anne and I tried to pick up some thai from them. We would find phrases in this thai-english translation book and try to pronounce them. The two guys would laugh at us because we usually mis-pronounced. One of the guys is in love with anne. They asked me if I was a lesbian, because apparently I look like one. They think Kelsey does too. What does a lesbian look like? I guess it’s because I have short hair. Speaking of lesbians, I borrowed The L Word from Kelsey and I really really like it. Kelsey and I went to the night market before eating dinner. I had to talk to Crab because a few of us are going to the floating market in Ratchaburi with him. We had to figure out when we would go. Turns out it’s going to happen next Wednesday at around 8am. It should be fun.

Me, tristen, Kelsey, anne and I are going to chiang mai this weekend. It’s a 10 hour bus ride. Tristen leaves today, the rest of us leave tomorrow after class. Class is over around 5. Bus from school to VIP at 5:10. Get to VIP at 5:30. Get a van to Bangkok. Bangkok to bus terminal. Bus to Chiang Mai. Whether or not we will arrive in Chiang Mai at the expected time is based on luck. I have no idea if everything will work out, if there will still be a van available, if there will still be seats on a bus, but we’ll try. Before I leave, I have to email another photojournalism assignment to my teacher, figure out my new york ticket, charge my camera batteries, maybe get more film, call brian, and a million other things. I called suzy a little bit ago. She’s doing fine which makes me feel a lot better.