hair in taiwan has always fascinated me. boys love to add centimeters to their height with excessive use of hair gel, making them look like deranged lions, or - when they're really skinny - like human...see the books in front of them. so they're taken to pulling their bangs back in these itty-bitty ponytails clipped at the top of their heads to keep their bangs out of their eyes. it looks hilarious

so i have this theory about people in taiwan. expats who turn 30 and are still in taiwan turn crazy. or not crazy...just weird. like they know that they won't fit in with normal society back in their home...and college being the observer without actually getting involved with any social scene. i can do it for one more year. i'm naturally pretty anti-social anyway. but it's still going to be kind of lonely

i totally worked and then slept through my 23rd birthday. i came home from work with a killer headache, and planned to take an hour long nap before going out with various people. instead, it is now 8 am, i slept all night, and i didn't call anybody. i do NOT want to check my cell phone.

so in my monthly search for plus-size clothing on the internet, i came across an article that referenced the pretty pear , which is a blog by a woman who loves clothes, but is definitely not a size 2... fat chicks rule : another blog fat girl magazine : super awesome online zine the f word : another blog big fat deal : another blog if i find any other good stuff, i'll add it to my list later

so i've decided to do only one more year in taiwan, cutting my original plan to stay in taiwan by two years. there's three reasons for this. the first is that i'm very quickly getting very tired of teaching...). i'm signing a ten month contract that lasts until june of next year either today or tomorrow. but i feel like the pressure's off of me a little because i know i'm not staying. it's quite a relief

so last friday was my last working friday for this school year, if you don't count finals. i'm terribly excited, because my fridays consist of double ps3 and a double period of 11th grade toefl right after...i won't be the newbie next year though. i know rebecca's quitting, but i've heard that vic's hiring 3 to 4 new teachers. it's weird to be considered experienced after one semester, but such is taiwan

rosalind is tired but rosalind has her computer back and ruby is going to visit rosalind next week unfortunately, rosalind's wallet is missing and there's a good chance that a student stole it her wallet...but she sees no need to cancel her debit card yet because her account has about US$12 in it she hopes it will be returned tomorrow and in the meantime she will console herself by streaming movies

i'm torn at the moment. on one hand, i want a permanent place to live. a place where i can sign a two-year lease and then not be worried about having to move unless i forget to pay rent or something. a...in the apartment while she went to England to be with her husband while he gets a kidney transplant. (long story). anyway. looks like permanence will be put on the back-burner for another 6 months

i definitely have bad credit. because i started a new job, moved, and then had to do two visa runs in three weeks, along with the fact that my mother lost the debit card that would allow her to transfer...ago. bleh. somehow i have to get my loans paid and move again and save enough so i won't starve in august on the next three months' salary. somehow, i'm not sure it's going to happen. i hate money