I got a singular impression...

...things are moving too fast.  Actually, they're not, I just recently got hooked on The Last Five Years.  Things are moving fast though, I finished my 4th week of school today, although the first week and this week weren't full weeks.  Today we talked about chores in 6th grade, I played one of my favorite poems, "How Not to Have to Dry the Dishes" by Shel Silverstein.  I wonder how many angry parents I'll have tomorrow when their kids start throwing plates, lol.  Tomorrow I'm doing the MEV with the other English teachers in Wenfeng.  It's the Mobile English Village, kind of an afterschool program for area students.  Should be fun. Then a glorious four day weekend.  Glorious because of the possible adventures, and glorious because by Monday, I'll be in my new apartment.  It has the internet.  Which means no more holding my laptop on my knees or sticking my phone out the window to steal my neighbors' wifi.  And access to a kitchen, so fewer meals at 7-11.  They're going to miss me.  I'll also be able to Skype, just remember there's a 12 hour time difference.  So from 10 AM to 6:30 PM EST, I'm asleep.
  Speaking of neighbors, I had an interesting Sunday night.  I went to Taichung all day, that was fun, and got to the train station in Taichung about 4.  Planned for a quiet evening, dinner and laundry, and preparing for the upcoming week.  "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." -John Lennon.  That's always been one of my favorite quotes.  So I got to the platform, only to discover the next train back didn't leave for another hour, 5:15.  And after a 2 minute delay, and then a 33 minute delay, I finally got on the extremely crowded train at 5:45, and got back to Tongxiao about 7.  In this building, there are windows on the exterior of each apartment on the East side, and a little window next to each door on the interior.  Long story short, I came upstairs to find my neighbor's window frame shattered, wood all over the steps, the screen was obviously ripped, it was dark, and I was the only one in the building.  Of course, this would be the night my phone ran out of minutes.  I managed to get ahold of the other Miaoli FET's (you guys are awesome, thanks for keeping me calm) on Facebook.  15 minutes later, the landlord, my co-teacher, and two school administrators determined my neighbor left the window open on the other side, and the wind knocked everything out of place.  Back to your lives, citizens.  My coworkers thought I overreacted, but really, what would you have done?
    This week marks moon festival, a good explanation is at http://www.moonfestival.org/legends/chango.htm.  I've tried a few moon cakes, some savory, some sweet.  I like the ones with taro.


Hopefully, I'm going to the beach this weekend, as long as the next typhoon doesn't interfere.

I didn't get much of a response on my last post, except Candice is being played by Sutton Foster, and Tony will be played by Ben Affleck apparently.