Monday, May 23

We have nothing left to live for. We have seen all of the Star Wars movies and there's nothing left to see!

Let's see -- the first Star Wars movie came out in 1977, the year I was born. Now, at 27 I have finally seen all the episodes. Luckily, Star Wars was released here on Friday. We held off for a couple of days because we didn't want to go when it was too crowded, so last night we stayed up and went to the 10 o'clock showing. It was worth it! Finally, George Lucas has made up for his last two movies. We were not disappointed. It seems that every movie we've been to lately has been a let down. We saw The Interpreter and Kingdom of Heaven, but they were both a big, fat disappointment. Finally, finally the dark side came to save us. Yes, we are both Star Wars nerds. At least this time, we weren't able to go to the midnight showing like we did when the last movie was released. (See, I told you we were Star Wars nerds.) If you haven't seen it, go!

We've been hanging out otherwise, trying to finish up the year. Joe went on Thursday to play computer games with some of his students at an internet cafe. Pretty cute that they asked him. I think we mentioned how it's different here when it comes to teacher/student relationships. We are expected to hang out with our students outside of school. It's also perfectly normal for students to call their teachers all the time, and to instant message or email their teachers. Joe and I try to keep this to a minimum. We can't adjust! It still seems bad to hang out with students outside of school. I guess we are very American in our thinking. Joe had fun playing with his students, though. He went with some of the guys from his small, senior global studies course. They really think he's a cool guy, I think. He always has his video games and computer games to connect him to the students.

Other than that, not much is new!