I’m using my friend’s Macbook until I buy my own laptop, so I have no personal reaction GIFs, so I’ll use my folder of images for my primary school PowerPoints to express how I feel:

6.  What are you excited for?

Seeing my mom again in a month!  I miss her so much!  I was voice-chatting with her on Skype, and I could have cried, I longed for the end of the contract.

17.  Who do you feel the most comfortable talking to about anything?

I don’t think I have one!  I think I’ll soon be willing to divulge with my mother some things I’ve experienced this year—but not yet.  I think I’m getting very close to her being that one, though.  I mean, I’m 25 years old—a grown-ass woman!  I should be able to enjoy the grown-up priviledge of talking about everything with my mother by now.  I want to.

 I’ll work on it this summer.

24.  What do you want to do right this second?  

Talk to my mom.  Am I too repetitive?  Go out for a loooong bike ride along the Mississippi.  I have been on crutches for over three weeks, and I’m starved for some mobility!  A long walk would be great, too.

28.  What was the last thing that made you laugh?

It was about to hours ago, I think.  When the taxi driver (a middle-aged Chinese man who knew no English) was laughing at my friend’s and my laughing at our joke (that was in English).  It was adorable.  Every time we laughed, it made him laugh, and then made me laugh some more!  Ahh, taxi drivers.  We have some odd fun times

20.  Are you starting to realize anything?

Yes.  That I am a pushover, and it’s going to ruin my life if I don’t act more confident than I really feel and speak my mind and tell people I work closely with what I do and do not like!

34. Listening to?

I’ve been angry and down about my work situation (see above) and counting down the days ‘till I can go home and no more work with a co-teacher —so I like to listen to “They Can’t Take That Away From Me” by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald.  It’s mellow and fun and soothes me.

Also the companion album to The Hunger Games:  Songs From District Twelve and Beyond.  Lots of groovy songs on there—with lyrics directly inspired by the book, which is really neat!

74. What is your favorite book?

Oh, godddd, whyyyy.  I have about three or four favorites, so I’ll just put my brain on shuffle and… Catch-22.

95. Favorite food?

Again, goddd, whyyy.  Since I’m in China, I’ll say one of my local faves.  If you follow me on Twitter, you hear me rave about Reganmian, so I won’t say that!

I really really love the lotus root fries made near where I live.  They’re intense in a spicy-but-not way, and there are crisp onion and  mmmmmm!  (Lotus root in any Chinese variation is awesome, too, honestly.)  Also, dumplings.  I so love the dumplings with sesame (but not tahini!) sauce.