October Recap
Autumn is my favorite season, after Christmastime. October had its rough spots for sure, but I tried to squeeze some joy out of it in between the less than stellar moments. Here are some of the highlights (as always, “we” refers to me and my sibling/roommate): At the beginning of the month, we attended a Mid Autumn Festival event, which offered arts & crafts, Taiwanese mooncakes, singing/dancing performances by the Blacksburg Chinese School, and kung fu and taiji demonstrations. My favorite act was a pair of children performing the Doraeman theme song—one singing, one playing guitar. We continued attending library sales, banking four at three different libraries (and one local Y) over the course of the month. Good thing too, because I DNF-ed more books than usual in October. :( I’m currently five chapters into Vampire Weekend by Mike Chen and so far it’s pretty good, so maybe that will lift me out of the slump, lol. I’ve been drinking a lot of apple chaider—...
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