Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Here's to China?

Today in my Hemingway class I found out two things of note that don't really relate to Ernest in the least: first, absinthe (the good hallucinogenic kind) is legal here; and secondly, the Dalai Lama was denied admittance to South Africa lately because "they have to focus on the 2010 World Cup" in Cape Town. One made me super excited; the other made me a little sad.

"So what's the real reason?" the headband-wearing guy I'd been assigned to present "Hills Like White Elephants" with, asked.

"Oh, you know, the same. It could screw up our trade with China," the red-haired punkish (albeit very insightful) girl answered.

Silly.

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