Day 94 – Kesho on Oprah

Nov 29th

I had my second to last global studies and psych of food classes today. The rest of the day was mixed in with studying, reading and napping. For dinner, they served our much anticipated Thanksgiving meal. It consisted of turkey with cranberry sauce, purple sweet potatoes, gravy, stuffing, veggie casserole and pumpkin pie. Britney, Sara, Goldie, Becca and I all held hands and said one thing we were thankful for, after I said half the Shabbat candle blessing. Essentially, we were all thankful that we had this experience and that we got to met each other. (Cheesy, I know.) As a study break, Becca, Goldie and I watched my sociology teacher Professor Scott’s tape of when she was on Oprah in the ‘80s to talk about racism in rural Iowa. She was only on for one segment between commercials, but she literally just started talking about racism, her experience and the definition of it, etc. Oprah didn’t even have a chance to get a word in there! It was unbelievable!

Highs and Lows
My “high” was seeing an Arby’s commercial from the ‘80s that used the phrase “Same Same, but Different,” which is how every Vietnamese merchant tried to sell us something. (Now, I see where they got it.) My “low” was reading in the Dean’s Memo about how to deal with the lack of sleep everyone is suffering from: they suggest to not study in bed, and only leave it for sleeping and sex!