Day 44: On a High Note...

Sunday, August 4

I'm back ya'll. Temporarily, at least.

[Please note: I'm picking up where I left off.] We woke up on Sunday to mostly scrambled eggs, that had chunks of these weird soft cheese triangles added to them after the eggs had cooled somewhat, so the chunks themselves were very not melted. It was weird. But we crammed them between pieces of bread and ate them anyway.

Afterwards, we went to McDonald's, because there's AC there and we go where the AC is.

We worked on homework for a while. And then I got some tasty snacks. During a previous visit, I saw someone else eating these little fried, cheese-hearts, and I thought: "That sounds delightfully awesome." So I tried to order some. Well, their name was in French, and I thought I had ordered them all properly and used the French word all correctly, but no. I got them, and they were very similar, but not the same. What they gave me instead were these fried cheese bites that had jalepenos in the them. However! They tasted like little queso bites! They were actually super good. I don't regret getting my order wrong.

We worked on some more homework, and after a while one of the McDonald's workers plugged in a stereo at the neighboring table, for the betterment of the restaurant ambiance. We were worried at first about the eminent noise, but what mystical melodies spilled forth from those ancient speakers was nothing short of beautiful. It began as the epitome of a mixed-tape, but evolved into something strange and magical. 

(Note: the names of the songs are links to their respective videos... click if you are bored.)

Bryan Adams, "Everything I do" 

There's even a waterfall back there, man. That's emotional.

Also, this video is, for some reason, interspersed with bits from the "Robin Hood" movie starring Kevin Costner.  Of course.

Richard Marx, "Right Here Waiting" 

Good enough reason to click on the link.

Bruno Mars, "Just the Way You Are" 

There is an actual Bruno Mars singing in the video, but if that wasn't enough
there is also a "tape" version of him singing on the table.
Cuz that's normal.

Bryan Adams (again), "Here I Am" from the movie Spirit:Stallion of the Cimarron

Such a gleeful horse.

Cascada, "Every Time We Touch" 

You may notice that she is dancing in a library, because she is a true hooligan.

Akon, (featuring Eminem), "Smack That." 

There is a surprising lack of actual "smacking that" in the video.
Needless to say, I was disappointed.

Linkin Park, "Numb." 

If you don't watch any of the videos, watch this one. It's good, I thought.

Black eyed peas: "I Gotta Feeling." 

"That tonight my hair is gonna have all the swagger at the club."

....aaaaaand

Enrique Iglesias, "Tonight I'm 'Loving' You." 

(Which doesn't have a link because I found the video to contain a little too much explicit content.)

And there were many, many more.

Then for dinner, I stayed at Mary's house, because they actually make dinner there, and they really wanted me to join them, and we had a strange combination of breads, sweets, a plate of noodles with brown sugar on them, and then some more of that sweet, sweet orange juice.

Afterwards, I had to leave, cuz it was late and I'm pretty sure I didn't finish all of my homework. The host family was so confused when I said I was leaving.

"What? Did you not bring enough clothes? Do you need me to wash your clothes? Do you need to take a shower?" etc.

I had to be firm in that  I simply needed to go home (because there's internet there...)