Productive relaxing

Tron Legacy is probably one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. It’s so awful that I’m able to write this entry as I watch the film. Though I would have to admit that the viewing experience was enhanced by the silhouette of a man getting up from and returning to his seat in the theater where the bootleg was taken. (Yes, we’re watching a pirated version of the film that some friends gave us.)


It was another low-key day, and I managed to play around with Photoshop Elements quite a bit. I’m feeling more comfortable with the program, although I still have a lot more to learn. Here are some examples of what I did:

We skyped with Richard, Debbie, and Isabelle. They are all doing well and it was fun to talk with them. 


Jean-Jacques was extremely kind and got us both lunch (fried noodles) and dinner (Sichuan noodles) today. I did laundry, dusted a bit, read some of Howard Zinn’s book A People’s History of the United States, lesson planned for a while, took a short nap, and studied Chinese on the website livemocha.com (if you want to learn a language, it's worth checking out). I throughly enjoyed the day, but I am looking forward to starting school again. I miss the students and teaching.