weekend in ann arbor michigan: good stuff, bad stuff:
- driving up here, 5 long hours, bad traffic, but a fun program on the radio about the old « life of bryan » movie of the monty python coming out again after 25 years with old interviews with john cleese, graham chapman, eric idle, terry jones, and many other very funny people. man, john cleese is simply hilarious!
- my brother-in-law is very generous and he treats me like a queen when i’m here. nice restaurants, parties, the seinfeld show in detroit, amazing food, movies, etc. it’s so nice of him! it’s also good to spend some time with my little sister, she’s fun and nice, and we have some good times together!
- that same brother-in-law drives me crazy! every time i say something he says the opposite and always manages to make me feel stupid. he criticizes what i say, says that i don’t know what i’m talking about, sees my doctoral studies as a joke (yeah, because i’m in linguistics and not engineering!), believes that i understand nothing about politics, the movies, history, religions, americans, money, literature, teaching, and the world in general… i already feel very insecure about what i do in general but here, i feel completely worthless, stupid, and depressed, sometimes. this morning i wanted to stand up and leave (and cry of rage)!
- we saw the new movie troy. well done and very interesting when it comes to history, religion, etc., but also not so good: poor actors, retarded dialogs, hollywoodian interpretation of history, very bloody… well ok, maybe that was the only realistic part.
- i love my sister’s cats. i breathe better when i can pet cats, when i feel them sleep next to me, when i can play with them. and her cats are simply adorable, very funny, cute, and completely crazy. i wish i could have a cat too!
- i am stuck here until tuesday morning and this is quite annoying. i am trying to study a little but there is the 6-foot tv plus cable here, so i’m watching a lot of bad, old movies, and not getting a lot of studying done. very bad news for my exams (i know, it’s not engineering, but it’s still hard)!!!
- it’s always good to come here and good to leave too. i guess that’s good: i have a good time here and then i am happy to go back to my place too.

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