lord of the dance.

It's been another hectic week here at SIT India. I've gotten steady B+'s on just about everything. I wrote a pretty cool paper about pilgrimage that got a B+ because I talked to much about "home" rather than "India." Well, whatever.

We performed our Bollywood routine yesterday to riotous applause from the SIT students and staff. Tonight we're performing in this big dance recital that our teacher, Meher, is putting on. It will be hilarious. We are by far the worst dancers - everyone else is a hot belly dancer or these amazing Bhangra dancers. We look like foolish white girls in little cholis (shirts that do not cover anything) and fluffy skirts. It will be an experience, to say the least.

I've been trying to get everything together for ISP--tying up loose ends and whatnot. Aunty is making me a bit sad because she says she'll be very lonely... and in truth I'll be pretty lonely too. I'm not quite sure what I'm going to eat on ISP. I'm buying a bunch of granola and peanut butter and bananas. Hopefully that will pull me through. I've also got all my hostels and trains booked, and everything is set. It's a little frightening to be going off on my own in the old India, but it's also exciting and I feel prepared. It will be nice to get out of the stifling SIT building and the group of 14 students. It has been wonderful but a bit clostrophobic at times.

I will let you all know how the dance performance goes as soon as I can. I leave tomorrow at 4 pm for Kolkata, and I'll be on a train for 24 hours... so I definitely won't be posting then. I'll try to get the to internet as much as possible during ISP, but if I'm incommunicado for extended periods of time it's not because I don't love you, it's just because I won't have any opportunity to get to a computer.

I'll write again soon. And maybe a better post than these last few. Really, I've just been running around doing errands and attempting to write good papers. Much love.