Go Celtics!

We're all of us sprawled out currently in my hotel room watching the Lakers vs. Celtics game, after meeting up with each other here in Chicago. It was an interesting day, and I got to get to know all of my fellow scholars a little bit.

Here's the line-up:
-Frozan, from Massacusetts (just outside of Boston), a really sweet girl who actually moved her from Afghanistan only six years ago
-Brooke, from Virginia, with her slight southern twang and perky personality
-Max, also from Mass, but a very small town. It was both funny and endearing to watch him gape over Chicago's skyscrapers and highrises.
-Erika, from southern Texas, almost Mexico, a bit of an insomniac from what I've heard
-Roshika, from Califonia, our one die-hard Lakers fan watching in sorrow as they lose (hah!)
-Rochelle, from Florida, a self-proclaimed nerd and sweetheart
-Jason, from Hawaii, our six-foot-five giant with a cool sense of humor and an unfortunate knack for getting things spilled on him
-Jennifer, from North Carolina, with her neon green clothes and sunny attitude
-and finally, Melissa from Maryland, who I won't meet until tomorrow when she flies in to Chicago

We're boarding an early flight tomorrow, fifteen hours all the way into Shanghai. Yeesh. Maybe we'll whip out the twister board to pass the time.