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jack is gone for the week and i’m a lonely soul. i spent the day having coffee, reading and preparing our version of romeo and juliet.

the english festival will be held at the end of january. everyone is to prepare something and all of the english majors will participate in some way. it’s to be a big event and i’m more than excited to participate. i’m going to fufill two roles: adapt and direct romeo and juliet and organize a line dance.

the play is going to be based in rural vietnam about one hundred years ago. it’s going to be full of capulets, montagues and tragedy. tonight i met up with some of the students to talk about how they thought the play should be changed. they were full of ideas and strange compliments.

two male students from the third year and two female freshmen greeted me at my door around seven o’clock. they were bright eyed and eager to talk. they had many suggestions and we talked long into the night about the logistics of having juliet’s burial. the girls didn’t speak english as well as the boys and the one girl kept complimenting me strangely. “you are lovely.” “you are beautiful.” “you speak vietnamese and that makes us closer.” i just smiled and moved on and talked about mercutio.

the line dance is going to be quite an event. i’ve never line danced in my life but witnessed it a number of occasions on the country music television station back home. where are my dad’s cowboy boots when you really need them?

line dancing and a vietnamese version of romeo and juliet. no one said i was to be a choreographer and a playwright but it’ll all be quite interesting.