Fun Rambles

Hi Everyone!  It's Anna.

I know most of you have probably heard this, but the government shutdown is still going on. It worries me a little bit. I don't think that the government is really necessary to have a country, however; It makes me think that the end of days is coming if the government shut down goes on for to much longer. I know they say that it's happened before but it's still scary. It makes me think 'well we don't have to worry about an outside force destroying our country we just have to make sure congress can't agree on a budget and the country will crumble.' It's weird that so many things are closed down because of the government shut down. I tried going onto the United State's Department of Agriculture website and even that's closed down until further notice. 

http://www.usda.gov/fundinglapse.htm 

I'm just waiting for the Zombie out break now. 

  

On a happier note my cousin has a Japanese exchange student right now. I went out to dinner with them last night and it was a little odd because I could not think of what to say to her. I was worried my Japanese was bad because she kept answering my questions very shyly I was worried she just couldn't understand what I was saying. She just couldn't speak much English and she seemed really shy so I don't really know. I think she might of thought I was weird though because I was trying to tell her some of what my family was saying and they're super weird. I tried explaining that my uncle thinks there are no glaciers left and that there is only one polar bear left standing on a single ice cube in Antarctica. I also tried explaining that he dusts with the cat. She gave me a look like they were crazy. It was funny because he doesn't really do or believe any of that he's just a funny guy I don't think it translates well . I hope she has a good time while she's here even though she can't understand much of what she hears.

 Do Japanese people have a hard time understanding American sarcasm I wonder, I feel like we have  a lot of cynical and satirical humor that seems weird to other cultures. What do you guys think? Is it hard or easy to understand our humor? Do any other American's think it's hard or is it just me? What about non American non Japanese people?      

Thanks! 

-Anna