Marriage Proposal Count: 2

Yesterday was delightfully absurd. The morning was pretty normal with class and such, and then after an extra long lunch break we had a gathering with the president of SIT and various other guests and friends of SIT. The following recipe is for happiness in a ball (I ate approximately eight at the party):
Melt white chocolate and mix in coconut flakes (a lot of them)
Roll into balls approximately 1 inch in diameter
Refrigerate
They'll have the consistency of marzipan
Freakin' amazing.

Anyway, after school Emma and Amber and I did our Urban Arts Exploration project. We chose to interview an artist who sells art alongside the road along our bus route. Turns out he makes art by recycling stuff he finds (trash, drift wood, etc.). It was pretty cool. We asked him all sorts of questions and let him get on his soapbox where he talked all about loving nature and peace and nice hippy stuff like that. I bought a carved elephant from him (which it turns out he didn't actually make, but whatever), and he proceeded to profess his love to me and tell me we should get married here in Senegal and give us presents (bracelets and a necklace that he made on the spot). Apparently Amber got some great photos of me and my red face. I will try to chase those down. I guess you really had to be there to fully appreciate it, but it was pretty hilarious and my weirdest experience yet. Oh, and don't worry, I let him down easy.

This afternoon there will be more dancing and drum playing, which will be awesome, although it's been getting hotter (it was about 100 degrees yesterday). I also plan to visit the tailor tonight. Yay!

Oh, also I met a girl who goes to Macalester on the bus this morning. Small world, eh?