true profession ... a thought without a logical end

My really good friend was trying to explain me what true professions are. I guess I never got to the end of explanation, but from what I've heard it was something like: "True professions are astronaut, lawyer... they cannot do anything else, they cannot be substituted." True, you have to be educated to fly to space. But what about everything else? As long as you do it with passion, you like it, you are effective, you are professional and what you are doing is a profession!
And as for true professions, I always thought that those are teachers, doctors and public transport drivers. Social life would be chaotic and dangerous without those.

American dream

In one of my classes, the one where we had presentation on "The Office," we had presentation on Guitar Hero game. Impressive! Guy even played for us. Nice.
But this post is not about it. According to a presenter American boys dream either of becoming a rock star or a professional sportsman. Are you serious? Is that what little kids really dream about?
I'm not a guy and never was one, but I know for sure that when I was a child and wanted to become a teacher, boys were dreaming about either becoming a great leader, a pilot or an astronaut. Those are the top things that boys were dreaming about. Girls all wanted to be either a teacher or a doctor. I wonder what girls dream to become in the US?

The Office

That is such a hilarious show! Thanks to one girl who did presentation on this show in one of my graduate classes (yeah.. in one of my GRADUATE classes... presentation... yeah... on TV show... I'm not kidding). Since then I've decided to give it a try!
It is amazing and what is wonderful, that it is not all sex related jokes. Their jokes are actually smart or just nice and very funny.
I'm already addicted.

windows

After you spend a lot of time in a foreign country you no longer see things that you've noticed when you've just got here. I have completely forgotten, that USA have totally different shape and type of windows. And what is more interesting, the role of windows seems to be totally different.
I've talked to a fiend of mine yesterday about the place where he works. He does not have any windows there. Isn't that like working in a basement? And the funny thing is that there are in fact buildings with no windows, or no windows on some floors (like my school). Why build a building like that up? You might as well just dig the ground and add basement floors...And you know what? Not only you won't see the world and people around you, they won't see you too. Win-win situation, isn't it?
and then just put lamps there... everywhere... is if it's the same type of lighting as the natural one.

cover up or strip down?

Yesterday was a culturally enhanced day. We had street fest, where people from different countries presented their cultures. I was amazed with the dance of Indian girls. With their bodies covered up completely they've looked so attractive and sexy. They were barefoot with a very long skirts, so you could see just their ankles with anklets.
It is so different from what you get to see when you go to a dancing place. Whenever you go out at night, the majority of girls are dressed as if it is + 90F outside although it might be around 30-40F.
Well how attractive are half-naked girls. Honestly, they are attractive (since guys are getting attracted). But as one of my professors said (and his concentration was and is sexuality with its different cultural and social application), the most sexiest women are the ones who are covered almost completely, because that is when you have a room for imagination and fantasies.

dancing or ...???

Me and a friend of mine went out yesterday night... First we went to a bar, spent some time there. They've played music from 80s - it was great. I've enjoyed dancing there, but my friend could not figure out how to move to the rhythm of "Take on me" and other great old songs. So we went to a disco kind of place.
That was a nice dancing place packed with people shaking their bodies to the songs from typical hip-hop radio station. For some reason hip-hop music has a lot of nasty words and expressions, or may be not nasty but very explicit. Fine.
As I've said - the place was very packed, people were very close to each other... dancing... Nevertheless some people were dancing too close to each other cuz they wanted to. Looked as if they were demonstrating what song lyrics were about(don't want to explain in details how it looked). That was very dirrrrty and yet they all called it dancing. Really? Maybe. Fine.

peanut butter flavored Coke

Few days ago I've seen a bit weird can of Coke - it had some yellow. My first thought was - that must be new peanut butter flavor Coke. Although I am not a regular drinker of Coke I would definitely try peanut butter one.
Unfortunately, it turned out to be just a Coke without caffeine.
Nevertheless, I would strongly recommend Coca-Cola Company to launch peanut butter flavored Coke. Since peanut butter such an American thing and it is so popular here, Coke should not get in trouble with this new taste.

odd rules

My American friends are either taking advantage of me due to the fact that I might not know some cultural stuff or trying to protect me. But here are some really odd rules.
1) You do not point at people in places where there are some black people around. (Well... I didn't really point, although it might have looked like that). And you are totally fine "pointing" while you are in a color-homogeneous environment.
2) You do not clap in a church. Actually everyone can clap... but me... My friend is totally making fun of me... but now he's trying not to clap while I'm around...
3) You are better never even say a word "racist"... totally for protection purposes.

love happens

This is slogan of Yahoo personalities. I just loved it. It is so positive.
Isn't it what we all think and dream about?
I just wonder if love just comes upon us, or if we can "create" or "build" it.
Few Americans that I've talked to about this strongly believe that love happens. You cannot do anythings for that... Maybe... I personally prefer more active approach to life.
Back home I've read several books and talked to so many people who believe that love is built by efforts of both sides. They say that once you meet and get so interested in each other is not love. This is just an extreme/very emotional version of liking, not love yet. Love is built with constant desires of being together, doing things for for the other person, but things that are beneficial for "we." And basically, once you've come across any obstacle it is a desire to overcome it together. That's what I've heard from people who've been in happy relations for a significant amount of time. I'm sure they know what they are talking about.

So yes, love happens, but it happens to those who it putting efforts into building it.
(One book that I've read even claims that you can build love from scratch. It even provides techniques for that.)

Let you all have a chance to build a great love and live it.