Conversation Partner meeting 3 – 10/7/11
Last Friday was the third official meeting with my conversation partner. I say official because I ran into him at the library sometime in the middle of the week. He was studying for the GMAT still and I for my Ecology test. I happened to be on my out and he on his way in but I had overheard him asking for directions to somewhere to study. I showed him to a quite place up by the music library where I am writing this post now then I took off, telling him I would see him Friday.
He arrived a little late for our meeting because he was stuck in traffic on the interstate. Marcus, the student from Germany happened to be there again though and we got to talking a little bit. I told him Khedir was stuck in traffic and we started talking about cars. He drives a little Acura but said he always wanted an Audi. He told me he could have gotten a good deal on one but the parts were so expensive he chose the Acura instead. I could relate to this a lot because I drove a BMW. I know what you’re thinking… A BMW, that’s sweet! But it’s a 1992 with about 250,000 miles on it. Good ol’ Black Betty… she is kind of on her last leg. I told him I had put almost more money into repairing it as it was worth in the four years I have owned it and thought he was smart for not choosing the Audi.
Khedir finally showed up while we were still talking about cars and he told us a little bit about his ride. He said he drives a really cheap car that was really small. I said that was good because he could save a lot on gas and repairs, not like some people who drive really nice, big trucks even though they probably never have to haul anything more than their backpacks or briefcases. They agreed it was stupid and thought guys just did it to look cool.
We talked for a little bit about school and stuff that was going on. I had just seen Khedir recently so not much was new. We kind of just sat around shooting the breeze for a little bit in Rickel. We talked about sports a little bit; football, baseball, and soccer. We also talked about TCU’s football team and why we each thought they weren’t that good this season. There was one of the new cheerleading posters on the table in front of us and Khedir was slightly intrigued about the whole idea of it. I just explained that they just stand on the sideline and try to get the crown into the game and making lots of noise.
One of Marcus’ economics professors approached us and Marcus asked him about a test they just had and was trying to figure out when they would be getting grades back and what the class average was. Pretty much all the typical post-test questions. The professor was being very vague and Marcus was getting a little frustrated. After the professor left we talked a little about bad teachers and professors we had in the past and had a couple good laughs. We then talked about fall break plans. They were both staying here, Khedir to study, Marcus to work on his car with a mechanic friend of his. I told them about my plans to go to a hunting ranch which they both thought was cool because they had never been hunting. The conversation wound down, I could tell everyone was tired and ready for the weekend. We never really talked about anything too deep, but just kind of hung out which was nice. Soon enough they both had places to be and I was ready for my traditional Friday nap.
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