Fart in front of the queen, drink the tap water, leave the house without an umbrella...
but no matter what, NEVER, under any circumstances, watch Taken while abroad.
Let me tell you why.
Last night I went to a party with a bunch of the other foreign exchange students. It was kind of a Cinco de Mayo party- (people barely recognize the holiday here, what a shame). Anyway, there was tequila, Corona, my buddy Adam dressed in drag... it was a good time. Except for one of the girls ditched the party to meet up with some 26 year old Italian guy she had just met that same day.
I didn't really think too much of it last night, until one of my flatmates pointed out that our friend put herself in exactly the same situation as the girl in the movie "Taken". You know, the one where Liam Neeson is a retired CIA agent, and his daughter gets kidnapped and thrown into some human trafficking circuit.
I felt dumb because I didn't really know what the whole story was in that movie, so, not wanting to be naive, I rented it tonight.
SO STUPID!!!
How could I think watching a terrible movie about terrible things that happen to girls while they're far away from their families would make me feel good before going to bed?!? What was my thought process in all of this???
It's actually pretty ironic. One of my friends used to joke that she'd have my Dad watch this movie before I go away, just to freak him out. Well, this afternoon I gave him a call after already watching the beginning of the film, and I'm already kind of freaked out- and I mention it to him and he was totally chill about it.
Meanwhile, I'm sitting here in the kitchen with my flatmates, hugging my knees and cubby-holeing a cup of water, because I just need to be around people that I know aren't trying to steal me right now.
So that's cool.
Oh yeah, and I ordered a camera today. My excitement over the camera cancels out my paranoia over Taken, so that's good. Go camera. Can't wait to post some pictures for you guys that aren't stolen off google images.
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