Playground

My brother gifted me this back in November, but I'm glad I waited til break to read it. Felt bizarre how much the details resonated generally or even specifically with my life:

- UIUC, and specifically my current town Urbana

- Polynesia (although I've mainly been studying Polynesian languages, not the actual land)

- French, which I started learning last January

- AI (my advisor and I have had several discussions on this)

- Friendship among two avid readers of different cultural backgrounds, one of whom introduces the other to Go (subtle nod to my buddy Tanfu who taught me the game last January)

- Taoism, about which I just started reading this week (also at Tanfu's recommendation)

- Lady Wisdom. Literally YESTERDAY at church the pastor discussed Proverbs 8, of which verses 22-31 Powers inserts into the funeral scene before closing the book