Real World Amman

ACOR really is a rather odd, albeit cool, place. There are more students around here this trip than there normally are, which gives the place a different feel. Several students are here taking intensive Arabic courses at the language center at the University of Jordan. They're all nice kids, although I was in the kitchen last night heating up leftovers when an episode occured that had sort of a MTV Real World Amman feel to it. One female student was talking to two male students and it turned into a major dish the dirt fest on another one of the female students - it was priceless. Apparently, as a forty-seven year old man, I was invisible anyway so they just went on talking as if I were not there. I was half expecting to see them later on being interviewed separately by the film crews as they talked about their deepest feelings while crying. Later on I was down in the computer lab working when the disher was coming to say goodbye to the dishee and it was full of "luv ya babes", etc. Pretty funny, all things considered.