11/08/09 Oscar’s last day in San Jose ☹

This is a continuation from last week’s blog…

‘Ron Weasley’ invited me–Oscar has the same ginger hair and blue eyes as Rupert Grint a.k.a. Ron Weasley of the Harry Potter movies–to attend a Halloween party at his flat. Oscar went all out decorating for the party. ‘Ron’ escorted me to his flat dressed up in his robes and carrying his wand. Periodically, ‘Ron’ would step into the next room and Oscar would come back. Obviously, Oscar is a Potter fan. There was mood lighting (all red), background music, the headless butler, the blobs, and a graveyard. Only three guests arrived, but the party had a very intimate feeling to it.

Oscar ‘complained’ that he had a large amount of American sisters. Since I felt like he was my English ‘brother,’ I told him that he was my American ‘cousin.’ That made him smile. He really is the baby sibling’ that I wanted to have. We had a brief and interesting discussion about the term cousin. He assumed that ‘cousin’ was indicative of a male but he wanted to know what the term was for a female. It took me a second to realize what he was asking. I told him that ‘cousin’ didn’t have a masculine or feminine form–it is gender neutral.

To any student in my 195A, 100W, and 2 classes reading this blog: Oscar was extremely grateful that you filled out a survey. The number of surveys he received amazed him. The food study he’s doing is an extra project in addition to his required schoolwork. The food study is ‘proof’ that he was here and did his schoolwork. Oscar thanks you for your participation.

But as they say, all good things come to an end. Oscar and his mom are on their way back to England. I hope they both enjoyed their time in San Jose. I hope to visit them again sometime in England.

My vocabulary words are:
Salubrious: good for the health (Webster's American pocket dictionary)
Eugenics: a science concerned with improving the genetic traits of the human race (Webster's American pocket dictionary)