I just shot a lion.
My parents live in Upstate New York. I am curently studying at union college and want to be an english teacher.
I've been working on my clay model in honor of the lion.  Where were you when you shot the lion? That sounds terrifying to me. I was in Africa, it is one of the few places that still lets you hunt lions. You have to pay 10 grand but that money helps the local economy.  Woah! What is your job that you have that much extra money lying around?  I'm a broke college student, haha, so I can't imagine spending $10,000 to kill an animal. I work in private equity. Basically I invest other people's money and make a percentage of the fund. It pays the bills. What are you studying in college?  Nice.  I'm studying education.  I want to be a high school English teacher.  I love reading and writing.  Do you like either of those things? That is cool. The world needs more teachers. I feel like they don't get enough credit for the work they do. Yes, I enjoy reading quite a bit.  Yea, some of my teachers were such important aspects of my adolescence.  They don't get paid enough either.  That's great.  What type of books do you enjoy? I mainly read finance books but about well written stories like The Big Short for example. Occasionally I'll read something about hunting as well. What about you?  Oh, okay, cool.  I really enjoy nonfiction and recently I've been reading some books about running since I enjoy doing that in my free time.  I love being outside.  You probably do as well since hunting requires many hours outside, right? Yeah, I enjoy going for runs as well. Is it tough to run year round in Upstate New York?  Yea, it gets pretty cold in the winter, so I sometimes have to opt for the treadmill.  I don't mind the cold, but it's the ice that can be a problem since I obviously don't want to get hurt.  Have you run any races?