my computer has pretty much kicked the bucket… it was a good 4 years. so that means that i probably won´t be posting as much… and i definitely won´t be able to upload any photos until something changes for the better… which means i´ll probably have to pull a babcock and heist them from someplace else… or a friend or something.
a few quick notes that will hopefully be elaborated on in the future… (apologies in advance for the lack of correct punctuation… the keyboard at the internet cafe is weird… and i´m having a lot of trouble findingthe the question mark…)
*this week was tehe 10 year anniversary of safe passage (or at least when we´re celebrating it)… it involved, among other things, performing michael jackson´s thriller dance for all of the kids in the main building, clowns, a documentary (manos de madre)… which was really incredible and helped to put in perspective the work that we are doing down here with Safe Passage (unfortunately, i´ve found that this perspective becomes lost in the day-to-day roune…)
*i´m leaving tomorrow morning to visit Monterrico (beach town on the pacific coast) to catch a quick break from antigund to visit my buddy mathias… and to soak up some rays on the black sand beach… and maybe play with some tortugas (turtles)… mathias is doingsome volunteer work down there for 4 weeks with turtles… (ideally when i return i´ll be able to elaborate on what exactly that means)
*i just read ted´s blog about life in DC and his new apartment… and it made me laugh, out loud… definitely check it out (there´s even a link over there on the right side of this web page)
*my apartment is currently without water… again, BUTI do have electricity (unlike last night… and last sunday)
*i forgot to recharge my cellphone yesterday (on triple saldo day..get 3 minutes for the price of 1) and am now without minutes… sweet
*4 day weekend next weekend… so getting back into traveling and heading to Tikal
*starting to realize that I am goign to be heading to San Francisco in a month and a half… and have no place to live, no potential roommates and no cell phone that functions in the US (i know someone out there is lookgin for a roomate to join them in their beautiful apartment at a reasonable price… send me an e-mail… or leave me comment or something… really, please)
*dartmouth has been sending an awful lot of e-mails… all of which remind me that homecoming is coming up real soon… and i´m not going to be there. please, dartmouth, just keep sending the reminders.
…i think that there was something else i was going to say, but i can´t remember what it… nevermind, got it… i took a field trip last saturday with my buddy kyle to Pastores and bought a pair of cowboy boots… it was an epic day… and we even chronicled the adventure in spanglish short-hand chicken scratch… so as soon as i can decipher what it was that we wrote, that will be up`here to follow. maybe i can find a picture from someone to steal as well.
that´s all for now… i am going to go see if the water is back on yet… sure could use a shower.
cb
