I started my internship on Tuesday ( Read more... )

Just returned to Quito after a brief sabbatical in the woods. I took psychedelic drugs, danced nude around a bonfire, and shrank heads ( Read more... )

Some important points of today ( Read more... )

I am so full of love for Rachel right now, I think I may burst ( Read more... )

I am elated right now. Yesterday was an EPIC MAIL EXTRAVAGANZA. I received an exquisite letter from Nick, an alternating depressing and humorous antedote from Princess Sarah, a charming letter and PICTURE of the 5015 villa from our own artista Sara, a fun letter from my Oregon Amanda, and the best, you ask? A PACKAGE from grand old London. Oh ( Read more... )

Oh, thank you, thank you, sweet, sweet Jesus. After nearly two months of being in Ecuador, I had a MAIL EXTRAVAGANZA last Thursday. As Ecuador likes to screw my over at ever turn, they had been hording all mail from me, and I received FIVE actual real life letters all on one day. Two from grams, who likes to tell me such important details as "I ( Read more... )

Happy fucking Valentine's Day ( Read more... )

It's raining in Quito, and it's beautiful. The sky is almost pink, or maybe peach, but somehow infused with a glow behind the rain. All the colors are so bright. And the rain is heavy. I'm feeling poetic, but most likely because I just watched "Hable con Ella". And "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind". DVDs, by the way, are $2.80. For original ( Read more... )

CIMAS and their deluded vision of saving the world, ships their young do-gooders to Muisne. To learn about the perilous fate of the MANGLARES. Duh. Manglares, the Ecuadorian Mangroves, need our help! So six hours later, we disembark from the hot and sticky bus. I, ever the prepared and REI-fanatic, am hauling my brand new faux leather red bag. ( Read more... )

Last week, I narrowly avoided a major meltdown. Well, to be accurate I would have to say I did have a meltdown, but it was very cathartic. First of all, I got sick, with the dreaded “la gripe” which is the Ecuadorian phrase for anything slightly resembling a cold or the flu. And I always turn into such a monster when I’m sick. When I got my tonsils ( Read more... )