dude.... like, I can't get an internet connection in the Dominican fucking Republic. Like. For. Sure ( Read more... )

"There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity."
-Robertson Davies

on a card i found to send to my dear dr. sjobeck :)

-joey

Exchange Student Trapped in Velcro-Esque SurrealitySantiago de los Caballeros, Domincan Republic ( Read more... )

( a beautiful bright eyes song i don't know the name to )

About a week ago, four young boys followed me home, asking for money or food. They sat down outside my house and watched me eat my lunch. I was almost in tears ( Read more... )

Wow! A lot has happened since my last communication-I can't believe I took so long to get writing again. Since the last time we've had (this is just from my schedule/notes ( Read more... )

so, today we awoke and had an excellent time with the program coordinators, as they went through a gigantic orientation and told us all about the intricacies of our families and our new town, how to take a concho, or mini-taxi (private cars which operate on a legally defined route for 8 pesos, or about 25¢) and normal taxis ( Read more... )

So... we got to the airport in the DR. About halfway there from Miami, we all got really excited-by this point I had been reunited with some LC friends on the trip-and got sort of giddy. When we landed, we went through all of the paperwork together and got everything squared away, trucked our carts outside, and were greeted by the CIEE staff. CIEE ( Read more... )

Right now I'm in the Chicago airport readying myself for phase two of the trip to the DR: chicago to miami. Red-eyes ARE WEIRD ( Read more... )

Right now I'm in the Chicago airport readying myself for phase two of the trip to the DR: chicago to miami. Red-eyes ARE WEIRD ( Read more... )