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So, this morning I got up and started cleaning up my things from a weekend hiking trip.  I picked up what I thought was a piece of plastic on the floor.  Except it wasn't a piece of plastic.  It was a scorpion.  A little one, but hey, a scorpion is a scorpion.  I threw it back down, naturally, thinking that it must have been dead, since it didn't ( Read more... )

And I like them.

That's about it.

...except that the guy who cut my hair was named Omar, and he told me that as part of my morning routine I had to toss back my hair "con fuerza."

I do realize that this entry constitutes exactly what I didn't want my Livejournal to be, but I'm going to let it slide this time.  I beg all of your pardon.

Back from the beach with a tan, woohoo!  (Well, it's a bit of a reddish tan, but it will definitely settle into a regular tan in a couple of days.)

T-minus 7 weeks.  They all told me that the time would fly, but I didn't really believe them until now!

I miss everyone!  Here's some lovin'

xoxoxoxoxoxo

So I was robbed ( Read more... )

So.  I need advice.

I live in an apartment building right next to a swanky club called "La Reunion" or something like that.  Although I'm not sure why anyone would name a leisure club "The Meeting."  But anyway.  On and off there's a bellhop/greeter/whatever who stands at the front door doing God knows what since I've never seen him do any real work ( Read more... )

15 movies for $25:
Neverending Story I
Neverending Story II
My Best Friend's Wedding
Volver
Father of the Bride II
I'm Not There
Pretty Woman
Top Gun
Forrest Gump
Garden State
Footloose
Hairspray
Saturday Night Fever
The Notebook
Once

Granted, the first five don't work and I have to exchange them, but this just might be one of my favorite perks of Ecuador.

I had the worst first class experience ever this morning.

The first thing you should know: my program directors (for the Duke in the Andes program) are wonderful people.  They're caring and dedicated and well-intentioned.  The second thing you should know: they are not very organized.  This is both good for me (I'm hoping it will teach me to be a ( Read more... )

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They catcall you on the street, and then they unassumingly offer you their seat on the bus.