when writing papers i need to be very careful in my use of "desempeñar" (meaning "to play a part," a very useful literary term) and "despeñar" (which means "to fall off of a cliff")

and i think there's a charming irony in the fact that i've seen fahrenheit 911 more times in chile than in the us.

current events for the day: cuba broke off relations with panama today (or yesterday?) after the current president of panama, moscoso (whose term ends on the 1st of september) released four prisoners accused of an assination plot against castro. a panamanian tribunal convicted them of crimes against collective security and falsification of ( Read more... )

uufff...son las 2:25 y después de demasiadas horas hablando en ingles, es el tiempo para un poco de castellano. no puedo recordar si tengo clase mañana, entonce para estar segura, voy a dormir en vez de ir. ojalá que no importe. creo que no importa ( Read more... )

assignment:
go to www.imdb.com
search for "awakenings"
read plot summary and commentaries, keeping in mind that the disease exists, and that more or less this really happened.

this past weekend really messed with my head and i think it's going to take a good part of the next weekend to sort it all out - my head's just spinning with ideas and thoughts and it's good...i think, but crazy ( Read more... )

tonight's going to be a big night...get ready!

assignment for kazaa users: search for "31 minutos" under "video file" - download everything in sight ( Read more... )

oooh the 35 latest, greatest, pisco elqui pictures - ever

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no sé está occuriendo con mi vida - me da un poco de miedo mirar el cambio de todos los planes que tenía yo. estoy pensando mucho en quedarme aquí hasta el abril o julio, pero ¿para hacer qué? para explorar la pantagonia con la sara por un mes...¿para continuar con mis estudios en la PUC? es cara, y tengo muchas obligaciones en los EEUU. pero ( Read more... )