Who is coming with me to this_

http://pitchforkmusicfestival.com/

Julie my eyes are especially in your direction.

I tried to go to Otavalo from Quito today, but there was a parro to protest the signing of the TLC and the power that Oxxy (petroleum company) (where people throw burning debris in the streets to prevent busses from passing) and I was stranded in Tabacundo. I met a woman on the bus who was nice enough to let me go to her house and use her phone to ( Read more... )

So I have two phone interviews with those internships this week. I am actually really worried because I put down I was fluent in Spanish, and you know what...I am really not. I thought I was and then I started taking Spanish classes last week and realized that my Spanish still needs a LOT of help. So we´ll see how that goes, should I lie through ( Read more... )

My friend Nolan rules.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfODSPIYwpQ

My (ecuadorian) sister loves the weakerthans. So I translated my favorite song for her. I know that a lot of you have been really thinking about how much you would like to see this song in Spanish. How much you all have been thinking about it. So here it is ( Read more... )

This sunday I am moving into a house in the indigenous community of pijal. I will be living with an indigenous family, with cuyes, and pigs, and mountains, and it is so green, and it always looks like it just rained ( Read more... )

Hey all ( Read more... )

( Read more... )

Dear Minnesota,

I miss you.

Love,

Joanna

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/12/19/norway.munch.reut/index.html

how sad.