Turns out I just drank a coffee next to the tallest man in the world yesterday. No Joke. When he walked in I felt bad for staring but it is amazing. When he sat on the chair, it was like it was a toy chair that you sit at with kids you babysit. Then tonight I saw him on a show on television. He is 2 meters 44 centimeters!!!! That is 7 ( Read more... )

I can´t believe it is already December. My final exams start this coming week. I just want to take them and be done. Everything here feels really drawn out. I don´t actually finish my exams until December 12th. That is a long time to wait. I think I am going to wind up traveling before then. Gabriel has to go drop some compressors off at a ( Read more... )

The stereotype is true. Most mexican guys really are creepy. Not to say there are not quiet a few really sweet ones, but many of them... yuck. For instance this one violinist who keeps saying awkward things and makes me want to leave. He then gets offended when I leave and jokes about me not liking him. I got news for him. I DON´T ( Read more... )

I can´t believe it is already November. I think not having seasons and the usual cold makes the passing of time blur together with no clear distinction in how far into the year you have progressed. Usually you remember the first day you give up on capris and the first day of the thickest coat (my sausage!) and frost on the grass. But here the ( Read more... )

I have defended America a number of times down here. I have reminded people that not everyone in the United States has a lot of money to throw around as some down here like to believe. I have also reminded them that America obviously does have a right to know who is entering it ( Read more... )

Stingray Leaps Into Boat, Stabs Man in Chest

Watch you back! The stingrays are angry, and they are ARMED! (and apparently they leap!)

I have a million other things I need to do right now, as I suppose most people who post to live journal do, but I feel like I need to write ( Read more... )

I have almost been down here for two months. It has gone by really fast. I am having a amazingly good time, but I am realizing I really wish I had more balance in my life. I miss being with my girlfriends and hanging out. I feel like I haven´t really done that since I left Western. Probably because I haven´t. I wish I could be with Gabriel one ( Read more... )

Hey Everyone! I made it down here ok. It dosen´t feel real at all that I am going to be here for five months, but maybe once I start school it will. I´m going to go wash all the airplane off me. See ya

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