I'm passing time nervously, with melancholy. I'm scared of going home--even for just a few weeks. I don't want to be reminded of the other way I live. The other way I hang out with friends. I don't want to know the people who travel and take pictures of wrinkled old ladies in traditional clothing and think they know what life is really like ( Read more... )

Tasty foods unique to Chile (yes, I might be avoiding finals ( Read more... )

I am dying to see this panel discussion on globalization that's being put on by El Mercurio. The Lineup ( Read more... )

I finally have my pase escolar!!! It is shiny with a hologram and my picture and a map of Valparaíso! It means I am an official full-time student at public university in Chile. And it means I can take the bus for 25 cents instead of 60 cents ( Read more... )

Final exams are stressful in any language ( Read more... )

It's really amazing what people will say when they know you won't contradict them. The only people I contradict in Spanish are Nico (littlest host bro) and Felipe (boyfriend). So everyone feels totally comfortable telling me their opinions on every touchy subject there is--especially my host mom ( Read more... )

Kevin--I SAW YOU ON TV!!! I think it was Chilevision...on Saturday. You were hanging out with a wild crowd...don't worry, I won't bust you ( Read more... )

It really rains here. Rains so hard that I ditched class today because I was afraid that I'd be washed away before I could buy an umbrella. Don't worry, I only missed my film class. The majority of the university is on strike. I'm counting on this strike to continue cuz I'm really not interested in the exam I have friday ( Read more... )

Best headline ever in "Las Ultimas Noticias" (the latest news): The Pope Adores Cats and Speaks to Them as if They Were Human Beings.

The cover shot is a close up of the Pope's face--he looks sneaky.

Well, I had a serious fracaso in my midterm today. The question was "Explain the reasons for the decline of the Mayan civilization." Simple enough. Unfortunately, "decline" in spanish is "decadencia" and that made me think decadent in the sense of moral decay and self-indulgence ( Read more... )