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post from last week... 6 December 2008 Saturday I am locked in my room typing away because it’s Saturday and Eyebrows is away at school, so I have the morning to myself. Which means no one cares if I lock myself in my room to upload photos, sync my ipod, and type a blog to take to the internet later. It didn’t matter if my family in Estelí knew that I had a laptop. But here, they saw with my ipod and now continually ask me to listen to it. Let them once. No more. They’re used to cameras because the last PCV had one, too. But they ask me to use my cell because they know I usually keep minutes on it. My other sister, Angsty Fro, was dismayed when she tried to use my ... read more
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I won´t be listening to my English language Christmas music here. It makes me too homesick. I love the holidays. Love fall. Love the time from Halloween through Christmas. And pretending like I can celebrate it here, or that it can in any way compare, just isn´t possible. No, I listen to my sister´s, henceforth known as Eyebrows as she has a fairly severe face and a set of eyebrows that are hard to forget, Christmas CD in Spanish and haven´t even asked if the kids believe in Santa here. I don´t really want to hear ¨no¨. Ask no questions, I´ll hear no lies. .... Which is not exactly how it´s supposed to work, as a PCV.... but I´ve always been better at watching and listening. ... read more




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