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Published: September 10th 2008
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Caribbean Scott
Scott looks like an Abercrombie model here. Handsome devil. So after the trip Scott and Megan came back here and we all hung out in the traditional Caribbean garb, the linen suit. These are acceptable as both pajamas or attending your own wedding, which is more than I can say for the tux. Sadly they don’t include a tie which can be tied around one’s head at the reception marking oneself as a. drunk and b. retarded. It seems like forever ago that Scott and Megan were here. I made a lot of fun of Scott, but he was hilarious and I miss him. After getting back from several weeks abroad we had guests in town, at least 2 a night, for 16 of the first 18 days. Scott and Megan, Blair and Julia, some folks we met in Ecuador (one of who forgot her passport, missed her plane, and was trapped in South America for several weeks). It was fun having people in, although I pretty much left them to their own devices and prepared for school. I did make it into Tayrona Park for a few days with the BQ crew and the Spearn family. You’re tempted to pronounce that last name like spurn but don’t do it,
Bolivian Slum
Taken by Jorn, great photo. pronounce it like spear and add an ‘n’. You’ll make a Canadian very happy, which doesn’t happen much for someone who hails from America’s Hat. While in the park I was characteristically charming when commenting to a visiting, rather taciturn, friend of a friend that I thought with as much as she travelled she’d have more interesting things to say. Smooth operator. School has started back up, and the change in the level of organization is stunning to say the least. I’m certainly more prepared than ever and I only have 13 kids in my homeroom which pretty much takes classroom management worries out of the equation and lets me focus more on keeping things interesting. We’ve got a class webpage and are doing online pen-pal stuff with a school in North Carolina. I’ve told my children to bring up the stomping the Tar Heels received at the hands of Kansas last spring. I’m flying into the US on the night of the 19th. Matt called picking me up from the airport which was nice b/c it makes it seem like there was some big competition. He also gave me an honorary black belt for the obvious skills I displayed
The hardcore linen crew
Rockin' our formal attire in my travel pics, so I’ve got that going for me. I’ll be in town until the 25th, phoneless and carless so not too sure how to get a hold of me, probably the same way you’d do it if I were here, via email. I currently have no plans after Bob’s wedding other than try and wreck my sister’s car again. Still haven’t paid that off since I’m really responsible. Good thing I didn’t pay it off when the peso was way up on the dollar. Josh moved out, went up into the jungle of Minca and left our gay trio a gay duo, but not ambiguously so. Here’s a nice example that shows some things didn’t change while we were gone. You would think that if you were overcharging someone, and you got caught you wouldn’t get too mad, you took a shot and it didn’t work out. I’ve discovered however that many taxi drivers don’t view it as overcharging, they really think they deserve more money because you are foreign, or from Bogota or whatever. Due to this twisted sense of entitlement they get furious when you pay them the actual, city-mandated prices. Surprising that a taxi
Uyuni Sky
You have no idea how cold it was taking this photo. I didn't take it, Jorn did, but I was there. driver in a small town with one book store hasn’t read and learned the equality lessons of the Merchant of Venice. Am I not a gringo? If you cut me, do I not bleed money? Clarify something for me someone please (although no one ever responds to my blogs). You can’t get divorced without the consent of the other person? Or you can, you just have to go to court? What if you are trying to make it to the five year mark where you become an American citizen? If you want to see my sweet class webpage email me and I’ll send directions on how to do it. I drew a cartoon dog on the board for my students the other day, with a giant head and a small body and one of my students commented that with the big head and small body it looked like the midget in the class, Jesus. So hilarious. I mean wrong. See everyone soon.
Book: I’ve mostly just been reading Josh’s comic book/graphic novels. The Watchman is great and if Fox successfully blocks the release of the movie, I'm boycotting all of their films and their awesome left wing news channel.
Movie: Watched Action Jackson starring Carl Weathers, it’s fantastic. I want to buy it.
Music: I’ve taken ten albums and made playlists by track number, then had adam change the playlist names so I don’t know what number each playlist contains in an attempt to prove my theory that track #3 is usually the best one on the album, a theory I am stealing from a high school conversation with Jason Atkeisson. I’ll let you know my results. I’m sure Tom and Al are proud of the pure science involved.
Spanish phrase: Haciendo un Holovics. It means assaulting someone with your facial hair.
Rock,
~ Tyrone
I’d like to be a bird because I could go places for free. ~ One of my student journals, and so true.
Cooters smell way worse than dicks. ~ Adam. You like how I always pick quotes that make him seem like a bastard? It’s because he’s such a nice guy and doing so makes me feel better about myself.
If your everyday life seems poor, don’t blame it; blame yourself; admit to yourself that you are not enough of a poet to call forth its riches. ~ Rainer Mari Maria Rilke.
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the gathering
so I feel like a different man now. I have grown up amongst the great unwashed in GA at Royals stadium and have now sat in the glory of the crown seats. My ass sweat has now definitly mingled with the ass sweat of my betters. Joel lemme know when to pick you up.