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Published: December 13th 2013
Hola Amigos!
This is the 2nd Part to Rum and Beer: In the clear, bc if you read Part 1 of this blovel, then you should be as fluent in Spanish as I am. See, I know a lot of words in Spanish but I don't know how to put them into sentences. It doesn't much help when you try to talk to someone and all you can say is "Hello! How are you?" "Oh, I'm good too thanks" and then a bunch of color words or random objects.
I left you with our "we didn't get robbed" ice cream party and after re-reading everything, I realized, naturally, that I left out something. I want to remind you of the fact that you can get robbed anywhere. Granted there are places more notorious for robbings, or shootings even. Such as the city I just moved from and the city in which I currently live.
I've been warned not to go to 80% of the places I have ever been, but the key to that is.. I've been warned by people who have never been. I'll give you a minute to think on that.
My point is.. if
you can, always, always... Go!
Alrighty then, straight back to Casa de "Olay". We got back in from our dinner, ice cream party, and were met with about 60 drunkards. I was all ready to test out my first drug purchase from the pharmacy. It didn't kill that guy I gave it to the night before, so what the hell. Also, I may have killed someone if I had listen to the idiots partying outside all night. I only say idiots, bc there's nothing worse than listening to drunk people when you're not one of them. Ryan and I watched a movie the night before, but we could only use one set of headphones, one ear bud each. It wasn't too bad actually, but tonight Sean was going to be watching too. I wasn't really into that idea so down the hatch went the little white pill. I brushed my teeth, laid down, and with both the boys on my right, said goodnight. They were trying to decide on a movie and the next thing I knew the sun was up. Well, hello, how'd that happen?! I wasn't even sure if Sean was still in the room.
I could not believe I didn't hear a thing. I don't think I moved a muscle. Come to find out, the google machine told me it was an Ambien. If you can't tell, I'm not a drug taker/user. Yes, mother, I realize I should have looked it up before, but I thought my sign language was pretty stellar to the pharmacy girl, and it didn't kill that guy, so I wasn't too worried. Also, Ryan was getting over his infection, all bc the ear drops that Nurse MK put in every 3 or 4 hours, that dripped yellow goop down the side of his face.
Now, I'm gonna tell you about some other junk that happened bc my days are sort of running together and since I've probably messed up my "timeline of events" this seems like just the spot for randomness:
Buzz is the spider monkey that lives at Casa. She was abandoned by her mother and somehow Fred and Carla adopted her. She has a pretty large area to herself with ropes and toys and all that, but can also swing in the door for people watching/playing. She is the funniest little thing. Her balance is
amazing. She'll just swing in and sit on the top of the door. It's a door that's been cut in half, so the bottom can close and the top open. We had them in my house growing up.. is that weird? I didn't think it was but now I'm thinking it might be. Hmm. Well, whatever, Buzz is on a leash though, which isn't as sad as it sounds. Like with the airport pick up sign thing.. if you've read my blovel from Thailand, then you know I'm not a fan of animals being tied up. She, however, I do believe has a good life. It may not be in the wild, but at least she's not abandoned, or dead. On a happier note, she did make me laugh in the mornings because Fred would give her a small cup of coffee, but if it was too hot she'd pour it out. If it was close to perfect, she'd sit and blow on it until it was perfect. Smart.
All along I was told that she doesn't like girls. I don't know if this is bc she is a girl and is smart or if she just really wanted
Lupe
see his flashlight behind the chair?! the male attention. Ryan would go right up to her though. One time she stole his hat, which was funny. He would say how soft she was and how awesome her hands felt. I wanted to hold her and he knew it, the little cheek! We were not allowed to feed her, but Fred did from time to time. Most nights at dinner she would get a bite of the dessert. She was just so damn cute! The expletive is necessary! Sometimes she'd stretch as far in as her leash would go, wrap her tail around a table leg or chair pulling it closer, and usually getting whatever she wanted from sed table or chair. 😊 Eventually I worked up the nerve to get close to her and she was a little punkin snuggler!
We had a beer pong tourney one night. Ryan and I were the 'Southern Belles', haha thanks Matty! I only tell you this for two reasons. One, because we won our first game, then lost to Texas. I don't remember their team name, but I do remember the guy. Texas. He was one of those people that could actually be Ok, but just tries soooo
hard that he's annoying. I'm only saying this bc he was American and I get embarrassed when other Americans are embarrassing. Heaven forbid I ever do anything embarrassing!! (I know I'm being a rude here, I'm well aware that I do embarrassing things) But this guy is one who talks reeeal slow, wears clothes from SE Asia just so people will know he's been there, and is just, annoying. I know he had on a necklace, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was one of those puka shell ones or a shark tooth or something dumb like that. He rarely wore a shirt and his beer belly poked out of his skinny frame. I can't go into much detail because I'm already planning to write about a freak show later and that's not very ladylike of me to be bashing so many people at once. 😉 I just want you to get the picture of why I was so upset about losing. It wasn't about beer pong, it was that Texas was trash talking the whole time and all I wanted to do was rub it in his face that we won. That's class, right?!? Well, didn't happen. I
surfer
after a hard days work tucked my tail and met Tona at the bar (you know where her squiggle goes).
The second reason I told you that is bc Matty, one of the bar tenders, came up with our team name. It reminded me that Australians add "y" or "o" or shorten, everything. Matt=Matty Sean=Seano, Ryan=Ryano (which I love bc I call him Ryan-ocerous) Anyone who has a name all of a sudden becomes a nickname by adding y or o. It's only funny because we met Matt, not two seconds later they're callin him Matty. There are sooooo many shortened words that I can't even begin to type. I guess that's not really something I can describe, more of a "you gotta be there" kinda thing. 😊
Moving on to Lupe, the night guard at Casa, well and security in general. I've already stated my opinion on safety matters, but this is just funny to me. Lupe is the guard that walks around Casa at night making sure everything is secure. I only have one pic with him and he insisted that I act like I'm cutting off his head with his machete?? He walks around with a machete and a big
flashlight, actually shining it around and looking for things, and people. In the photo, the chair cuts it off but, its one of those big flashlights with the handle. It makes me laugh for no reason at all. We also had to paint our middle fingernails. This helped Lupe decipher who was and wasn't staying at Casa. Ingenious, I say. 😊 At Hermosa guards walked around with guns, but they were so old I was more afraid of the gun, then what the gun may be pointed towards.
All the kids in town walk around with these things we called "Clackers". Someone told me we used to have them in the US, but I've never seen them. Two balls connected by a cord, with a knot in the middle. The idea is to hold the knot, and "clack" the balls together above and below your hand. I watched many people try, I tried, Ryan tried, everyone tried. Nobody could do it. The one ear bud movie night, night, I heard someone going on and on! We hopped out of the room to see and it was this tiny child probably 4 years old. We were amazed! In the video,
he hits the pole, but obviously he is a stud bc he can go above his head, while standing on a stool, with a bunch of Westerners watching in astonishment. Ever since we saw the kid do it, we practiced. People laughed bc one morning all 3 pairs were sitting outside our door. haha. I don't have a video of myself doing it, but Ryan got really good at it too. I put his video on here bc the look on the other guys face makes me laugh so hard!! Plus the oh so serious look Ryan has when he realizes he's going so long!! Fred said I was the best "white person" he'd ever seen, and he gave me a pair to keep! Ryan was a little jealous bc I picked my favorite pair (duh) and not his.
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Michelle
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good reads!
First of all, WAR DAMN EAGLE. Even though its a little embarassing in the context of this story. Second, where can I get a Tona with the squiggle? Love you, MK! Michelle