March 2012
1 post
February 2012
13 posts
Thanks to Mr. Golden Sun (or as I have properly renamed him: El Diablo) I now resemble a snake trying to shed its skin. Actually more like a snake going through that awkward middle school phase where it thinks it knows how to shed its own skin but really it just ends up looking all patchy and gross and none of the other snakes want to be seen with it…yeah that’s me right now. Hawt....
Ayampe
Stolen towels, 7-pound fish, nightly skinny dipping, bioluminescence, beach fires with Ecuadorian hipster/surfer bros, group dinners, sea turtles, hammock naps, realizing the power of an ocean wave, second degree sunburn, hair-wraps, blue-footed boobies, tequila sunsets, snorkeling, fried plantain cheese balls, saltwater baths, and finding a place in the world that makes me undeniably happy.
FINALLY →
this whole ep made me cry and miss rain drenched portland
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11 Things I learned in the Amazon
1. Shooting blow darts is apparently where all my talent lies.
2. Eating ribs, cow tongue, chicken, liver, and beef all in one sitting makes me miss being a vegetarian.
3. A giant mudslide is really just an excuse for a two hour mud party.
4. All I need to be happy in life is a boat ride down a river in the Amazon and the chance to swim under a waterfall.
5. There are way too...
Off to the Amazon, brb.
January 2012
17 posts
On why many Ecuadorians now own a picture of me
In order to understand just how surreal and wonderful and made-me-realize-why-I-am-studying-abroad Friday night was you need to follow these steps exactly as written:
1. Forget to ask your friend to buy you tickets to the first Cuencan fútbol game of the season against some team in Peru.
1.5 Decide that you in fact didn’t want to go to the stupid game anyway because there are going to be...
My host brother-in-law asked me to translate a Miami Herold article about the current Ecuadorian president, Rafael Correa, for his boss…his boss is running against Correa in the presidential election next year…I just translated something for a future presidential candidate. Holy.
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Mindless Musings from Cornelio Merchán 5-36 y Luis...
Fireworks punctuate the day celebrating a hidden holiday only by those close enough to know the meaning of lighting the fuse. Cheerful chirping disrupts the night making it so that if one were to close their eyes educated guesses of night or day would surely fail. I take my warm milk with two spoonfuls of instant coffee and three of sugar at every meal. Sugar milk. The bananas are better here, so...
Tonight in four words
shots on fire…literally
Honk in Translation
I have been reduced to the understanding of a child, yet even 4-year-old Marigracia understands more then I. Reduced to the level of an infant then perhaps, yet I’m sure 6-month-old Juan Martin would take offense to that statement should he find his voice during my stay. It is infuriating and humbling to be reduced to simple sentences and wild pantomimes. Never will a quiet moment in English...
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virgins, squid, tequila, wandering, ecaudor 101,...
tomorrow: hummingbirds, butterflies, jumping off waterfalls, tubing - essentially everything good in the world
also i promise i will suck less at this when my brain isn’t tired as fuck - look that’s how tired i am i couldn’t even think of a clever witty way to phrase that i just had to come right out and say it like a normal person
sooo heads up this is about to become a blog...
mainly because making a new blog sounds as appealing as the phrase ‘moist raunchy spiders’
this may be a bit premature as i still have at least six hours before i hit the ‘fuck if i’m leaving my bed for less than donald glover holding a bacon on bacon sandwich’ phase of my night, but i’m going to go ahead and say that my greatest accomplishment today was putting together a red persian cat puzzle in under 3 minutes
On greatness and killing your ego. →
dearcoketalk:
Kill your ego, because nothing you do will ever matter. That’s okay, though. It’s not just you. It’s all of us. It’s taken 100,000 years for our species to hump and grunt its way into momentary dominance on this pale blue dot, but nothing we’ve accomplished is all that…
Watchthedailywhat:
Afternoon Snack: Portlandia’s second season starts early with this sneak peek of the first episode — which is actually the whole damn thing.
Check it out above four full days before its premiere on IFC and then don’t tell your friends so when they watch it on Friday with the rest of the plebs you can be all like “I watched that episode before it was on television.”
[ratsoff...
December 2011
12 posts
“If you choose to prostitute yourself to capitalism for $6.50 an hour, that is...”
– Viva Las Vegas
drinkyourjuice:
The Middle East — Blood
Starts...
let me go home
In high school I was voted “Most Likely to Flee the Country” a title that was fairly uncontested as those of my small rural town tended to dream more of the Packers winning the Superbowl than scaling the jagged peaks of the Himalayas, but to me it meant everything. It meant that I was not going to be another graduated senior still attending high school basketball games, it meant I would never have...
let's all marvel at the fact that my parents still...
Ok Mother,
I have no idea on what to get Dad for Christmas, zero, zilch, nada. If you have any suggestions those would be great. I figure I can always get him a gift card to Famous Dave’s or Sonic but if you have an idea that doesn’t scream “I only love you enough to get you a plastic card that will eventually translate into an artery clogging food substance” send it my...
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first step of cgva
1. i admit that i am powerless to child gummy vitamins
Watchbaaconnn:
New musical obsession.
November 2011
11 posts
I think it's time for everyone
drinkyourjuice:
who has Spotify synced with their facebook or uses Washington Post Social Reader to get taken out back and Old Yellered.
This is my line in the sand.
