My gecko whom I have dubbed PEDRO visited me again last night. I love him! He eats all the mosquitos and ants in my room and he makes kissing noises at me! Nate....he's your biggest threat while I'm here in Mexico. Hehe.
Needless to say, I DID finish my anthropology HW and the class was a lot of interesting today. We actually discussed and such...and I discovered that what our professor really wants from the questions that we have to answer is discussion points and thoughts. So as long as I don't obsess over the fact that there's NO way I will be able to understand the finest points of the readings for a little while, I'll be OK. Today we talked about how you define someone who is Indigenous....the methods they've used in the past are SO interesting, and if you look at the differences in the Indigenous population in the censuses for the past 50 years, you see HUGE fluctuations in the number simply because of the criteria of someone indigenous. It sounds dumb here, but it was really interesting. The one thing that I need help with is my essay. For the end of the class I have to write a 20 page essay in spanish. (scream). I've never even written that much in English! About Indigenous people in Mexico...anyone have topic ideas?
Also....fyi.....I just finished reading Eat, Pray, Love. And I HIGHLY recommend it. It's so inspiring. And it mentions Oaxaca! Isn't that ironic? I really want to learn how to meditate now. But for real....I recommend it to all. Now I'm reading Jurassic Park. Hehe. And Allie...I love Molo'kai (about the leper community off Hawaii in the 1920s'ish). Also...the 19th Wife is interesting, but I would classify it as OK. Oh...and the Wally Lamb book, "The Hour I First Believed," made me cry multiple times. It's about Columbine. Can you guys tell that I've had a lot of time to read here? The things you have time to do when you can't "surf" the Internet.
Another question.....does anyone have gift requests? I was thinking about Christmas the other day....(=. No really....but seriously....(=
What else? Oh yeah! I saw "LAS VAGINAS" last night. It was good. I really want to see the Vagina Monologues in English now as well. Let's just say that I learned a lot of doble sentidos for the word in Spanish (including conejita, tarantula, palomito, and papaya among others...hehe). But it's a really good play because it combines humorous sections with sections about rape and manipulation of women....which makes it educational and like, eyeopening as well. About half way through, while laughing, I realized that I was viewing a play in Spanish. A whole play! That lasted like 2 hours! And I understood casi total! It was very exciting (=
Hasta luego amigos (=
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