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2010-08-18T12:37:00.000-07:00

NEW AND IMPROVED POST NOW UPDATED WITH INITIAL CAPITALIZED BROADCASTING!

Seriously though I am in the hills of northern California pilfering internet from the hippiebilly neighbor of somewhere unknown and looking at a tremendously scenic beauty of a skyline and Wow that bug makes an interesting noise. i can hear a faint lawnmower. There are so many big trucks or Subarus that pass on through here and I am alone today, except for the lizards? rats? whatever frolics expediently -thats real quick- through the grass here and there.
Yeah my job is good I like it a lot. Chopped down over a 100 plants last night only took about 5 hours with a pizza/PBR/water break and a little La Roux to back me up...they are hanging to dry for the next 5 days while the other guy is at a wedding in Colorado. I think Cuz is coming up today maybe bring the little Buddha or should I say Kron because Conan is overplayed and so is Arnold anyways.
What am I trying to say here? i guess I am saying that i am maintaining daily around 30 plants its been nice and a little snippysnippy here or there I like cashmoney. Especially when devoid of it, becomes a lot more appealing or rewardingIFYOUWILL.
Uh yeah so I have a bit of downtime time time to play guitar to write to think to stoned yoga/stretch/rest/relax/comfort and other interesting things like eat/shit/piss/tobacco/yesssss and surprisingly my computer is working but to not jinx it I am going to say one thing more: still thinking about you feeling dreaming breathing singing you and ok ok im going to let it because I am creative right now and I feel great and strong and carefree and independent and capable and confident and loved and adventurous and free so free but also alone. i am alone and it is evolutionary process growth expansion pampant freeflown bringing. Being you know yeah good goooood stuff. And still. Well you are still here with me and I feel good about it.

fuckin hell

2010-07-14T17:30:00.000-07:00

im sitting in the airport in san jose right now with three other people who are leaving for the states 12 hours from now as well...i didnt want to pay for a hotel so i am spending my whole night here. luckily i already made some friends..the bad news: i had to pay 40 dollarrs! to take a taxi from the bus station to the airport..fuckin crazy! also i have to pay 26 dollar tax to leave costa rica.!! i only have 150 dollars left in my bank account. jesus fuckin christ that sucks. well in other news ill be home in 24 hours....unfortunately exhausted and penniless......

buggities

2010-07-10T09:12:00.000-07:00

i finally found the book i wanted to read for my trip with only 5 day to read it..the unbearable lightness of being. im just finishing up the rum diary..its good you know thompson just debauchery and horribleness throughout..and yet real human spirit. ive been having crazy dreams regularly..the mosquitos are driving me insane. i met a canadian girl from quebec that is super rad its her birthday today. i was going to try surfing again today but i think i wont after all. hit the beach and go swimming anyway. tomorrow is the final in the world cup i am going for holland they have kicked ass for some time. im sure my friend john johnfield wants spain all the way can see him watching the game in a mexican restaurant with his lady molly gettin tossed on margs shouting things at the tv with the rest of the futbol loverz. ive become incredibly content doing next to nothing in these last days abroad. im pretty much forgoing costa rica until monday or tuesday so that i have time for a day or two of that country ..my money situation is becoming quite dismal so i suppose going to the most expensive country in my vicinity isnt worthwhile. ill hit costa rica up next time. mexico guatemala and nicaragua have been great to me...el salvador cant say much for and i didnt make it to belize or panama. cant say driving through honduras counts as an experience even though it looked beautiful there. surf towns and babes! man oh man. my hostel is chock full of them..i guess i should be pretty stoked about a town like this. i dont like the big cities at all out here its all about the small places like that little mountain niche called flagstaff. i dont know how long ill be in oklahoma and it doesnt really matter. ill get to see everyone and then probably head out after a week or two. dont know how to get home though........especially since i dont have one anymore. couches and floors, flag amigos!

2010-07-09T09:20:00.000-07:00

ok so i have less than a week left and im not ready to go...but im heading to Oklahoma now to catch my friends wedding..still not sure how im getting back to AZ prob hitchhike i dont know. mosquito bites are driving me crazy! little bastards....umm yeah san juan del sur the surf town i have been in for the last three days is really chill the hostel is cool and full of cool people and beautiful girls...i guess the surfing draws them. i surfed the other day..its hard..probably going today or tomorrow. i have to find a tailor to get my measurements for ryan..

nicaragua

2010-07-04T19:51:00.000-07:00

Im on an island in the middle of lake that has two volcanos in Nicaragua. It is one of the seven wonders of the world...its called the isla de ometepe. im with a bunch of people. for once and everything is well. there are 6 people from england one aussie, 3 girls from switzerland, a german and one other yankee. we got ourselves a regular troop of sorts. its good to have company. im climbing another volcano tomorrow. it might be harder..its very hot and humid here but beautiful. lush green everywhere. gotta hurry though only have 10 days left or so. hope 4th of july was good for all. talk later...ciao!

nicaragua

2010-07-04T08:16:00.000-07:00

im at a hostel in nicaragua. me tan australia on the bus and we traveled from managua to grenada together. im going to see if i can tag along with theis group of german and swiss girls to the lake today and travel with them for a short while. if not im gonna stay in grenada for another day. and then head down to costa rica to spend my last week there. oh yeah im going to go to panama for a day or two...woot!

Shitty Day(for the most part)

2010-07-03T03:36:00.000-07:00

I am in San Salvador it is 4:37 in the morning and today sucked-had to give up my shoes today either that or stuff them in my bag drenched smelling beyond belief or bring them on the bus...nope-sorry Andrew thanks for the shoes. also i got jacked at the Guatemalan-El Salvador border for 270 quetzales(34 bucks) that was awesome but it was my fault. i got surrounded by all these guys wanting to trade money and then one guy told me he worked at the immigration office and wanted my passport but i ended up giving them all my money in seconds and they were gone then i had a problem crossing the border because i had forgotten to get my guatemalan entry stamp then a guy helped me but needed money for the fine he thought i was lying but fuck..hey guess what i just got jacked...the bus left me and i finally got to go with my passport stamped and the bus had left me! i had to run down the street and cross the bridge get stopped again and cross the border..the bus was sitting there and i got on and we left. i was really freaked and frustrated and it was hard to shake the bad mood and then ¨my sisters keeper¨came on the bus so i watched a movie about a girl dying of cancer in spanish yeah that was awesome. one of the better days of the trip.

dos semanas hasta realidad empieza otra vez

2010-07-01T13:37:00.000-07:00

does anyone even read this? some affirmation would be neat...anyhow ill be in el salvador tonight..next couple of days im gonna have bus butt! woot! ok bye

Yep

2010-06-29T14:06:00.000-07:00

I leave antigua this thursday for guatemala city just to catch a bus to el salvador. then i have to catch a bus to honduras then one to nicaragua. once i get to managua or grenada i can take abreak. it is going to be a rough two days. anyhow my spanish has improved a lot ive started playing open mic and im ready to get a move on. i will have only two weeks to get to costa rica when i leave. well! ok then! it looks like im returning home with about 800 bucks in my bank account...not as much as i wouldve hoped for but whatever! hasta la pasta.

Fucking tough shit.

2010-06-24T17:19:00.000-07:00

Me duele la cabeza. solo lo he estudiado hoy despues trabajando con mi maestra por cinco horas. Todavia, mi espanol es malo. Pero tengo que sequir tratando de aprender. No puedo esperar a soñar en la idioma! La gente dice que cuando sueña en otro idioma, es un buen indicador de la cada vez más fluida. Aunque tuve que buscar algunas de estas palabras para escribir este párrafo, es un logro.

My head hurts. I have only studied today after working with my teacher for five hours. Still, my spanish is poor. But I have to keep trying to learn it. I can't wait to dream in the language! People say that when you dream in another language, it is a good indicator of becoming more fluent. Although I had to look up some of these words in order to write this paragraph, it is an accomplishment.

Past 5 days and the next 8 or 9

2010-06-22T13:24:00.000-07:00

so last written thing i said was in Xela and about the volcano...i stayed in Xela until Friday and then went with an australian girl i met to the lake (lago de atitlan) it took all day and we arrived at a small village pueblo called san pedro la laguna it was rad..i stayed there for a few days..very hippie lotsa gringos and funny guatemalans. the lake is beautiful despite all the fucking trash in it and yeah we partied a little and i made a friend with this guy from new york, mike. so yeah after lara and i parted ways i headed for antigua yesterday. it took most of the day and i got in and decided to talk to a director of a spanish school. now instead of just staying in a hostel for a couple nights i have paid and committed to a 9 day stint in antigua learning spanish and living with a guatemalan family. its nice they are nice the food is good and i get three meals a day included with my 4.5 hours of spanish a day. i am here till the 30th giving me only 2 weeks to get to costa rica! so im gonna drive right through el salvador and honduras into nicaragua. probably spend 3 days to a week there in managua and grenada and then get to costa rica with only a week left to spare...not really my intention but whatever my spanish will be way better. so anyhow thats an update. oh yeah i live with three other students two swiss german peeps a couple and another australian girl. they are nice and quirky. right now i am in a cool hippie/hipster/gringo cafe with free wi-fi. so yeah we dont have internet and my updates will not be as frequent. for now, i have to practice my spanish and memorize some new vocabulary.

Volcan Santa Maria

2010-06-17T17:30:00.000-07:00

I ascended a volcano in Guatemala with some people I met and a local guide last night. We walked through the night and caught the sunrise on top. The weather was dismal, cloudy cold and rainy bnut it was still a blast. I am really tired today having not slept..I think I am leaving Xela, the town I have been in for three days, on Saturday to head for the lake. Sleep on some hammocks hit the water have some fun whatever..yeah so Guatemala is great thus far, could see myself living here and working teaching english or guitar or something. Anyhow Im gonna watch some Star Trek and take it easy tonight. Maybe go out maybe not. its raining pretty hard every night pretty much. Good thing I went to Central America during their winter. W00t! ok bye.

2010-06-15T11:57:00.000-07:00

Guatemala is beautiful. Im using quetzales now instead of pesos. Im watching Brasil and north korea in the world cup. the weather is nice. Im in Xela..or Quetzaltenango. Tomorrow or in a few days I will head to the big lake Lago de Atitlan.

Rain

2010-06-13T15:11:00.000-07:00

It really is the rainy season here in chilly mountainous chiapas. i am heading for guatemala tomorrow. i am excited for a new place..though it may not seem much at all different. been watching the world cup here its interesting. never watched futbol before. Im going to head over to some girls house to meet up with friends hope it will be fun. im really starting to like this place a lot san cristobal de las casas..but now its time to keep going. i could see myself living here in the future..maybe just writing poetry and playing music live at night in the bars. hmm well maybe not. either way this place has a charm my favorite in mexico for sure. seeing how i have not visited northern mexico or the yucatan peninsula that doesnt say much..but alas..on to Central!

First Hangover

2010-06-09T09:24:00.000-07:00

Partied till 4 this morning..two of the Argentines are leaving today. I have class in 20 minutes..I finish with class Friday. I think I am heading to Guatemala on Monday. I have to catch a taxi and goto class...I am hungry and hungover.

Me Duele mi espalda

2010-06-07T21:04:00.000-07:00

I saw the ruins of Palenque today and a couple waterfalls...pretty cool. My lower back hurts and i have a chafing rash in between my thighs..goin to shower and sleep. bye!

Vuelvo

2010-06-05T10:22:00.000-07:00

I bought a plane ticket out of costa rica on july 15..i fly into denver then phoenix. so i will be home for my birthday this year.

estoy impaciente

2010-06-04T20:49:00.000-07:00

I am getting weary of staying in one spot.
I have to be here for another week to finish my classes.
I want to join my friend Nick in some new adventures.
I am in need of pursuing a strict and vigorous change.
I am aware of it again. I am sparked. It is not here where I need be.
All this I shit has got to go.
What are you doing?
What are we doing?
No mames, wey. Chingon, cabron. Voy a salir esta ciudad pronto.

moscas

2010-06-03T16:21:00.000-07:00

Slept a lot today..trying not to get a sinus infection..i am congested. lots of flys today god damn moscas! today was good..i got a zapatista shirt in the market for like 4 bucks. steal! im excited for the party this saturday...i might start getting into futbol while im here since everyone is about it...im starting to feel like i have friends here it is nice...my spanish still sucks though but just gotta keep on it. also...umm i really appreciate food in the States mujch more now like the grocery stores are just much more limited to choice and quality...especially produce and meat. but well im just spoiled from organic health food stores. thats it for now. adios

Yeah

2010-06-02T15:17:00.000-07:00

Went to class today talked with my french friend who owns a pizza joint and invited him to the big party happening here on saturday..then i went home and picked up horse shit..now im drinking beer and chillin...good day all in all

Clases se espanol

2010-06-01T17:31:00.000-07:00

So I got a teacher but only for 15 hours..I will try and make the best of it..Seeing as it is for right now, I am going to be in Chiapas for probably two more weeks. I like it here so thats fine. Actually if I can get a job teaching English here..which is possible I will do that...it will only pay like 5000-6000 pesos a month...like 500 bucks so i dont know because i would have to commit to a year or something...but otherwise I will continue my trip and probably go to school in Guatemala for a month. I think I am going to come back to Flagstaff around my birthday as of right now...I guess there is no reason to speculate since I dont have plans nor want to make any.

Junio

2010-06-01T08:24:00.000-07:00

I am going downtown today to see about finding a private teacher for Spanish..also I am going to go to one of the schools and see about taking some classes. It rained almost all day yesterday and hard. Today is sunny and beautiful. Well, I hope today brings wonderful surprises.

Another Day Another Dollar

2010-05-31T08:56:00.000-07:00

The place is really quiet right now...the sun is in full shine. The dogs are asleep..one of the Argentine women is sleeping in the grass getting tan I guess. Everyone else is gone or still asleep. I took a freezing cold shower just now and I can say that it was not the best way to start the day. I don't know how long I want to stay here now. Not that i have any reason to leave i just feel conflicted about staying in one place for too long. It is hard to find contentment right now. I feel really motivated with no direction. I have the will and the energy to complete something but no focus on that something. I also feel like Im chasing something that doesnt exist. I dont know what that is or where it is that I can find it but it does not seem to be here. I guess I am bored, but not nothing to do bored...no sense of purpose bored is what Im feeling. I dont know what Im accomplishing right now by traveling through Mexico. I am very close to Central America and a part of me just wants to jump right in there..but then what? Jose is telling me that school in Guatemala might not be necessarily cheaper. He knows some people near here or something. Also, there is a place outside of town called Palenque, which is like great Mayan ruins or something that no one wishes to miss in their life while so close here in Chiapas.
My thoughts and feelings are still a bit consumed by Flagstaff, and I can only deduce two reasons for this...the dumbest reason I believe to be affecting me is Facebook...now isnt that dumb? but seriously if I can login to facebook I can read about everyone back home in minutes..I know what is going on to some degree and its impossible to let go when so interconnected...also of course there is Lindsay, who I think about all the time. This is such a conundrum for me. I am thinking about not using the internet at all maybe I can sell my computer or just break it..no I would give it away first. I know that I could just restrict myself to using only the blog when having the internet but even having the blog is keeping me connected to home. I dont know why it seems necessary to disconnect from Flagstaff but being on a journey isnt about staying with home.
I am starting to believe I am more of a home body than I would like to be. I suppose I want adventure and growth in my life but maybe I am doing it in a way that doesnt suit my personality. I am not so sure about this former comment except it seems like maybe I am just homesick...it seems silly because I have only been gone for two weeks.
Im not scared, either. not that i need be scared but...
this post is fucking dumb im going to stop now. I will see if i can get to palenque today. im going to start looking into where I am going next as well. stay in chiapas or go right into guatemala?

where i am now

2010-05-30T08:07:00.000-07:00

Well I am super stoked about where i am now and i hope i can be here awhile. i guess i should introduce everyone i can because there are many members at the estate i am at. yeah its kind of like an estate..there are two buildings and one is split into two homes there is an inner courtyard a garden and a front yard it is all covered in private fence covered in private plants...there are three dogs two cats and a horse...a man named jose has welcomed me here he is in his 50s has kids in the states and an exwife in texas. there is frank, i like him he has a motorcycle we try and talk a lot there is dadio my new friend i thin konly 22 has a nova in spain and his job is a party planner he puts on huge parties and organizes everything from the guest list to the music etc...then there is mau who has a job of leading groups through the jungles of chiapas and is an avid outdoorsman. there are about 2 or 3 more people staying here who are couchsurfers like myself...and then there is this lady i cant remember her name shes sweet and she is always looking after one of two very small children and then there is another lady who is quiet and is always cleaning or working. so far it is really swell they threw a party last night and invited many foreigners and other peoplo we had a big salad and spaghetti and bread..also there was beer wine and cocktails...and jose had weed! that was cool getting stoned for the first time in mexico changed everything boy i got excited and dadio and i had many good conversations in spanish he helped me a lot with all my many mistakes and i taLK so slow..i feel pretty dumb trying to communicate but what else can i do? i watched the suns lose to the lakers and now its the lakers and celtics in the finals well obviously im going for the celtics but now i just dont care. i passed up an oppurtunity to go out with everyone to stay at the villa and watch the game..bad choice..but i was tired and i am fighting a cold i think ...today i feel pretty good though. just woke up slept in late its after 10 the latest ive slept since ive been gone it feels like. well now today i was thinking of A. learning how to ride this horse B. exploring the downtown here. C. do whatever other people around here are going to do...seems hard to get bored when you are staying with many people. regardless it is beautiful here and im happy where im at..hope i can stay here for awhile.

Voy a San Cristobal de Las Casas esta noche!

2010-05-28T11:23:00.000-07:00

I am leaving Oaxaca tonight. I have been here now for just a few days and it is really nice. I like this place much more than DF but I never like big cities that much anyhow so this is no surprise. The funny thing about my trip thus far is that I am not really taking in the tourist things like not going to the museums or inside all the churches or whatever..apparently I should eat mole while Im here or buy my mezcal here or eat fried crickets but oh well....I just want to get to Guatemala at this point. I am sick of being so shitty at Spanish and when I get to Antigua I am going to start going to school and stay with a family. It is much, much cheaper to attend school there instead of Mexico. I looked at prices for schools here in Oaxaca and its about 400 more dollars to do the same thing...now the quality of the school or the teachers might not be as good I dont know but doubtful because what I read of the school I am interested in it is a very popular choice.
So, I am going to be staying with a 52 year old man in Chiapas when I get there he wants to talk about the new law in Arizona and honestly I dont have much to say about it. I dont agree with it just like I dont agree with almost all of Arizonas choices regarding laws and financial interests. What can I say about it? no estoy de acuerdo porque el gobernador de Arizona es pinche estupida...lo que sea. no estoy ahi. I have had some good conversations with some people that I have met about politics and society on a larger scale and it has been good...I am frustrated by the language barrier on a daily basis, however. It prevents me from making friends pretty much. i no speak your language you no speak mine....Gracias Dios por la musica! I need to find a case for my guitar before I break it...´-knock on wood- and yeah I leave tonight at 830 for a twelve hour bus ride! however i got the top of the line bus which came out to a whopping 650 pesos not that much really like 50 bucks or so and if you think about a 12 hour bus ride in a really nice bus that is muy economico.
I guess I should apologize for my poor usage of the paragraph and indentation and all the other elusive grammatical implements I avoid. Out of laziness maybe out of carelessness most likely.
I want to write about something important but there doesnt seem to be anything worth writing about. I met two people since I got to Oaxaca that are rad. Sylvester and sophia-sorry if I spell these wrong..they are awesome people probably the coolest people I have met yet..I wish we had got to know each other more but maybe if I head back to Cuernavaca I can see them. Sylvester is super interesting and alive he is a writer too and I feel inspired when I meet people like him and sophia is incredibly hermosa as well as super inteligente they both are beautiful and smart people I am fortunate to have met them...
So I might have already mentioned this but the people here are really genuine and polite but not too much like I feel people are cordial and will act accordingly to be respectful BUT that is it. no more no less. like I think it is going to be hard to establish meaningful relationships or friendships in general until i get better at the language and have more confidence to just start a conversation with someone. I am still kinda apprehensive about getting out there and talking to people like I havent been going out at night to bars or whatever mostly because I dont know where to go and also the language barrier fear blah blah blah.
I have been following the Suns wherever I go and it makes me feel really close to home to watch them even if it is in a hostel whereever i am and the commentators speak in spanish. too bad they lost in the last couple seconds last night...goddamn Artest and his one important shot of the night...well we can get back in game 6...dont have a choice.
its just about 2 in the afternoon here and i have 5 or 6 hours to kill not sure where to go or what to do luckily my backpack is in storage at the hostel until i am ready to go to the bus station. i suppose i will look for a case for my guitar and maybe look inside some churches or museums..maybe eat some mole or have some hot chocolate or fried crickets...adios.

Did I mention sunburns peelin like crazy on my shoulders and back? did i mention that i fucking hate mosquitos? because my skin is peeling and its gross and i fucking hate mosquitos!

First Blog-ACTUALLY

2010-05-24T19:04:00.000-07:00

Hello, mi amigos! I am going to tell you about my time thus far in Mexico. First let me say thank you to Steve for his reference on the USAirways because of him, I got bumped up to First Class…on that note thanks Andrew for letting me stay with you and Steve and Mokey too because it was great to see him. I got off the plane and went through customs and all that…they checked my bag and it wasn’t that big of a deal. I exchanged some money and asked about where the buses were. I didn’t get too much help because I had not realized I was looking for el Metro, the subway of DF (Mexico City). So after communicating with a few people I managed to find the subway entrance. It was similar to the stations I had been through in Germany so getting to the right stop and taking the right direccion was not a problema. Regardless, I still went the wrong way once and realized it immediately. It only costs 3 pesos for una boleta, which translates to about 25 cents…CHEAP! After I got outta the subway, which was super fucking packed because there are so many people in DF, I bought some freshly squeezed jugo de naranja for about 80 cents..pretty awesome. Yeah I asked for directions to Daian’s house, the girl I was staying with but she lives in a departamento like most people there. Her sister answered the door inside the fortress of her apartment. It had security and gates like everywhere around there it seems. People are worried about thieves and robbery or pickpockets are more common I suppose. Eryka, I can’t remember her name, was very nice and I used the internet and tried to speak with her. We both suck at each other languages- Go Figure. I was hungry and went to get food. She told me to go to la plaza to get food across the street. I went the wrong way and figured it out pretty quick…after I got there I decided to get tacos al pastor which is pretty much pork on a spit cooked with pineapple pretty bomb…Daian and her sister showed up and we had lunch together. She was very kind and had more English under her belt so we talked a bit. It seems a lot of people in Mexico don’t speak English or very little if at all. Later that day we decided to go downtown to some café and meet up with some friends in order to practice English and Spanish. There we were having some drinks and I met a white guy who was younger than me and a teacher there since September. He was cool and explained that it was good and all but he didn’t make too much money. Also there was no curriculum to follow so he just kinda taught them out of the books provided. It was for literature so he was working with kids who already had a grasp on the language. Everyone is really nice. I keep learning new words left and right and then I forget them just the same. It was a good night. Everyone dispersed and the three of us headed back and picked up a bunch of treats along the way at the Pemex(this is the gas station that is like everywhere.) The ice cream sucks there, its more water less cream also I don’t know about a lot of food in general. The Coke is better though! Well, I pretty much went to bed but read a bit about DF in a copy of “A Lonely Planet” that Daian had. The next morning I checked my email and facebook and Hilary had emailed me about meeting her in Cuernavaca that day (Thursday). So I had to tell the girls goodbye prematurely since they had offered me a place to stay for another night. I took the Metro to the south end of town and chatted with some cute mexicanas then found the bus station…it was like 13 bucks and it was pretty hard to communicate what to do..Keep in mind there are so many people everywhere and like the whole time people are trying to sell you shit like dumbass things all over the subways and on the streets and stands and whatever. Its like everyone is trying to make a buck only none of the jobs are legitimate or taxable. I don’t know but I think mexico is way more into money than your average American…im thinking that they just are poor so they are constantly concerned with it, like they are chasing the dream so bad money is their priority. I feel bad that the US is probably the culprit for this sort of obsession with the capitalist chase. Anyways, the bus was awesome like a 100 times better than a greyhound and a fifth of the price. When I got off the bus, I had to use some dudes cell but he was cool and Hilary answered and came and met me. We grabbed a cab and she told me that radio cabs are like the only safe ones but I should just avoid them in general. Dropped off my stuff at her awesome host familys house and we walked into el centro (downtown). I got a badass torta with hamon and pina and chiles and queso fresco and of course mayonesa. I like the street food. Fuck it ill get sick like everyone else does anyways so might as well eat good and cheap. We looked for a bank then found one inside an appliance store, just in case you want to make a withdrawal and immediately buy a new fridge. They wanted a passport to exchange money and I didn’t have it so no dice. We went to her friends and went swimming. It was me and a bunch of girls again. This happens a lot. I like it but people think im gay…especially Mexicans and because I wear little shorts too. Mexicans don’t wear shorts I swear..and more about that later. Hilary has some pretty cool friends in Cuernavaca. Everyone is from NAU in flagstaff….but I didn’t know any of them prior. Im kinda old in comparison…the median age is 21 and im 27 in two months so….her roommate is fernanda, a mexican American girl from east LA and she is totally chill and only 20 but wow she is a chill 20 year old. She is already fluencia so that is nice when we have to talk to people. All the girls wanted to go out and party before we caught the bus to the beach at 2 in the morning….yeah we are going to the beach for the weekend due south from Cuernavaca on the coast. So they put on makeup and we sat around had some tequila shots I met her mama she fed us I tried to talk to her man I cant listen to Spanish worth a damn they talk fast….so we got a cab and hit this bar but they wouldn’t let me in cuz I had SHORTS on so we went to another bar and met up with more girls…so its me and like 8 really cute girls that kicks ass and everyone thinks im gay…ha. The band played beatles covers and they were pretyy good at it too. The girls really wanted to go to the former bar so we went back and I got pants first. Then they let us in and we got drunk…we danced the music is so bad its like top 40 bullshit put to and electronic beat except the beats per minute or like to a fast salsa beat so its sort of like American pop/dance/salsa….its really bad but you can dance to it if you like the original track or just drink a lot….since we were getting three beers for 20 pesos it was kinda like duh! But damn whiskey is expensive and they don’t have anything good so I have to drink tequila or shitty beer…also cigarettes are super cheap but they are shitty too and no one smokes rollies so im just not smoking. So yeah at the bar this Mexican guy thought I was a faggot and told Hilary that “your boyfriend was making out with a guy in the bathroom”…I went up to him and told him that A.she wasn’t my girlfriend and B. he could just ask if he wanted to kiss me…..i was trying to be funny instead of getting mad but he didn’t understand my English so it was just confusion and dumb. Either way chinga su madre! After the bar we grabbed all our shit and headed to la gringa this little all night Mexican place and grabbed food with the whole crew that was going to the beach.. this guy through their university set up the whole trip and we got on a bus and drove through the night to this beach 7 hours south. I slept most of the time. So we get to la playa and it is the shit it is just like a corona commercial or something. There are hammocks everywhere and we pretty much stayed in peoples backyards and they set up shop like a restaurant so you sleep in their backyard and you buy your food and drink from them. The water was perfect warm and the sun was hot.

(I WROTE THE ABOVE LAST NIGHT I WRITE THIS NOW ON MONDAY NIGHT>>GO SUNS!)

Got drunk the first day and had fun..I swam a lot! I ate some mariscos and just chilled with all the girls. That night I got sick and threw up plus had diarrhea...still do and my stomach has been churning a bit....all went well and Sunday we headed back...before we left though I got to know the old woman who made my food and sold me shit. I started calling her abuela(grandma) and she started calling me guero(white boy). it was cute. I stayed the night with Hilary that night secretly because her host mom would have said no and apparently I talked in my sleep that night..I was on the floor and have been having crazy ass dreams since I got here. I spent all of today (lunes) walking around Cuernavaca and I bought a guitarra..its badass classical cost 1300 pesos (about 108 bucks) and its worth it. So I was playing guitar and drinking Coke in a botella because its so much better and this guy Thomas (Toe-moss) talks to me about it...we become friends and he shows me the city..shows me the market and this botanical garden and a bunch of other stuff...we have a good time and part ways...I meet up with Hilary when she is done with class and find a hostel..we go grocery shopping and chill and now she has just left..I am here and must plan for tomorrow. i will catch the bus back to DF and find a hostel or couchsurf for a few days..then I will go to Oaxaca. After that, I dont know...I am just trying to have a plan for a few days in advance at this point. So yeah big post...another one perhaps in a week or less. Nos vemos!

First Blog en Mexico

2010-05-24T06:27:00.000-07:00

So I wrote this entry in my little journal over the weekend and then I rewrote it and typed it up in my computer and now I am at a new computer and I really dont feel up to it so here is the cocise version.....I will put in the long ass post when I have wifi on my computer..so: couchsurfed, bus to Cuernavaca, met up with Hilary, went to the beach for the weekend, back in Cuernavaca, have diarrhea, dont know where to go from here, all is well! OK BYE!

Nervioso

2010-05-19T00:31:00.000-07:00

Hola amigos...Leaving in 9 hours to DF...really excited! had a great time with both Pete and Andrew and am very thankful for my good friends...I love Mokey! Finally seeing him after all this time it is good. Had a nice time in the Phoenix area the last couple days and well I am ready to jet! Viva la revolucion! Adios Estados Unidos!

Trabajo

2010-05-05T22:15:00.000-07:00

I have less than two weeks...I am sort of nervous but mostly just excited. I can't think of why to mention it but the Phoenix Suns just won their second game against the Spurs....good for them. I am gonna try to stay on top of the series if the suns stay in. Also, I am downloading the third through the seventh season of Star Trek: The Next Generation and am totally stoked. No, I wont be watching Star Trek much at all but I know it will be nice to enjoy some leisurely show watching at some point on my trip. So am I going to be lonely? Sad? Bored? Scared? Yeah. Emotions have their time and their place and now I think I am saying nothing necesidad o importante so I will stop.

POEM

Got some flack for that
heart attack on my pride
ego lasts infinitely rewind:
Dont love you anymore
Its practical and rational.
Fast forward: feeling rough and splintered
two by four pieces of me
stuck in you and forever lost
Yeah its painful, use
the tweezers. I will just decay
rot away into a saddened
caricature of my pre-you self.

Antes de el viaje.

2010-04-30T00:52:00.000-07:00

Today is a jueves, but actually it is now viernes. I have less than tres semanas before I leave for Ciudad de Mexico (DF). After I get there, I will hook up with some couch-surfing gente who will most likely be radical. Hopefully once I get situated, I can map out my travels a little bit....but not mucho because I want to do this rather freely.
There are things that need attention, things that need to be taken care of before I leave. First I have to get rid of all my mierda, like sell it or give it away to whoever wants it. I need to get all my dinero together and put it in the pinche bank of America. Also, I need to have a lot of fun with all the people I love because I am leaving the magnifica place called Flagstaff when it is in its prime season, el verano. Nonetheless, I have to savor all the momentos with these peeps por que they are importante in my life whether they know it or not.
I think that I dont want to escribir that much right now since I am not even on the road, but here is the introductory fotografia that captures how I feel: