Now let’s go back in time so I can catch up on this here thang. I’ve just been working all the time, and going to Spanish class up until that day I got drenched and the teacher didn’t show up. My advisor has come to town, as I mentioned, and that greatly increases my workload. In addition to the time-consuming lesson-planning and research, I have to write evaluations and reports about things I’m learning and […]
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Curly-Headed Hound
I hate poodles. I’ve never liked them. I know that’s doggist of me, but it’s true. And now I dislike them more than ever. Here’s why: I know from having spent time in places without much infrastructure that you always look down when you’re walking. Otherwise you’re liable to fall into a hole or trip over a dead rat or the like. But a few days ago as I made my way downtown carrying a […]
Read moreAs a Doornail
Everybody told me that if I went to Guanajuato, I had to see El Museo de las Momias. They were wrong. I could have lived the rest of my life very well without it. It takes a lot to creep me out. I’m pretty sure I could watch gory surgeries without fluttering to the ground. I can handle a variety of realities, including death, even though they make me sad. I don’t know when I’ll […]
Read moreThe Road to Palenque
Warning: This post has a shiteload of photos in it. We got up a little after 5:00 a.m. to get ready for 6:00 breakfast and the 6:30 shuttle bound for Palenque. Our concrete room was gruesomely cold in the pre-dawn. In the van I couldn’t keep my eyes open, and kept flopping over onto Sarah’s shoulder. I may have imagined it, but I thought I felt gentle nudges toward the opposite direction. Roadsigns advised drivers […]
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