at the moment, i'm laughing. at myself actually. and at what is to be, this update.

1.) the students at my university all talk with their hands (girls specifically). which, i kind of like. but the girls who do this have very nice hands: thin, boney, long. so today, i caught myself talking with my hands. which was sort of like catching yourself in a bikini, when you know it's not a pretty sight.

2.) people wait in orderly lines for the bus. so on the street, at a stop, you may see five people just lined up. but, near the highways at rushour, there are lines of at least fifty people. the bus won't stop unless you hail it (pointed finger and arm straight out). so the bus comes and the people get on. but if you're in a small line, men always let the women get on first. the front of the bus is for the elderly and children and elderly with children. but if their aren't seats and there aren't elderly, they're fair game. there's not a whole lot of 'seat sacrifice', but on occasion. to get off the bus you have to ring a buzzer so the bus driver knows to stop at the stop (the first time i rode the bus, i freaked out because i couldn't get it to stop and therefore ended up walking like five extra blocks). tons of funny things happen on the bus. i rather enjoy the communte.

3.) by my house there are a lot of security guards. as in, old fat men hired to sit around in a little box at a corner/intersection and listen to soccer games on the radio. on my five block walk to my cafe i pass three. if anything the sheer excess of incompetent security makes me want to steal something. like maybe a cat. or a car. something.

4.) superpanchos. footlong hotdogs for 2.50 pesos (like 70 cents). toasted bun, mustard or mayo (i opt for mustard only) and a nice dog. i think i would like to open a restaurant of street food. all the perks of good eats on the street, but, with a chair. and table.

5.) a friend from cleveland is visiting this week! she gets here on friday and stays until the following saturday. excited to a.) see her b.) speak english and c.) be reminded of home

buenas noches