poofy head

weekend ~ wierd.

i dont know if people could tell that the past week was a trying one for me or what - but i earned a ridiculous amount of free things this week. free trips to mansions, beer, philipino food, mangoes, bread, barbeque and film showings. i'm befriending bartenders and grocery store owners 'baker street style.'

regarding the people i hang out with here: a few are top notch (e.g. eric, stacey, rudy, etc). but everyone else: man, this sounds terrible, but i've been hanging out with them because they are 'entertaining.' i swear when i'm with them, i feel like i'm watching a bizarre episode of the real world - i sit in teh background, watching with huge eyes, trying as hard as i can not to reveal what im thinking through facial expressions/words. i find myself pretending that i am traveling through a strange land with strange people who are super peculiar. so often this weekend, i faced teh sky with my fists clenched with earnestness wishing that you kids could share in my bafflement, awe and humor in regards to these people. i am a terrible, terrible human being.

rudy is lovely. yesterday we feasted on meat, lit a fire in his backyard, made smores and watched family guy, simpsons and the muppet christmas movie. yeees.

no word on americorps. if they force me to leave the work site, i may quit americorps entirely and look for a birdwatching (i.e. birding) job. i'm serious. (thanks, erin)

photos of roof at sunset soon.

i need a haircut badly. its beginning to do this flipping inward thing that my parents forced me to wear in my youth. my head is beginning to look like a mushroom cloud.

in texas in a week, though it feels like i was just there. i miss soooo much and cannot wait cannot wait. life is going well over here - hope the same goes for you. just a little more learning and its over for a bit. i promise.