The Age Old Chicken Question As of today, I have been gone for exactly seven months. This date is special for me because 1.) it´s the first day in seven months that I used a…
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a fat sol-shiner
A Fat Sol-Shiner My mom, who has dedicated her entire life to teaching children (mother, teacher, school principal) sent me an email with only the following comment: “They`re getting to you, aren`t they? The kids.”…
where’s my double?
Where´s My Double? Date: 12/10/01 Time: 8:30 a.m. Place: Zone 6. Guatemala City Scene: Sol scrunched against window in a Chicken Bus Status of Bus: Standing Room Only (Is it EVER anything else?) State of…
to good to be true pile
***** In the Zing Crash of May 2001, I somehow managed to transfer my albums to Fotki.com and completely forgot to update the link on the site. So here are the updated photogallery links: Fotki.com…
el campo
El Campo aka “The Playground” Case of insomnia? Dr. Sol says, once a day, take 200 attention deprived kids and apply eight hours of airplane-riding, tickle-torturing, teeter-tottering, under-dogging, cart-wheeling, follow-the-leadering, futbol-playing, jungle-gyming, tag-chasing, food-distributing, discipline-giving,…
so a guy walks into a bar…
So a Guy Walks into a Bar… …in Guatemala, sits down and orders a drink. Someone hands him a picture. The picture is of a girl… a girl *one of his bar-mates tells him* that…
finding safe passage
While I don´t believe in fate, I also don`t believe in coincidences. And yesterday was poetic proof that “when you really want something, the entire universe conspires to help you achieve it.” Yesterday morning, I…
choose your sol adventure
Uh…yeah. The web poll is jacked. I blame Florida, how ´bout you? Really though, I *crosses fingers* will try really hard to resist further urges to hack and mutilate stolen code. Not that it mattered…
sol vs the sick
***** My salsa teacher stopped by my house yesterday to pass along the message that he has a terrible “gripe” (cold) and will have to cancel our dance lessons this week. *rubs suspiciously sore neck…
juan pedro the creep
***** Two days ago, Juan Pedro CLEARY violated our agreement by inviting his friends over to our apartment. Not only that, but one particularly obnoxious friend had the nerve to use my shower. With no…