this post shall be full of miscellany.
- one of my students had dinner w/ diego luna (
y tu mama tambien,
frida,
the terminal) at the pv film fest last year. i am jealous of a 16 year old.
- i wanted to take a trip to china next summer (a student told me about a package deal that sounds really good: 2 weeks visiting something like 5 cities/towns, w/ 2 free days in shanghai for around $2800 CDN, which includes a return flight w/ airport transfers, all domestic flights, 4- and 5-star hotel accommodation, all meals, a tour bus w/ spanish and english-speaking guides, and all admission costs), but now i may have to postpone until the year after next b/c i'm to be a bridesmaid at my bro's wedding in july. anyone interested in joining me if i ever do pull off the china thing though? my parents just did the same kind of tour, and really enjoyed it.
- mexico is great for buying prescription drugs, mainly b/c you don't need a prescription to buy practically anything. you just have to write the name of the drug on a piece of paper, hand it to the pharmacist, y voila. the drugs are usually much cheaper, too. apparently, it's 52 pesos ($5.20 US) for a package of birth control pills.
- i've been reading a lot lately. there's a second-hand bookstore in sayulita that sells stuff in english, and everything i've picked so far has been good: melissa banks'
the girls' guide to hunting and fishing (it's really not as fluffy as i expected it to be; it's actually quite well-written), ann-marie macdonald's
fall on your knees (i expected this to be good), and now i'm onto david sedaris'
me talk pretty one day (i've laughed out loud a few times). yes, i should've read this stuff years ago, but at least i've read 'em now! if you haven't read them yet, you should, too.
- last week, one of my students told me that i'm the only teacher they like that doesn't do what they wish i would do. i don't know how to take that, or exactly what it means (i think he meant i'm not easy on them?), but i think he meant well...?
- things i will immediately do when i get home b/c i miss them: taste lemon-flavoured things, like meringue pie and lemonade; get a good poutine from the fish & chip shop at the marketplace plaza; go out dancing to indie rock music; visit and stock up on CDs from soundscapes and/or rotate this!; catch up w/ friends (we need to meet up!); eat chinese food (they tell me it's not that great here, and i haven't worked up the courage to try it yet); take the subway!!!; and i hate to admit it, but i kind of miss driving.
- upcoming elections: blech. i really don't feel like voting, but i will. it's gonna be such a hassle doing it by proxy from mexico, too. eh.
alrighty, off to a staff christmas posada now!