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!
- 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!
posted by oxymoron @ 5:29 PM
2 Comments:
At 1:50 AM, December 10, 2005,
oxymoron said…
to clarify: elections = blech b/c it's going to be so painful. it was already painful the last time around. of course, i'm all for democracy, but can we have a little more variety? can we feel like we have some more choice? and can we all stop voting strategically and just vote for who we actually believe in?! blah. i'm such a friggin' cynic.
At 11:15 PM, December 10, 2005,
gbgb said…
oh darling, i miss you more than words could say & i really think "standing in a really long line up to take a picture with santa and elf g." should be included on that list because it'll be funny. wait until 2007 to go away & i'll hopefully be in japan by then, lost in translation.
things we're going to do:
-go dancing (i'm thinking the mod club is so the place to dance & find it hard to accept that...sort of...only only really..)
-get you drunk
-hopefully watch a movie
-EAT!!!!! honey kafe, here we come!
-take the subway & slide down the steep slope while singing out penguin song
11 MORE DAYS!!!
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