boy, do i love four-day weekends.
wednesday felt like friday, thursday felt like friday, friday felt like saturday, saturday felt like sunday...and sunday...felt like sort-of sunday.
so my parents arrived on friday, and i spent the day orienting them to the town and attempting to wear them out. we took a tour of my jungle of an apartment complex, a stroll down the malecon, a nice dinner all the way up at barcelona tapas, and then to end the night (for them, anyway), a salsa dancing class at the local salsa club.
after i dropped them off at their hotel, my night began. i felt like i was leading a double life or something. dutiful daughter by day, carefree partygirl by night. well, once or twice a week, anyway.

i recently met this guy who works at the university radio station here (the site doesn't have much on it right now). him and his friend co-host a program that lisa's been listening to for the past year (she didn't make the connection until a couple of weeks ago), and him and his roommate also make their own music with a pretty impressive studio setup in their apartment.
anyway, the radio station was celebrating its fifth anniversary on friday, and there were all these events planned, including a dj set by this friend of mine at de santos at night. i have never seen the place so packed before--we could barely maneuver our way around on the roof, which was where he was playing. the usual surfing videos they play up there were replaced with visuals made specially for his act (called cubenx--he plays techno-ish IDM...although the stuff he does w/ his roommate is more like electronic pop), and the place was packed w/ hipster-like folk (where the hell did they all come from and where do they usually hide?!) drinking the free booze available.
lisa and i met a ton of people (mostly guys hitting on us...and mostly hitting on lisa...but interesting people nonetheless), ran into a few familiar faces (school-related, mostly), and i mooched drinks off people offering them. i swear at one point i had some crazy vodka-tequila combo shot. i had to put down the scotch after that one.
frenetic dancing ensued--with some ppl even up on the sofas. the klepto in me that is usually kept under wraps until alcohol coaxes it out (hellooo bubba's poutine in k-town) was sooo tempted to steal the radio t-shirt off a dude, the stylin' pinstripey, dresspant-ish cutoffs off a girl, and the laptop off my dj friend (he has thousands of albums on that thing--no joke). alas, i managed to keep the urges contained. restraint!

the moon has been absolutely gorgeous these past few days, too.
i also saw a shooting star (the first real one i've ever seen in my life!) on saturday, while coming back from a dinner/show boat cruise thing with my parents.

last night, my parents met dave, lisa, and tj over the greatest dinner ever at a student of mine's impressive restaurant/home overlooking the town. it wasn't as embarrassing as i'd expected, which is saying a lot! i actually think my mom and dad are enjoying themselves so far...i'm taking the day off tomorrow just to wander around town w/ them. i'll introduce them to my students and co-workers on thursday, the day before they head back up to the cold. they've been sweating buckets here since they arrived, which is funny b/c they're originally from a place that practically has the same climate. it's pretty interesting to note how similar hk and the pv actually are--the same humidity, the same surroundings (pacific ocean, mountains...i guess the hk is a little more urban), even some of the food and traditions are alike (tamales and the day of the dead both sort of have their chinese equivalents).

we have two more long weekends this month--it's insane! i want to get some travelling in, dammit!