a few more reasons why i like puebla:

- i passed by the radio global space again today, and they were blasting bloc party´s "this modern love" through the speakers! i immediately bounced inside and spoke to the slightly clueless volunteer guy or whoever standing there, and took a look at the playlist on the laptop...it looked like something off my ipod! josé gonzalez, beck...and stars!!! the dude played their cover of "this charming man" for me. i walked away w/ the lamest, cheesiest grin on my face. i wish i could´ve spoken to whoever´s playlist it actually was though, ´cause i´m 99% certain it wasn´t the volunteer dude´s.

- smoking survey guy approached me again today while i was sitting on a bench in the zócalo reading a book, and he got the vibe that i didn´t want to talk and was completely friendly and brief and cool with it. thank you, smoking survey guy.

- okay, so this one doesn´t have all that much to do w/ the city, but i guess we can stretch it and say i probably never would´ve met this couple if we weren´t all visiting here...last night, tj and i went for dinner at this amazing boutique hotel/restaurant that had an awesome, funky-yet-classy atmosphere, and we ended up talking to this couple from ny (the man was pakistani and the woman was originally from spain), and eventually, the conversation led to how i wanted to live in the big apple for at least a year sometime in the future. i asked the couple in which part of the city they lived, and they replied, "the east village," and i sighed in envy. then they exclaimed, almost in unison, "you´d love it there!" and "you look like you live there already!"
that couple is the coolest couple ever. if you ever want to compliment me, now you know what to say.

onto the d.f. tomorrow! we´re staying here.