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November 29, 2002
back in san cristobal, glad
back in san cristobal, glad to be back. the bus this morning, which derek and hione (fuck i´ll never spell her name even close to right). my cd player decided to not work, very not happy about that, i´m gonna sweet talk it or else mail it back to iriver and talk some junk to them about durablility. have yet to find bruce and kathryn, gonna go look for them after this.
my extended travel plans are to spend a few days here, till tuesday or wednesday, then head towards cancun. think i´ll check out chichen itza, it´s said to be amazing even with the hoards of tourists. after that, thinking i´ll try and get to cuba around the 7th, travel solo a bit then meet up with steve the 12th. excited to see him. apparently he has a website, aren´t we just a family of computer dorks? his is on moveable type, i´m a little jealous. someday i´ll learn how to manhandle these things myself maybe, or else i´ll keep relying and my good friend andrew.
one thing i realize though after reading his weblog is that if he indeed switches to chile, then i´ll have to make it all the way down to chile to visit him. not sure how i´ll pull that off. more campstove cooking for one.
so i was sitting at this weird new agey cafe in the middle of the jungle, and i started looking through the bookshelf. came across this book called the corrections, by jonathan franzen, and though i´m supposed to be reading only books in spanish, i afforded myself a little break and started it. it´s about this family, the father, who´s about 80, has altzheimers, and he´s nearing death. the book is about the successes and failures of fhis family, he has 4 kids, and how his wife tries to get them all together for one last christmas. so quickly i was hooked into it, it was the style of writing where you go back and read paragraphs and say ¨wow¨ out loud, where it makes you want to be a writer really bad. anyways, read it.
ok if you´re a half nerd like me you´ll find this funny.
latest analysis on the jungle:too humid.
Posted by bendan at November 29, 2002 02:20 PM
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