Updates
I’ve been derelict in my updating. Sorry, won´t happen again. It´s frustrating that I can´t do a video chat with Jeff and the Bergs for the belated Christmas in Cottage Grove, but this should suffice for now. Here they come…
Archive | 2006
Locutorio
Ok, I´m definitely ready for Papá Noel to bring my computer from the United States. The locutorio (aka Internet place) has good equipment, but it´s hot, there´s a nice aroma of B.O., and there are always kids playing games and yelling across the room. “Che! Boludo, …” Ahh…memories.
Argentine Work Ethic
I have to revise my previous comments about the director of our school. After thinking about it some more, this was a poignant example of the Argentine Work Ethic–or the lack thereof. She has some issues, but also had reason to snap at the professors.
We didn´t have electricity on Wednesday at the school. But there [...]
Apartments
Gracias a Dios, I was able to get out of my final month of classes and homestay at the school. I´ve learned a lot, but it´s time to move on. The school is in a horrible location, the building is very poor, and the school is really disorganized right now. Today there wasn´t any power [...]
Ecclesiastes
I read through Ecclesiastes today for the first time in a long, long while. Some people see it as gloomy and pessimistic, but I rediscovered an abundance of wisdom and an examination of life as it is, not as we wish it to be. I also find it interesting how many times Solomon praises the [...]
