Karin put a bunch of pics and video together of all the chazz we've been doing since we came to Mexico last November. Tip goes up to one of my best years!
We'll see what's up.
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Perfect Fantasy Week (6-0) and Plans
In week 14 of the NFL season, I finally recorded a perfect 6-0 record in my 6 fantasy football leagues! One was a dramatic Monday night comeback to defeat the 8th ranked team to take the 8th and final playoff spot!
Well, less than a week before I make the trip home for the Holidays! I fly into Chicago on the night of the 17th and fly back on January 4th. With the exception of my Labor Day quick weekend boozefest, I haven’t been home since May. Then it will only be a short stay before I move back for good in February.
I have yet to figure out what I am going to do when I move back but at least I have been thinking about it. I think either way, I will go back to school. Either to get teacher certified or for my Masters in Psychology. I was going to go for my teacher certification because there was a accelerated program at SVSU that I was interested in, but after talking to them a few times, it won’t be very accelerated because I don’t have a teachable Major, and if I am going to go back for 2 years, I mine as well for my masters. The question is, Where?
What I would like to do is spend some time living in Alpena, MI (North East Lower Peninsula), find a job in children services (there is a non-profit organization who I worked with in Saginaw that is up there), substitute teach, referee/umpire/coach sports (one of my career goals is to be a D-I/professional referee/umpire and you gotta start somewhere), and maybe even start a rugby club. I have a place to live at my families hunting cabin just outside the city and living expenses will be very low. It would be a nice easy life in a small town atmosphere that I always wanted to try.
But I will explore my options in Grand Rapids and the Tri-Cities area (Saginaw/Bay City/Midland) if anybody has any connections. I wish I had a bunch of money to travel Europe!
We’ll see what’s up.
I leave you with a Deep Thought by Jack Handy:
“I bet a fun thing would be to go way back in time to where there was going to be an eclipse and tell the cave men, "If I have come to destroy you, may the sun be blotted out from the sky." Just then the eclipse would start, and they'd probably try to kill you or something, but then you could explain about the rotation of the moon and all, and everyone would get a good laugh.”
Well, less than a week before I make the trip home for the Holidays! I fly into Chicago on the night of the 17th and fly back on January 4th. With the exception of my Labor Day quick weekend boozefest, I haven’t been home since May. Then it will only be a short stay before I move back for good in February.
I have yet to figure out what I am going to do when I move back but at least I have been thinking about it. I think either way, I will go back to school. Either to get teacher certified or for my Masters in Psychology. I was going to go for my teacher certification because there was a accelerated program at SVSU that I was interested in, but after talking to them a few times, it won’t be very accelerated because I don’t have a teachable Major, and if I am going to go back for 2 years, I mine as well for my masters. The question is, Where?
What I would like to do is spend some time living in Alpena, MI (North East Lower Peninsula), find a job in children services (there is a non-profit organization who I worked with in Saginaw that is up there), substitute teach, referee/umpire/coach sports (one of my career goals is to be a D-I/professional referee/umpire and you gotta start somewhere), and maybe even start a rugby club. I have a place to live at my families hunting cabin just outside the city and living expenses will be very low. It would be a nice easy life in a small town atmosphere that I always wanted to try.
But I will explore my options in Grand Rapids and the Tri-Cities area (Saginaw/Bay City/Midland) if anybody has any connections. I wish I had a bunch of money to travel Europe!
We’ll see what’s up.
I leave you with a Deep Thought by Jack Handy:
“I bet a fun thing would be to go way back in time to where there was going to be an eclipse and tell the cave men, "If I have come to destroy you, may the sun be blotted out from the sky." Just then the eclipse would start, and they'd probably try to kill you or something, but then you could explain about the rotation of the moon and all, and everyone would get a good laugh.”
John Stewart on the Political Probems in Mexico
Just came across this video about the "two presidents in MX" from the Daily Show, and wanted to share!
Sunday, November 26, 2006
You know when...?
You know when I know when I am drunk? OK, here’s my theory. I know when I am drunk when… Well, let’s lay some groundwork at the beginning. When I start drinking I can usually have about 3-4 beers without breaking the seal (A.K.A. asking about a horse, A.K.A draining the weasel, A.K.A. taking a piss), and that’s the norm. But after a couple few, you start to have to ask about a horse about the same frequency that you need another brew-ha-ha, so when you get up to ask about a horse you get another brew-ha-ha. Then, the first time that you have to get up to ask about a horse when your beer isn’t empty… you are drunk!
What's up with people in parades?
I think that people in parades are cocky. They think that they attracted an audience, but really it's just people waiting to cross the street! I could attract a crowd too if I stood in everybody’s way!
- Mitch Hedberg
- Mitch Hedberg
Friday, November 24, 2006
Thanksgiving shizzy-shizzerton
Happy Thanksgiving!
It has been cold, really cold, here the past week. I guess a lot has to do with me having to work every morning this week so I have to deal with it, but when you think of Mexico you don’t think of 30 degree weather! Usually I get to sleep through it. At night it gets down to the 30’s but it is still pretty warm during the day due to the sun (60’s-70’s). I’ve been sleeping good as hell, I love it when it is cold, I even still run my fan. The reason is that we are so high in elevation, like 8,790 feet! It’s supposed to be a colder winter than usual and some say that there is a chance for snow! I doubt it.
Outside of having to work on Thanksgiving, it was pretty cool. Yes, I had to work, but I did request that I work in the morning so I can cook dinner. We had 10 guests over for dinner and I must say that the chef was AMAZING….it was me! I love cooking for people. I made a bomb ass turkey and all the basic fixin’s; corn, mashed potatoes (from scratch mind you), stuffing (Karin smuggles a box of stove top from the states), and gravy. We had cheese cake and a huge chocolate cake for desert, along with beers and football.
I was a little cheesed off because Karinski couldn’t make my all time favorite dessert in Strawberry Pretzel Dessert because we can’t find pretzels anywhere. Karin also was having a fit because she couldn’t find any biscuits to make.
It was the first celebration of Thanksgiving for all of our guests and we did our family tradition where everybody says that they are thankful for and what not. For some reason Karin wanted everybody to take self portraits of themselves so you can see all of our guests as well as other pics (Thanksgiving pics). After every body left Karin and I were watching some woody wood pecker cartoons and she was cracking up at the name of the villain of the episode “Dirty McNasty.” It was pretty funny, she has a pic of him at her blog (link on the right).
There is a 7’s tourney in Peubla, a town just south east of Mexico City, tomorrow but I don’t think that we’ll make it. They are meeting way early and I don’t know exactly where or how to get where they are meeting. They are meeting at 7:30 (we would have to leave at like 6am) and at a random McDonalds off a HUGE road. Too much trouble for this guy.
So, I will spend my Friday night cleaning up from yesterday without help because Karin conveniently came home with a migraine!
I leave you with another deep thought by Jack Handy:
“I think a good novel would be where a bunch of men on a ship are looking for a whale. They look and look, but you know what? They never find him. And you know why they never find him? It doesn't say. The book leaves it up to you, the reader, to decide. Then at the very end, there's a page you can lick, and it tastes like Kool-Aid.”
It has been cold, really cold, here the past week. I guess a lot has to do with me having to work every morning this week so I have to deal with it, but when you think of Mexico you don’t think of 30 degree weather! Usually I get to sleep through it. At night it gets down to the 30’s but it is still pretty warm during the day due to the sun (60’s-70’s). I’ve been sleeping good as hell, I love it when it is cold, I even still run my fan. The reason is that we are so high in elevation, like 8,790 feet! It’s supposed to be a colder winter than usual and some say that there is a chance for snow! I doubt it.
Outside of having to work on Thanksgiving, it was pretty cool. Yes, I had to work, but I did request that I work in the morning so I can cook dinner. We had 10 guests over for dinner and I must say that the chef was AMAZING….it was me! I love cooking for people. I made a bomb ass turkey and all the basic fixin’s; corn, mashed potatoes (from scratch mind you), stuffing (Karin smuggles a box of stove top from the states), and gravy. We had cheese cake and a huge chocolate cake for desert, along with beers and football.
I was a little cheesed off because Karinski couldn’t make my all time favorite dessert in Strawberry Pretzel Dessert because we can’t find pretzels anywhere. Karin also was having a fit because she couldn’t find any biscuits to make.
It was the first celebration of Thanksgiving for all of our guests and we did our family tradition where everybody says that they are thankful for and what not. For some reason Karin wanted everybody to take self portraits of themselves so you can see all of our guests as well as other pics (Thanksgiving pics). After every body left Karin and I were watching some woody wood pecker cartoons and she was cracking up at the name of the villain of the episode “Dirty McNasty.” It was pretty funny, she has a pic of him at her blog (link on the right).
There is a 7’s tourney in Peubla, a town just south east of Mexico City, tomorrow but I don’t think that we’ll make it. They are meeting way early and I don’t know exactly where or how to get where they are meeting. They are meeting at 7:30 (we would have to leave at like 6am) and at a random McDonalds off a HUGE road. Too much trouble for this guy.
So, I will spend my Friday night cleaning up from yesterday without help because Karin conveniently came home with a migraine!
I leave you with another deep thought by Jack Handy:
“I think a good novel would be where a bunch of men on a ship are looking for a whale. They look and look, but you know what? They never find him. And you know why they never find him? It doesn't say. The book leaves it up to you, the reader, to decide. Then at the very end, there's a page you can lick, and it tastes like Kool-Aid.”
Friday, November 17, 2006
Win one for BO!
For those of you who haven't heard the news yet, Bo Schembechler passed away this morning just before noon. He is a great icon for Michigan Football. There are several great articles about his career and what he did for the Wolverines. Here are some links:
NY Times - Bo Schembechler, Football Great of Michigan, Dies
SI.com - Bo Schembechler dies
SI.com - Somber Scene in Ann Arbor
Wikipedia - Bo Schembechler
I never really remember watching him on the side lines, but I don’t think that I would have needed to see that to understand the importance he had on the University of Michigan and College football in general. He and Woodey Hayes (Wikipedia – Woody Hayes, 1951 - 1978), the famed coach for Ohio State, boosted this rivalry to a whole new level. I am a sucker for rich sports history and legends, and this game it all!
This news adds a whole new dimension to this already action packed rivalry game. For Michigan, I think that “The Game” is no longer about beating OSU, an undefeated season, Big Ten Title, or the right to play for the National Championship. It is a game about “The coach.” A Disney story like script that this rivalry seems to be following continues with the death of “The Godfather” of Michigan Football passing only hours before arguably the biggest game in college football pitting the most storied rival in sports history along with the #1 and #2 ranked teams in the country battling to continue an undefeated season and an undisputed spot in the National Championship game. With both of the storied coaches coaching the game from up above.
"He was a legend that the student athletes not only heard about, but could see, touch, and feel him. He was still an integral part of U of M football even thought he wasn't the coach and had a profound influence on them still today." (NFL Network)
As “Huge” a sports radio personality in Grand Rapids said, “this seems as if OSU and Michigan are two countries at battle and Michigan just lost their King.”
I have a few question's:
Can OSU match the intensity that Michigan will bring to “The Game?”
Is this the biggest game...EVER, at any time in history, in any sport?
Should they introduce some sort of trophy for this game, and naming it something like “The Schembechler-Hayes Torphy?”
What about renaming Michigan Stadium after Bo Schembechler?
I look forward to your comments.
Win one for BO!
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Monday, November 06, 2006
My New Favorite Mexican Dish
I had to work on Saturday so I missed the 7’s tourney, but I went after work to catch the last match. We chilled for a little bit, had some beers, and then went to eat. My buddy Bondi (short for arbondiga, or meatball) ordered my new favorite dish, Tlayuda. It comes from Oaxaca and it is AWESOME! It’s like a big Mexican pizza (like Taco Bell, but infinitely better). There was a large flat hard shell with beans spread over it, then there were sections of different meats (arranchera, chicken, chorizo…) with Oaxaca cheese and avocado. I wanted to take some pictures but Karinski has the camera in the states. But I did find it at Wikipedia. Here is the link: Tlayuda - Wikipedia. Check it out.
I had plans to go to Mexico City after to party but the dudes who I usually party and stay with weren’t there so I just came home (Hey Ofo and Nico, if you are reading, where were you?). I also had plans to go to the Bombonera (Toluca Red Devil’s stadium) for their Sunday match against Cruz Azul but my buddy from work never called me. So I just sat on the couch all day watching football yelling at my fantasy players.
I leave you with a deep thought by Jack Handy:
At first I thought, if I were Superman, a perfect secret identity would be "Clark Kent, Dentist," because you could save money on tooth X-rays. But then I thought, if a patient said, "How's my back tooth?" and you just looked at it with your X-ray vision and said, "Oh it's okay," then the patient would probably say, "Aren't you going to take an X-ray, stupid?" and you'd say, "Aw fuck you, get outta here," and then he probably wouldn't even pay his bill.
We’ll see what’s up.
I had plans to go to Mexico City after to party but the dudes who I usually party and stay with weren’t there so I just came home (Hey Ofo and Nico, if you are reading, where were you?). I also had plans to go to the Bombonera (Toluca Red Devil’s stadium) for their Sunday match against Cruz Azul but my buddy from work never called me. So I just sat on the couch all day watching football yelling at my fantasy players.
I leave you with a deep thought by Jack Handy:
At first I thought, if I were Superman, a perfect secret identity would be "Clark Kent, Dentist," because you could save money on tooth X-rays. But then I thought, if a patient said, "How's my back tooth?" and you just looked at it with your X-ray vision and said, "Oh it's okay," then the patient would probably say, "Aren't you going to take an X-ray, stupid?" and you'd say, "Aw fuck you, get outta here," and then he probably wouldn't even pay his bill.
We’ll see what’s up.
Friday, November 03, 2006
Halloween and El Dia de los Muertos
I did get to dress up for Halloween. There was a party at my school and I had to wear a costume all day. It was pretty awkward teaching classes with my (Karin’s) cool sherrif fit. Check it out. Oh-yea, my pumpkin was cooler than Karin’s (even though I had lines on it that I didn't use)!
El dia de los muertos was incredible. On my way home from work Wednesday night there was gobs and gobs of people at the cemetery. When I got home I told Karin, "Put some clothes on 'cause were going to the cemetary!" She was all busy packing and what not and wasn't going to go but I was like I'm goin! I just wanted to experience what the deal was. She finally came around and we busted up. It is the tradition to visit loved ones that have gone before them. The graves were all above ground. Karin said that they were like the ones in New Orleans, they were either concrete box thingies or just plain dirt mounds. They decorate the graves with flowers and candles and offer things to them that they liked during their lives (music, food, alcohol, candy, ect.), there was candles all over the place. The place was packed, there was food and flower stands set up in front. It was an incredible experience that I think everybody should have it. Just seeing something that is sooo weird to our culture, but so normal to the people here. We didn’t get very many good pics because we didn’t know how kosher it was to take them but check ‘em out. There is a movie clip that shows a good view of a decorated grave.
Candles throught the cemetary
Me gettin' some good ass Tacos!
Check out more el dia de los muertos stuff from the market here.
We'll see what's up!
El dia de los muertos was incredible. On my way home from work Wednesday night there was gobs and gobs of people at the cemetery. When I got home I told Karin, "Put some clothes on 'cause were going to the cemetary!" She was all busy packing and what not and wasn't going to go but I was like I'm goin! I just wanted to experience what the deal was. She finally came around and we busted up. It is the tradition to visit loved ones that have gone before them. The graves were all above ground. Karin said that they were like the ones in New Orleans, they were either concrete box thingies or just plain dirt mounds. They decorate the graves with flowers and candles and offer things to them that they liked during their lives (music, food, alcohol, candy, ect.), there was candles all over the place. The place was packed, there was food and flower stands set up in front. It was an incredible experience that I think everybody should have it. Just seeing something that is sooo weird to our culture, but so normal to the people here. We didn’t get very many good pics because we didn’t know how kosher it was to take them but check ‘em out. There is a movie clip that shows a good view of a decorated grave.
Candles throught the cemetary
Me gettin' some good ass Tacos!
Check out more el dia de los muertos stuff from the market here.
We'll see what's up!
Monday, October 30, 2006
You Know What I Don't Understand...?
Why do they call it taking a dump, when your not really taking a dump, your leaving a dump...
-Beavis (from Beavis and Butthead)
Sorry for the random quote/thought but it is so true, just thought that I'd write something, and maybe get some laughs!
-Beavis (from Beavis and Butthead)
Sorry for the random quote/thought but it is so true, just thought that I'd write something, and maybe get some laughs!
Saturday, October 14, 2006
I fell like a kid!
Ordoñez’s walk of 3 run Homer in game 4 of the American League Championship to sweap the A’s to go to the World Series for the first time in 22 years!
I didn't bet but still exciting as hell! I actually teared in happieness and remembrence from the old days when I was a kid rootin' for for the likes of sweet Lou, Trammie, Gibbie, ol' Jack, then Cecil, Rob Deere, and Mickey Tettleton. Beggin' the old man to buy me the $1 grab bag at baseball memories wishing for the life of me that I'll get the Tigers. When baseball and how many dingers the Tiges hit was the only thing that mattered, my first Tiger game at Tige stadium with my old man and his old man, and trading all my A's to the Brushabers (Kurt and Todd) for the Tiger greats. Those were the days. What a great game, a simple game!
Just wanted to share! I feel like a kid again!
I didn't bet but still exciting as hell! I actually teared in happieness and remembrence from the old days when I was a kid rootin' for for the likes of sweet Lou, Trammie, Gibbie, ol' Jack, then Cecil, Rob Deere, and Mickey Tettleton. Beggin' the old man to buy me the $1 grab bag at baseball memories wishing for the life of me that I'll get the Tigers. When baseball and how many dingers the Tiges hit was the only thing that mattered, my first Tiger game at Tige stadium with my old man and his old man, and trading all my A's to the Brushabers (Kurt and Todd) for the Tiger greats. Those were the days. What a great game, a simple game!
Just wanted to share! I feel like a kid again!
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Winning With the Tigers and New Dew
The Tigers… hell, yea! I’ve always rooted for them for as long as I can remember, and when the season starts I always say every year that they are going to win the series. It’s just a good feeling when your team is finally doing well and has a great chance to win it all. It makes me to think back to the days when I spent all the money I earned cutting grass on baseball cards. I just wish I was there to celebrate. Not only the fact that they are doing well that makes me happy, they are making me some dough as well!
I took the total winnings from my winning bet last weekend and put them on the Tigers last night. They were +1.5 underdogs and I was like, hell yea I’m taking that bet, and it paid off. I got really nervous at the end when the A’s had the bases juiced, mostly for the Tigers because if The Big Hurt hit a walk off grand slam I would still win my bet. I totally was going to bet on the first game but I didn’t have enough time to go to the sports book before work. Depending on the spread for game 3, I can foresee another bet. Again, I only like to bet when I feel really good about it.
I don’t think I will bet on any NFL games this weekend because I really don’t like the spreads. I am contemplating on betting on the Lions (they are a +1 underdog to the Bills) but I really don’t feel comfortable betting on the extremely inconsistent Lions. Although they are my favorite team, I do live in reality. The other game I might bet on is the Bengals and Buccaneers. The Bengals are a favorite by -6, I think they will win by more than that but I don’t think I am confident enough to make the bet.
If you are interested, here is the website of the place I like to go to Caliente Race & Sports Books.
I got a new haircut today and I going to go with the slick back style for a while to see how it goes, I just want to fit in a little better! I’m going to decide whether to keep it of not by the reactions of my students and co-workers. Here is a pic, tell me what you think. Should I keep it?
We’ll see what’s up. It’s only a matter of time before I am straight blingin’ with my winings. I might have to build a money bin like Scrooge McDuck!
I took the total winnings from my winning bet last weekend and put them on the Tigers last night. They were +1.5 underdogs and I was like, hell yea I’m taking that bet, and it paid off. I got really nervous at the end when the A’s had the bases juiced, mostly for the Tigers because if The Big Hurt hit a walk off grand slam I would still win my bet. I totally was going to bet on the first game but I didn’t have enough time to go to the sports book before work. Depending on the spread for game 3, I can foresee another bet. Again, I only like to bet when I feel really good about it.
I don’t think I will bet on any NFL games this weekend because I really don’t like the spreads. I am contemplating on betting on the Lions (they are a +1 underdog to the Bills) but I really don’t feel comfortable betting on the extremely inconsistent Lions. Although they are my favorite team, I do live in reality. The other game I might bet on is the Bengals and Buccaneers. The Bengals are a favorite by -6, I think they will win by more than that but I don’t think I am confident enough to make the bet.
If you are interested, here is the website of the place I like to go to Caliente Race & Sports Books.
I got a new haircut today and I going to go with the slick back style for a while to see how it goes, I just want to fit in a little better! I’m going to decide whether to keep it of not by the reactions of my students and co-workers. Here is a pic, tell me what you think. Should I keep it?
We’ll see what’s up. It’s only a matter of time before I am straight blingin’ with my winings. I might have to build a money bin like Scrooge McDuck!
Monday, October 09, 2006
Part Time Job Betting on Sports?
Damn it feels good to be gangsta! A sports betting gangsta! It's only a matter of time before I am straight flossin' in my weekly winnings with my uncanny ability to pick teams to cover the spread.
I am considering the new possibility of pursuing a career in sports betting. I won for the first time this season on the first bet I made of the season ($200 pesos for the 49ers to bea the Raiders by 4). Even though thought last football season I was a little bit in the red (I really mean a little bit, I started with a $10 bet and ended up with nothing after the NFC championship game and decided not to bet on the Super bowl, and that included loosing on a random NBA game between the grizzlies and the hornets).
Just kidding really, but I think I have the chance to at least have some fun in adding a little more excitement to the NFL week (as if 6 fantasy teams aren’t enough) as well as some extra cash… maybe… I already do a lot of research as it is on a weekly basis so I am comfortable with my educated guesses on a weekly basis, also I pick really good match-ups where I think I have a good chance to cover.
I didn’t go out at all this weekend… and no I’m not sick. I had a couple opportunities but passed. Friday I was supposed to go out with some students but I was a little hesitant, although I didn’t have to work early, I had rugby practice at 10am. So I not only had to get up early, I had to run and do all the fun practice stuff as well, not to mention that I haven’t done any physical activity since the 7’s tourney in Acapulco last July. After practice we all chilled and had a couple beers and everybody was talking about the party last weekend and they were making fun of me about how drunk I was. I had a few and even managed to have a beer for the drive home (it is very common here!). Once I got back I rushed to get cleaned up cause Karin and I were going to the sports book to watch the Michigan/Michigan State game and the Tigers. It was cool cause they were on adjacent screens! We had a couple drinks and some food. Oh-Yea, GO TIGERS! It is a great experience watching a resurrected baseball town celebrate success… it ain’t over yet. I just wish I was there to PARTY!
I was supposed to go out dancing with a former receptionist at Wall Street, Nahomi and a bunch of her friends, but after we got home I was really sore, tired, and was developing a small headache. So I called in sick.
And of course, Sunday was NFL day. I did manage, however, to wash Karins car. I had a couple run ins with some mud while she was gone and it was really dirty so I figured I would be a nice brother and wash it. I also managed to pay rent too! Karin is low on cash this week for whatever reason so I gave her $500 pesos for the last 10 months rent. I think that pretty much covers it!
I had the day off today so I spent much of it cleaning, dishes and kitchen, sweep, take the trash out, and what not. I was going to go get some of my favorite tortas al pastor and a haircut but it started pouring (our whole backyard is under about 5 inches of water), so I stayed in improving (or thinking that I’m improving) my fantasy teams and playing games online. I am about to cook some dinner, grandma’s enchiladas with beans and rice. I make them almost just like grandma… but I am missing years of experience and the special touch, they are pretty damn good though.
Peace and bootie grease!
I am considering the new possibility of pursuing a career in sports betting. I won for the first time this season on the first bet I made of the season ($200 pesos for the 49ers to bea the Raiders by 4). Even though thought last football season I was a little bit in the red (I really mean a little bit, I started with a $10 bet and ended up with nothing after the NFC championship game and decided not to bet on the Super bowl, and that included loosing on a random NBA game between the grizzlies and the hornets).
Just kidding really, but I think I have the chance to at least have some fun in adding a little more excitement to the NFL week (as if 6 fantasy teams aren’t enough) as well as some extra cash… maybe… I already do a lot of research as it is on a weekly basis so I am comfortable with my educated guesses on a weekly basis, also I pick really good match-ups where I think I have a good chance to cover.
I didn’t go out at all this weekend… and no I’m not sick. I had a couple opportunities but passed. Friday I was supposed to go out with some students but I was a little hesitant, although I didn’t have to work early, I had rugby practice at 10am. So I not only had to get up early, I had to run and do all the fun practice stuff as well, not to mention that I haven’t done any physical activity since the 7’s tourney in Acapulco last July. After practice we all chilled and had a couple beers and everybody was talking about the party last weekend and they were making fun of me about how drunk I was. I had a few and even managed to have a beer for the drive home (it is very common here!). Once I got back I rushed to get cleaned up cause Karin and I were going to the sports book to watch the Michigan/Michigan State game and the Tigers. It was cool cause they were on adjacent screens! We had a couple drinks and some food. Oh-Yea, GO TIGERS! It is a great experience watching a resurrected baseball town celebrate success… it ain’t over yet. I just wish I was there to PARTY!
I was supposed to go out dancing with a former receptionist at Wall Street, Nahomi and a bunch of her friends, but after we got home I was really sore, tired, and was developing a small headache. So I called in sick.
And of course, Sunday was NFL day. I did manage, however, to wash Karins car. I had a couple run ins with some mud while she was gone and it was really dirty so I figured I would be a nice brother and wash it. I also managed to pay rent too! Karin is low on cash this week for whatever reason so I gave her $500 pesos for the last 10 months rent. I think that pretty much covers it!
I had the day off today so I spent much of it cleaning, dishes and kitchen, sweep, take the trash out, and what not. I was going to go get some of my favorite tortas al pastor and a haircut but it started pouring (our whole backyard is under about 5 inches of water), so I stayed in improving (or thinking that I’m improving) my fantasy teams and playing games online. I am about to cook some dinner, grandma’s enchiladas with beans and rice. I make them almost just like grandma… but I am missing years of experience and the special touch, they are pretty damn good though.
Peace and bootie grease!
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
I mine as well do it while I still can, right?
Well, my body and mind finally recovered from the weekend enough to document it. Saturday was los premios de Wallabies, or better known as my rugby team’s awards banquet. Usually, this event is somewhat formal and everybody dresses up and what not… but not here. I kept asking about what to wear and what not all week, and I never really got a straight answer. So, I brought nice dress up clothes to wear. After I realized that nobody else was dressing up I said eff it and kept my clothes on. Supposedly the rookies were supposed to wear a tie or something but I was the only one in at the party that was dressed up. I didn’t really mind that much cause I like to dress up and what not. We proceeded to drink and drink, I was a little buzzed by the time we got to the party but after a couple stiff cuba libres (rum and coke) I kinda blacked out. Well, I did black out, there was no kinda about it. The last thing I remember was receiving some sort of award that I still am not exactly sure what it is for. I think it was for a rookie thing but I haven’t tried to translate it yet. I woke up the next morning with the certificate folded and shoved in my pocket. I woke up at the house where the party was with not a sole around, usually when you crash at a party there are a few other souls in your same boat, not this time. The one thing I said to my buddies I went there with was “DON’T LEAVE WITHOUT ME.” And that’s exactly what happened. Then I took a look at my clothes that were all dirty and I just thought to myself something that I frequently as myself after a night like that “what happened?” Apparently I fell into a bunch of flower pots and plants. I apologized to my teammate Juan whose house it was and he just chuckled and said that they’ll grow back.
So I took a cab to Nico house. I was in no mood to attempt to explain where to go as well as having absolutely no idea where to go. I called him and just gave the phone to the cab driver. It was a long ass trip but it only cost 90 pesos, but all I had was $200 and he said he didn’t have any change, so, being still half drunk and just wanting to get out of the cab I just told him to take it. Kinda shitty now that I think about it but I was just glad to be at my Nico’s house. We proceeded to hit the Jagermeister bottle and a bottle of wine to get right back to where we were the last night. Nico had a bottle of wine that was given to him by an Argentinean team and he was saving it for a good occasion. He came to the conclusion that this was the occasion. The wine was incredible! I just wish that I was at least half sober to enjoy it.
We got on our horses and got some tacos as well as more drinks and headed back to Ofo’s house where my car was to watch football. We partied all day and night while watching football with loud ass techno music on the stereo. It was actually pretty cool.
I woke up the next day, got directions on how to get home and was on my way. I wasn’t hurried that much because I didn’t work until 4pm but I was drinking all weekend without a shower OR change of clothes. I had my bag with my clothes in the car that we went to the first party in and that car didn’t make another appearance until Monday morning. Nico’s girlfriend had it and I think she was mad at us for being drunkards again.
I should not be partaking in adventures like this anymore. I am no longer 21, but I don’t feel guilty about doing it every once in a while. If you ask me there is nothing wrong with putting all your responsibility in the back seat that escaping to an alternate universe where everything is fun. Just as long as those responsibilities don’t effect other people, like girlfriends/wives or your children, which none of those I have!
Work was shitty, all I wanted to do and all I could think about was chillin’ on my couch. Even today sucked. My body feels like I played rugby, but there was no rugby played.
It was worth it though. I got the chance to hand out with good friends and do nothing but hang, drink, and watch football. I felt like I was at home.
Untill next time!
So I took a cab to Nico house. I was in no mood to attempt to explain where to go as well as having absolutely no idea where to go. I called him and just gave the phone to the cab driver. It was a long ass trip but it only cost 90 pesos, but all I had was $200 and he said he didn’t have any change, so, being still half drunk and just wanting to get out of the cab I just told him to take it. Kinda shitty now that I think about it but I was just glad to be at my Nico’s house. We proceeded to hit the Jagermeister bottle and a bottle of wine to get right back to where we were the last night. Nico had a bottle of wine that was given to him by an Argentinean team and he was saving it for a good occasion. He came to the conclusion that this was the occasion. The wine was incredible! I just wish that I was at least half sober to enjoy it.
We got on our horses and got some tacos as well as more drinks and headed back to Ofo’s house where my car was to watch football. We partied all day and night while watching football with loud ass techno music on the stereo. It was actually pretty cool.
I woke up the next day, got directions on how to get home and was on my way. I wasn’t hurried that much because I didn’t work until 4pm but I was drinking all weekend without a shower OR change of clothes. I had my bag with my clothes in the car that we went to the first party in and that car didn’t make another appearance until Monday morning. Nico’s girlfriend had it and I think she was mad at us for being drunkards again.
I should not be partaking in adventures like this anymore. I am no longer 21, but I don’t feel guilty about doing it every once in a while. If you ask me there is nothing wrong with putting all your responsibility in the back seat that escaping to an alternate universe where everything is fun. Just as long as those responsibilities don’t effect other people, like girlfriends/wives or your children, which none of those I have!
Work was shitty, all I wanted to do and all I could think about was chillin’ on my couch. Even today sucked. My body feels like I played rugby, but there was no rugby played.
It was worth it though. I got the chance to hand out with good friends and do nothing but hang, drink, and watch football. I felt like I was at home.
Untill next time!
Monday, September 25, 2006
Not Exciting Does not Equal Boring
Not much has been going on around my neck of the woods, at least not really to write about. Two weekends ago we celebrated the day of Mexican Independence. We got drunk with friends and went to Valle do Bravo. It was cool but I really wasn’t motivated to write about it because it would have been the same old we did this and it was cool, we did that and it was cool, and so on. The same with this weekend, I went out with friends both nights but nothing extremely exciting.
I feel like I sort of got into a groove and the things we did in the last year that were exciting and interesting have turned into the normal every week things. I guess you could compare it to if you had a peep hole into the girl’s locker room which was super exciting (in more than one way) at first but after a while it’s the same thing over and over and eventually becomes somewhat boring. But for some reason you still continue to do it because you are used to it and there isn’t really anything else to do, maybe it’s time to find a different location with new things. OK, maybe a bad example but I just want to show if something isn’t exciting, doesn’t mean boring, but something new couldn’t hurt.
It’s almost like I am not living here to experience new things anymore, I am just here. The things that were once new have lost their interestingness and excitingness (are those words?). For example, it used to be adventurous to take the bus, but I take it every day and it is dirty, stinky, and loud. It used to be fun to go to the supermarket and see the different products they have, now it sucks because they never have the things you want. It used to be fun driving in the crowded streets because it resembled a video game, but I am stuck on the same level and there is no web site to tell you what to do or cheat codes.
I’m not saying that it is boring here because it isn’t. It’s just that it’s not as exciting as it used to be. Let me reintegrate that not exciting does not equal boring.
High School got boring then I moved away to college. College was great, freedom, booze, girls, rugby, then came credit card debt, rent, injuries, ramen noodles every day, steady girlfriend. Then graduation where I got a job and had money to spend, parting like a rock star, but then came routine, work every day, same friends, same bars, longer hangovers, less women, responsibility. So I moved to Mexico and it is becoming routine all over again.
Who knows where I will end up next, getting a teaching certification, back to school for psychology, move to a whole new part of the US, but I’m sure that it will lose its luster and another change will be immanent.
This is not a rant about me not liking it here anymore, just merely speaking my mind. I am happy and it is fun doing the things that I have grown accustomed to with my sister and friends. I will continue to have fun and make the most of my stay here for the next 4-5 months.
Peace out!
I feel like I sort of got into a groove and the things we did in the last year that were exciting and interesting have turned into the normal every week things. I guess you could compare it to if you had a peep hole into the girl’s locker room which was super exciting (in more than one way) at first but after a while it’s the same thing over and over and eventually becomes somewhat boring. But for some reason you still continue to do it because you are used to it and there isn’t really anything else to do, maybe it’s time to find a different location with new things. OK, maybe a bad example but I just want to show if something isn’t exciting, doesn’t mean boring, but something new couldn’t hurt.
It’s almost like I am not living here to experience new things anymore, I am just here. The things that were once new have lost their interestingness and excitingness (are those words?). For example, it used to be adventurous to take the bus, but I take it every day and it is dirty, stinky, and loud. It used to be fun to go to the supermarket and see the different products they have, now it sucks because they never have the things you want. It used to be fun driving in the crowded streets because it resembled a video game, but I am stuck on the same level and there is no web site to tell you what to do or cheat codes.
I’m not saying that it is boring here because it isn’t. It’s just that it’s not as exciting as it used to be. Let me reintegrate that not exciting does not equal boring.
High School got boring then I moved away to college. College was great, freedom, booze, girls, rugby, then came credit card debt, rent, injuries, ramen noodles every day, steady girlfriend. Then graduation where I got a job and had money to spend, parting like a rock star, but then came routine, work every day, same friends, same bars, longer hangovers, less women, responsibility. So I moved to Mexico and it is becoming routine all over again.
Who knows where I will end up next, getting a teaching certification, back to school for psychology, move to a whole new part of the US, but I’m sure that it will lose its luster and another change will be immanent.
This is not a rant about me not liking it here anymore, just merely speaking my mind. I am happy and it is fun doing the things that I have grown accustomed to with my sister and friends. I will continue to have fun and make the most of my stay here for the next 4-5 months.
Peace out!
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Fantasy Football, Christmas, Plans, and Snakes on a Plane
The first week was not a good one for my boys, five teams lost and only one came out victorious, and by only a few points! I was very disappointed and discouraged. I had some meek performances and some hopefulls that didn't pan out. At least I still have a chance for some sucessfull teams. Must keep my morale up!
I just bought my plane ticket home for Christmas, turns out that I will have two and a half weeks off due to the center being closed. Way cool! I was thinking one week tops. I am flying into Chicago on Sunday night the 17th of December and flying back on the 4th of January out of Chicago.
The tickets didn’t really make sense because I would have like to fly into Detroit rather than Chicago but usually it is about $200 more expensive but the flight I found to Chicago changes planes in Detroit. It goes from Mexico City to Detroit, then to Chicago and it was a good price. But when I looked for that same flight just to stay in Detroit it was $200 more! $200 more to not take the second plane to Chicago! I am going to call the airline and see what the deal is. If you just not take the plane to Chicago, your return ticket will be cancelled, because I thought of that already.
I am starting to try and figure out what my plans will be when I come home in February. I think that I am going to get my teacher certification in an accelerated program at Saginaw Valley State University and after that possible look for a teaching job in the Northern Lower or Upper Peninsula and live off the fat of the land. Alpena is one of the places I am thinking about because my family has some property and a hunting cabin I could live at. It may be really boring but that isn’t always bad. My Good friend Inferno and I have also been talking about going to school somewhere in the North West USA (Washington, Oregon), Colorado, or Alaska. That plan is always a possibility but our grand plans usually fall through, but they are fun to talk about.
Oh-yea, I saw Snakes on a Plane today and I enjoyed it. It was suspenseful and a thrilling, a lot better than I had expected. Not a great movie but a good one. It kept me interested and there were a few corny parts that I got a chuckle out of. I worked two shifts today because one of the other teachers had to take care of some immigration chizzy so I covered for her in the morning and I had my normal shift in the evening but there were a couple hours in between to blow so I ate some Chinese food and saw the movie. Then Karin and I went sopping at the new supermarket! OOOOH, exciting, not really. I was tired as hell. Oh-well.
We’ll see what’s up.
I just bought my plane ticket home for Christmas, turns out that I will have two and a half weeks off due to the center being closed. Way cool! I was thinking one week tops. I am flying into Chicago on Sunday night the 17th of December and flying back on the 4th of January out of Chicago.
The tickets didn’t really make sense because I would have like to fly into Detroit rather than Chicago but usually it is about $200 more expensive but the flight I found to Chicago changes planes in Detroit. It goes from Mexico City to Detroit, then to Chicago and it was a good price. But when I looked for that same flight just to stay in Detroit it was $200 more! $200 more to not take the second plane to Chicago! I am going to call the airline and see what the deal is. If you just not take the plane to Chicago, your return ticket will be cancelled, because I thought of that already.
I am starting to try and figure out what my plans will be when I come home in February. I think that I am going to get my teacher certification in an accelerated program at Saginaw Valley State University and after that possible look for a teaching job in the Northern Lower or Upper Peninsula and live off the fat of the land. Alpena is one of the places I am thinking about because my family has some property and a hunting cabin I could live at. It may be really boring but that isn’t always bad. My Good friend Inferno and I have also been talking about going to school somewhere in the North West USA (Washington, Oregon), Colorado, or Alaska. That plan is always a possibility but our grand plans usually fall through, but they are fun to talk about.
Oh-yea, I saw Snakes on a Plane today and I enjoyed it. It was suspenseful and a thrilling, a lot better than I had expected. Not a great movie but a good one. It kept me interested and there were a few corny parts that I got a chuckle out of. I worked two shifts today because one of the other teachers had to take care of some immigration chizzy so I covered for her in the morning and I had my normal shift in the evening but there were a couple hours in between to blow so I ate some Chinese food and saw the movie. Then Karin and I went sopping at the new supermarket! OOOOH, exciting, not really. I was tired as hell. Oh-well.
We’ll see what’s up.
Monday, September 11, 2006
Sunday is Football Day!
Sunday is a Football day! I got up fairly early, showered and spend a lot of time going over my 6 Fantasy Football teams. Karin and I went to play Tennis at 11:00, right as the pregame shows were starting, so I really didn’t want to play, plus the amount on mucus in my nose and the cough I developed over night. But we played anyway. It was pretty fun, even though we lost a couple balls due to our inability to keep them in the court. The court here is on top of a building and if you hit the ball over any of the surrounding fences they usually end up in somebody’s back yard. We did manage to find two of them that were in the common areas, so we only lost three.
We got back about quarter to and I got to see some pregame. We got the NFL Sunday Ticket which is the coolest thing ever. We get to see every game as it is broadcast wither on FOX or CBS. So it is in English, with the same retarded horrible commentators, and we get to see the commercials. The commercials on TV here are always the same, every time they come in they are the same 4 or 5 so it is boring as hell. Now er get to see several different ones and comedic ones as well. The down side is that the products and shows that are being promoted, we are unable to use or see. The worst is the food commercials like Taco Bell and TGI Friday’s. Also the advertisements of the new TV shows that are on like the new Simpsons and Prison Break, that we won’t be able to see until God knows when. It’s kinda a tease but oh-well.
So I watched Football all day flipping through every game that was on and also to a channel where it had all the games on the screen at once and the NFL Network where they have radio broadcast of the games and constantly show all the up to minute stats in every category. Football was on the tube from 11:45am until the end of the Colts Giants game which ended maybe 9ish. Then, I watched highlight shows all night checking my fantasy teams. I am not doing very well by the way. I will probably win in at most 2 of the 6 leagues I am in. I just have to wait and see after the games tonight.
We’ll see what’s up.
We got back about quarter to and I got to see some pregame. We got the NFL Sunday Ticket which is the coolest thing ever. We get to see every game as it is broadcast wither on FOX or CBS. So it is in English, with the same retarded horrible commentators, and we get to see the commercials. The commercials on TV here are always the same, every time they come in they are the same 4 or 5 so it is boring as hell. Now er get to see several different ones and comedic ones as well. The down side is that the products and shows that are being promoted, we are unable to use or see. The worst is the food commercials like Taco Bell and TGI Friday’s. Also the advertisements of the new TV shows that are on like the new Simpsons and Prison Break, that we won’t be able to see until God knows when. It’s kinda a tease but oh-well.
So I watched Football all day flipping through every game that was on and also to a channel where it had all the games on the screen at once and the NFL Network where they have radio broadcast of the games and constantly show all the up to minute stats in every category. Football was on the tube from 11:45am until the end of the Colts Giants game which ended maybe 9ish. Then, I watched highlight shows all night checking my fantasy teams. I am not doing very well by the way. I will probably win in at most 2 of the 6 leagues I am in. I just have to wait and see after the games tonight.
We’ll see what’s up.
Splittin' a Bottle with a Sibling!
I worked Saturday morning and I was busy. I was there for six hours and had a class every hour. It makes the time go by fast but sometimes I feel rushed and unprepared because I don’t have very much time to prepare before a class. I like to have an hour or so during the day to make sure everything in order. But it was cool, I had some cool classes.
On the way home I thought of a way to use the bottle of Absolute that has been in the fridge for some time and stopped at the little store next to our place to buy some grape juice. That’s right, grape juice. I have never tried it before but several people like to drink it here in Mexico and it is very popular. They didn’t have any large containers so I bought six small juice boxes. Karin wasn’t to keen on the idea of grape juice vodies but I wanted to try them.
We had no plans so we just chilled and watched the NFL network which had a college football highlight show on all day. It wasn’t until later when Karin asked me if I was going to make myself a drink so I made us some grape juice Vodies. I thought they were great and was putting them down. Karin didn’t really think they were all that and switched to Vodie Tonnies (Vodka Tonics) which I don’t care for at all. Next thing we knew, the bottle was gone. We watched a couple movies and what not, Rocky and Jurassic Park: The Lost World (which I spotted Vince Vaughn!) for example. It was a chill night splitting a bottle between siblings. Kyle and I know too much about that, we have split several a bottle of Jägermeíster over the years just to pass time, and then we would go out to the bar. I was wanting some more booze but there was none in the house. Which was good because I had a good buzz and I didn’t need anymore. Because then I would have too much and be sick the next day.
Then I moseyed on upstairs to jam to 80’s tunes and mess around on the computer.
On the way home I thought of a way to use the bottle of Absolute that has been in the fridge for some time and stopped at the little store next to our place to buy some grape juice. That’s right, grape juice. I have never tried it before but several people like to drink it here in Mexico and it is very popular. They didn’t have any large containers so I bought six small juice boxes. Karin wasn’t to keen on the idea of grape juice vodies but I wanted to try them.
We had no plans so we just chilled and watched the NFL network which had a college football highlight show on all day. It wasn’t until later when Karin asked me if I was going to make myself a drink so I made us some grape juice Vodies. I thought they were great and was putting them down. Karin didn’t really think they were all that and switched to Vodie Tonnies (Vodka Tonics) which I don’t care for at all. Next thing we knew, the bottle was gone. We watched a couple movies and what not, Rocky and Jurassic Park: The Lost World (which I spotted Vince Vaughn!) for example. It was a chill night splitting a bottle between siblings. Kyle and I know too much about that, we have split several a bottle of Jägermeíster over the years just to pass time, and then we would go out to the bar. I was wanting some more booze but there was none in the house. Which was good because I had a good buzz and I didn’t need anymore. Because then I would have too much and be sick the next day.
Then I moseyed on upstairs to jam to 80’s tunes and mess around on the computer.
B-Day party Friday
I went to a birthday party for a friend of mine, Monsi, she turned 21. It’s not as big of a deal as it is in the US because the legal age here is 18 and you can basically drink wherever because it isn’t really enforced. It was during the day and for whatever reason I didn’t have to work on Friday (this Friday as well ). It was at her mother’s house just up the road from out place. It was supposed to start at 3pm but since I had a short sleeping night due to my cold, I had an afternoon nap until about 3:30. I jumped on the bus, stopped at the liquor store to get her present, a Liter of Bacardi and some coke, and got to the house about 4:30. Good thing I didn’t show up at 3 because there wasn’t anybody there yet. I wasn’t worried about being late because that is how they do things here, Mexican time!
Monsi on the grill
Keg of Corona
We had some good food of the grill (onions, chorizo, cecina, arranchera) and some bomb ass beans that had onion, peppers, and a couple other ingredients, it was good as hell. They actually had a keg there, Corona! The first time I have seen one at a party here. Their maid was pouring us some beers and it was foamy as hell. The maid’s way of trying to solve the foam problem was to keep pumping it up! I took over and tried to explain that there was too much pressure and to stop pumping. I had her get some pictures to pour the beer into and relieve some of the pressure. After a while it everything was all good.
I ate, had a couple beers, and was a little buzzed after a little while due to the medicine I was taking for my cold. But it was a weird buzz and it made me very uncomfortable. Karin came after work to have some food and we busted back home not to longer after that because we didn’t feel like going out for more and I had to work in the morning. We were home by 8pm.
Monsi on the grill
Keg of Corona
We had some good food of the grill (onions, chorizo, cecina, arranchera) and some bomb ass beans that had onion, peppers, and a couple other ingredients, it was good as hell. They actually had a keg there, Corona! The first time I have seen one at a party here. Their maid was pouring us some beers and it was foamy as hell. The maid’s way of trying to solve the foam problem was to keep pumping it up! I took over and tried to explain that there was too much pressure and to stop pumping. I had her get some pictures to pour the beer into and relieve some of the pressure. After a while it everything was all good.
I ate, had a couple beers, and was a little buzzed after a little while due to the medicine I was taking for my cold. But it was a weird buzz and it made me very uncomfortable. Karin came after work to have some food and we busted back home not to longer after that because we didn’t feel like going out for more and I had to work in the morning. We were home by 8pm.
Friday, September 08, 2006
Finally, Last Weekend in Michigan
Sorry for the delay but I caught a cold the last couple days and had no motivation to do anything really, let alone blog. I feel somewhat better today but I think that is just because I don’t have to work today and there is a birthday party to go to at 3:00pm.
Last weekend was my trip home. I left my pad in Toluca at 8am on Friday morning to catch the 9am bus to the airport in Mexico City. I left there at 1pm and didn’t leave the airport in Detroit until 10pm, and still had 2 hours to get to the final destination.
Ahhhhhh, but it was worth it. For the rest of the time until Sunday afternoon I was drunk. We had a lot of fun doing all sorts of drunk things; flippy cup, beer pong, skinny dippin’, singin’, dancin’, and fire jumping. The ladder I had an accident and burnt my thigh a little (not bad at all), twisted my ankle, and busted up my hand. Saturday night was the best. We had been drinking since the moment we got up waiting for the rest of the crew to come. There were only about 7 of us the first night, mostly everybody planned on coming for Saturday night. Saturday night was the 80’s Prom night. Mostly everybody was dressed in 80’s gear and we had 80’s tunes playing all night. It was basically a big drunk fest. Much like we used to do 5 years ago in our prime. It was a great crowd of about 25 people and everybody knew everybody. You can se all the pics at my photobucket under The Pond Labor Day Weekend. There are some crazy stupid ones and don’t be surprised to see a few without cloths!
I left on Sunday afternoon to go visit my parents that were camping at Sleepers State Park near Caseville in the thumb. There were still some people who were staying at the pond for another night. My body hurt and there was no way I could have handled it again. So Heidi (my taxi the whole weekend) headed out. Originally our plan was to stay the night there but I decided to head home that night to have an easy trip to the airport the next morning. But not after lunch, dinner, and hanging around the campfire.
It was an easy trip the next afternoon to the airport, I didn’t leave till 5 so we had some time. We ate lunch at Tony’s and got some HUGE sandwiches, like they always have. Got to the airport with a lot of time and headed out.
I had a short layover in Dallas, where my brother was spending the weekend, and I thought I might be able to catch him at the airport, but the problem was I didn’t know anything about his flight. When I got there I rushed to the TV’s where they have all the flight info and I saw that there was a plane to leave to Grand Rapids soon. I got there just before they were boarding… but no Kyle. Then I went to check out a couple flights to Chicago… but no Kyle. I thought for sure I could have hooked up with him even to say hi, but I didn’t. I got a little discouraged for a moment but then I just put some Sublime (our favorite band) on the ol’ iPOD and everything was cool.
I got back to Mexico City at about 11pm, too late to catch a bus so Karinski came to pick me up, and I got back to Toluca at about 12:30.
Since then just working and being sick.
We’ll see what’s up.
Last weekend was my trip home. I left my pad in Toluca at 8am on Friday morning to catch the 9am bus to the airport in Mexico City. I left there at 1pm and didn’t leave the airport in Detroit until 10pm, and still had 2 hours to get to the final destination.
Ahhhhhh, but it was worth it. For the rest of the time until Sunday afternoon I was drunk. We had a lot of fun doing all sorts of drunk things; flippy cup, beer pong, skinny dippin’, singin’, dancin’, and fire jumping. The ladder I had an accident and burnt my thigh a little (not bad at all), twisted my ankle, and busted up my hand. Saturday night was the best. We had been drinking since the moment we got up waiting for the rest of the crew to come. There were only about 7 of us the first night, mostly everybody planned on coming for Saturday night. Saturday night was the 80’s Prom night. Mostly everybody was dressed in 80’s gear and we had 80’s tunes playing all night. It was basically a big drunk fest. Much like we used to do 5 years ago in our prime. It was a great crowd of about 25 people and everybody knew everybody. You can se all the pics at my photobucket under The Pond Labor Day Weekend. There are some crazy stupid ones and don’t be surprised to see a few without cloths!
I left on Sunday afternoon to go visit my parents that were camping at Sleepers State Park near Caseville in the thumb. There were still some people who were staying at the pond for another night. My body hurt and there was no way I could have handled it again. So Heidi (my taxi the whole weekend) headed out. Originally our plan was to stay the night there but I decided to head home that night to have an easy trip to the airport the next morning. But not after lunch, dinner, and hanging around the campfire.
It was an easy trip the next afternoon to the airport, I didn’t leave till 5 so we had some time. We ate lunch at Tony’s and got some HUGE sandwiches, like they always have. Got to the airport with a lot of time and headed out.
I had a short layover in Dallas, where my brother was spending the weekend, and I thought I might be able to catch him at the airport, but the problem was I didn’t know anything about his flight. When I got there I rushed to the TV’s where they have all the flight info and I saw that there was a plane to leave to Grand Rapids soon. I got there just before they were boarding… but no Kyle. Then I went to check out a couple flights to Chicago… but no Kyle. I thought for sure I could have hooked up with him even to say hi, but I didn’t. I got a little discouraged for a moment but then I just put some Sublime (our favorite band) on the ol’ iPOD and everything was cool.
I got back to Mexico City at about 11pm, too late to catch a bus so Karinski came to pick me up, and I got back to Toluca at about 12:30.
Since then just working and being sick.
We’ll see what’s up.
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Fab camping weekend, but not telling yet
I am waiting until the picktures get posted from my trip home last weekend so stay tuned.
We'll see what's up
We'll see what's up
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Training in Deigh Effeigh (D.F. or Mexico City but you have to say the letters in Spanish)
Long ass week. I had been training in Mexico City, well if you want to call it that. I have been teaching for two and a half months now but they finally decided to send me to training… for new teachers. Now, it wouldn’t be that bad and I didn’t mind going but it was pointless… for me. There were 4 of us, and me and another dude have been teaching. For the other two new teachers it was effective and I would have loved to do it in my first week as well. But it was terrible.
I would have taken pictures but I didn’t want to have too many things of value incase of an incident on the metro (Mexico Cities Subway) or something. Although I had a driver there in the mornings, I needed to take mass transportation back to Toluca. I was very hesitant at first but after I did it the first day (my driver was there on the first day to basically hold my hand through the process to get me to the bus station). Just a couple blocks away from the center where we were at (La Zona Rosa, known for gays) was the Metro station. Tickets were 2 pesos. It was the first time I had ever been on a subway before outside of an airport. It was pretty cool, I had no problems taking it. It was clean and there was always somebody trying to sell something like burnt CD’s (they would play the CD as they were talking about it) and just about anything else you can think of, very entertaining. And on the bus they always showed a movie, although the last two days were dubbed (not subtitled) in Spanish. I got to read a lot though thanks to Heidi sending me a good book (the 5 people you meet in heaven by Mitch Album). I was able to get off the bus fairly close to our house and got a cheap cab from there.
Yesterday morning I left earlier because I had to see our lawyer (Wall Street) about me leaving the country. My tourist Visa expired on the 22nd, if I was to just renew it or extend it, it would have negated everything I did in the process of getting my FM3 (Work Visa) so I had to do some special stuff and gat a temporary visa that will allow me to leave and return without affecting my FM3. It took forever but I finally got what I needed.
The Training:
First of all there was no structure, time table, anything, and most of the classes were canceled (not too much of a problem because that is how it is). But we spent more time talking with each other in the social room than actually doing things for the training. AND they gave us two hour lunches which were completely ridiculous when we could just get it over with and leave early.
There was one thing that I did manage to get out of it, that was follow ups. It is when we look at a printout of the students profile and we can see if they are on track or what not and talk to then to see what they need to do. I was familiar with the forms before but the process of what to tell the students was reinforced and that was OK. So that was 1 hour that was useful out of 3 days traveling to Mexico City leaving at 8:30am and getting home 12 hours later. The training was from 10-6.
A very cool thing was meeting the other teachers. We clicked very well and that was fun, also because we were all from different places.
Florence – She is 22 and from France and she has been teaching French in a school in Liverpool, England. She came to Mexico 3 weeks ago to live with her boyfriend. It was interesting because her accent was British with a hint of French because she learned English in England.
Craig – He is 28 and From Scotland, West Scotland where they have extremely hard Scottish accents. He sounded almost identical to Groundskeeper Willie on the Simpsons. He had been teaching a month longer than I have in another center in Mexico City. He was really tall with long black greased back hair. We got along great.
Braum – Not sure his age, maybe mid 20’s, from the Holland, and yes his last name was Vander something! He was super tall! E was going to be teaching in a center near Veracruz. He just got to Mexico like the weekend before and was staying in a hotel.
We had a lot of time to get to know each other watching TV in the social room and our two hour lunches. We talked a lot about our respective country’s stereotypes and had lots of laughs. We talked about the dirty French, cheap Dutch, obnoxious Scottish, and lazy Americans. We also talked a lot about traveling and our experiences and what not, it was very cool. Because of this is why I was somewhat glad to go. I meet a lot of new people.
I did manage to get out of the last day, today. But I will be going back to work as normal, 4-9. We are going out tonight because my buddy Omar is leaving to go home next week.
I am bustin’ up to MI tomorrow morning! We went shopping the other day and I got my usual trip home things, a 3L bottle of Tequila and a carton of cigarettes (only like $16 bucks!)
We’ll see what’s up.
I would have taken pictures but I didn’t want to have too many things of value incase of an incident on the metro (Mexico Cities Subway) or something. Although I had a driver there in the mornings, I needed to take mass transportation back to Toluca. I was very hesitant at first but after I did it the first day (my driver was there on the first day to basically hold my hand through the process to get me to the bus station). Just a couple blocks away from the center where we were at (La Zona Rosa, known for gays) was the Metro station. Tickets were 2 pesos. It was the first time I had ever been on a subway before outside of an airport. It was pretty cool, I had no problems taking it. It was clean and there was always somebody trying to sell something like burnt CD’s (they would play the CD as they were talking about it) and just about anything else you can think of, very entertaining. And on the bus they always showed a movie, although the last two days were dubbed (not subtitled) in Spanish. I got to read a lot though thanks to Heidi sending me a good book (the 5 people you meet in heaven by Mitch Album). I was able to get off the bus fairly close to our house and got a cheap cab from there.
Yesterday morning I left earlier because I had to see our lawyer (Wall Street) about me leaving the country. My tourist Visa expired on the 22nd, if I was to just renew it or extend it, it would have negated everything I did in the process of getting my FM3 (Work Visa) so I had to do some special stuff and gat a temporary visa that will allow me to leave and return without affecting my FM3. It took forever but I finally got what I needed.
The Training:
First of all there was no structure, time table, anything, and most of the classes were canceled (not too much of a problem because that is how it is). But we spent more time talking with each other in the social room than actually doing things for the training. AND they gave us two hour lunches which were completely ridiculous when we could just get it over with and leave early.
There was one thing that I did manage to get out of it, that was follow ups. It is when we look at a printout of the students profile and we can see if they are on track or what not and talk to then to see what they need to do. I was familiar with the forms before but the process of what to tell the students was reinforced and that was OK. So that was 1 hour that was useful out of 3 days traveling to Mexico City leaving at 8:30am and getting home 12 hours later. The training was from 10-6.
A very cool thing was meeting the other teachers. We clicked very well and that was fun, also because we were all from different places.
Florence – She is 22 and from France and she has been teaching French in a school in Liverpool, England. She came to Mexico 3 weeks ago to live with her boyfriend. It was interesting because her accent was British with a hint of French because she learned English in England.
Craig – He is 28 and From Scotland, West Scotland where they have extremely hard Scottish accents. He sounded almost identical to Groundskeeper Willie on the Simpsons. He had been teaching a month longer than I have in another center in Mexico City. He was really tall with long black greased back hair. We got along great.
Braum – Not sure his age, maybe mid 20’s, from the Holland, and yes his last name was Vander something! He was super tall! E was going to be teaching in a center near Veracruz. He just got to Mexico like the weekend before and was staying in a hotel.
We had a lot of time to get to know each other watching TV in the social room and our two hour lunches. We talked a lot about our respective country’s stereotypes and had lots of laughs. We talked about the dirty French, cheap Dutch, obnoxious Scottish, and lazy Americans. We also talked a lot about traveling and our experiences and what not, it was very cool. Because of this is why I was somewhat glad to go. I meet a lot of new people.
I did manage to get out of the last day, today. But I will be going back to work as normal, 4-9. We are going out tonight because my buddy Omar is leaving to go home next week.
I am bustin’ up to MI tomorrow morning! We went shopping the other day and I got my usual trip home things, a 3L bottle of Tequila and a carton of cigarettes (only like $16 bucks!)
We’ll see what’s up.
Sunday, August 20, 2006
Toluca Red Devils!
I finally got to go to a soccer game! Karin, Omar, and I went to the “bonbonera.” That is what they call the stadium here in Toluca, they played Querertaro and kicked their asses 3-0. It was an awesome experience, we drank some beers, saw people go crazy three times for the goals, and felt really safe due to the million or so State Cops in riot gear! There was a ten foot fence with barbed wire at the top between the stands and the field as well. There is a section called “el sol,” much like the bleacher seats at the old Tiger stadium where the people went even crazier. It was really exciting and we will definitely be doing it again, probably next Sunday in Mexico City where Toluca travels to play Las Pumas.
They had the most beautiful hot chicks dancing around the field. Some were like the cheerleaders for Toluca and others were Corona girls. They had on the tightest full spandex suits and they were typical Mexican hot chicks with curves! They were so hot, I wish I could have taken some pics.
Oh-yea, one of my students (he just started so I haven’t meet him yet but seen him) played for Toluca. He was a reserve and didn’t get to play but it is cool knowing (or will know) someone on the team.
We did bring the camera but no memory chip, so… no cool pics. Next time!
Then we had a good ass home cooled buffet at a restaurant in el centro de Metepec with some bomb ass chicken mole that I ate the hell out of. Now just maxin’ ‘n’ relaxin’.
We’ll see what’s up.
They had the most beautiful hot chicks dancing around the field. Some were like the cheerleaders for Toluca and others were Corona girls. They had on the tightest full spandex suits and they were typical Mexican hot chicks with curves! They were so hot, I wish I could have taken some pics.
Oh-yea, one of my students (he just started so I haven’t meet him yet but seen him) played for Toluca. He was a reserve and didn’t get to play but it is cool knowing (or will know) someone on the team.
We did bring the camera but no memory chip, so… no cool pics. Next time!
Then we had a good ass home cooled buffet at a restaurant in el centro de Metepec with some bomb ass chicken mole that I ate the hell out of. Now just maxin’ ‘n’ relaxin’.
We’ll see what’s up.
Kids Ballet and what not
Friday was another dancing night, there are pics at photobucket under “La Gora” (the name of the club)
Saturday we went to el Palacio de las Bellas Artes (the Palace of Fine Arts) in Mexico City with the Belmont family to see a ballet. It was a ballet that was made for children. It was actually pretty cool. It was a bout a fable about a king with seven daughters and how they get to hook up with seven princes after the princes kill the evil step mother. It was nice and short as well.
Here are some pics, you can click on them to see the whole folder.
Crazy spagetti thingie
After we drove in some shitty traffic and also a bad part of town known for sex and drugs… I got to see some real hookers! There was all types; tall, short, big , small… but they all had one thing in common… They wuz NASTY!
We went to the part of town where Fernando grew up (Coyocan) and got tacos, coffee, and donuts while chillin’ in the city center. The place was full of people, the streets were packed and there were huge lines for some of the coffee joints due to their famous status. It reminded me of the soup Nazi from Seinfeld.
It was a long drive back and we got back to the crib about 11:30. I got a couple calls from some friends but I was just all about chillin’ on my couch watching movies.
Saturday we went to el Palacio de las Bellas Artes (the Palace of Fine Arts) in Mexico City with the Belmont family to see a ballet. It was a ballet that was made for children. It was actually pretty cool. It was a bout a fable about a king with seven daughters and how they get to hook up with seven princes after the princes kill the evil step mother. It was nice and short as well.
Here are some pics, you can click on them to see the whole folder.
Crazy spagetti thingie
After we drove in some shitty traffic and also a bad part of town known for sex and drugs… I got to see some real hookers! There was all types; tall, short, big , small… but they all had one thing in common… They wuz NASTY!
We went to the part of town where Fernando grew up (Coyocan) and got tacos, coffee, and donuts while chillin’ in the city center. The place was full of people, the streets were packed and there were huge lines for some of the coffee joints due to their famous status. It reminded me of the soup Nazi from Seinfeld.
It was a long drive back and we got back to the crib about 11:30. I got a couple calls from some friends but I was just all about chillin’ on my couch watching movies.
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Changed Travel Plans for Labor Day
I got an e-mail from AA (American Airlines, not Alcoholics Anonymous, even though it wouldn’t be a surprise!) about scheduling changes. The changed my original flight to Chicago from Friday September 1st at 9pm to earlier that day at 3pm, but my connecting flight to Detroit was still set for the next morning at 7am. Originally I was supposed to work on Friday morning that’s why I wasn’t to leave until 9pm, so I would have gotten into Chicago after midnight and the next flight to the D wasn’t till 7am which I could handle hanging out for 6 hours, but not the 12 hours it was changed to.
So I called yesterday to bitch a little. I actually liked the change to earlier because I had an excuse of being screwed to get out of work and get home earlier so I didn’t want to bitch about that. I wanted to get my connecting flight to Detroit changed. The were going to put me on a 9:45 flight to the D from Chi-Town and I gave the OK, but then he said that it would cost $150 to change, I was like hellllll no! I ain’t payin’ extra for nutin’. Then I explained to him again that the reason I am changing my flight is because yall changed it first.
Then he hooked me up with an even earlier flight. I am now leaving Mexico City just after 1pm on Friday and going through Dallas, getting into Detroit just after 9pm. Which is way cool because I have an extra night. But it will still only be for the weekend, I leave Monday night.
Originally the plan was to go to an annual camping trip to Brethren, MI to their annual festival called Brethren Days. This would have been our 7th year. We will not be attending this year for a couple reasons. We have drained all the energy out of our hosts (one of our friend’s families) by breaking things and keeping them up all hours of the night, basically we overstayed our welcome, also some of us are getting a little too old to be doing some of the things that we do up there which is basically nonstop drinking from the moment we get up till the moment we pass out.
This year we will still try and get together but possibly renting out a cottage/cabin somewhere on one of Michigan’s great lakes or a camping/canoeing/tubing trip on a river and instead of camping somewhere in the middle of the woods without electricity and water, we will probably opt for those luxuries. I would also like to be somewhere close to where my family will be so I can see them as well.
We’ll see what’s up.
So I called yesterday to bitch a little. I actually liked the change to earlier because I had an excuse of being screwed to get out of work and get home earlier so I didn’t want to bitch about that. I wanted to get my connecting flight to Detroit changed. The were going to put me on a 9:45 flight to the D from Chi-Town and I gave the OK, but then he said that it would cost $150 to change, I was like hellllll no! I ain’t payin’ extra for nutin’. Then I explained to him again that the reason I am changing my flight is because yall changed it first.
Then he hooked me up with an even earlier flight. I am now leaving Mexico City just after 1pm on Friday and going through Dallas, getting into Detroit just after 9pm. Which is way cool because I have an extra night. But it will still only be for the weekend, I leave Monday night.
Originally the plan was to go to an annual camping trip to Brethren, MI to their annual festival called Brethren Days. This would have been our 7th year. We will not be attending this year for a couple reasons. We have drained all the energy out of our hosts (one of our friend’s families) by breaking things and keeping them up all hours of the night, basically we overstayed our welcome, also some of us are getting a little too old to be doing some of the things that we do up there which is basically nonstop drinking from the moment we get up till the moment we pass out.
This year we will still try and get together but possibly renting out a cottage/cabin somewhere on one of Michigan’s great lakes or a camping/canoeing/tubing trip on a river and instead of camping somewhere in the middle of the woods without electricity and water, we will probably opt for those luxuries. I would also like to be somewhere close to where my family will be so I can see them as well.
We’ll see what’s up.
I busted the Fridge
Oooops! I busted up the fridge yesterday. I was defrosting the freezer (the ice buildup needs to be removed every so often), and I punctured the wall of it releasing the coolent used. The frame of the freezer is made of aluminium and the coils are built right in. So the slightest knock with my screwdriver and hammer busted a hole in it resulting in a hisssssssing sound.
Here is a pic of the fridge with the built in freezer
This is the freezer with the built in coils
The hole I put in is in the front left corner of the ceiling, the gasses that were comming out (could be freon, could be some other gas used for coolant) is harmless and inflammable. The only bad thing about it is that when the freon reaches the upper atmosphere is reacts with gasss present there and eats away at the o-zone.
Good thing that we have a smaller "beer" fridge in the back room. I had to transfer everything there and throw some things out in the process. But not very much fits in there so we have to hold off on shopping untill we get a new one. It is fixable but it would cost way to much.
We'll see what's up.
Here is a pic of the fridge with the built in freezer
This is the freezer with the built in coils
The hole I put in is in the front left corner of the ceiling, the gasses that were comming out (could be freon, could be some other gas used for coolant) is harmless and inflammable. The only bad thing about it is that when the freon reaches the upper atmosphere is reacts with gasss present there and eats away at the o-zone.
Good thing that we have a smaller "beer" fridge in the back room. I had to transfer everything there and throw some things out in the process. But not very much fits in there so we have to hold off on shopping untill we get a new one. It is fixable but it would cost way to much.
We'll see what's up.
Sunday, August 13, 2006
Some Pics From Last Night and the Market Today
Not much back stories here. Just wanted to share some pics. Just lick on the pics to go to the Photobucket folders.
A little car outside of a pharmacy
Chillin' at the fountain in Omar's neighborhood
Some food pics from the Market
Peace and Bootie Grease!
A little car outside of a pharmacy
Chillin' at the fountain in Omar's neighborhood
Some food pics from the Market
Peace and Bootie Grease!
My Old Motorcycle (Now It's Inferno's)
I just got some pics that my buddy Inferno took of my old motorcycle. It looks AMAZING! I sold it to him a little bit after I left for Mexico. He fixed it up and painted it himself (Cartman helped him fix it up, probably most of it...). But it's all running and legal to go crusin'. Here are the pics, I wish I had a before pic to show you but it was in really bad shape. It hasn't run in about 3-4 years, ever since I had my problems with the Michigan Secretary of State and liscence issues. Let me know what you think if you remember what it used to look like. It is a 1984 Kawasaki 440 LTD, check it out! He still has to put the stars on the top of the gas tank in the blue area, he has a helmet to match as well!
We'll see what's up!
We'll see what's up!
Saturday, August 12, 2006
EARTHQUAKE!!!!!!!!
Last Thursday we picked Pat up from the airport and headed into a really nice part of Mexico City where the nice hotels are to meet his brother who was here in business. We had a spectacular steak dinner with some wine and went to a cool Irish pub down the street. I really wasn’t that drunk but I woke up with a nice hangover, pukey and all. I think it was a combo of the wine, Mexican dark draft beer, and a shot of Jager, plus the fact that we had no water in the room for me to suck down before bed.
Karin, Pat and Mike went to a museum that morning while I stayed behind to sleep a little more. While I was lying on the bed and I felt a very slight gradual shaking, like a small child had jumped onto it. Then I saw the lamp shade move ever so slightly and then the curtains. Then I started thinking… EARTHQUAKE! Should I do something… Stand under a door frame… go downstairs (I was on the 20th floor)… wait I better take the stairs… I looked out the window to see if there was any wide spread panic in the streets but everything was normal. I mentioned it to Karin later and she said that they didn’t feel anything so I wasn’t sure what the deal was. I didn’t find out till earlier today when Karin sent me an article about it.
Earthquake Rocks Mexico City
I felt really pukey as we were dropping of Mike at the airport, the stop and go traffic and the smoggy smogerton didn’t help much either. I was deeply meditating in the back seat in order not to have to stick my head out the window. As we pulled up to the airport Pat suggested that I run in and use the bathroom there, so I did and ralfed violently in a crowded bathroom full of grossed out people. I even heard a few gag themselves. It was cool!
We made it back to Toluca in time for me to go to work, which was pretty cool, my last class of the day was “beer tasting.” I went right home after due to working early the next morning. I am not doing that hungover again.
We’ll see what’s up.
Karin, Pat and Mike went to a museum that morning while I stayed behind to sleep a little more. While I was lying on the bed and I felt a very slight gradual shaking, like a small child had jumped onto it. Then I saw the lamp shade move ever so slightly and then the curtains. Then I started thinking… EARTHQUAKE! Should I do something… Stand under a door frame… go downstairs (I was on the 20th floor)… wait I better take the stairs… I looked out the window to see if there was any wide spread panic in the streets but everything was normal. I mentioned it to Karin later and she said that they didn’t feel anything so I wasn’t sure what the deal was. I didn’t find out till earlier today when Karin sent me an article about it.
Earthquake Rocks Mexico City
I felt really pukey as we were dropping of Mike at the airport, the stop and go traffic and the smoggy smogerton didn’t help much either. I was deeply meditating in the back seat in order not to have to stick my head out the window. As we pulled up to the airport Pat suggested that I run in and use the bathroom there, so I did and ralfed violently in a crowded bathroom full of grossed out people. I even heard a few gag themselves. It was cool!
We made it back to Toluca in time for me to go to work, which was pretty cool, my last class of the day was “beer tasting.” I went right home after due to working early the next morning. I am not doing that hungover again.
We’ll see what’s up.
Monday, August 07, 2006
Aguas Locas, K-Paz, and Spooperman
I’ve been a little lazy in typing up this weekend’s activities. It was a good weekend and I did a lot of things but nothing was “to write home to mom about.”
Work has been going well, we are down to three teachers now so I have been a little bit busier while I am there. And they have a list of stuff for us to do while we have a service hour or a cancellation, which some of the chizzy is retarded but all I have to do is look busy and I sure can do that, my work history and consist of working really hard for about a month of two, just enough to get the powers that be not to look after you because they think you are doing an exceptional job, then slack off a little and look busy when there is nothing of worth to do. Although I did find a cool new thing that is a legal way of keeping busy, chatting with WSI students all over the world. They have a website where you can log in and chat. It is pretty cool. Today I chatted with a 19 year old girl in Hong Kong, a 33 year old dude in Turkey who plays rugby, and girl named Marta of unknown age in Portugal.
Sergio (co-worker) and I closed up shop and headed to the bowling alley/pool hall in the mall by the ice rink (just wanted to throw that in there) for a drink to wait for a couple peeps (Moni, Omar, and Karinski). We were going to a party at Sergio’s cousin’s pad. A Aguas Locas (crazy water) party! I took the explanation of aguas locas to be jungle juice but it was a little different. It is a big jug of water with a flavor of Tang (rice water, I can’t remember the name) and topped off with several liters of Mescal (cheap nasty ass tequila, and alone it taste like gasoline). Enjoy a pic of the mixing process.
We chilled, listened to some music laughed at some jokes. It was cool but really chill. Just think of a night with a couple buddies over your house where you just chill and catch a buzz for the night. When we busted up we gave a couple peeps rides home all around town. By the time we got back to the crib my bladder was at 110% capacity. I literally had the longest wiz ever in my life. I wish I had timed it because it wasn’t so different from when Austin Powers got un-cryogenically frozen and was going through the waste removal phase of the re-animation process. I was quite impressed!
I chilled all day Saturday until we were to meet at a restaurant for dinner before the K-Paz de la Sierra baile (concert where everybody dances all night). It was a pretty sweet experience but there were too many people, it was wet and rainy, and it was really long. But still way cool.
The ticket booths were the sides of busses with the tellers hanging out the window
View of the stage
Karinski, Monsi, and Me.
Here is a short clip
Then on Sunday I work up bright and early at 1pm. I made some chorizo with eggs and loved it. Karin didn’t so much, I think she just likes the Americanized stuff we get from Maria Elena’s (Mexican Bakery in Carrollton). This stuff has way more punch to it!
I convinced Karin to go and finally see Superman at the IMAX (just under an hour drive to Sante Fe where the theater was). It was way cool, I loved it. Something about John Williams music and Superman saving the day sends shivers down my spine. Plus there were several parts in 3D which were way cool! The only part I didn’t like was the anorexic chick who played Lois Lane. They could have got way hotter chicks and I also thought she was way too young. The dude who played Spooperman was good and the little dude looked a lot like my nephew Austin. My favorite part was at the beginning where superman saved the plane from crashing on a baseball stadium infield. When he stepped out and the crowd went crazy, number one that Superman saved the day, and umber 2 that he is back (he has been gone for something like 5 years or so). The place was packed but we ended up with decent seats even though there was only 8 tickets left when we got ours.
We are supposed to be going to Mexico City on Thursday night to hang with Pat and his brother (who is here on business) but I don’t know what the deal is with all the protesting and what not. I was also asked to go ride some bulls… Actually ride them not just watch! I might be too afraid of my two little guys suffering severe concussions!
We’ll see what’s up.
Work has been going well, we are down to three teachers now so I have been a little bit busier while I am there. And they have a list of stuff for us to do while we have a service hour or a cancellation, which some of the chizzy is retarded but all I have to do is look busy and I sure can do that, my work history and consist of working really hard for about a month of two, just enough to get the powers that be not to look after you because they think you are doing an exceptional job, then slack off a little and look busy when there is nothing of worth to do. Although I did find a cool new thing that is a legal way of keeping busy, chatting with WSI students all over the world. They have a website where you can log in and chat. It is pretty cool. Today I chatted with a 19 year old girl in Hong Kong, a 33 year old dude in Turkey who plays rugby, and girl named Marta of unknown age in Portugal.
Sergio (co-worker) and I closed up shop and headed to the bowling alley/pool hall in the mall by the ice rink (just wanted to throw that in there) for a drink to wait for a couple peeps (Moni, Omar, and Karinski). We were going to a party at Sergio’s cousin’s pad. A Aguas Locas (crazy water) party! I took the explanation of aguas locas to be jungle juice but it was a little different. It is a big jug of water with a flavor of Tang (rice water, I can’t remember the name) and topped off with several liters of Mescal (cheap nasty ass tequila, and alone it taste like gasoline). Enjoy a pic of the mixing process.
We chilled, listened to some music laughed at some jokes. It was cool but really chill. Just think of a night with a couple buddies over your house where you just chill and catch a buzz for the night. When we busted up we gave a couple peeps rides home all around town. By the time we got back to the crib my bladder was at 110% capacity. I literally had the longest wiz ever in my life. I wish I had timed it because it wasn’t so different from when Austin Powers got un-cryogenically frozen and was going through the waste removal phase of the re-animation process. I was quite impressed!
I chilled all day Saturday until we were to meet at a restaurant for dinner before the K-Paz de la Sierra baile (concert where everybody dances all night). It was a pretty sweet experience but there were too many people, it was wet and rainy, and it was really long. But still way cool.
The ticket booths were the sides of busses with the tellers hanging out the window
View of the stage
Karinski, Monsi, and Me.
Here is a short clip
Then on Sunday I work up bright and early at 1pm. I made some chorizo with eggs and loved it. Karin didn’t so much, I think she just likes the Americanized stuff we get from Maria Elena’s (Mexican Bakery in Carrollton). This stuff has way more punch to it!
I convinced Karin to go and finally see Superman at the IMAX (just under an hour drive to Sante Fe where the theater was). It was way cool, I loved it. Something about John Williams music and Superman saving the day sends shivers down my spine. Plus there were several parts in 3D which were way cool! The only part I didn’t like was the anorexic chick who played Lois Lane. They could have got way hotter chicks and I also thought she was way too young. The dude who played Spooperman was good and the little dude looked a lot like my nephew Austin. My favorite part was at the beginning where superman saved the plane from crashing on a baseball stadium infield. When he stepped out and the crowd went crazy, number one that Superman saved the day, and umber 2 that he is back (he has been gone for something like 5 years or so). The place was packed but we ended up with decent seats even though there was only 8 tickets left when we got ours.
We are supposed to be going to Mexico City on Thursday night to hang with Pat and his brother (who is here on business) but I don’t know what the deal is with all the protesting and what not. I was also asked to go ride some bulls… Actually ride them not just watch! I might be too afraid of my two little guys suffering severe concussions!
We’ll see what’s up.
Friday, August 04, 2006
Some Crazy Shizzy happenin' Down Here
Check out this story:
Crime, unrest hurting tourism in Mexico
I would love to go check out all the campers in the center of the city but it will be very hard to get there and I don't really know how safe it is. It would be really cool to say that I was part of a political movement. I also think it would be cool to run into a severed head on the beaches of Acapulco... Then I could pretend I was a CSI on the new hit TV show CSI Acapulco!
We'll see what's up.
Crime, unrest hurting tourism in Mexico
I would love to go check out all the campers in the center of the city but it will be very hard to get there and I don't really know how safe it is. It would be really cool to say that I was part of a political movement. I also think it would be cool to run into a severed head on the beaches of Acapulco... Then I could pretend I was a CSI on the new hit TV show CSI Acapulco!
We'll see what's up.
Sunday, July 30, 2006
More Drama and the Weekend
More WSI (Wall Street Institute) drama! Well, for whatever reason we lost the contract to do the business classes that I was doing. Not sure if they are just stopping the classes or if they were unhappy and using somebody else. But as a result of that they (WSI) decided that they needed to let go one of the teachers. So they did. It’s crazy. They have gone through 5 people since I started there last month. Three teachers (two quit) and they fired two reception peeps. Oh-well, I just show up and teach some English!
I went out again with some friends of WSI, other teachers, a former receptionist, and students. We tried out another club. This place was too “fresa” as they say here (like high-maintenance, snooty and what not). There was a long line where a dude stood behind it and picked out people to go in with people yelling out his name trying really hard to get in. It was a really young crowd as well, some of the dudes going in couldn’t have been over 15. It was packed and expensive as hell, we paid something like $650 pesos for a bottle of cheap ass rum and they tacked on a “service fee” of like $150 pesos. It was crap, several others of us thought the same so we busted pretty quick. There was a lot of eye candy though, that was cool. I got a couple action pics of our crew, enjoy.
Jamie and Monsi (sp)
Me and the brothers Efrain and Ehrnan
What a cutie!
By the taco joint afterwards
I ended up getting pretty drunk which was totally against the plan because I had to work at 8am the next morn. So, I had my first day of work at WSI hung over. It sucked really bad. Its one thing to do a mundane manual labor job or one where you can work by yourself hung over but to try and teach is a different story. I don’t even know how I woke up. For some reason I woke up a little after I was supposed to without an alarm or anything. I woke up and realized that I might be late and was trippin out, but then I realized I still had time to make it on time. I was busy too. I really don’t want to do that again.
After work we hurried to a rugby tourney that was happening hosted by my club. We made it just in time to see that championship game and my club one. It was a 10’s tourney where it was 10 on 10 instead of the usual 15’s or 7’s for the summer. I was still hurtin’ pretty bad so we just left after the awards, got some good grub at a rib joint in the mall and went home.
Me taking a drink out of the championship trophy
Today, Sunday, we had a birthday party to go to for our friend Martha. She is the wife of Fernando. It was a dual party with another of their friends. It was sweet, ate some good ass barbacoa (sheep) and had a couple cocktails and what not. One of Fernando’s friends had another friend with him that was a single good lookin’ chic. Fernando was tryin’ to hook me up but I tried to tell him that I wasn’t interested and he took it as me being shy… well I am a little but if I do find a chica here I don’t want her to live in Mexico City which is an hour away. But we’ll see what’s up.
I am working the late shift all week so I may jump back into my late night TV watching mode because I won’t have to work until 4pm with the exception of my last early class at the company I have been doing where I have to give them back their exams which I haven’t graded yet. It’l be awight though.
Be cool like me!
I went out again with some friends of WSI, other teachers, a former receptionist, and students. We tried out another club. This place was too “fresa” as they say here (like high-maintenance, snooty and what not). There was a long line where a dude stood behind it and picked out people to go in with people yelling out his name trying really hard to get in. It was a really young crowd as well, some of the dudes going in couldn’t have been over 15. It was packed and expensive as hell, we paid something like $650 pesos for a bottle of cheap ass rum and they tacked on a “service fee” of like $150 pesos. It was crap, several others of us thought the same so we busted pretty quick. There was a lot of eye candy though, that was cool. I got a couple action pics of our crew, enjoy.
Jamie and Monsi (sp)
Me and the brothers Efrain and Ehrnan
What a cutie!
By the taco joint afterwards
I ended up getting pretty drunk which was totally against the plan because I had to work at 8am the next morn. So, I had my first day of work at WSI hung over. It sucked really bad. Its one thing to do a mundane manual labor job or one where you can work by yourself hung over but to try and teach is a different story. I don’t even know how I woke up. For some reason I woke up a little after I was supposed to without an alarm or anything. I woke up and realized that I might be late and was trippin out, but then I realized I still had time to make it on time. I was busy too. I really don’t want to do that again.
After work we hurried to a rugby tourney that was happening hosted by my club. We made it just in time to see that championship game and my club one. It was a 10’s tourney where it was 10 on 10 instead of the usual 15’s or 7’s for the summer. I was still hurtin’ pretty bad so we just left after the awards, got some good grub at a rib joint in the mall and went home.
Me taking a drink out of the championship trophy
Today, Sunday, we had a birthday party to go to for our friend Martha. She is the wife of Fernando. It was a dual party with another of their friends. It was sweet, ate some good ass barbacoa (sheep) and had a couple cocktails and what not. One of Fernando’s friends had another friend with him that was a single good lookin’ chic. Fernando was tryin’ to hook me up but I tried to tell him that I wasn’t interested and he took it as me being shy… well I am a little but if I do find a chica here I don’t want her to live in Mexico City which is an hour away. But we’ll see what’s up.
I am working the late shift all week so I may jump back into my late night TV watching mode because I won’t have to work until 4pm with the exception of my last early class at the company I have been doing where I have to give them back their exams which I haven’t graded yet. It’l be awight though.
Be cool like me!
Friday, July 28, 2006
Bowling Class and Plants
Thursday night I had a Social Class that was “bowling.” We went bowling for two hours at a place in the mall. It’s like a pool hall/bowling alley thingie. They only had 4 lanes but it is a really cool place. Plus it was 2X1 beer night! Nothing like getting paid to bowl and drink some beers! It was Jamie and I with 7 other students. We could only put 8 people on a lane so Jamie and I took turns… We kicked everybody’s ass. We had 101 and everybody else had anywhere from 50-91. It was really fun. We chatted with each other and got to know everybody that much more. Here is a pic of the crew (from right to left; Rafael, Jose Carlos, Jamie, Arturo, Sylvester, Claudia, Me, Cesar, and Keimur).
I had the car because Karinski went to Mexico City for a meeting, so I gave Jamie and Claudia a ride home. Jamie lives really close to the mall so that was no problem but Claudia lives somewhat far away, not too far though. She lives close to our friend Veronica, and if I didn’t know how to get back from there I would have been in big trouble. She took me through some shortcuts and all these side streets and what not but I am good with directions so I got home awight.
Today I checked out my plants I have been growing. I have cucumber and cilantro. The cilantro I should have harvested a long time ago, now there is a really big thick stalk growing that is about 3 feet tall and the leaves are a reddish color, but it looks cool. Then I noticed that I am finally getting some cucumbers to grow! They aren’t very big and I don’t know how big they are going to get because they are somewhat confined, but I’m still excited! Here are a couple pics of them.
Cucumber plant
Cilantro
Be cool like me!
I had the car because Karinski went to Mexico City for a meeting, so I gave Jamie and Claudia a ride home. Jamie lives really close to the mall so that was no problem but Claudia lives somewhat far away, not too far though. She lives close to our friend Veronica, and if I didn’t know how to get back from there I would have been in big trouble. She took me through some shortcuts and all these side streets and what not but I am good with directions so I got home awight.
Today I checked out my plants I have been growing. I have cucumber and cilantro. The cilantro I should have harvested a long time ago, now there is a really big thick stalk growing that is about 3 feet tall and the leaves are a reddish color, but it looks cool. Then I noticed that I am finally getting some cucumbers to grow! They aren’t very big and I don’t know how big they are going to get because they are somewhat confined, but I’m still excited! Here are a couple pics of them.
Cucumber plant
Cilantro
Be cool like me!
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