who has dibs on sending me stuff??

i
don~t know what is going to happen in jan. for my return flight. i
don~t know where i will be, what i will be doing or what my financial
situation will be. i would like to come back and see friends, make
some money and travel some more. we~ll see.

a little while ago, we went to this club (one of the two here) and danced until the sun came up. it was really beautiful seeing the sun rise over the atlantic. i had
only seen it set on the pacific. i am trying to get used to the sleeping schedule, which is all over the place.
also, the times of day they eat is all over the place.

i do have a list of things i could use here, if anyone wants to mail me anything.
it takes for ever for things to
arrive here, if they do at all. most places here don~t have a number
address so mail is sent directly to the post office then we pick it up
there. in fact, it~s so remote that our grocery store takes online
and phone orders then delivers the groceries to your house. it~s a
great solution, but i think a closer store would be even better. :)

living at ivo~s has been fine so far. we respect each other~s space
and privacy but like hanging out when we do.

juju and lucy and i are still close, but we don~t see each other as
much unless we see each other out on the weekend. i live a bit far
(25 min. walk) from the main center, so i have not been keeping in
contact with the people i knew before.

things are well. i will start teaching soon to save money for more
travel. but i realize i don~t know the first thing about teaching, so ivo and juju are going to help me, as they both have taught english. i look forward to seeing everyone in jan. and i will make a special effort (if i actually return in jan, whether for good or temporarily) to see everyone in california, from san diego to s.f.

movies:
ronin
dead poet~s society
arrested development (show)
hurly burly
fight club
snatch
stranger than fiction
bandits
plein soleil (sp?)
a man and a woma
high fidelity
lost in translation
princess bride
royal tenenbaums
rushmore
amadeus
napoleon dynamite

music:
bjork (telegram, medulla, vespertine or homogenic will do)
beck (sea change, the information, modern guilt, guero)
sergio mendes (collaborative with the black eyed peas)
manu chao (clandestino, rainin in paradise, any will do)
sara tavares, maria montes, diplo, bob marley, coltraine, miles davis, billie holiday, rushmore and royal tenenbaums soundtracks

random tracks:
gotye~s "heart~s a mess"
like a dream , the cure
all possibilities, badly drawn boy
it don~t matter, akon
it was a good day, ice cube
just another girl, pete yorn
sail away with me, david gray
island in the sun, weezer
undone, duran duran