Well, I had my other two classes (had to drop the Africa one). They're alright, it's so amazing that I feel I can understand almost everything, maybe I'm just not with it. One is actually mostly going to be consisting of working with entrepreneurs to develop business plans, outside the classroom. The profesora is also sending us on a mission to go to a shady part of Guadalajara and interview small business people this weekend--should be interesting. The worst part is that next Saturday I have to wake up at 7 am to meet the people I'll be working with...ugh, kill me.
Below is my house's dog, Arcadia. She's crazy but really cute, though sometimes I'm afraid she's gonna jump on me and break my arm or something (way bigger than she looks here, she's huge!)
In keeping with my title, I wanted to mention the severe lack of felines here...there are tons of stray dogs everywhere, but I've only seen ONE cat. I have probably seen about 9,000 dogs. I'm not sure of the reason for this. My host dad says people prefer dogs here. Ok, but I still need more of an explanation--Senior Thesis "Where have all the cats gone"
It's raining right now, the first time since my arrival. I have never spent time somewhere that is significantly polluted, in comparison to Seattle/Portland: most of the time I don't notice it, but sometimes I wish I didn't have to breathe. A couple days ago, I was walking to the bus and I felt so dirty and gaspy; it made me really miss the rain to clear things out (and more importantly, a less polluted environment). It's quite sad...while I'm always aware of pollution back home, it seems that I am constantly reminded of the consequences of any polluting action I take here when I take a breath. Speaking of which, we don't have recycling at my house; it's terrible, I've been stockpiling paper like a "weirdo" to take my university to recycle.
I got in my first car crash last night (not as the driver), minor but the car wouldn't start after the impact. After hours-long waiting around, during which both insurance representatives took lots of photos and signatures, while the crasher paid off the police, we finally piled into the tow truck. The space for one person was squished full with 5, so it was a long ride home. Speaking of crashes, the "unsafe" things I see people sometimes doing make me so scared--for instance, a teenager was riding his bike, with a kid about 6 years old standing on his shoulders and holding onto his head, flying through the wind (of course, no helmets). Jeez! Can't say I'm trying to jump on that bandwagon.
I haven't really discussed my social life as of yet, so here's a taste. I've gone to some bars with sponsored events through my university, as well as bars with people we met at those events. One of my favorite events was the mariachi concert next door, but I've been liking getting my groove on at Wall St. Tonight I'm going to an extranjera's bday party who I don't know. I imagine it's mostly extranjeros, which is a shame as everyone just speaks English, but maybe I will make a nice Mexican amigo! Otherwise, yes...bars! parties! went to Starbucks yesterday! am I still in Seattle? One cool difference is Corona & Pacífico are domestic...yeee. I'll leave you with that.
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