i slept in today to get rid of my cold and spent the morning reinstalling everything on mi computadora porque it did not survive the flight unscathed. luckily i backed everything up. i set it up in spanish though, to make myself think in spanish, work in spanish, chat in spanish. i will be fluent soon. i guarantee it. it's incredible how much has come back to me already. it's been like 7 years since i took two years of it in college.

so i set everything up to install and then went to mamitas beach club which is a few minutes down the beach from my beach and just a giant clusterfuck of tequila, americans and bad house music chased by a few well-paid mexican "hosts" trying to entice the ladies to take off their bikini tops. i sat and read american gods by neil gaiman and hopped in the water twice, the first time i've gotten in since i got to mexico. it's been cloudy and today it was hot, and i got some color and now i look like a raccoon because i was wearing my gucci sunnies all day, but i figure, when you have gucci sunnies, you must wear them to make every cent worthwhile. as i ran back in from swimming the first time, my cell was ringing and it was becky wanting to tell me how much she loves the movie superbad, again. i told her i was sitting on the beach watching all the hot men romp in speedos and low-hanging board shorts, hung up, went for another swim and then walked home.

i had to go to office depot today to buy a computer chair because the one i had was fucking up my back sitting there so long. the cabs are so cheap. 2 bucks each way and it was a 10 minute ride each way. i had to put the chair together with a butter knife because i don't have any screwdrivers yet. whoops. it worked anyway. and the chair is pretty sweet. i can sit cross-legged on it, and that's all that matters.

after dinner i headed over to bobby's where he, henniger and their local friend roberto were pre-drinking for a night out at the clubs. i had a fresca and sat with bobby, henniger and roberto while they drank. roberto was hilarious, just mumbling nonsense incessantly and bobby just keeps saying, "bert, you're talking again" in a cautionary voice. hilarious.

so now i am home and sober and sick and typing, and cursing mozzies, i have eleven mozzy bites. my allergic reaction has ceased, my skin is healing and now i am covered in mozzy bites? i can't win. it's 3am and i can't sleep for the itchiness. fhgwgads.


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i woke up and i was sick this morning! what the fuck is that? probably just all the stress up til now taking it's toll. it was cloudy but nose still got a little pink from reading on the beach this afternoon. i met a guy from toronto today, kevin, who took me to the cell place and translated for me. yeah. i'm not as fluent as i thought. apparently cell phone plan jargon eludes me en español. he kept asking why i needed to be able to get incoming calls from the US if i am from canada and i just told him there was someone pretty fucking spectacular there who i am hoping to hear from. he's married to the woman upstairs who has two kids from a previous marriage, patty and ashley, and they are so fucking cute. they sang "la cucaracha" for me today and i about choked on the cuteness it was so thick.

i have discovered the most useful phrase in spanish is "como se dice....?" i am also having tremendous trouble adapting to the laid back lifestyle. i mean it's ultimately what i came for next to the beach and weather, but it's so difficult to just adapt. everyone is always late, there's reality and then there's mexico time. it's wonderful because everyone is so relaxed and chilled but at the same time, it makes it hard to plan your day. tomorrow i go in search of a post office and a printer. it should be an ordeal. but at least i can retire to the beach with a book with the rest of the town. yes, people actually read here. you know how long it's been since i've known people in person who read? who i can recommend books to? fuck, kevin'd read half the books i brought! i dunno, the pace here is beautiful but way different.

i cooked tonight for my parents, i marinated chicken legs in valentina sauce, lime juice, salt and pepper and slow roasted them to a stunning perfection in the gas oven (back home i had electric, this is luxurious for me), then i sauteed green tomatoes with chipotle peppers, and added it to pan fried fingerling potatoes. i fucking rule. it was the bomb. though i couldn't eat much, it's hard to eat very much at all in this heat. today was relatively chilly but compared to vancouver it's fucking hot.

there isn't much that could make thing better here for me right now, but one of those things, without a doubt, is hearing from mike. that oughtta be a project.

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