Welp, I bought my tickets home. And going for the cheapest flight that would get me in Omaha during the day - looks like I'm flying to Toronto. Hey Canada. See you all (actually, probably very few of you) on the 14th!
Jer out.
Oh, and have you heard about the attacking butterflies??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOVF0MOoBG4
01 April 2011
31 March 2011
Settling into Chile
Well, I'm getting settled I think. It took about 6 months but here is some evidence that such a thing has occured:
1) I have my own desk now.
Yes, for the first bit I did not really have a desk, or a seat for that matter. I was always borrowing somebody's when they were absent. But now, the Tutoria office has expanded and there is enough space for Jer to have a desk. The seat thing is still a grey area.
2) I have a coffee cup.
Today I went to buy myself a coffee cup to use in the office. I splurged and bought an octagonal one for about a dollar. It has a saying on it which, roughly translated, says coffee all the time. Perfect.
3) I sat in on a office meeting today. Although I understood very little of it, my presence was present.
4) I was mistaken for a Chilean today. Yes, I was as much surprised as you, dear reader. I was asked, "You're Chilean, right?" I should have said yes, but then my poor navigation in Spanish speaking and accenting probably would have been my betrayer. We talked a bit about the states though, his uncle lives(d?) in Miami. I gave him 100 pesos. Good times.
1) I have my own desk now.
Yes, for the first bit I did not really have a desk, or a seat for that matter. I was always borrowing somebody's when they were absent. But now, the Tutoria office has expanded and there is enough space for Jer to have a desk. The seat thing is still a grey area.
2) I have a coffee cup.
Today I went to buy myself a coffee cup to use in the office. I splurged and bought an octagonal one for about a dollar. It has a saying on it which, roughly translated, says coffee all the time. Perfect.
3) I sat in on a office meeting today. Although I understood very little of it, my presence was present.
4) I was mistaken for a Chilean today. Yes, I was as much surprised as you, dear reader. I was asked, "You're Chilean, right?" I should have said yes, but then my poor navigation in Spanish speaking and accenting probably would have been my betrayer. We talked a bit about the states though, his uncle lives(d?) in Miami. I gave him 100 pesos. Good times.
10 March 2011
Chucha!
I made a grammatical mistake two posts down. It really irks me because I made the same mistake four years ago with a Facebook group - "If I was a priest, it would have to be Jesuit." The first wall post was correcting my grammar. I'm okay with it though, because now this sight it somewhat legitimate and has all has all sorts of photos (including some top brass). It does seem to now be getting spammed with some Russian bride site but a nonetheless, pretty cool that people actually use it.
Anyways, I made the same mistake in my post about the Gyrovagues. I apologize. And since I have yet to learn the proper use of was and were, I will not edit it out.
Darn.
Anyways, I made the same mistake in my post about the Gyrovagues. I apologize. And since I have yet to learn the proper use of was and were, I will not edit it out.
Darn.
Subtlety in Your Speech
Today I learned quit a subtle nuance in Spanish. The word 'chuta' means 'shoot' or 'dang' while the word 'chucha' means 'damn!' A nice young 9-year old girl was kind enough to let me know that 'chucha' was a bad word after I exclaimed it in the library when I dropped a book...I suppose I'm quite the role model.
Won't be making that mistake again.
Won't be making that mistake again.
If I was a monk, I would be…
I had a bit of a revelation the other day – I would make a terrible monk. Not that I have been thinking about joining a monastery, more because I have been thinking about future plans which include (seriously); Boston College, Providence College, Minnesota, Newark and (not too seriously); BVC Ireland. Well really, this came about when I discovered Ireland – I thought ‘that would be so cool to do!’ and what if I could. And then it hit me – I’m a gyrovague.
Now for those who don’t know what a gyrovague is, let me throw down some rule at you. From the first chapter of the rule of St. Benedict:
The fourth kind of monks are those called Gyrovagues.
These spend their whole lives tramping from province to province,
staying as guests in different monasteries
for three or four days at a time.
Always on the move, with no stability,
they indulge their own wills
and succumb to the allurements of gluttony,
and are in every way worse than the Sarabaites.
To put this in a bit of context, a Sarabite is described as being a “detestable kind.” I guess I’m not learning the vow of stability. In my defense, I’m not a monk so none of this really applies to me. It was a fun discovery though and lightened my stressful disposition during this time of interviewing and applying.
Now for those who don’t know what a gyrovague is, let me throw down some rule at you. From the first chapter of the rule of St. Benedict:
The fourth kind of monks are those called Gyrovagues.
These spend their whole lives tramping from province to province,
staying as guests in different monasteries
for three or four days at a time.
Always on the move, with no stability,
they indulge their own wills
and succumb to the allurements of gluttony,
and are in every way worse than the Sarabaites.
To put this in a bit of context, a Sarabite is described as being a “detestable kind.” I guess I’m not learning the vow of stability. In my defense, I’m not a monk so none of this really applies to me. It was a fun discovery though and lightened my stressful disposition during this time of interviewing and applying.
03 March 2011
16 January 2011
Living abroad colonially
I'm heading off to Patagonia tomorrow morning. I'll be gone for 6 weeks and have no means of electricity. It's my Walden. I should have brought Walden. See you in March.
I'll make you a deal - I won't die if you don't.
I'll make you a deal - I won't die if you don't.
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