i stepped on my headphones today. i was hoping i could repair them, but alas, i could not. thankfully, and i'm sure my roommates will be thankful too, i have an extra pair. but the pair that i broke were the ones that worked the best.

there is this guy that stands at the door to the cafeteria now. he is the jewelry/weird hair patrol. if you have any sort of jewelry on, he will swoop down and give you a talking to with a smile plastered on his face the whole time. he always greets people when they come in and bids them farewell as they go. i always avoid eye contact with him because i don't care for stupid niceties that aren't sincere.

last saturday night i snuck into the pool area. i jumped the fence and kind of landed harder than i expected. then when i was posing for a picture of me sticking my foot in the pool, i was losing my balance and then almost fell in. and on the way back out, my friend slammed into the fence while i was on top of it and i was left flailing for balance as i almost fell off. one of my less graceful moments.

i have never been much of a bird person, but there are these cute little ground burrowing owls here. they are some of the prettiest birds i have ever seen. elegant and silent. and they are fun size. and sometimes they are a bit chubby, which makes them even cuter. they sit and watch me and my friends as we walk this one street. sometimes they will follow us too. i wish i could take one home.

in my joy at being able to go home soon, i ran and did a cartwheel in the grass the other day. it was rough. it's been a long time since i've been active, let alone done anything gymnastical.

a couple of weeks ago i was walking across a grassy area in front of the caf on my way to the ACA building. i was trying to work on my posture so i was walking rather straight and stoic. but then i thought how funny it would be if there were people in the caf that could see me and if something happened and i fell flat on my face. not two seconds after that, my foot found the only large hole in the lawn and i stumbled. i managed to save myself from an all out face plant, but i still couldn't help but laughing at the "perfect timing."

people still tell me i need to work on my spanish. thanks peoples. i'm trying, ok? why don't you go work on your english? ok that's mean. but sometimes i want to tell them that.

i'm trying to read a book in spanish. i have to look up a lot of words. if a book is too tedious, i usually give up on it. *cough ackgreatexpectationsharumph cough. but i must persevere. it is for my own benefit.

i watched pride and prejudice the other day, the long one, because it was just one of those days. and then i decided that one of my students needed to be exposed to the more complex literary structures and styles of the english language, and with a different accent other than american. so we're now watching it in class. sometimes i really like this teacher thing....