BE ONLINE

So why does everyone always seem to have something better to do than be online when I am. It´s only for like 2 hours a week people, help me out here. So what if it´s Friday night, you should be glued to your laptop, anxiously waiting for TuTuTuaca to pop up on your list. Please remember this.

This is supposed to be the blog where I talk about all the sordid stuff going on in my life, the stuff I can´t put on my other blog because my parents read it. I got nothin´. There is absolutely nothing sordid going on in my life. I live a perfectly PG lifestyle. Oh wait, I think I said the f word the other day. No, actually I think I just said ¨F That¨. Aw geez. I had a couple beers last weekend but that doesn´t compromise my rating because I´m of age. But I think everyone is of age in this country. So what I´m saying here is that I´m going to have to live my life vicariously through you guys. Start having mad sex with each other and then tell me about it. Okay, please don´t do that. I don´t want to come back to weirdness. And I don´t want to picture any of you naked.

Well, I´m off to another movie. This one is going to cost me $2.50 though, it´s not 2 for 1 one. I still only have to pay $1 for popcorn though. Ohhhhh yeah.

Tons! 

GIVE US SOME DAMN GLASSES ANGELO! Pitchers of Beer + Straws = Whoa Nelly 

So this is The Deej and I acting serious. Brad did not get the memo. Perhaps because we did not send Brad the memo because we didnt' think he was going to be in this picture. This may only be hilarious to those of you who know Brad. 

Ah!

Well, I only have like 2 seconds to post and I can't do it later 'cause I'm a dumbass and I forgot my Veritas ID. Anyway, I just wanted to keep you all updated on the robbery situation. Two more people from our group got robbed at gunpoint the other day. At 6 pm. Ah! That's no good. There's a security meeting tomorrow in which they will undoubtedly tell us that there is a chance that we could be robbed at gunpoint and that we should be careful. Okay, can do. I've been a taxi queen lately, it's way cheaper than being robbed. Although yesterday a cab driver laughed at me for my bad Spanish. How demeaning is that? A CAB DRIVER laughed at me. Damn...Alright, my 2 minutes are up. I'll try to sneak in under the radar and post more later.

Another super cool room decoration. How lucky am I??? 

Up Yours Zapote

Last night we got home from Isla Tortuga at around 10. Not too late. Cory, Megan, Miles and I grabbed a taxi home ´cause we were super tired after getting up at 4:30 and being in the sun all day. Kat, Dana and Jordan decided just to walk because it wasn´t as far for them. Bad idea. They got robbed at gunpoint on their way home. Los ladrones took everything they had on them, which was worth more than $1000. Nice. Nothing like being robbed at gunpoint after a beautiful day at the beach. I don´t think that I´ll ever be walking home after dark again. The crazy thing was that they did it right on the side of the road as people were driving by! They didn´t care who saw them, they knew that no one was going to do anything. I hate this city. At least the countryside makes up for it. I don´t know how cities as ugly as Zapote, San Pedro and San Jose ended up in a country that is so perfect otherwise. If anyone mentions this to my mom or any of my family they´re going to die. They´d freak out. Carrie, DO NOT tell your mom!!! Cabs are crazy kinds of cheap so I´ll just take those more often now.
Note to anyone that´s coming down to visit me: PLEEEEEEEEEEEASE let me know what your plans are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I´m in charge of making arrangements for the things you want to do (or so I assume) but I have to know ASAP! If you´re trying to figure out how much money you´ll have to bring estimate about $10 a day for food and drinks and probably about $20 a night for hotels (price will naturally decrease with an increase in the amount of people coming), and then the cost of whatever excursions you want to do. They usually run about $50 but include meals. Some of them include hotel rooms but they run about $75. Stuff is so cheap down here it´s not even funny, you could probably get by on $10 a day total if you really tried hard. It depends on how much stuff you want to do. Just please please please please please let me know!!!!! Okay, enough of that, time to go.

This is my room. I think they went with the subtract window add unicorn theory of decorating. 

Address and Telephone Number

Hey guys...I know there´s this whole internet thing and it´s great and all but you should really send me some real mail. Otherwise I´ll get lonely and die. True story. Some songs would also be appreciated...My CD player plays MP3s....:) Yes Lee, even your songs would be appreciated. Although Sheryl Crow never is. Oh yeah, you can send me some DVDs too if you want, if you have any way of copying them. If you can´t tell I tend to get a little bored at night. They do have a ton of English channels though. I watch CSI all the time. Tonight I´m going to a movie. It´s 1300 colones, which is about $3...and it´s 2 for 1 night. So I´m going to go see Ocean´s 12 for $1.50. How sweet is that shit?

Before I forget, which I can see myself doing, my address is

Jaime Bouvette
DPI Universidad Veritas
Apdo 1380-1000
San Jose, Costa Rica
Central America

and my phone number is 011 (506)234-8865. If you get an international phone card from up there it shouldn´t be very expensive to call. I´m always there at night but never there on weekends. Don´t be scared by the fact that my host mom knows no English, just say my name and you should be golden. Or speak in English, I´m pretty sure she´ll be able to figure out who the phone call is for. I´ll try to call you guys but phone cards are kind of expensive here. I haven´t even called my mom yet, a fact I´m sure she´s really not thrilled about.

I need everyone to leave your addresses for me. Just leave it as a comment or, if you´re afraid you might attract a stalker, email it to me. Well, time to go. Too many people are talking to me to be able to concentrate on writing this.

HOLA BEETCHES

I think watching the Vikings beat the Packers was even better in Spanish.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Too bad the Colts won. :(

Lee, I didn't get your igneous rock. I couldn't even see the volcano because it was too cloudy. I did see a crocodile eating a puppy, however. Guess you'll just have to settle for sex.

I'm just kidding, by the way. About the sex thing. I really did see a crocodile eating a puppy. :(

More to come later.

No Hablo Español!

Wow do I not know Spanish. This just seems to keep getting harder! The language thing, that is, not the sunny weather thing. This morning I had the craziest conversation with my host family about what I ate for dinner last night and whether or not I liked Corn Flakes. Never thought a Corn Flake conversation could get out of hand...Or that I´d ever be having a Corn Flake conversation.

Class is okay though. I´m in Intermediate 1, which I guess is where I belong. At least that´s what I think when I´m out of class. When I´m sitting there having no idea what the teacher is talking about I´m not so sure... Marine Biology and Tropical Ecology should be fun though, if not just for the fact that they´re taught in English. Tomorrow I´m going to visit a volcano and sit in the hot springs for 5 hours. Then we´re going to a night club. How much do you want to be me right now?

I managed to find some friends but they aren´t as funny as I usually require my friends to be. Maybe because they´re younger than most my friends at home. I just don´t get the 20 year old humor anymore. Too damn old, I guess...=) Another thing I still don´t get is this damn keyboard...There´s a baby crying at the computer next to me. Let´s discuss how annoying that is. Is there really a need to take your child to an internet cafe? NO. Is there really a need to have children? Again with the no.

Speaking of not funny, apparently I´ve lost my sense of humor where blogging is concerned. Perhaps I´m afraid that no one will get my jokes, as seems to be the case down here. Hmm... Please keep leaving me comments, they make my day. On the other blog too, it will make it seem like more than just my mom is reading it.

Brrr!!!

Heya bitches! If you didn't understand my last post please see my other blog. Anyway, I justed wanted to post so I could let you guys know that it's really not all that warm here. We're talking like 65ish but still, it's not like it's miniskirt and tanktop weather. It's still really nice to be out of the snow though! Speaking of miniskirts and tanktops, the chicks down here dress like sluuuuts! Usually more extremely tight jeans and halter tops than miniskirts though. There are a lot of beautiful people down here so they can get away with it. There are a few, however.... They advise that American women don't dress quite so trashy. As if I could. Sweatpants and hoodie girl squeezing herself into some size 4s? I don't think so. Although the jeans I have now are going to end up looking like that if I keep getting fed fried breakfast. In other news, I just found ou that with my Universidad Veritas ID I can get 3 beers for 1000 colones. $1 = 458 colones. That's less that $2.50!! Not that I have anyone to drink with, I know NO ONE. It's kind of frustrating. I did find the other 4 people that are down here from Northern though. Three of them know each other really well and don't seem to be interested in making other friends and the other girl looks dorky so I might be SOL where that is concerned. I did just eat lunch with Kat, Sal, and a guy named Moose, however. We were the weirdest grouping of people ever. Now that I mention mooses I'm reminded of my host moms nightgown. It says "Merry Christmoose". I didn't know that mooses were so popular. She probably thinks that's how we say Christmas though, she doesn't know a word of English. Neither does her son, which is fine because actually speaking would take away from his smiling time, which he seems to do constantly. Her daughter seems really nice though, I liked her. She knows a little English but I think it's up to me to learn some Spanish. Well, I guess I'm done rambling for now. Leave me comments so I know you miss me! =)

Scariest Day of my Life

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I'm Out!

I know I haven't updated in forever and I'm sorry for those who compulsively check blogs at work. Katie, Tom... I don't have too much to say. Well, actually I have a lot to say but I don't really have a lot of time because the keg just got tapped. Yes, we are probably the only people in the world who are tapping a keg on New Year's Day. WHY??? Oh well.

So this is my last night in an English speaking country for quite awhile. That's kind of a weird feeling. So is stepping on a slug. But that's a whole different blog.

I just want let everyone know that I'll miss you all tons. I'll try to keep up with this a little better. Leave me tons of comments!!! The PG-rated blog that I'm forced to maintain for the fam is jaimeroo.blogspot.com. Later bitches!