Let’s just say that this post is a collection of photos from the last few months, since I pretty much abandoned Project 365 a while back. I’m going to get back to posting more frequently. Oh, and this is a photo of my dog, who, as you can clearly see, enjoys being lifted high into [...]
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The animals (minus my dog, Tanuki) in the backyard. They all get along rather well. A GIGANTIC update of some things that have happened to me in the last few months. Now with internet more available at my site, hopefully I’ll be able to post more often! ~~~~~ Everything’s free in America! …for a small [...]
Well. So this is a photo of where I live now. Sort of. I live in a place called Los Rios, “The Rivers,” so it’s a little bit different than what is pictured here. We have canals everywhere, lots of fruit trees, and water that appears to be running 24/7 now. But this is pretty [...]
Another month without a post. The post-a-day thing has really been lost on me at the moment. Some of that had to do with not having a laptop, also not having a camera, and also getting a site change. Yes, a site change. I asked to change sites when I realized that the work was [...]
I know, I know, it’s been nearly a month without an update and yet you know that I have fun stories to share. Writing posts on limited computer time without a laptop is surprisingly difficult. A rough outline of where I’m at: 1) I’ve almost been here for an entire year – whoa. 2) I’m [...]
So my camera is fine but my computer is basically gone, i.e. the hard drive crashed and the DVD drive is pretty broken too so even though I had a replacement it’s going to be a struggle to get anything back online and running, and tambien the hard drive that died contained all my pictures [...]
No photos cause the internetz right now are slowz, but here’s a summary of what’s been happening with me lately: So the other morning after I had just got back from language training and had one day in my site before I had to leave again I decided to make oatmeal for breakfast which is [...]
So here I am in Pantoja again for language training, which is AWESOME because unlike last time I was here I can actually hold a conversation with people and make jokes and like the food and talk and OH RIGHT not make the same absolutely ridiculous Spanish mistakes like basically asking if my host neighbor [...]
Back in Pantoja for language training! This time they have an inversor!
So I’ve been bad about taking photos lately so I’m shoving a bunch of Thanksgiving ones into this one and pretending that it counts for 5 days. Because you know. Thanksgiving. FRIENDDDSSS!! MORE FRIENDDDSSSS!!! SO MANY FRIENDDSSS! And here is Cassidy and a friend. He wanted me to take this photo.
Roasted veggies. Including beets. Thanksgiving heaven. Tomorrow is the celebration at a country club. So much fun. And I get to co-host a talent show with one of my favorite people, Alanna. It’s going to be… festive. Have a happy and safe Thanksgiving, everyone, wherever you may end up. PS It’s about 85 degrees here [...]
So I’m part of the Thanksgiving cooking committee which means that we have to make all the vegetarian food for the celebration and also all the stuffing and cranberry sauce which sounds like a total lucha por nada cause we don’t even get a price break on the Thanksgiving tickets BUT CLARO QUE SI there [...]
Another day, another person that required my digital camera. This is Alberto, my project partner who is AWESOME and totally cool and nice. He’s the jefe of my center, basically the bossman.
So we went to a pre-Thanksgiving festivity up at our friend Stacie’s site, and her neighbor on the hill had a gazebo with a full kitchen and an infinity pool and this amazing view and oh my GOD so much nice stuff. So of course we made stuffing and turkey and salad and hummus and [...]
So my center had a free medical day last Friday, which is basically when the governmental department we work for brings some doctors and free medicines in and tell the community to show up, and they do. In droves. Lots and lots of people. Free medicine, free doctor checkups, FREE FREE FREE! But for one [...]
Who needs to put their computer in a secluded spot when you can use an old Brahma container (Brahma is a cheap beer) to hold it up? God bless the DR.
This is the desk where I frequently work. And by work I mean I do other projects and occasionally check in to see if folks are using the computers for things other than facebook, chatting, games, videos, and music. Then I kick them off if they are. Then they come into the office and say [...]
My awesome co-worker Danny, who speaks English and French and teaches computer classes at my center. I am one of the few people in town with a digital camera, so when folks need fotos for jobs, resumes, ID’s, etc., I get asked to take them.
Another beautiful fall day in the Dominican Republic. Around 80-85 degrees. Ahhhh. So the grandmother of a coworker died so I went to the velorio with my neighbor Dominga and her family because it’s a party after all or rather there’s a lot of people gathered together to look at the dead body through the [...]
Tanuki loves trying to eat my hair, my ears, and my face. Bless her little bitey heart.
Graduation of the Seniors in my high school. Big ceremony. Lots of people. More photos. My friends Ariel and Jairo, walking their friends (goddaughters?) down the street to the ceremony.
This photo makes me laugh because she’s so little, BUT LOOK AT THAT FACE. She’s playing with one of the many “toys” I have made for her, a sock tied up by twine to the wall. Socks are nearly useless for me here, since I rarely wear shoes because I’ll be making swampfeet in about [...]
On my reading list: Ursula K. Le Guin and a dog training book. Yes, I am that nerdy. Notice that Tanuki has already tried to eat the corner of the Le Guin book. She apparently is a fan of science fiction.
So my project partner (the only one left) asked to borrow my camera to take photos for a blog about Jamao. Since it was cloudy he didn’t take that many, but THIS was the only picture on my camera. How it happened, I may never know.
I finally think I got a glimpse of Tanuki’s mother today, I could tell because she has the EXACT SAME COLORING as her, down to the partially white tail, the white “boots”, and the white splotch on the top of her neck and shoulders. First I thought “YAY! That’s her mom! Now I know what [...]
THE GREAT CHINOLA BOMB OF 2010: A few weeks ago some folks from my region came and visited my site to go hang out in the river and have a good time. Sabrina has an enamorada, which is Spanish for “in love with her” and Dominican for “OMG YOU TALKED TO ME LETS GET MARRIED!”, [...]
Sooooo I haven’t been taking a lot of photos lately, mainly because I’ve been SO SO BUSY these past few weeks that I’ve forgotten to take photos. I left my site last Tuesday to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the new volunteers and also attend homecoming (Peace Corps: Just Like High School) and also to [...]
This is Tanuki. I heard her and her sibling crying in some dried brush over the course of the last week. No mother-dog was present, from what I could tell. My feelings about getting a dog over the past few months have gone from “that’s a HORRIBLE idea” to “that’s a TERRIBLE idea” to “that’s [...]
Sabrina isn’t drunk in this photo, although she acts like it sometimes. I can’t tell if she was trying to do a ninja pose, or if the pinchy ants were on her legs biting her. Either way, hilarious.
I am not entirely sure what kind of spider this is, or what it is carrying, but it looked odd crawling on my wall. Since I don’t have screens on my windows, and since my windows are always open, it’s like an insect parade in my house. The worst are the cockroaches and occasional pinchy [...]
The new computer lab in town… what do I find on the first day that it opens? Two things: everyone is under the age of 21, and EVERYONE is on facebook creating a profile for the first time or accessing photos or commenting on photos or chatting. Basically all of it is to flirt with [...]
My workday ends at the same time as the high school gets out, at 6pm. Most of them walk home. They all wear uniforms.
The Ferris Wheel. AKA the vomit comet. So fast! So fun.
Katie had to pick up some soccer equipment from Sosúa, so we went and made a day of it. This is Playa Chiquita, which we absolutely accidentally stumbled upon when we were wandering for the better part of an hour looking for a beach. It was gorgeous. In the distance you can see Puerto Plata [...]
This is Lucilla, dancing with some man at the fiesta on the baseball field. We danced Merengue a lot. She sort of grabbed me by the hand and made me dance. It made me giggle. I love my town.
These girls in particular seem to love to say hi to me and ask me questions about nothing. I know what this is. They like me. Can you see how awkward I look in this photo? It was like I was the awkward mayonnaise in an awkward sandwich. Awkward awkward awkward!
So I finally got a new power adapter for my macbook sent in the mail thanks to the wonderful Sam and Clinton who are like my own personal saviors and delivered me from the bondage of only reading books in my down time, hah. Now I can watch episodes of Glee and movies and other [...]
And you thought Christmas came early in the states. I came in one day to find wreaths and boughs in my center. Note: it’s 3 weeks away from Halloween. I’ve already seen houses decorated with Christmas lights (a tradition carried over from those who have lived in the states).
They finished the kitchen, so now my neighbors have a functional indoor toilet, sinks, and showers.
Justin visited! I guess he didn’t want to get up while he blew up the bed.
This woman is enamorada with me something CRAZY. She realllllllly wants me. It’s hilarious. She’s also kinda nuts. Here she is posing with a… coconut.
Chaneli: Masa, take photos of the group for us. Me: But they’re watching a movie! Chaneli: Yeah that’s fine… Me: But… Chaneli: Okay give me the camera.
The lights went out, so I decided to light some candles instead of turning on my headlamp. Tea lights make the developing world so fun! Let’s not pay attention to how much of the stuff in this picture was purchased at IKEA, okay.
On my way to work one morning, and the mountains in the distance were covered in mist. Pretty!
This is outside one of my windows, which overlooks probably the biggest house in town. The sky was so perfect that day.
A picture-tastic view of the one day in Sarah’s patronales that I actually brought out my camera. At the end you can see Fifa, Nora’s dog, looking confused as to why she is being placed on a ferris wheel.
So another week without a picture update. Here’s why: I went to the south for my friend Sarah’s town patronales festival which like all Dominican festivals is Dominican for LOUD and it certainly was. There were something like a dozen of us, yes a dozen gringos in this small southern town during their patron saint [...]
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