updates and post swear in

In America, updating requires you to turn around and type some %^&* on your laptop or desktop. Thus we get awe inspiring updates such as "ate a potato today." This action requires no energy because your  sedintary lifestyle has already left you unable to move from your computer.

In Paraguay  internet is challenging. In my training community  i would need to get on a broke a%^ bus, travel 30 minutes to the closest town and sit in a boiling hot room jimmying with sites and downloads in the hopes that i can download or upload 2 pictures in the 40 minutes i sit there. In my site i will have to bike 1 hr and hopefully encounter a bus which will allow me to take a bike onto it instead of driving by at full spead with a "no bueno" face. Or bike in a different direction for 1.5 hours into the closest town where the internet willl likely laugh in my face when i try to sign on.

Swear in was really fun. Ate out and other than the massive toilet destroying chivivi that ravaged several volunteers including myself, we enjoyed ourselfs and went to a pretty awesome night club. I was also able to download like 28 things, mostly movies so i wont feel cut off from civilization. Ok thats all for now. Ill try to update more but there is the likelyhood my internet access with be once a month maybe so be patient dudes.

Jajotopata! - see you later!

Swear In

Swear in weekend pretty much starts tomorrow. Friday, Sat, Sunday and Monday in Asuncion, chilling and having fun. Everyone is super excited. Its like the first weekend of college, graduation weekend, and a going away party all in one and By next Tuesday i will be officially a Peace Corps Volunteer living in my rural site 3 hrs from Asuncion. Thus i will soon have internet much less often which kinda sucks but its life. Please stay in touch and send me emails so i can be reminded that there is more than cows and chickens in world. As always ill try to let you know if there is anything cool that goes on. Jajotopata! - see you later!

Do a Barrel Roll

Do a Barrel Roll! is not something you'd think to do ever in real life, Except when the hoopdy bus you are riding and trying to get off of starts driving off while you are half way off the bus. With the help of years of Starfox and the barrel roll meem i instinctively barrel rolled onto the ground suffering only ripped pants and a deep cut in my finger. After much thought i think the rolling did help me minimize injury or get pulled under or closer to the bus so hoorah for starfox!

Site placement

Recieved my site today, running water, electricity, no internet or other modern conveniences but otherwise a good site. Will visit it the end of this week and be deployed i think in half a month or so. Thus wil begin my 2 year deployment with the Peace Corps. In other news, saw my host dad shaving a raw pig head and ate pig ear as well as heart, lung and other parts in a sausage. no biggie bec chinese people eat the same. Holla my azns!!!!! lol. miss you all and all the conveniences of the states. in site i will have sig less ability to use internet but meh. i hope all of you are well.

Guarani

Che cherera RiSo, areko 23 ano, che Estado Unidogua, Californiagua. Che aspirante Cuerpo de Pazpegua. Californiape areko petei ermano ha'e hera George, ha'e oreko 23 ano avei, ha'e estudiante maestria educacionpe. Areko petei ambue ermano ha'e hera Phillip. Ha'e oreko23 ano, ha'e estudiante maestria salud publica Georgiape.  good luck translating peeps!

Cancer or lemon stain?

so i developed this strange set of dark purplish marking on my hand and i had no idea what they were from. After about aweek of them not going away i proceeded to become somewhat concerned. could it be a fungus, burn or infection? it ddint hurt , itch or grow. Today the diagnosis was "have you been cutting lemon and been out in the sun?" Why yes i have been doing both of those things preparing juice and tea. "It is probably a stain from lemons then. It will go away with time..." Not a cool strange disease, bug or bite, lemons.... god damnit paraguay.

In other news, im still healthy, a little chivivi - guarani word for diarea, but other than that things are good, no parasites as far as i know, no sickness. i will likely move to a much more remote site soon so my internet access will be not that great. until next time.

Fresh Honey

so the other day my dad calls me out of the house and i ask why and he just waves me over. next to him is this bucket of half a bee hive with like 20 bees still chilling in it. He then proceeds to machete off a tiny piece and offers it to me. i proceed to put the whole thing into my mouth and it was delicious. All the while bees are climbing all over my dads hand but not stinging him probably due being smoked previously. the actual wax taste just like candle wax and it was awesome. Paraguay for the win.