summer legs, part 2

Hello all
Again, hello. It has been a while so I thought I´d give a bit of an update on how life has been down here lately... We are entering summer, and (again) it is So beautiful. I walked to the beach the other night after one of my classes to watch the sun set, and it was one of those "oh my god" kind of sunsets. I sat there nearly the whole time thinking to myself "wow, I Cannot Believe I LIVE here! I LIVE HERE!" It was amazing, there I was, just sitting on the beach, watching the sunset and enjoying life. Very tranqilo. (Unlike the other day when my "sunset time" was interrupted by a drunk bum who wanted "nada con nada, mi Amor! No sales mi amooooorrrr!!!!!". ugh...) Life is so funny sometimes, how it just comes and goes. I can´t recall a time in my life where I have been able to so deeply talk to myself. To ask myself the deepest questions of my heart, and to really explore my being. It has been lonley at times, but so fufilling. Sometimes I find myself laughing- to myself and at myself. And I think that´s great. If you can´t laugh at and with yourself, then who can? If you don´t love and cherish and respect yourself, who can? This is where WE come in. Into ourselfs.
I had a final the other day where I had to answer the question of what I think it means to "be human". Damn, there aren´t enough words in any language to describe that... But, I did my best with the time and resources (and my Spanish-English Dictionary, aka best friend) that I had, and think I managed to express all the important things. well, "important things". Meaning the things in that moment I believed were important enough to share... On the school note...
I am having a party tomorrow night for my "final" for my Theatre class. I offered my place, and about 25 folks are going to come and have an asado (BBQ), drinks and maybe some Karaoke as well(?). There will be nothing that even closley pertains to Theatre. Oh Chile...
But, its not all Pisco and Parties... These next few weeks (2) will be pretty rigorous as I will be studying, gathering information for presentations, and getting all of my stuff together to travel! Two weeks from now, I will be on my way to Pucón, Chile; a small town in the South that Amelie said reminds her of the Butte! I am way excited. And after that, I will be traveling around down there with my friend Conor for another week, exploring as much as we can. Then, back to Viña for my host sister´s birthday (the 15) and then sometime late December, to Peru, Ecuador and Colombia! wooooowwwww. Yup, thats Actually going to happen. puuuucha, I can hardly believe it sometimes. Go life! Even when life is shitty, or sad, or lonley or whatever- its Still Good. Its still life. It is not stopping anytime soon (until it does), so... Have fun. Enjoy everything, because that´s what you´ve got. We have what we have, and we give and recieve what we have as well.
I have been doing a lot of thinking about food lately. Food, and how we grow it, and how we get it and where we get it from, is the Future. If we are to survive on this planet for much longer, we MUST start really thinking seriously about the quality (and quantity) of the food we grow and consume.
ok, more on that later, though...
I went to Conor´s sculpture class the other day to check out his bronze sculpture he made, and it was so neat! They made everything from scratch, including the oven which they baked the liquid bronze in. It was really neat, and I got to help him polish some of his piece! Also, I am pretty certian about living in an apartment in Valpo next semeser with other Chileans. :) I think that will be a really great experience. I LOVE and adore my host family So much, but think a little more independence down here would be totally rad...
So, thats just a little update on where I´m at right now.
Oh, and the "summer legs" thing is in reference to how much I love my legs in the summer. They are tanned and toned, not from the gym or tanning beds, but by work and play and sunshine. Three of my favorite things. And much more to come in the next few months as well!
Hope you are all well. Stay warm, stay light, and eat WELL and consciously!
:) Chau chau!