I know I never post to this... BUT

This video gave me the desire to write. In fact when I was looking for the appropriate link to add to this "blog" I googled... wait for it... wait for it "hitler ipad" Que lache.

That is what this world has come to. We don't have anything better to do... than... speculate on the ipad and fucking compare it to Hitler. To be honest, as I as watching the video I was thinking about the time I stood over the land where he died in Berlin. The land where he gave up. The land that he let sink in because of his ulitmate defeat in the war. He knew the end was near... and he let all his soldiers and supporters die. He took arsenic... he knew what was coming. His wife took it, too. Y ya esta.

And the fact that people are dubbing Apple products with films from Hitler makes me sick. Sick to my stomach. It's no one that has visited the Holocaust Museum in Washington Dc... it's no one that has visited the Jewish Memorial in Berlin... beautiful in it's simplicity and architecture. For this current generation and generations to come.

People don't get it. YOU. You probably don't get it. Not that it matters.. most people don't.

La cosa mas imporanate es entender que nunca todo el mundo va a entender. Y asi es la vida.

one moment.

I just got back from the bar in ClemPson, South Carolina... this was a place I felt no connection to... un lugar que no me llama. But tonight, I drove home and when I got here, I parked my car and I stared up at the sky. Through the pines. Through the firs... and I saw this big moon. And I heard the crickets chirping. And the frogs singing. And I thought, "this is a moment in time."

Never will I spend a summer in SC ever again. This has been my in between point while traveling the world. But I'm ready to start my next phase. To be an adult. To start graduate school (in something I love, no less) and finish with honors and get a baller job. I am ready for this.

And I hope you are too.

And I hope I keep up with this in the future. I think I will update the title now, considering I am no longer in Ecuadorrrrr. But I wish I was. I want to go back next summer. We shall see.

besos amores,

m

Sometimes I write, just to write

And to know... that I still have the ability.

Tonight was interesting. Makes me realize, that I have WONDERFUL friends. .. but only some will ever understand where I come from. Case and point:

oyouoouououououoyoyoyoy.

Anyone who knows me, knows who I mean.

I will call him now.

Buenas Noches.

tbc

mer

Fotos (en serio)

Myself (the giant), Roberto, Lauren and Rosa. Rosa taught us phrases in Quechua (a native language of South America, primarily the Inca Empire). And we ate delicious pizza. Otavalo, Ecuador (La Sierra)
A little blurry, but you get the idea. This is Plaze Grande (La Plaza de Independencia) in Centro Historico, Quito, Ecuador.
Tiber. The pup that lives with us... and this is what he does each day we leave. Stares at us from under the door. He looks a lot like Lassie... but a boy.
Mitad del Mundo, Ecuador. This is the area where they discovered the Equator back in the 1700s.
Danielle´s feet, my feet. Straddling hemispheres. No big deal. My left foot is on the northern hemisphere, my right foot on the southern.

There you are. I hope it tides all of you over. I am off to go explore las iglesias del centro historico. Ciao.

You´re probably beginning to gather...

that I don´t update this thing much. The problem being... I´m in Ecuador. I am FOR SURE going to put some pictures up in the next few days. I´m going to the norte (northern party of the city) where the internet is faster and the area is referred to as, ¨gringolandia¨.

Since I have last written, many things have incurred. One, I turned 24. Two, I bought a ticket home to the States (2 July, holla). Three, I have planned trips to Peru (Lima, Cuzco, Macchu Picchu) and the Galapágos.

The next month will be hectic and interesting and I can´t wait.

You may be wondering, ¨Mary why are you returning to the states so soon, it seems as though you just left.¨ Well, I need to get up to DC to apply for student/travel visa for Spain. It is quite a process, and I will need all summer to send my passport away to Spain, etc.

I am currently looking at summer employment opportunities in Vermont, Washington State and Maine. I´m also looking at woofing projects (organic farming). Check it out, www.wwoof.org

Fotos (por fin)

THESE are the boys (Dani, Alex, Israel, Daniel, Eric, & Jonathan) that chased the ugly, ugly man who took the camera after pushing us down a hill (camera seen pictured here).

(computer is too slow and i am unwilling to wait... will update this later)

(Not so) friendly mugging

I mean, who intends to come to South America without a friendly mugging?

Lauren and I took six very awesome, Ecuadorian boys to the park yesterday. It as above the Basilica with a fantastic view of the city and some serious fun toys/rides. The gringas decided to bring their cameras, the views, the chicos... how could we not? (stupid gringas, stupid idea).

As we were rounding the boys to go back to Aldec, a very, very ugly man came up from behind us... pushed us down the hill, while simultaneously knocking the camera out of Lauren´s hands. I grappled with him... elbowing, throwing a shot to the face all while rolling down a steep hill.

He got away. But not before the six boys we were with (Daniel, Eric, Israel, Dani, Alex, & Jonathan) followed him through the historic district for about ten blocks. Throwing punches at the cabrón.

In the end, we lost. I hate losing. And what do I wake up with this morning? A torn Georgetown shirt, a scraped arm and right hand that really hurts.

When I get back to the States I´m taking some defense courses. If the mother fucker hadn´t come from behind, I could´ve given him more a run for his money.

Alas, Lauren´s camera is gone... and now we´re both just pissed off at Quito. This will pass. I hope.

The police force in Quito is shit. We went and explained everything to them. Their office is literally right next to the park where it happened. No worries, why would be there be police around when there are about one-hundred school children playing at the park? Where would be the logic in that?

The worst part, about 45 people saw it happen. And no one did a goddamn thing.

I mean, what can we expect?

We are gringas, afterall...