[9/20/06] The Sickening

When I am asked how my first few weeks in Mexico are going, I usually reply with “The beaches are real nice”, or things are going pretty good. But in truth the main thing I can tell you about Mexico and our house in particular is the bathroom. The public bathrooms are a weird place, especially for a gringo like me, for some reason the Mexicans are always trying to check out my junk. Not to get ahead of myself, let me give you a little back story.

It started on the Tuesday after we arrived. We had awoken from a booze infused night and things were looking pretty good. [more]

[9/15/06] The Wicker Man

Ah yes, The Wicker Man, one of my all time favorite movies. Hard to classify yet it has that something that most movies dont have, originality. It is one of those movies where I dont like to explain it to people, they have to watch it for themselves without any prior knowledge to the plot to fully appreciate it. So much to my amazement and dissapointment I was watching TV when this trailer for this new flick came on and it looked vaugely familiar. It happend to turn out to be a remake of The Wicker Man. Why? The movie was never really that popular in the first place, in fact it lost money for the film company yet, as with alot of great movies, it generated a cult status in the underground scene, so thats probably why they remade it, but I dobut it will go anywhere. So now this movie, which I feel is 100 percent perfect the way it originally was and have enjoyed it's hidden greatness, has now been CGI'ed and retooled for the a-creative generation. [more]

[9/12/06] A First Class Meeting

After, posting the last story about being fleeced, I received a curious IM (that’s instant messenger for you not savvy folks) from my man Stu.

Stu: You sat next to Tom Bosley?
Me: Say what?
Stu: Mr. C
Me: So that’s his name. I am pretty sure it was him, I was going to try and snap a pict but couldn't
Me: I really wanted to get a picture of me in just a wife beater with a can of beer in first class, but thought better of it.... Now I am kicking myself

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[9/8/06] Welcome to Mexico, or how to get fleeced in 10 different ways

Well we have made it to Mexico, and contrary to popular belief neither I nor Rachel was detained at the border for being Gringos. The week started on Sunday, a few short days after leaving the final Special Export away game (def; when a volleyball team seasons over, we all go out and get drunk). That morning was tinged with excitement as Rachel and I finished are last minute packing. And hopped in the truck for what would be the last time we rode in a car with AC for the next 4 months. [more]