seis punto tres

So I officially completed and passed my first class with Chileans. Passing is a 5 average in the class, (I think. Someone told me it was lower...I'm not exactly sure.) The highest you can get in this grading scale is a 7 - which I don't think happens much. Kind of like an A+.

Anyways in my Spanish lit class I have had three grades... the first in class essay, first take home essay and the last take home essay. (Haydee decided to let us not do the last last final essay since she thought it would be too complicated, haha.) Anyways I got a 5 on the first essay, a 6 on the second! I finally got to pick up the grades from the extranjero office and I can't tell you the relief to see a 6.3! Especially after I thought I hadn't written a very good paper. I honestly don't know if Chileans would consider this a good grade or not... but I'm incredibly incredibly happy. I did it. I passed a class with Chileans. Now let's see how Art History comes out....

Anyways update on the traveling... I'll be home August 2 but got some traveling to do in the mean time. Andrea and I will be traveling up north to see some penguinos and some desierto. Then to Peru! We're going to La Serena, San Pedro de Atacama, Arequipa, Cusco, Aguas Calientes y Machu Picchu and Lima where I will be flying out of to my home sweeet home. I'm way stoked about Peru. But I'm also dying to get home and simply be with my family. I've "started" the process of moving out. I have to do this interview today for my journalism class which I hope will be relatively quick and not time consuming as I have a lot to do by Saturday.

procrastination [dilación -- según el google traductor]

cemetery in valparaíso... this is actually the section where they bury little kids.

so if i were to add up the amount of minutes i have spent in my life procrastinating... sheeez i don't even want to have the faintest hint of an idea.
things i love about chile (as we get somewhat close to wrappin' it up)
-they speak spanish here
-pan de leche
-chorillanas
-how in order public transportation is
-guateros
-vino navegado
-un besito para ti
-jugo natural
-palta

things i'm looking forward to
-fast food how i love it
-having my life in the crazy chaotic yet orderly way that it is
-southern smells and sounds
-southern accents
-california summer
-beach
-tan
-sisters
-mommy
-daddy
-angus
-spicy
-coffee

graffiti at the ex cárcel... an abandoned prison taken over by artists who have painted murals on every wall.












http://www.samsararestaurante.cl/
[[where we went tonight]]


went to a protest the other day... the were protesting the educational law that they've pretty much been protesting all semester. it was my first experience in a march. i didn't exactly march with them... just "walked on the sidewalk...." i felt excited to be there.








the march started in plaza victoria and walked several blocks of valpo. i stayed on the sidelines.

my goodness

So a good amount of people have already left.
I have a good amount of work to do before I can call it a semester. But I can't really believe it. This went by fast. A week and a half and I'll for suuure be done!!