1996 for the same thing, but is still active in politics here. After five months I have yet to understand the political section of the newspaper here. In the Congress they fight amongst themselves for the entire session and really do little for the people; it will be long overdue when they actually get some Congressmen who work for the people.Politics in the States are no less crazy, I suppose. I was traveling when McCain nominated Sarah Palin so missed most of the media frenzy. I was kind of interested at first, I must admit, and wanted to give both her and McCain the benefit of the doubt, but was quickly dispelled by her overt Republican character. I am a sucker for Maureen Dowd columns, and believe she has it right in saying that it's an insult to women that he picked Palin at they picked a woman only when the Republicans needed a "hail mary pass." I give them credit for stirring up a bit of a debate, but come on. Downs syndrome baby to term, son in Iraq, threatening to fire a librarian for unwillingness to censor book titles, and a husband (our twentieth anniversary!) who works on in the North Slope oil fields. Oh yeah, abstinence-only education won't work for the rest of the nation either. From perhaps underinformed point of view, McCain would have a tough time finding a more detestable, Republican, or unqualified running mate.
Anyway, a great thing about volunteer work is that you can oversleep and not worry about rushing off to work, as long as you've not anything planned. Normally I come home pretty early for lunch, so it's not worth it to head after about 9 am. The other day I ended up heading to the Botanic Gardens here in Asunción, stopping first to enjoy some tereré with my friend the revistero (magazine seller), Arturo.
I can't believe how short my hair is in the photo, which gives away the fact that its a few months old! They had quite a few animals, but certainly it was no San Francisco zoo.I was excited to find that the Natural Museum is also there, and should never be surprised by the strange things that they have in Latin
American museums. The four of us that saw the endless display of partially clothed, mummified bodies of the eerie El Museo de la Momias en central México shall forever remember it! They had a similar piece at this Natural Museum, though quite a bit older (some 600 years) and so perhaps more relevant as a "museum" piece. Snakes, monkey and whale feti, as well as human organs, are all to be found preserved for the zoogoers to come and gaze at.
4 comments:
Dude, was it windy that day? Your buddy must have some product on his hair cause it's not standing up like yours. I guess feti is the plural of fetus? Not a Greek cheese? Nice seeing you in the pics, but looking forward to seeing you here as well. We miss you up north here.
You got all the info you need. The woman's insane.
XR
I took two birth control pills that day, for good measure.
Good on ya, Rach. She is pretty scary, and what is really scary is that people are actually interested in voting for her! ¡Que barbaro! Yeah, my response was the same as the rest of the press, but she is crazy it seems to me. Did you see the picture in the recent Newsweek--Palin in her office with a bear rug draped over the couch, head attached and all! Wow.
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