I'm back

Unemployed, tanned and very hungry.

Still need to find a job. Library, office, but no factories. At least, no plastics factories. Worst comes to worst, I'll volunteer at the hospital (if they'll have me, that is. Damn SARS)

Galapagos was great. I miss the sea lions. Bleeeeeh! Bleeeeeh! Tanned, though. Unevenly tanned, con sarnit. Darn equatorial sun!

Very hungry because there's no food in the house.

And in other news... You have got to be kidding me.

Tengo que ir al bano.

The only Spanish phrase I remember from grade 10 Spanish. Still a useful phrase.

Off to Quito tomorrow. Will do my best not to be eaten by a shark or trampled by a giant tortoise. And to find an internet cafe from which I can post something.

My mom is bemoaning the lack of Chinese food we'll face once they reach Ecuador. Ah, pobrecita...

Continuing good work...

And now, a tally of events this week...in the style of Bridget Jones!

• Boxes of university stuff unpacked: 0 (v. bad)
  
• Items packed in preparation of trip: 0 (even worse)
  
• Amount of floor not covered in junk: approximately 0.25 square feet (normal for an adolescents)
  
• Kazaa downloads: 540 MB (mmm...illegal)
  
• Kazaa downloads after installing KazaaHack: 700 additional MB (mmm...illegal-er)
  
• Things eaten in desperate attempt to clear out fridge: oh, too many to list (bad health-wise, but so delicious)
  
• Books read: 7 (Dune, Catherine Called Birdy, My Blue Country, Ecuador guide book, Dragonsong, Memoir Of A Geisha, Journey To The West)
  
• Movies watched: 1 (very surprising)
  
• Hamsters with an eye infection: 1 (poor Dookie)
  
• Pregnant hamsters: possibly 1 (crap crap crap...)