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Is is wrong to say that the President has an adorable smile?


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I like this song…much better than her singles so far


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“The State that she did govern was right across the street from Alaska”

Oh man. I’m sure there are a lot of unintelligent, ignorant and uninformed liberals, but why don’t we ever see them? hmm..

 


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Christmas Season in Costa Rica!

Although I feel like I’m mostly used to the way things work in Costa Rica, I’m occaisionally surprised by the way different things work here. Christmas is one of those things.

Too be honest, Christmas season in Costa Rica isn’t that different from the United States. The main thing I’ve noticed so far is that because there’s no holiday between Halloween and Christmas (the US has Thanksgiving) most everyone already has their decorations up. I walked into my office on Monday, November 2nd to find the place decked out in holiday garb. A fake Christmas tree, wreaths on every door, and even little snowmen and sleds sitting on shelves.

I guess the strangest thing about spending the holiday season in Costa Rica is that I’m used to it being cold! I find it so ironic that there are snowmen and sleds when there’s never been snow in Costa Rica, ever! I’ve also noticed that time here passes much faster without me knowing. I know everyone in the world always says “Oh summer went by so quickly this year” and “Wow Christmas is coming so fast” but when there’s no stark changes in the weather – no leaves changing, no below freezing temperatures, no frost in the morning, no snow fall – it’s harder to imagine that Christmas is fast approaching. In fact, I almost forgot to start planning the Thanksgiving dinner I’m organizing for my students because it just doesn’t seem like the end of November.

To be fair, there have been some changes in the weather. Most of October was marked by hot morning and torrential downpours in the afternoon, and the past few weeks have been cold – by Costa Rican standards. But still, everything “looks the same”. Anyways, I’m wondering if I’ll eventually get into the holiday spirit, or if I’ll just get progressively more excited to go home and see my family and friends. :)


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My First Earthquake!

Don’t let the headline mislead you, it wasn’t that big of a deal.
However, Costa Rica is pretty well known for being subject to frequent earthquakes – some serious, other’s not so much. Last year around this time there was a pretty big earthquake – somewhere around 7 on the Richter scale – that did a lot of damage and ended up killing quite a few people. The last time I was in Costa Rica I never felt any tremors, and was admittedly jealous when other people reported feeling the ground beneath them move slightly. Growing up in the Northeast United States, I don’t have much experience with natural disasters. I’m not exactly asking to be present for a hurricane or a tsunami, but it seems that a mild earthquake would be pretty cool to experience.

And it was. I was sitting at home at my desk, when all of a sudden it started to shake. It felt like the science class demonstrations make it look – two pieces of paper moving back and forth. It just felt like the ground was moving back and forth. It only lasted about five seconds, and strangely enough, the only other person at home said she didn’t feel it. Apparently if you are walking or in a car its a lot harder to notice. Apparently this earthquake was a 5.1 on the Richter scale, with the epicenter about two hours from where I live.

Luckily, my first earthquake experience was pretty harmless – no major damage, no deaths. But still, it was cool.


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I Love Awesome Words

Nov 09
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Mamihlapinatapai:

Mamihlapinatapai is a word from the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego, listed in The Guinness Book of World Records as the “most succinct word”, and is considered one of the hardest words to translate. It describes “a look shared by two people with each wishing that the other will initiate something that both desire but which neither one wants to start.”


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“I went to sleep as Rihanna and woke up as Britney Spears”

A quote from Rihanna’s interview with Glamour magazine.

“It was humiliating; that is not a photo you would show to anybody. I felt completely taken advantage of. I felt like people were making it into a fun topic on the Internet, and it’s my life. I was disappointed, especially when I found out the photo was [supposedly leaked by] two women.” She adds: “Domestic violence is a big secret. No kid goes around and lets people know their parents fight. Teenage girls can’t tell their parents that their boyfriend beat them up. You don’t dare let your neighbor know that you fight. It’s one of the things we [women] will hide, because it’s embarrassing. My story was broadcast all over the world for people to see, and they have followed every step of my recovery. The positive thing that has come out of my situation is that people can learn from that. I want to give as much insight as I can to young women, because I feel like I represent a voice that really isn’t heard. Now I can help speak for those women.”

Read the full interview here.

Rihanna scrunched

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