As the year drew to a close, I reflect on how utterly challenging it was. As it is, my personal and professional life are both in a highly unstable state. All of my plans for the next one to five years have one by one been destroyed due to shifting… Read more“"Goodyear?" "No, the Worst"”
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I Don’t Remember the Weekend…
…but I’m holding a comic apparently done by my hand. Cleanup and scanning to commence soon! Update: Looks like I can piece together my weekend through local news articles, like this one from the Columbia Missourian: “Comic artists burn the midnight oil for 24 Hour Comics Day.” Update 2: And… Read more“I Don’t Remember the Weekend…”
Tripping Out
The weekend after I came back from Peru I went to visit some of the bioarchaeology students. We agreed to meet at Beckies’ in Indiana, which was kind of a central location. I didn’t have a license since my wallet was stolen so I spent one of my few days… Read more“Tripping Out”
My flight home was relatively painless though it seems like the pushiest people fly in the middle of the night from Lima. One of my checked luggage was a woven plastic bag, which is a proven method of taking my stuff home from previous years. In the airport I was… Read more“”
I Have Two Days Left, What Could Possibly Happen?
I was planning to go to a wedding party with Lin, hence the tuxedo talk. He never showed up and since he didn’t have my number I figured that was his way of saying it wasn’t going to happen. I had things to do in Miraflores so I hopped on… Read more“I Have Two Days Left, What Could Possibly Happen?”
Can I Rent a Smoking?
We sat in a smoke-filled bar on Av. La Marina, a popular strip of department stores, hamburger joints, and discotecas. The place was a big bar, which had an appropriate name: Big Bar. It was my going-away party with my coworkers. We just came back to our tables after a… Read more“Can I Rent a Smoking?”
Me Robó
The title sounds like I’m telling you that I’m a robot, but it actually means that I was robbed. Which I was, unfortunately. Thursday morning began like any other. I wake up 2 hours before I have to go to work. I surf the net for 90 minutes and hurriedly… Read more“Me Robó”
"They Called Me Mr. Bean"
I almost lit my laboratory on fire on Tuesday. Well, that may be an exaggeration. I was plugging in my extension cord to power the lights in my work-tent. The plug has been deteriorating, sometimes refusing to work. This time as I jiggled the wire hoping for a circuit, it… Read more“"They Called Me Mr. Bean"”
Church Faires Are Also Awesome
Before I took the new students to the Inti Raymi faire I went alone through Jesus MarÃa to get to the Metro for some groceries. Along the way, I passed by the local church and there was a lot going on. A church faire! The fact that faires now get… Read more“Church Faires Are Also Awesome”
Personal Interlude 2: Rite of Passage… Passed!
Mercedes Delgado, Peruvian archaeologist, approached me with an envelope. She had me take out the contents. An official invitation to present at a anthropometry/bioarchaeology workshop at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, here in Lima. !!! She said I could present in English, so no pressure. I was just… Read more“Personal Interlude 2: Rite of Passage… Passed!”