The End is Near

Some gems of Chilean Spanish:

martes la trecera= Tuesday the 13^th= Friday the 13^th

cabritos=little goats=popcorn (they jump!)

roncar como lirón=snore like a dormouse= SNORING

te comieron la lengua los ratones= rodents ate your tongue= cat’s got your tongue

pinguino=penguin=high school student (the joys of uniforms)

twitear=to twitter

estar entre la pared y la espada= to be between the wall and the sword= to be between a rock and a hard place

Como una berenjena= like an eggplant= bad or bitter (how was the party? Like an eggplant!)

The mile markers are flying by here...only 26 days until I head back to the states! My 'to do' list, on the other hand, has not taken too many significant hits. I have seen a tarantula and made a pumpkin pie, but there is so much more to be done!

This week I will be heading north to the Atacama desert for about 4 days with Emily, the other girl in my program. I'm excited, it should be entirely different than Valpo or Viña. However, I'm not entirely sure how to pack... the temperatures tend to be extremely hot during the day AND extremely cold at night...so basically I should just bring everything. This weekend was extremely long, with no school Thursday or Friday, so a lot of people traveled. When we go, it should be a bit less crowded, and hopefully we will gather a few pro tips from friends who are coming back from our destination!

For a final project for film class, we have to make a movie or series of images about something particular in Chile, Viña, or Valpo. I am trying to do 'the American Dream in Chile' but I don't know if it's going to be too abstract to show. I'll give it a shot anyway - it really is remarkable how much influence American consumerism, politics, and economics has here. 

For history, I've got a hefty paper on Argentine feminism coming up. I think I have a thesis, and Eva Perón is interesting, so hopefully the 10 pages will click along. That's tomorrow's mission.

My host mom is clearing out her closet right now...makes me think about my closet at home. I've lived with a little suitcase of all-weather clothing for the last 6 months, and it's almost baffling to think about my usual closet. What do I DO with all those clothes? Look cute, I guess. I do miss that, I have gotten a bit scruffy as of late. Even so, I may need to do some minimizing when I get home.