this morning i watched salesman, thank you neville. if you are unaware, salesman is the "groundbreaking" documentary that kinda started the now-typical "fly-on-the-wall" type style. and it's about bible salesmen, which can be rather disturbing at times. but anyway, now i am an official documentary fan. i'm not a poser anymore. this is legit.

erica has been kinda really sick lately, and she didn't go to work today because of it, which (conveniently enough) allowed us to see each other a bit and get a bit more accomplished on the wedding-planning-list. unrelated to the wedding, i found a cool little sketch book at dick blick for only 8 dollars which i'm going to make into a polaroid-coffee-table-book and it's going to be awesome. related to the wedding, we made some decisions about tuxedos, which made me unusually excited and is a step in the right direction.

two things about bolivia.

i got an email today from the missionary i stayed with, and there is a bit of unrest in santa cruz (i'm assuming it's all due to my leaving). no, but seriously.........santa cruz is trying to become an independent state apart from bolivia, and there's a ton of strikes going on and stuff. i dont think this is very logical or rational, and i dont even know a bit of the politics involved, but i think it would a little bit exciting to be there and experience what could possibly turn out to be big moments in history.

yuca is an all-purpose-root that is eaten with pretty much every meal in bolivia. it's a bit like a potato, but more mushy in a tough kind of way, and even more bland. a lot times it's fried, which turns out a bit like a french fry. it's really nothing very good, but definitely not bad, either. it basically has no taste. but after eating it with nearly every meal, i grew a little fond of it. WELL, all this to say that, tonight we ate with john and tassia, and we sat at the table, and i saw this stuff that looked like fried yuca, but i just assumed it was little french fry chunks, but no, it turns out it was actually real live fried yuca!!!! and i dont know exactly why, but i was (and still am, really) extremely excited about this. it's silly, i know, but i was excited.

its time for bed, but before i go, you must know that i WAS serious about song recommendations. and destiny's child does not count.