I have been busy this past week, working on finding houses and places to see and jobs to apply for. I’ve had one interview already, which went well. The position would start in late May. What is it? My old job before I left. Well, not exactly but close enough… she will be getting back to people in the next few weeks, so I hope I get the job. I’ve sent my resume to a few other places, and have another interview next week.

House hunting has gone ok…. 10 places I’ve looked at so far, and think I struck gold last night. A good deal boarding at a frat house… on the surface it sounds a little risky, but the place was clean and prides itself on having the second highest GPA of all the fraternities. My room would be prorated during th summer, saving me $380 and I have a nice bay view and a deck to BBQ and relax…. hope I can get it.

Last night I went and saw a talk with Daniel Elsberg, famous for the “pentagon papers”, other speakers included former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan who was fired for ratting out the torture being supported by the CIA and MI6, and the former General who was in charge of the penatentaries in Iraq during Abu Grahib, who took the blame. The talk highlighted the human rights and war crimes violations the Bush administration has been going down since 9/11 with specific evidence in Uzbekistan and Iraq, and the U.S. with regards to the Patriot Act.

Other than that, I have just been readjusting, speaking spanish as much as I can when I come accross spanish speakers, hanging out with my buddy Sonny here and trying to not spend much money…. yesterday we both got free pizzas.

Yep, the life of a hungry all consuming university student resumes… Ecuador seems so far away, and I am finally starting to feel a sense of “normalcy” even though I don’t know if my mind and heart are quite in tune with this version of normal…

Tomorrow, Lan Anh comes home so that means im heading to sac tonight so I can pick her up tomorrow…. wooohooo!