Papoose

Do you know what a papoose is?

Cool map here. I like it. Weather's really hot. I'm lovin it. Gotta go kayaking and canoeing this wknd. Feelin it.

Everything's been pretty good with me. Went out and partied last night and only got five hours of sleep so I'm a little tired.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I watched Dartmouth women race this morning but they didn't make it to the semis from the heats. Gotta watch the reps now.

I'm excited for the new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Should be good.

I gotta watch this week's episodes of south park and modern family and such. I'm way behind on 30 Rock too. Gotta finish playing Dragon Age this weekend too. Lookin forward to it. :)

Have good long weekends everyone!

Have a heart

I like six seat's smile in the women's boat :)

Have a heart, Dave

Where oh where/Heartbreak

Listening to "Baby's Arms" by Kurt Vile. Really good. That combined with the rain outside is making me sad.

Check out the photo of the space shuttle or whatever going up to space.

Everything’s pretty good with me. I hate this weather. Hate it. I really think it affects me emotionally. I don’t really get seasonal affective disorder, but days upon days of overcast/rainy weather really starts to drive me nuts. Ugh! I guess I’ll hafta wait til this wknd for some sunshine.

I watched “Last Train Home” (2010) last night (if I were really a film student I would be underlining the name of the movie. Oh well). It was so sad. It was all about chinese migrant workers and how they go home ONCE a year for chinese new year. That’s still hard for me to believe. ONCE a year? It focused on this one family and how the parents really never even raised their kids because they were just working the whole time.

Was such a bummer. All about the life of chinese peasants and migrant workers and such. Sheesh. Made me grateful for what I have/do. I mean, I guess we all get up and go to work in the morning, but they are in like work dorms, and they probably can barely like leave the building. Sad. Jeff told me it was typical for me to watch a bumout kind of documentary like that, but I’m still glad I watched it. Was difficult to watch when the daughter and father got in a fight, but I’m gonna keep on trying to watch movies.

I’m trying to get on the blu ray kick. I’ve got “Public Enemies” and “The Next Three Days” on blu ray sitting at home. Right now I’m looking forward to getting home tonight and putting one of those on. Yes, yes I know I should read books, but on a rainy day a movie really helps.

Ok fine I’ll post the lyrics to the song that I’m obsessively listening to in their entirety. You can thank WZBC for consistently playing the best indie tunes out there. I’ll talk to yall soon, stay up. -Splatman




There has been but one true love
In my baby's arms, in my baby's arms
And I got the hands to hold onto them

I get sick of just about everyone
And I hide in my baby's arms
I hide in my baby's arms
Cause except for her, you know, as I've implied

I will never ever ever be alone
Cause it's all in my baby's hands
Shiny, shiny secret stones
In my baby's hands
In my baby's hands

I get sick of just about everyone
And I hide in my baby's arms
Shrink myself just like a tom thumb
And I hide in my baby's hands
I hide in my baby's hands

Cause except for her
There just ain't nothin' to latch onto

There has been but one true love
In my baby's arms
In my baby's arms
In my baby's arms
In my baby's arms

Donde esta la zapateria

Where is the shoestore?

Pretty cool photo eh? That’s at playa jaboncillo in Guanica. Want a map? Aright I can dig one up at some point.

So that’s a panorama that my camera took. Functionality is pretty good eh? I wish I had taken a couple more of those. We went back before heading to the airport and it was sunny but I didn’t bother taking my photo out of my backpack. Oops.

So yeah the trip was good. I’m back now and everything’s good. Celtics lost the worst game ever last night, but other than that all’s well.

Hmmmmmm have I told yall about my phone? Yeah I guess a lil. Htc thunderbolt. Battery’s not great, but it’s a lot of fun. The screen is so big that it drains the battery. Oh well. I’m enjoying it. Right now I’m having a great time playing paradise island (kinda like sim city) and also I’m totally addicted to angry birds rio. Lol good times.

Ok folks I’ll talk to you soon, peace

Comin home

Adios Guanica. You were pretty awesome. We had a great time. Bosque seco, playa jaboncillo, playa tamarindo, cana gorda, it was all fantastic. And everyone, if youre going to a certain all inclusive resort in guanica, get the all inclusive package, for the love of god. I swear we were the only people I saw with the purple wristbands. The deal was a steal, so just do it.

Everything was great, both at the resort and the area. The resort was great – good food, awesome servicice. They upgraded our room, we had a huge room with an ocean view. The food was awesome. I had spiny lobster for the first time (I still prefer maine lobster). We had a good cinco de mayo yesterday with margaritas and coronas. Fun fun fun.

The grounds here are beautiful. We saw some wildlife at some of the other beaches – some huge iguanas and a cute blue crab. D even sailed the hobie cat, she’s a natural.

Here's a photo of playa jaboncillo. We drove down a rocky dirt road to get to it (luckily we happened to be driving a 2010 Nissan Pathfinder which they gave me even though I registered for a full size, turned out to be a huge windfall). It was gorgeous, and felt like our own private beach.

It’s 80 something degrees here and sunny, but it’s back to boston. I’ll catch up with you soon. Gtg pack and so forth.

Salud, and hasta luego!

Vamos a Guanica

Hey everyone how’s it going. So I’m about to get on a plane to san juan, puerto rico. It’s been a while since I was there. I guess I was there once when I was like 14 or second. All that I remember is that the weather didn’t change at all every day (strange for a New England boy), and that there were Ricky Martin posters everywhere. I’m looking forward to more of the same!

We’re going to Guanica, which is on the southwestern coast. There’s an accent on the first A, but I’m still not sure I’m pronouncing it right. We’re going to a nice spot, and I’m very excited. It’s going to be very hot, and I may melt, but I guess that’s what pools are for.

So they got bin laden. Can you believe it? They said on the news last night that we would all remember where we were when we heard. I was in my apt, I had just gotten home, and Jeff told me. But will I remember it forever? Unclear. It was certainly momentous, and we watched Obama’s presser, but I dono if it has the same gravity as 9/11. I just don’t think that 5/1 is going to have the same staying power.

Still, pretty…awesome? I dono. I dono how to feel about it. Is this the end of the war on terror? (no) is it mission accomplished? (maybe, ehh no it isn’t) too many lives have been lost, we fought a war in Iraq for no reason, etc etc. I’ll stop there. Just give thanks for the troops, their families, and all involved.

Ok enough seriousness. Celtics lost yesterday. Boooo. I may be able to see game 2 in puerto rico if she lets me, we’ll see.

Wknd was good. Went for a bike ride on minuteman trail with Chris on Saturday. Went for a row yesterday, but we were in a double with a toe rudder, which was hard to control.

D is reading this post right now, and I feel like it’s somewhat dull. I talked her into getting coffee cause that seemed like a better alternative than trying to fall asleep on the plane or in the car.

Back to puerto rico – we’re going to drive across the country in a rental car. I’m pretty excited for this. Supposed to be a scenic drive – but I gotta keep my eyes on the road! I will take photos and try to post here. I might do a separate post with maps and professional photos of the area, cause I like doing that sometimes.

Ok yall, I’m on free wifi at logan, flight’s boarding soon, and I got a sweetheart next to me who’s saying that my writing’s not dull. I gotta go give her a big hug. Talk to yall soon, and come visit me in Guanica if you’re in the area.

-Dave