wha wha!

finished 100 years of solitude today. it seems to be a collectors edition so there was stuff on the author at the end. it really is an awesome book. i should have taken it to tobago with me to finish. the student was assuming that i've left it to rot under a shelf! it would have been a nice compliment to being peace ( thich nhat hanh).

"races condemned to one hundred years of solitude did not have a second opportunity on earth" - Garcia Marquez

this made me think of the CHOICE i made to isolate myself. it wasn't a conscious thought to stay isolated... at least i dont think i'm secretly a raging misanthropist. but, i DID have plans (sort of) to go somewhere. told the kids i was coming to watch the game. said i was going to wear our school colours (whatever THOSE are). put on my canadian flag tshirt in trini colours (flag on a black tshirt). felt fat in my jeans (yes i've put on 3lbs this past year). called donita to find out what was up. then decided not to go anywhere.

i lay on a pillow on the tiled floor and looked at the sunny day through the curtain over the door. looked at my car - not moving again. thought of even going over to donita's but then the thought of driving over and then the subsequent drive home... meh. made me think of not going anywhere. maybe its fallout of being hot and bothered. but i wasn't that hot. and i wasnt that bothered... until i thought of the WORK of driving. driving here is real work.

but then, in tobago, i chose not to go out saturday night. the thought of arranging transport (with a friend of friends), getting dressed, spending loot... just made me tired. of course, i wasn't THAT tired... cus i was alert and awake early in the morning. and bored.
had i gone out and partied down the place, i would have slept in... and would have had better memories of the night. even though i was nervous about stranger danger, in hindsight, it still doesn't seem like a good enough reason to justify my hermitness.

fortunately, tomorrow i have paid for tickets to go on a (fundraising) boat cruise. this will be my first boat ride/party on the sea. i've only done boat rides in lake ontario. but, as this has been paid for in advance, then i would forced by my inner miser to actually GO and get my hundred bucks worth.... even though you have to pay for your food and drinks on the ride. but dats ok. i'll eat before!

in other news,
food shortages all over the world.
trinis look for rice
my cable box sucks
my older students would complain about the sun shining if given the chance
gta4 has been hacked 4 days before its release
and there's a new episode of ugly betty and grey's anatomy on tv tonight.