Going v. Leaving

Touch the Bottom Stars at Night with Muddy Toes

DMB Stay or Leave

How is it possible that I like going places when I hate leaving them?

Where You End

Where I Begin

Its Like a River Running Through

DMB Grace is Gone

:(

a month after leaving boston it hit.
It hit how sad it has been to leave my neighborhood.
I left the guys at Cafe belo, nice smiles, some portuguese some spanish. chocolates, it was almost like cheers... where they always know your name.
I also left the wierdos at campco. it was nice that they were giving out free bobby pins for commencement.
I left the comfort of kenmore square. bookstore, tanning, t stop, everything. The comfort I refused to leave during junior and senior year.
I left the t.
I left the Kenmore t stop stairs that flooded.
I left debbie and sheila of the IR dept. I left them coffee though.
I left park street, venu, embassy (the old days), rumor , the bouncers i knew.
I left starbucks at smg and the gsu.
I left every spanish speaking worker in shelton dining hall.
I left el cafetal. and its home delivery.
I left the best and most beautiful block in the world.
I left five floors of barnes and noble.
I left loretto and all its people.
I left four rooms, 3 buildings,7 roomates along the way.
I left the nice security guards.
I left the cold. I was thought that would make me happy. But I think I got used to it. After four years I learned how to deal with it and the science of layers.
I left my 8th floor river view of the charles.
I left Marlborough st. the other perfect street in boston.
I left being able to walk everywhere. in rain. in sun. in snow. in sleet. in wintry mix.
and it will never be same.

Don't Burn the Day Away

The Best is Still to Come

-DMB Pig-

Update

Hello hello all, I have been completely negligant of the blog but theres been nothing to tell.

My building has a poool, but they are constructing something so there are obreros all day... uy mami ssssss uy mami.... no can do people. So ive been boycotting pool. Thank god last sunday they werent working AND the sun came out... so i caught up, got dark in no time, still have to work on some spots.

Today was also GYM DAY! oh yay, joined ... not visited, JOINED the gym.. its called Spinning Gold but everyone calls it La Casa Rosada, the owner is super nice... like a PE high school teacher and he helps you out every second... so hopefully with the gym, sun, and my fathers no salt, no perservatives, all fresh and good for your heart diet, I will succeed in becoming la queeee mami jajajajajjaa super hot.

I might also get a temp job at a hotel... some quickie money never hurt anyone.. they called e and said " ay es que tu perfil es muy alto para esto puesto" my answer? no importa!! bring it on.. boredom kills me and again, some side money is a nice thing.

I saw my gym stuff from boston today,... my matching isabel bathing suit!!! :( and googles.. and swim cap.. oh fit-rec! If only I had met you sooner!!!

M first month of french class also ends this week so I guess Ill get into serious ones... Ive been here since the Sixth og June... I have officially done nothing since then.. Im telling you, Im not a fan of doing nothing for so long. Maybe if I was in Boston it would be better. Or with a job that gave me money to spend while I was doing nothing.....

I am still applying to jobs left and right, we'll see where I end up. Nice people, cross your fingers, evil envious people, STAY AWAY. assholes.

Cali

I arrived yesterday at 1pm , its soo hot and humid that nice hair automatically becomes puffy... other than that, well what can I say... it was a festivo, so the city was dead, its looked like a sunday afternoon, everything was closed (im telling you, cali is like a town) I cant believe Im going to be here for so long. In some places its like I never left, and in others its like why why why did they construct this here?!?!?! jajaja After all these years its not Cali and not New York that became home... it was boston... my room here is still my room , and being in it reminds me of high school... everything reminds me of high school.This whole "it feels like I never left" is wierd!!!!

I also miss my peopleeee... the people here are not here.... In other words, some are in USA waiting for their OPT and others are staying in Bogota because they already realized (who knows how long ago) that Cali is a tad bit small... its almost as if when you leave you expand and going back to original size is hard than what you think. Some will arrive in a couple of weeks only to leave again.

On the up side (there is always an upside) Im happy to eat whatever I want without worrying about gaining weight..I swear American water makes me fat!! As my sister says, now that we are here its all about relaxing... So sun, pool, some shopping and of course beautifully cheap manicures are in order.

Soon Ill take pictures and upload them so you can see where I am... I dont want you guys to think Im in some wierd ghetto third world country.

I expect to much happier about being here in a couple of days. I think that being away from home makes you idealized it like nothing else, and then when you come back its a bit confusing and you need some time to find yourself in your own home.. we'll see.

Packing and Unpacking, Packing again

Yes Yes..since Ive arrived in NY all Ive done is unpack and repack , and thus left Isabel completely without a blog to check and read ... Seeing friends , my other Isabel, hanging out at central park, the MET and of course, Canal Street for some quickie shopping,.... cheap pashminas make me happy, the brighter the better.

I leave monday! oooo OOO!!!:) but I have to be at the airport at 5 am... the flight leaves at 7.... lets hope all colombians are lazy and arrive at 6... that way Ill get nice seats.. no double digit seating for me...

Last night I had a dream that we were all accepted into the same grad school..( "everyone" being the people that appear in all my pictures on ofoto... you know who you are, even baby isabel was there..).. we had so much fun in the dream, it was a warm and green...and we hung out and drank coffee.... wait...thats what I was doing two weeks ago..well, not the warm and green part... but still.... I received a letter today that said, " we know your enrollement has ended"..damn atleast Im holding on to that BU ID for all its worth and i will still get discounts... Im still going to use STA...and studentuniverse... i am now unemployed...I figure I can say that Im a student forever...dude,....grad students come in all shapes and sizes..:)