January 2011
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Chile to probe Allende's death →
verbalresistance:
First investigation into the Socialist president’s alleged suicide to be launched 37 years after he was found dead.
Chile is launching its first investigation into the death of President Salvador Allende, 37 years after the socialist leader was found shot through the head during an attack on the presidential palace.
Allende’s death, during the bloody US-backed coup that...
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suggestions??? bueller??
yo, so i’m guessing nobody that reads my blog would know this BUT, it doesn’t hurt to ask. does anyone know of any cheap and clean hostels in antofagasta? i’m going there next tuesday? and need a place to stay while i’m looking for apartments.
and while we’re on the subject, anyone know of any good apartment companies or whatever that are nice but cheap and...
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i spend 3 months casually looking for jobs in santiago - emailing people, sending my cv to people, etc. and after emailing 29358235092 companies , ONE responds telling me that they don’t have any openings at the moment but that they would keep my cv on file in case anything were to open up in the future.
i spend two days looking for jobs in antofagasta and email two places. BOTH places...
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“Some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not...”
– Gilda Radner (via kari-shma)
seriously.
“Your absence weighs more
than someone else’s presence”
– “Absence” by Jeffrey McDaniel (via rxbxccxv)
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because i'm unemployed...
i spent the day today cleaning out my itunes. i deleted over 4 days’ worth of songs.
what a productive day!
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The Kooks - Seaside
xD
“I hate to be where she is not, when she is not. And yet, I am always going, and...”
– The Time Traveller’s Wife (via quote-book)
“You had me at ‘hello’”
– Jerry Maguire (via nocivarebelde)
“Starting this year, no American will be forbidden from serving the country they...”
– President Obama, SOTU. (via thedailywhat)
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IT'S DECIDED!!
as soon as i start living on my own again (aka not living with a host family that has to cook for me) i’m going back to being a vegetarian.
i’m sooooooooooooooooo stoked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D
“When you start to know someone, all their physical characteristics start to...”
– Lisa Unger (via quote-book)
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“I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of...”
– Marilyn Monroe (via kari-shma)
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iquique and calama
so the journey actually starts in the airport in antofagasta where i had a 4 hour layover before heading to iquique. this was where the most exciting part of the past two weeks took place. here, look!!!
no, your eyes aren’t deceiving you. those are two flies having sex. caught on camera, by yours truly. this is how i knew i was in for a treat the next two weeks.
so, in iquique i spent a...
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I'M BACK!
alright so the past two weeks i was working at english summer camps for high school students in iquique and calama. iquique was cool - kind of like la serena but a little .. dirtier.. the kids there were hilarious and the people i worked with at the camps were awesome. it was me and two gringas and then three chilean dudes who were studying to be english professors. they were so fun and we went...
“Thank you, silence.”
– Alanis Morissette (via quote-book)
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dear chilean dude who won’t stop calling or facebook chatting me,
“You can’t live your life for other people. You’ve got to do what’s right for...”
– Nicholas Sparks (via josiemac28713)
amen.
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the next two weeks
the next two weeks i will be traveling to northern chile to work at summer english camps. this saturday i’ll be flying up to iquique (in chile’s 1st region), where i will spend all next week working with 60 chilean high school students doing fun activities and playing games that motivate the kids to speak in english. that camp will end next saturday (the 15th) and then i’ll bus...
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