A Slice of Inner Peace

Philipians 4:8 - "...whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things."

The passage was sent to me by my Dad and I think it is an excellent guide for me these days...Things have really been looking up for me, mostly due to a sudden ability to stop dwelling on being blue.

Friday was my usual lay-low kind of day and night, and then Saturday was the real tide-turner: I confirmed my plans to travel with Alexana, a friend from UCLA on EAP with me. So no more tears over going back to the States early. She also convinced me to go see Julieta Venegas that night--do you know her? That was an incredible show at the Estadio Victor Jara, almost three hours. Went with Marcelo (housemate) and met up with the chicas there. Afterwards, he and I caught a micro to his favorite bar, El Clan(destino) in Bellavista. (Hanging out with him is like walking around the Berkeley campus with Snehal or at Davis with John (from what I hear, anyway): he knows *everyone*) So for the first time in quite awhile, I stayed out til dawn dancing my little heart away in earnest, sober fun. Yesterday I went to the punk rock flea market and circus and drank borgonia (white wine with chirimoya--yum yum) with my housemates and assorted visitors...

So I'm just scrambling to get things done for the semester, since I leave Santiago in about four weeks!!! Tomorrow I'm going to the Feria del Libro with my friend Polo to check out all the new titles brought to you by The Man (that's how many people see it, anyway), which should be interesting--to compare it to the book expos I've been to.

Anyway, I suppose there's nothing else to say--just that life's ok again. That's worth reporting, right?