Mon, 23 Jun 2003 13:41:16 -0700 (PDT)
Update from Cuernavaca

Not much new has happened over the past few days.

I went to Acapulco for the weekend. We took a large van down, and I ended up getting in an argument with some Americans in the van after I said to them that the United States has no evidence linking Saddam Hussien to terrorist activities. After arguing with them for quite a while, I realized that they were incapable of arguing rationally, and so I dropped it ... just some more dumb americans to add to my list.

Acapulco is just another Mexican tourist resort. Friday night, I went to about 4 different clubs by myself because the other students were going to a hip-hop club, which I didn't feel like going to. I checked out one club that could fit about 4000 people, but only had about 300 in it, so it kind of sucked. Then I checked out some small pubs, but I got bored because I was alone, and finally I ended up going to the hip-hop club where the other students were ... it totally sucked as well (nice big club, but not enough people). At one point, I was talking to these two american kids (seemed to be about 18 year old brothers) that were dressed in raggedy clothes, and looked like skater white trash ... turns out that they were the sons of the president of CBS, and they live in a huge mansion with 4 swimming pools, tennis courts, multiple levels etc ... I didn't see their house personally, but some girls from my school went home with them.

Saturday during the day in the swimming pool I argued with some other americans about socialisim (which I am in favor of to some degree), and how the american system is set up just to make the rich richer and to keep the poor poor, and how medical treatment should be a human right .. Again, we didn't see eye to eye. After all was said and done though, we all remained friends, and I don't think anyone took any of the arguments personally. At one point during one of the arguments, my house mate Arnesto (black guy from chicago) joined in and said " I don't give a fuck if bush is right or wrong, I respect him because he is a gangster ... he says you got somethin, I want it, I gonna take it" ... I couldn't have agreed more. I think arnesto is probably some kind of gangster too ... has a tatoo on his shoulder that says "Angel of Death" ... which he claims is a good angel.

Saturday, I was tired in the evening, and I had a case of the mexican food syndrome, so I didn't even go out that evening ... but I did get the low-down from my Arnesto. Turns out he had been working on this one Mexican girl all day around the swimming pool, and he invited her to the salsa club with everyone in our group of students. She then left the club at about 2:00 am and I guess she told him to come by her room later ... however, between the time that she left, and about 2:30, some other girl (from Washington DC) tried to pick him up ... so he ended up going home with the DC girl, having sex with her, then he went to our hotel, and went to the Mexican girl ... He told me that because he was drunk and had just had sex, he couldn't cum with the Mexican, and after about 45 minutes of pounding this chick he realized that she was crying ... his spanish is not that good, but she had been saying "me duele" (it hurts) during their sex, which he didn´t understand. Afterwards, I guess she felt guilty that she couldn't satisfy him and also was in pain, so she continued to cry and he stayed in her room to comfort her rather than leaving immediately as he would normally do ... in his words last night as he was telling me this story "I don't know if I told you this, but I have a huge dick" ... Anyway, I'm sure that there will be some interesting stories living with Arnesto.

Additionally, I have been learning some Ebonics (Black Slang)

Who be your boo : Who is your girlfriend
She be earhustlin me : She is eavesdropping on me
what up : how is it going
many others that I can't remember right now.

As I mentioned, I have 3 hours of private lessons, and two hours of conversation class every day. for the entire conversation class, all we talked about was sex and what kind of bodies we prefer (me and the teacher are the only guys, and there are 4 girls).