Day 69 (Saturday, August 19)


So I've spent a lot of time at the church lately. That's good. I need to be around here just in case something happens.

Since I built such a strong connection w/ the activist groups and Elvira Arellano, I have been spending the night. Everyone seems to be on the idea that officials are going to come in during the night and take her away.

If that was to happen, I need to be there. So, what better way to be ready, than by listening to the radio chatter among Pueblo Sin Fronteras members while sitting right outside of Elvira Arellano's room?

Above you can see my post. I have slept there the last couple of days as I make sure I am ready for anything that happens overnight.

Obviously, spending a lot of time on this assignment this week has drew me away from other things. One of the main things that I should be focusing on is the online course I am taking to gain the final two units for my degree. I have two weeks left in that course, once

I earn the units, I will have my degree. Woohoo!
However, since I slacked off I went home in the morning and started catching up on the essay and chapter questions that were due this week. Thankfully, I had enough rest (in spite sleeping on that chair) to be able to finish the school work.

I relaxed for a little bit and then I went out. I had to change up the scenery in order to go back to the church w/ a fresh approach. So, what better way to recharge batteries than by hanging out w/ some cool people.

I met w/ Anna and Antje, two beautiful German ladies who are interning w/ a major German airline at a local airport. We went to the River East Museum where we saw a pretty cool collection of photographs.

The images were all of the mile-long Berlin Wall that is still up. The photos were of the east side where you can see the graffiti and other art concepts on the wall.
More than 300 photos were used to make a long stretch of images showing what the Berlin Wall art looks like.

After the museum, we went home and got ready for dinner. Kiara, one of Diego's good friend, cooked us some really cool food. Kiara, an Italian w/omyn w/ an amazing appreciation for art, cooked us a real nice Italian dinner. Meanwhile Hiro, also a good friend of Diego, brought a really good Japanese dish that was comprised of some very delicious salmon. I left Kiara's house stuffed.

On our way out, I saw a van that had a cool display of Cookie Monsters. I was impressed by the van's display. Then I began to wonder, who else in this world is as crazy as me to be putting so much emphasis on a Cookie Monster? I wonder if they were cool and what they looked like. Could this be a cute Cookie Monster girl? Hmmm....

After dinner we headed out to our usual spot on Saturday nights: Xippo Lounge. As always, had a great time.

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