that's all day

since i moved away, i find it difficult to think in retrospect. normally, as soon as i step outside of my apartment, so many things are happening all at the same time with every turn, every step, every street i cross, every metro train i get into... all of them new and unusual to me that i can't keep track of all of the quirks and observations i'm making as soon as they happen. it's more like, hmm, there's an old drunk dude pissing in his pants in the middle of the plaza. interesting. walk a few steps and then there's another dude rolling a spliff in public. cool. turn the corner and there's a bachelorette party of girls wearing pink bunny ears and making the bride-to-be do something embarrassing in public. just like vegas. then there's a fireman climbing up the side of an apartment building to reach someone by going through their window. it happens. and so on and so forth and next thing you know you step in dog shit. god forbid you actually go through one day with your eyes closed.

i don't know where i'm going with this. there's just a lot going on all the time. it's exciting. in every possible way you could define excitement, it is very.

laundry, originally uploaded by mjane.

i never thought that i'd enjoy sitting in a starbucks overseas, but when you've been away from home as long as i have, this place is comforting. not to mention that the starbucks at maremagnum has an amazing view of port vell. , originally uploaded by mjane.

see what's in between the palms off in the distance? i call it mackenzie's oasis., originally uploaded by mjane.

oh, and then there's back home. if only i had my private leer jet already... then i'd have my cake and eat it too, wouldn't i?

aqui son mi papa y pequeña miss quirina. have you seen little miss sunshine, by the way?, originally uploaded by mjane.

back home: wonder q on halloween, originally uploaded by mjane.

i gotta cop me a pair of those tights!, originally uploaded by mjane.

which reminds me, mackenzie and i have been going to the movies almost every weekend since we moved here. we absolutely loved "little miss sunshine." i felt like "the departed" left me hanging, but how hot is leo dicaprio?? honestly. and just last saturday we saw "an inconvenient truth." you guys, if we don't all get rid of our OLD HABITS, there will be no more financial district in nyc, the golden gate bridge will be underwater, and the number of philippine islands will decrease to a few hundred, instead of a few thousand WITHIN OUR LIFETIME. anyway, watch the movie if you haven't yet.