Saturday, November 27, 2010

Paraguayanksgiving


I am quite thankful for the fact that, despite being halfway around the world, I can still celebrate Thanksgiving with great people. We had quite a feast at the Big House with roughly 12-15 people and lots and lots of food. The 22 pound turkey was delicious and we were all well-stuffed by the end of the day.

And now to make you all jealous - while those of you in the States are in the early stages of winter, I was enjoying a beautiful Thanksgiving day of sun and pool-related festivities. We have pool floaties...I'm just saying...

The picture is of one of our guests in a post-dinner food coma sprawl.

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Clown


So I suppose the true cliche is that the clown gets a pie in the face, but apparently cake was cheaper (and probably also more disgusting, especially when it gets in one's ears and nose.

I was a victim (albeit a willing one) of my junior's athletic prowess. The past week had been spirit week, with the class that had the most dressed up participants earning the right to throw a pie in the face of a teacher of their choice. Of course, knowing that my students would not win, I chose to spend the majority of the week trash talking and chiding them for their poor participation in spirit week. This was of course, before I realized that there were in fact four pies, the remaining three to be allocated based on the results of athletic competitions that, due to their size and experience, the upperclassmen have a distinct advantage. Thus, ladies and gentlemen, I present to you my just desserts...