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well, i officially have an ear infection. no more going in the water for me, fortunately the one thing i still really wanted to go was go kayaking through the mangroves and my ear shouldn't trouble that, so long as i don't tip. i just hope it's not an inner ear infection or flying will be agony. still, there is the vicodin... my camera's also defunct, and somehow one of my europe walking shoes disappeared from our room. so that's my share of disasters.

Urgh...

Morgan Lockhart
2006-04-29 13:49:24

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well, i officially have an ear infection. no more going in the water for me, fortunately the one thing i still really wanted to go was go kayaking through the mangroves and my ear shouldn't trouble that, so long as i don't tip. i just hope it's not an inner ear infection or flying will be agony. still, there is the vicodin... my camera's also defunct, and somehow one of my europe walking shoes disappeared from our room. so that's my share of disasters.

i ended up getting really upset last night... i wasn't feeling well because of the ear and we ended up having this rasta man named lyrical master attach himself to us. at first, it was fun. he was most certainly a character and was well spoken in that really-intelligent-person-who-has-baked-their-brain way. but after awhile, he started to bother me, through his rasta ramblings and respect handshakes, he was trying to "hustle" me as mum refers to it. i've been hit on a lot down here, and grown fairly thick skinned to it, but it's somehow easier to swallow when a person is just direct about it, the fact that he spoke out of both sides of his mouth
really bothered me. i know i shouldn't let it bother me so much, it's just the culture here, you see an island man attached to every young white woman, but i'm morgan, it does. don't talk to me about respect and, simultaneously, try to get in my pants.

other than that, it was a fun night. we met this burned out retired teacher from albany who was having the time of her life down here. quite a character. i felt a bit sorry for her though as she blinked out of her fun ramblings for a moment and got really drunk-lost-sad and i wanted to give her a hug but she snapped so quickly into playgirl set free that i lost it.

mum's talking about trying to come down here and start some educational programs. school costs too much for most people to get further than a fifth grade education. if not a free school, then at least after school programs and scholarships. she wants to do something humane with the rest of her life and i've been contemplating how i can possibly help her with it. though i have some qualms with seeing western education as a golden ticket... it's probably true in this day and age, with the pervasion of western society on the whole world, but i can't help but remember how western education furthered colonialism and destroyed traditions. still, it's probably beyond that, and now the damage has been done and they just need it.