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So this weekend was fun, but also not fun in a lot of ways for people around me. I think if we took an inventory of losses of property in the group for the weekend we could probably send a kid to college...phones, cameras, Tayna, my roommate, got her whole purse stolen, while we were sitting right there at dinner! It was the first night we were there, bad deal. She now has an even greater aversion to most mexicans, which is sad, but i can't say that i blame her too much.
It is interesting, because we talk about stereotypes all the time and how we shouldn't pay attention to them....but we do, and a lot of times have to to be able to function. The problem arises when you let stereotypes affect your attitude as a whole. To be cautious is one thing, to be close-minded is another. The problem is that stereotypes come from somewhere. Why do people have the stereotype that people from arkansas are uneducated? because years ago, they were often the poorest people, and uneducated, and some still are, but they also might have been mistaken for that when they were really very intelligent, just about different things...who needs to know Plato when you can run a prosperous farm? Why do we think that people from up north are stuck up? because some are...but maybe too they just don't have that compulsion to form relationships with people like most people from the south, they'd be friendly if introduced properly perhaps. *sigh*
Anyway, we had a great time on the beach, though the ocean water was kinda nasty where we were. Our hotel was pretty plush, and i enjoyed the 4 pillows and one bed i had all to myself because i only have one pillow here, though it is a good one =)
I wish that people could figure out that they don't have to go out every night to have a good time, that sometimes the best times are had sitting around and chatting, relaxing, and getting to know each other. Anyway, they will learn.
On the way back yesterday it rained a LOT on us, the tvs were playing a movie on the bus and water started leaking in on the tv and it shorted out and caught on fire....yea, and i was sitting right under it. no worries, it was a small fire, the bus driver pulled over after repeated mass shouting of his passengers and turned them off and told us not to worry....it probably happens all the time. i had to change seats though, not because of that but because it then started to rain on me from somewhere in the roof.
To top it off, we saw 3 cars wrecked, don't know how, but it was single cars every time so it wasn't like a run-in, more of a lost control....3, in 4 hrs. yea.
So, that was the weekend, hopefully the week will be just as eventful =)