tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22313581308634320162011-10-04T13:04:47.176-07:00Making a Deal with El Diablo TranquiloStevenoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2231358130863432016.post-24007783837234551682009-10-19T11:13:00.000-07:002009-10-19T11:16:12.564-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FbsvUBwMw8U/Stys4fTbDtI/AAAAAAAACJM/YWYR3Vs3HbU/s1600-h/PA157674.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FbsvUBwMw8U/Stys4fTbDtI/AAAAAAAACJM/YWYR3Vs3HbU/s400/PA157674.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394376540158627538" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:192.75pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><u>Monday, October 19, 2009</u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:192.75pt"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:192.75pt">I’ve got a day off from substitute teaching. I got an inspection sticker for an overdue obligation to the government. I need to get my thesis out. I can’t get the reading done for the conference. I’ve oversubscribed myself. Prodigiously. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:192.75pt"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:192.75pt">I leave for <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Uruguay</st1:place></st1:country-region> in one month and one day. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:192.75pt"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:192.75pt">I need to catch up on my life. I am running at a torrid pace. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:192.75pt">Maybe <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Uruguay</st1:place></st1:country-region> will cool things down for a while. Maybe if I get over this next bump. After the nineteen hours of travel by plane, five more by bus, I’ll be on a beach.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:192.75pt"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:192.75pt">It will be summer. I’ll be melting the Frostnip off my skin and seeing a new set of stars. The Southern Hemisphere. </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2231358130863432016-2400778383723455168?l=meetingeldiablo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stevenoreply@blogger.com0