sometimes its necessary to be ridiculous

small update:

a couple nights ago we were having reflection about how we were feeling up to that point. they taped prompting words on the wall to get our minds going. at the moment, i was feeling super joyous because we just finished having a small dance party to paul simon in the living room so at first i wrote about joy...then my mind began to wander (as it so often does) so i thought to myself...what are the times when dancing is ever mildly inappropriate? the following is the list i came up with during our reflection:

*funerals
*following the word "bomb" in an airport
*when your tongue is stuck frozen to a metal pole
*after a dog bite
*when climbing a tall ladder
*in route to jail
*when in the process of cutting someones hair
*when you`ve just been told not to dance
*when you have large amounts of loose chance in your pockets
*anytime Kenny G. is playing
*when you`re supposed to be movementless/noiseless backstage at a show
*when there is a poisonous ______ about to bite you
*after "Simon says stop dancing"
*when posing for a still painting
*when the camera`s on you at a televised debate
*at a football game where your team scores but you`re entirely surrounded by fans of the opposite team

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on friday afternoon one of the casa cooks/friend/aunt Lupita, was kind enough to come to our first history class and she shared with us her experiences during the war. it was so incredible, the things her family had to go through in order to survive...some of them didnt survive.

then on friday night we had "casa olympics" which were soooo fun. i was a proud member of team elephant who ended up placing 2nd!! woot woot. and not like its a big deal or anything but i WON 2 of the 4 events. i won the banana eating contest and musical chairs....it was pretty clutch to say the least, haha. then we had a massive dance party after which was awesome...i taught everybody a dance that FSA taught me and my friend andy and i taught everybody soldier boy too.

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today a few of us went to the mall and guess what....i got my nose pierced. there were 4 of us total who did it. it was completely an impulse thing (my favorite kind) and its really cute (or at least i think so, ha.)