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Been a slow day

Oct 9, 2007
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I guess it actually hasn't been a slow day, but I'm still really bored. There was that sign from God that Kevin should dress up as Old Gregg for Halloween (although the tutu would need to be dyed pink), maybe the rest of my day just pales in comparison to the magnitude of that coincidence.

Oh, and I actually got some good news via the phone, it just happened right as I found the tutu so it totally slipped my mind. I don't know who all I told about this, but there's this organization call International Student Volunteers and their name is pretty self explanatory. Students travel to different countries to perform volunteer work. Except there is more to it. Basically, it's a four-week program that's available in Australia, New Zealand, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Thailand and Croatia. The first two weeks are made up of volunteer work which can be either community development (building houses, working with kids) or conservation projects (working with animals, the environment, etc) and the last two weeks are an "adventure" program where you do really epic stuff that varies depending on which country you choose. You can also customize your program by adding on a second or third country.

So anyway, I applied because that sounds like the most amazing summer vacation ever and I got in! That's not really a big surprise or relief, though, because the people I talked to said that anybody will get in unless they put something down like "I'd rather eat sea turtles than save them." So assuming I accept this I am most DEFINITELY going to Costa Rica to do the conservation project and adventure program and possibly adding on the Australian adventure program, if I get the money. For the volunteer work I can choose from any number of non profit organizations to work for but in Costa Rica, of course, they have... sea turtles! And these sea turtles need help (not in the same way TL does)! For the adventure portion I guess I get to "choose my own adventure," but here's what I can choose from:

Snorkeling in the Pacific Ocean
White water rafting on the Pacuare River
Treks through several ecological reserves, including the cloud forests of Monteverde
Jungle kayaking in the canals of Tortuguero National Park
Horseback riding through an organic coffee farm
Zip-lining in cloud forests
Observing one of Costa Rica's many volcanoes
Rappelling in La Fortuna
Exploring the local nightlife in Heredia

The Australia program has tons of awesome stuff, too, including scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef.

So, yeah, just thought I'd fill you all in on what I might be doing this summer.

Aside from that, I've just got a ton of school work to do. I'm reading a lot of Marx for my sociology class, which is really dry but my roommate bought me ice cream when I finished my reading last week so maybe that will continue. This week I get to read what he thinks about capitalism. My psych class is called Conflict and Communication in Couples and Families and is by far the most interesting class. I need to write a paper about a common problem in intimate relationships (romantic ones) and common ways it's solved now, then come up with a different way to solve it. Anybody have any suggestions for some good topics?

Well, dear readers, I also have a lot of laundry to fold so I'm going to take care of that right now and then go to bed. Until next time.