On weekends I like to visit the Metro and stock up on things like snacks and tea. I grab a cheap lunch there as well since they have many little booths of food. Today I went to the good ol’ Chinese food booth. For 4 soles (around $1.25), I had… Read more“How to Eat for Free (and Safely) in Peru”
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Even My Backup Plans Have Backup Plans
On Thursday Bob was sick and had to run errands rather than have field school class as usual so I went with him. As for the students there was supposed to be a tour of downtown Lima. While riding a cab with Bob, zipping around Pueblo Libre, we got a… Read more“Even My Backup Plans Have Backup Plans”
First Visit to the Museum
On Monday, the museum we were to work at, the National Museum of Anthropology, Archaeology, and History, had a special occasion: they were celebrating the deathdate of Julio C. Tello, the first Peruvian archaeologist who conducted scientific investigations. We piled into a taxi and went to the museum to meet… Read more“First Visit to the Museum”
Adventures in Supermarketry
Sunday was spent recovering from the trip to Chupacigarro/Caral, but we did have another adventure in the city as well. I slept in and missed breakfast but agreed to meet the students at the Metro, one of the giant supermarket chains in Peru. At least, that’s what I thought we… Read more“Adventures in Supermarketry”
The First Field Trip
The last few days in Peru have been action-packed and I’ve barely had time to even think about blogging. I have a little bit of free time now, so let’s talk about our first field trip! Bob had arranged for us to tag along with some Peruvian students on a… Read more“The First Field Trip”
omgwtfbbq
Tonight at the Villa Rica, I wanted to go to an internet cafe and surf the internet a little before turning in for the night. I asked the hostel night staffer downstairs where the nearest one was. He offered to show us (Beckie was there too) so we left the… Read more“omgwtfbbq”
Todo está bien
I am posting this from a rather dirty internet cafe in Lima, Peru. I had a whole post written but my PC running Windows 98 wouldn´t read it. When I get it to work somehow, this will be replaced by a harrowing account of travelling from St. Louis to Lima… Read more“Todo está bien”
We Have a Winner!
Fellow cartoonist Winter told me about Inkscape, an open source vector program. It does everything I use in Illustrator, but for free! I whipped up a traced image with a speech balloon in around ten minutes using it for the first time. I am definitely impressed. {I traced an old… Read more“We Have a Winner!”
Trying New Things
My exploration into cheaper programs for comic making has been mostly fruitful. Running GIMP via X11 works very well. It’s way faster than Photoshop CS2, and I’d say favorably comparable to the CS3 beta I had been using. Rapidweaver turned out to be a lot more like iWeb than Dreamweaver…. Read more“Trying New Things”
Soy! Soy!
A few months ago I invested some of my savings in the stock market. My portfolio is a whopping 5 shares in several different companies. I’d rather not divulge too much about my financial information on the internets but I’ll toss out a tidbit: one of my companies is Apple…. Read more“Soy! Soy!”