desperation

this is going to be somewhat painful, but i feel like i need to take one for the team and post something. even though i don't have anything of interest to report. oh, except that pam and dave (the mom and stepdad) are coming to visit me this weekend. that should be interesting. i tried impressing upon them the idea that minibus tours are not available in bogotá for lack of demand, but somehow they were not to be dissuaded. so there it is...marginal progress in the theory and research design for my fieldwork, and negative progress in efforts to maintain a healthy relationship with members of my immediate family. eh, you win some, you lose some.

in the meantime (while waiting for a really! interesting! research design! to strike me), i stay amused.