I've been in Costa Rica for a year and a half now! geeez! As the days pass.. I'm starting to feel like this country is starting to rub off on me. Like for example.. I've been driving lately and driving here can sometimes be freakin' chaotic. It's insane!  People hardly ever use blinkers, they make up their own lanes, run red lights, pedestrians never have the right away and overall it's like a "drive at your own will" kind of driving. You don't see many accidents, 'cause most people know how to drive chaotic and do it well. Does that make sense? Well.. so the story goes... as I was kind of hauling ass around a corner in San Jose when there's like a group of "gringos" about to cross... well instead of me completely stopping the car to let them pass... I haul ass even faster.. wtf? I would have never done that in the states. So, yeah.. that was pretty funny.

I love it here, I love my life here. I'm doing the same exact things I was doing back at home but just in a slightly different environment. Being here is pushing me to take my life to another level. Andres and I want to travel a shit load! Belize first (of course for Leandrea's wedding!), Mexico... the motha' land, then Japan? hehe. I feel like I can do whatever I want.. there are no limits. I have the feeling that most people get so comfortable in their little nutshells that they forget that there is a whole other universe to explore. s**t!

So, my Spanish has been put to the test. I've learned a lot of Spanish, when I thought before I got here that my Spanish was really good. I came to find out that it wasn't. People right away ask me where I'm from because of my accent. I tell them my family is from Mexico.. then they go on to start to mock me in a supposed "Mexican accent", like how they speak en el DF, Mexico City but my family isn't even from Mexico City! This is so hilarious to me.. it's the same as if someone would make fun of an American who was from the South and someone started to mock them in a New York accent. It's like it doesn't even make sense!

Since, we've gotten here... one of our main goals has been to promote d&b. We've been doing so.. participating and djin' at events and starting lately to organize them too. It's been refreshing to come here and realize that people have the same passion for this music as I do and it's been awesome to make friends with them and be part of a collective who all are aiming towards the same goals. We've been reppin' CR junglist crew, it's the only D&B collective in the whole country

Overall, I can say and I have said many times... is that the hardest part of being here is being away from my family and friends. They were and still are my backbone. I will forever appreciate everything they are. Although, I do get comfort in knowing that they are only still a phone call away. Sometimes, I'll call my mom and ask her to help me with her Enchilada recipe real quick for a pointer. I miss her food so much that I've been learning how to cook it. I always miss my sisters and brother. Of course, my girls.. its been hard without them but I know we're so tight that nothing can be done of our friendship.. even if I move to Mars.

So, that's me for now!
BTW... dj Silver @ Retrovisor 1/31/08.... yeeeeeah!