March 2, 2009
So another update on where I'm at and a few exciting things. I guess the most relevant being that my last roommate Christian Perez Alfaro officially goes down as the worst thing that's happened to me since my car accident in Columbia with Laura Forguson about 5 years ago. That being the optomistic introduction, here's what went down. I met this guy on an internet site to help match people with rooms for rent with people looking for places to live. He seemed like a really cool guy and we got along great. He stayed for 3 weeks and only paid 500 pesos of the security deposit and no rent. So he paid 500 pesos out of a total of 3000 pesos that he should have paid me. I guess that was the first sign, but I felt bad for the guy and didn't want to throw him out yet. So one day I came home and the front door was open. I checked the house and realized that his room was empty. So I assumed he did me the favor of not having to throw him out.
Upon closer inspection, I realized that he took all the money out of my wallet, my cell phone, my digital camera (including about 300 pictures I hadn't uploaded yet), and my Nintendo Wii. While this is traumatic news for me, it is good news for my bike and bed which move up a few slots on my list of valued material possessions:
old list: 1) car 2) computer 3) digital camera 4) Wii 5) bike
new list 1) car 2) computer 3) bike 4) work clothes 5)bed
So I found a new guy who seems cool, paid me up front, and was referred by mutual friends, so I think he's legit. On the other hand, I'm hunting down this guy Christian Perez Alfaro, so let me know if you find him. Another positive, I learned a very important lesson: never trust a Mexican.
What else? The job is pretty slow. I'm working an average of 2 hours a day, which I guess is enough to get by if people quit stealing from me. I'm halfway looking for another job to work on top of Berlitz. I still don't have my papers, so I'm still working illegally.
Things are getting rather serious with my girlfriend Greta Venegas. This past weekend, I went to a family barbeque to meet her family. I think it went pretty well. I mostly just ate and schooled everyone in foosball.
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