Wit.

I cannot be witty  on command.  When I decided I wanted to start a blog, I was determined that it would have a clever name and that every post would be dripping with witty anecdotes.  Not so much.  When it came down to it, I spent about a minute and a half staring at the computer screen before I caved and went with an old standby.  I read a novel called The Locket when I was about 13.  I don't even remember the plot very well, but a line from the book has always stuck with me.  It goes"...the initial impression we accept of others is usually as flawed as the one we seek to project."  To me, its a very profound and true statement.  I used it as my senior quote haha.  So that's what this blog is about, my initial impressions of everything I witness and experience during my summer in South America. 

At the moment, I'm working on finalizing my flights and figuring out what to pack for ten weeks in two separate countries.  Hopefully I'll get a little better idea for Bolivia during the information session next week.  Dr. Centellas did tell us in class yesterday that the most important fiesta of Bolivian culture will occur while we are there.  Excitttiiinnnggg.  In the meantime, I'm stalking as many travel blogs as I can find and making sticky notes on my computer whenever I find something important.  Right now, my La Paz sticky note reads: 
diamox (alitude sickness!!!)
warm clothes
sun. screen. 
Maybe I should try a different brand of sunscreen, seeing as my SPF 50 totally failed this past weekend and left me branded with a Sigma Chi on my left arm.  Sigma Chi til I die, yawl.  


I think that's about all for now. Adiossss.