First day of school, Skeletor, and 007
Well summer is now officially over as I have one day of school under my belt. Classes seem pretty relaxed here and I don't think they will be very difficult which it indeed good news. Being in school here makes me feel like I am in 5th grade again. The desks are extremely small, you can write your essays by hand, and we go on field trips throughout the year. All I need is a Heman lunch pale and I am set. ("Heman! By the power of Grayskull, I have the power!" That line always makes me think of the opening service that Apostles Lutheran School used to have which would close with Pastor Mahnke saying, "By the power vested in me I declare the school year open...Heman!") I'll keep today's post short but I will let it be known that my name is nearly impossible for Chileans to say. My professors today called me Bogahn, Voghan, and Vaugone. Everyone in the residencia thinks my name is Bond which is hilarious for them. I'm off to do some homework (blah) but I hope everyone is fantastic!
posted by Vaughn @ 7:16 PM
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Hi Bond! I saw this big SIS party thing happening today outside of your building and I thought of you. I haven't started classes yet but I will tomorrow. There are some small but big changes around school. Changes like, now we can drive both ways behind Grace and the parking situation is all out of wack. Anyways, I hope you are doing well! Give me your address when you can, I'll try to send you some food so that you can have an American treat!!
Love,
Greta
Hahahahahahahaha. "By the power of Grayskull!" Dude, I'm jealous, still. Sounds like you're having fun. I made two friends today at school. Haha. I'm happy with that. And I have an English class with Ryan, which is just funny. We didn't plan it or anything. I dropped weight-lifting for yoga. Yeah... Don't know what to say to that. But I think it'll be fun. Anyways, man, I miss you, only a few more months to go.
Redd.
As much as some American snacks sounds great any food shipped here will be 1) heavily taxed 2)slow to get here and 3) probably get jacked or tampered with somewhere along the line. I've been instructed to not have food sent unfortunately.
Wait, did you say you wanted us to send mayonnaise? I distinctly read that in there somewhere...
P.S. In case you were wondering -> Mayonnaise: –noun
a thick dressing of egg yolks, vinegar or lemon juice, oil, and seasonings, used for salads, sandwiches, vegetable dishes, etc.
That is grody.
I know a Racher Meyer...
do you know her?
Not yet but I am meeting her on Friday, she is coming to Santiago to teach English in the ELS church here and consume egg yolks and seasonings.
Man that sucks about the Feminist Nazi Kiwi chick. If only I could say that I was sure she would be the only one from down under.
Stupid lefties!
If only we'd known, Dad and I could have named you "Juan"! Alas, the only other name we had on standby was "Alison".
As for the food, tell me what fresh ingredients are readily available and I'll send you some recipes. Bond cannot live on mayonaise alone.
Love, Mom
Oh my gosh Vaughn, have you ever seen how they make mayonaise! It would truly gag you with a spoon. Remember how fast we got used to Paris late nights, you will pick it up in no time at all. Are you taking pictures on all this? I am so jealous! Chile sounds awesome. Brian and I spent two hours reading about Chile last night and a friend of mine at work from Columbia says the skiing to wonderful. You may to fight your brother off from coming down there. Have you gotten in touch with the Ericksons? We met their parents at a small chuch in Iowa this month. We also just talked to Sam Gullixson who just left about a day before you arrived and he loved it there. Its a small WELS (ELS) after all.
Watching the food network has finally paid off, just turn your Chilean hot dog into a Venezualan hot dog! All you need to do is scrape off the tomatoes, which I'm sure you do anyway since you're your father's son and your brother's bro, and replace them with crumpled potato chips and cabbage (onions are optional). It's nutritious and delicious!
Hey, do they know that when we say "Chili Dog" we aren't referring to anything close to what they serve? Maybe they should adjust accordingly. And they could start speaking English while they're at it.
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