ames, yes yes yes. i remember those. i also remember the rhyme for the cracks: dont step on a crack, you´ll break your mommy´s baaack (the syllables dont really match up from line to line so u have to drag out the last word kind of awkwardly).

but when you spill salt, which shoulder do you throw it over? and with which hand? i have heard that this is important. any help anyone?

i vaguely remember the one that if you forget something inside a building you have to sit down for a minute.

this was a lesson plan i used with my college kids in the states that i always found interesting (kind of random, but this superstition talk made me think of it). i had my students bring in about 8 dictionaries total for the class. i split them into 8 groups and had two groups each define the following words without the dictionary: ideology, myth, superstition, religion. then, after they wrote their own definitions, i had two groups look up each one of the words so that in the end there were two groups who defined each word.

anyway, then they all presented their definitions to the class and then we discussed the differences and similarities. a very interesting exercise to say the least as it may make you look differently at these words, some of which have a slightly negative association attached to them, yet the definition is related to all the other words.

enough about teaching. so, if any of you have any other superstitions, i am all ears. also, peaches, what up? going to help me out here? remain elusive? i hope you opt for the former.

man, it is hot today. high 90´s already. i fear the 110 and higher days that are fast approaching. the good thing about phoenix is that everything has a.c. that might be all i can say really good about phoenix except for the suns (basketball team) which i came to love last winter. brian and i would often catch a game when it came on the local flag channel or at granny´s. good old granny´s closet. chicken wings, french fries, bar food in general. how i miss you, greasy food. right, i still eat greasy food. just not really fried food.

i think i am going to chiapas again this weekend because it is a holiday. we get monday and tuesday off work. i am going to comitan, and lagunas de montebello, which is on the border with guatemala. the lakes, lagunas, are supposed to be incredible: different colors, in the middle of nowhere, etc. one is called the lake of 7 colors, so i am very excited to see it. i might run into some more backpackers or just hippies in general. i am travelling by myself but the area is pretty crowded this time of year so i will be safe.

hopefully my camera will work and i can get some good pics. i am still thinking of buying a new camera. it might be worth it, but then again, it might also be worth it to save the money and use it to pay off two months of my student loan which would allow me to stay out of the country longer. decisions decisions.

take it easy and root for the acc this weekend in basketball.