No pictures for the second day in a row. i know i am lazy. Not much to tell either. Watched the nba all star game this morning before i went to work. Actually watched the first half. Not the best basketball but it looked like shaq was having a good time. i got to watch the international broadcast and there was a lot of yao ming. yao on the bench, yao making his 4 points. yao talking to t-mac. Makes sense though. The nba is huge here.

about the only other exciting thing that happened today was on the walk to work this morning. i was walking through the area i normally walk and where there is sometimes an impromptu market. Usually it is just vegetables and what not. Today i saw some Indiana Jones' type shit. i turned around the corner and almost into a large rubbermaid looking storage unit that contained a huge mass of wet, slithering, slimy eels. i came the closest to losing it since i have been here. i caught my scream in my throat and walked (not ran even though i wanted to) past the van and out of sight. once i got there i kept telling myself that i should walk back and take a picture for everyone. sorry i just could not bring myself to do it. it still creeps me out thinking about it.

music recommendation for the day, this american life - their favorites list - website. they have all espisodes they have ever made on their website and i am about a third of the way through all the favorites. There are some talented people who make that show and it has not been anything but excellent so far. they also touch on so many different topics from a good variety of perspectives that they keep it interesting. Besides i love hearing David sedaris read his stuff.