Regeton is loud

This weekend was a lot of fun, on Saturday we all went downtown again but this time we split up into smaller groups. I bought a wooden necklace at the market with a tree carved into it. There are people that are always in the same exact spot every day doing things for money. This one blind man plays his trumpet in front of the cathedral, another man dresses indigenously and is a one-man-band type deal, another man has a monkey stuffed animal sitting on top of a hand crank music player saying "uno peso! uno peso!", another man painted silver standing like a statue, but on Saturday I saw a new man. He was dressed in a tuxedo, had angel wings, white gloves, his face painted white and a black zoro mask. He would stand like a statue then when people walked by he moved like a robot (G, an "egit" lol) and then dance. I saw him do the moonwalk then bounce around like he was a marienette. It was pretty funny. The weather here is so perfect. It's always sunny and about 70. On Saturday night, Chris, Josh, Erin and I went to Cholula to meet up with Megan and her boyfriend at this club called the Ming. It was asian-themed and huge. We all felt really underdressed, even though in the states we would fit in fine at a club. We really liked it but no one was dancing, they were all just standing around talking to their friends, so we went down the street to a techno club (finally!) and met up with some guys from the dorm. It was so sick, there was a light show, two huge projectors playing the videos, then a coulple of songs were accompanied with live performances, choreographed dances and such.

Yesterday some of us went to the mall to find new clothes to go out in, but that mall is crazy expensive, so I just went downtown to the markets with Darío. I bought a plant, a horn necklace with elephants engraved in it, and a $2 dress. Later we had family dinner in my room and just laughed for a long time. Sean was on my computer and when I opened it the next time, my desktop was a picture of him making a rediculous face and a double chin. haha, and today, we tried to take pictures on the porch with the volcano behind us, and he was just climbing all over everything. Everyone here is so friendly, and hilarious. A few minutes ago Chepe and Ramón were acting crazy at dinner and joking around. Today Kayla and I met another American, while sitting in the sun on campus doing homework. I had my first quiz today, and my first test is Wednesday! Jeannae and I were talking about studying abroad and how there actually is the part about studying in there...but it's really been fine, Kayla is a really good student, so we usually end up doing our homework together since we have all of the same classes except for one. I feel like I am learning a lot of Spanish, because today when I went to write my paper, it just flowed out rather than having to struggle with every word. And yesterday Darío was helping me by just pointing at things and saying the names of them. It's hard to get people to speak to us in Spanish because everyone speaks such good English, they just assume it's easier (and it is, but sometimes we just have to force it). We're still trying to figure out the Veracruz trip this weekend, we're just trying to find somewhere to stay that's affordable, we think we found a good bungalow, but we just have to make sure it's a legit website. Sometimes I forget I'm in Mexico, it's like I don't even remember living before here, like I was born here or something, or it's still a dream and I'm about to wake up. I don't know how to explain it, it's weird, but I like it!