Productivity is often DULL

I realize I'm horrible at blogging. When it comes to sitting down and writing, I want each entry to be engaging in some way. Aside from the robbery a week ago, I've established routines that just aren't that exciting; or at least I don't believe they're exciting to read about. I'll also admit, I'm more careful about where I go alone; lesson learned.

Eventful for me in the last week was establishing an account with the library system through the Universidad de la República. Now I can read all those books I couldn't get in the states from the discomfort of my tiny apartment, instead of the discomfort of the Biblioteca Nacional. I say discomfort because I've yet to meet a really great chair in Montevideo.

The favorite part of my week is drumming on Tuesdays and Thursdays with the Taller de Percusión at Club Huracán Buceo. "Taller" roughly translates to "workshop." Last Saturday, I did get to play my first show, all dressed up in la ropa de candombe, but despite giving my business card out, haven't received any photos of the event. This is pretty much what I looked like (minus the facepaint and with green trim on the hat):

But mostly a week consists of research, and with library access, it's been super productive. There's also a lot of re-evaluating work I did in Miami, now that I have a sense of Montevideo. Today did differ a little, as I looked at ethnomusicology jobs and pondered my chances. It's not having a job to return to that makes April feel really close.

You can wake up now.

As the weather warms, there will be more drumming. November is when things really get going, and it will stay insane through Carnival, which means until the end of March. Uruguay celebrates the longest Carnival in the world. And!... I should be getting another camera in the next couple of weeks (Thanks Travis Tipton), and hopefully the ability to take pictures will inspire me to write more.