Dancing bachata and merengue at the bar downstairs, hanging on out with good PC buddies living in the capital, taking advantage of festivals, shows and concerts in Santo Domingo, and throwing myself into every adventure that comes my way
"the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently-- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or villify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do." - Steve Jobs
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Lately I'm hooked on Death Cab for Cutie and all of the acoustic samplers my sister-in-law hooked me up with- think adult alternative/eclectic mix
Shawshank Redemption, Crash, Empire Records, Sense and Sensibility (A&E version, thank you very much), The Italian Job, Gladiator
No cable, but I finally got Seasons 2 and 3 for Gilmore Girls, which makes for a nice escape from the craziness down here.
If you are human and care anything about anybody, you must read Mountains beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder; for a disturbing view of world economics, read Confessions of an Economic Hitman; juicy Dominican dictator novel, read The Feast of the Goat; sustainable development and the future of our natural resources, read Collapse by Jared Diamond; trashy but brilliant British historical fiction, read The Queen's Fool by Phillipa Gregory
Quite truthfully, a God who always knows what's best for me and leads me in the right direction, regardless of my protests; and my mom, who continually inspires me to follow the unbeaten path and truly live life to the fullest.