And I Have Some Internet

Oh the joys of internet. Looking up things, stalking people, finding the closest grocery store now at my finger tips. Mmmm delicious. The way I have it is a little sketchy but here's hoping that cheap internet doesn't bite me in the ass.

So I'm still waiting to see the cool things about LA. The streets seem always dirty and the parking is almost always a pain. Chris went to San Francisco for a couple days (a comedy opportunity) leaving me alone for a few days. I walked around my Korea/Unidentified spanish-speaking neighborhood where I found dozens of shops hawking cheap clothes (like 5 dollars for a dress) and people with carts full of strange looking and smelling things. It's cool in it's own way and I decided I would take a walk to my neighborhood Walgreens for some stuff. The mile and a half there was uphill (I forgot about hills) so by the end of my journey I was exhausted. I did learn that I can probably buy anything in the tiny mini malls dotting Vermont street and a tasty place for coffee and boba. People looked at me funny but that I might be all in my head... or I just look funny. We'll see.

My next day alone I planned on visiting some of those dollar stores and random grocery stores but I couldn't find safe or free parking. I made my way to the only Starbucks I know of for some wifi, which is in the USC area (most of the coffee places here don't let you use their wifi without spending a certain amount of money or time there). It was full of students buying expensive beverages, which made me miss college days with expendable money, and a creepy dude who has been there every single time I've been. The last time Chris and I saw him he was plugged into the wall with his Nintendo saying things loudly like "yeah baby do that, grab a hold of it baby, yeah do it do it." We checked and he was playing a hot wheels game.  I was there for hours uploading photos and soaking up as much internet as I could. Then I went home, ate some not great Mexican from a place I yelped (very meh) and organized my pictures and cleaned. So my time without Chris was not exactly well spent in exploring LA but I did find out where us cheap people can find things to do.

Work is a little weird. Our site supervisor was gone all last week so this week my teammate and I had to show some ideas we came up for what we can do at CCD. Most of the week we fucked around on the internet and "researched." Our time is supposed to be 80% tutoring and teaching something at least mildly related to Literacy and the people at CCD don't seem to get what that means. They also don't seem to get that when you tutor someone you have to have some kind of knowledge of what they are studying. Otherwise you are a useless tutor. They think we can tutor anyone in their programs which range from Metro bus drivers, CNA's and EMT classes. Yeah how can I help them other than studying with them? So most of our time now is dedicated to revamping their "job club" which is in need of an update. I still find this placement to be kind of a joke but I know that if I actually try we can do good things. I just hate having no purpose at the moment. And their break room has a terrible roach problem. I hate roaches and I'm terribly afraid of them infesting my life and my apartment. Eww. So in all appearances my job site seems like an unorganized mess. And in reality it's close to it. But the work they do and the services they offer are well worth it.

 More, hopefully exciting posts to come. I'm going to post here some of my favorite pictures from the trip. Love to all!

BBQ in Missouri

New Mexico loves Jesus.

Me goofing in the car.

I never realized how awesome mountains are. Except when you're driving through them

This was my buddy from the creepiest place on earth's bathroom.

Ostriches! 

Me in Arizona. After the mountain ordeal. 

California welcoming me... and trying to search my car.