You turn your back for 10 minutes, then the next thing you know your kitchen and other parts of the house change colour.
We’re in two minds about whether to leave it white or paint the same colour on the door area. Comment if you’ve really nothing better to do…
But I bought skypeout credits and can now call UK landlines for 2p a minute and the States for 1p from my computer. How cool is that? Victims today: Chris in Bristol, Bert in London, Beth in Taunton and apparently (sarita’s signed in on my account right now chatting away to) Tanya in SC, CA.
More websitery: www.borke.com.mx is more or less ready to have the text shoved into it and stocked up with products. Then they’d like some huge banners designed to decorate their Puerto Vallarta lot.
I’m doing a bilingual Wedding planning site for someone from San Jose, CA. Details soon and hopefully I’ll find out tomorrow some details about a place that needs a site that does hair extensions and paints nails and suchlike. I’m dusting off the pastel palette in photoshop as I write…
Further to comments in the post below, does anyone know how to say touchpad in Spanish? Fernando? César? Cuquis? José? or Arturo? It’s the thing laptops have that you push your finger round to move the mouse. You know where to write…
To the right, one of dad’s photos that just popped up on Flickr presumably of their walk with Jed, Mum, JG and the Russlings. Más bucólico no hay…
Atticus, not so much.
33 tomorrow…
Farewell Richard Whitely, ham-fisted Alan-Partridge-alike from the inimitable Countdown. So many fond memories…
Just received these lovely pix of Bethan and Ali’s new puppy, Jed
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In other news, hot tubs rock…
am feeling a little cloudy today, monica surprised us with a visit this morning and went for breakfast downtown, and we’re off to a Hindu wedding with horses and everything this afternoon…
Just a suggestion for next year’s Judea, have the 200 or so “elements of the security forces” dress up as Romans to add a more authentic touch to the procedings. As you’ll see from the photos, all you need is red and gold fabric and the brush from your kitchen broom… and it’ll make the arrests of public drunks even more watchable. (See the Informador’s version of events here.)
So it was quite an experience. First off, travel directions from Guadalajara: from Lazaro Cardenas, take the Carretera a Chapala, go about 3 km, to just after the bottom of the first hill, and turn off to the right at the San Martin de las Flores exit, cross the overpass, the railway and then go about 2 km and you’re there. Park, entrust your car to local 7-year-old entrepreneurs and wander through the impromptu market that’ll be bustling with people selling empanadas, chairs, relics, hats and refreshments until you get to the hill and wander up it. Bring walking shoes, sun tan lotion, and water. And a camara. And while you’re at it with your camera, make sure you’ve cleaned the lense or you’ll get home and realise every pinche photo has a smudge on it. Arse.
Anyroad, 
I got to the top of the hill at around 3ish, where the well-graffitied cross is and there’s a nice view but no shade, luckily they were selling sliced fruit up there so I sat down and watched the masses assemble while listening to Wait, Wait don’t tell me, the NPR news quiz on me iPaq.
By around 6pm the hill was packed, 100,000 people apparently, all jostling to see Jesus carrying his cross up the hill escorted by the aforementioned Romans and local TV camera crews. I had to stop several times on the way to the top to catch my breath, but fair play to Jesus, he managed it in one, very fast, climb. I’m not sure what happened when he got to the top. I thought there was going to be a full-on crucifixion, but I think that only happens in Venezuela or somewhere. I also left before Judas got hanged. I was more interested in taking photos of the crowds from the bottom of the hill. So all in all, I’m well glad I made it there. I think I was the only gringo there, I’m glad I didn’t wear shorts to make it even more obvious.
Plans for today: Watch Howl’s Moving Castle, defluff my laptop (it’s starting to shut down due to overheating. NOT good, especially for next week’s workload), walk the perrito, check there’s no more black widow spiders in my office (*shudder*), and in the evening go on a tour of the expiatorio area of Gwod with José and Fernando, where there’s special events this evening at around 8 onwards. Let the good times roll.
