never have i ever punched a crocodile
updated mission includes crocodile
last night i said goodbye to the therapi, but not before dinner and a crocodile hunt...
i am making friends with anja(i had guessed anya), so now i have to retract my joke about her being a quack scientist in case she eventually subscribes here... she's a very lovely german scientist. as she and i discussed last night, there are only two possible archetypes of german scientist: friendly or evil. (both must obviously still be touched by eccentricity.) the only way to know how a german scientist aligns is by their hair: messy=friendly/good. slicked or overly neat=evil. her hair is kind of just normal/nice hair... okay, i guess the jury's still out or a third archetype is waiting to be discovered.
I also met Luis- a yoga teacher and medical dr who specializes in botox. if he offers me a friend-deal should i get some done? lol por que no?
at dinner, they told us about a neighborhood crocodile who's been lounging around. apparently, people see it all the time. i couldn't tell if they were messing with me, but i was still very excited about the possibility, and wanted to try and see for myself.
on the topic of crocodiles, luis has allegedly punched one. it kinda sounds like a tall tale, but i believe him ...although, come to think of it, it was hard to read his botox'd expressions to guage for truthiness hmm.
jk obviously no judgement on botox from me- as i mentioned, i'd be down to try it, or a lobotomy, or myriad other things.
oh, and no, we didn't see the crocodile. but hopefully there will be more attempts
i've been carrying around my 35mm camera specifically to get film photos for this newsletter, but it's really hard not to just reach for my phone and snap 15 photos. i will admit, i've been shirking with film. my apologies.
late last night i was walking home and i saw a kid on a skateboard being pulled by two giant, black great danes. they were sort of off to either side, not out front like santa's reindeer or something. (lol ew for some reason the santa imagery is really killing the vibe for me right now. ick)
when i'm thinking back on it, like, how were they pulling him and also almost directly parallel with him on either side? anyway, this was an instance where i wished i had the film camera ready. it looked truly iconic. it's the best film photo i've ever not taken.
i followed the general direction they were headed and caught up to them. i felt shy, but asked if i could snap a photo. they weren't cruising beautifully down the street, but i had to document anyway. since next time you see me you may not be able to gauge whether or not i'm telling the truth, i had to get something close to proof.
>i need to start a running list of things that may or may not exist that people here have seen, and that i have not:
monkeys
ufos
crocodiles
something that looked like the dog from the neverending story flying through the sky
*as usual, i find myself still a bit of a sculder, (scully+mulder) i want to beliebe, but i'd love to see a ̶ ̶f̶l̶y̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶d̶o̶g̶ ̶f̶r̶o̶m̶ ̶n̶e̶v̶e̶r̶e̶n̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶s̶t̶o̶r̶y̶ monkey for myself, just once, ya know?
i want to believe in monkeys.