Great News!

The package with a camera charger, card reader, battery charger, extra battery, blowpops, a ton of miscellaneous candy, beef jerkey, a photo album, and a collection of assorted, terrible comic strips arrived! Hence the picture on the left, which I just took of the view from the campement Keur Saloum in Toubakouta, about 20k from my site.  I haven't had an opportunity to take any pictures of my town, but when I do I will put them up. My friend Casey insisted that she be mentioned in this post, as Mom shipped the package to her post office box (we had some issues with the post office in my town). There isn't really a whole lot to report on at the moment, to the point where I just spent a good amount of time trying to think of something worthwhile to write (clearly not successful).

OH! So I experienced Tabaski for the first time. That was exciting. It's a holiday that I still am not totally clear on, but involved a lot of eating. We woke up in the morning, ate millet, dressed in our fanciest Senegalese clothing, and then went to the Mosque. At the Mosque, I sat in the sun for about 15 minutes and then left right before they were about to start praying. Then we went home, put on less nice clothes, and killed and butchered two rams. I helped. It was nice. I never want to eat mutton again, though, and the holiday definitely served to reinforce my belief that baby animals taste far better than adult ones. My Senegalese friend who is a photographer took some pictures of me in my outfit, and I will try to photograph them and upload them. They are tacky to a degree that I did not think was possible. He gave them to me for free, which is very nice of him.

I think they might be suggesting that the one coke I bought wasn't really sufficient to justify the amount of internet that I am using at this campement right now, so I should probably go. Here's a quote from 10 Things I Hate About You.

Bianca: "Theres a difference between like and love. Because, I like my Sketchers, but I love my Prada backpack."

Chastity: "But I love my Sketchers"

Bianca: "That's because you don't have a Prada backpack."

Chastity: "Ohhhhhhhh."