Part 2 (less animals)

I've just written a few sentences explaining why im writing this entry rather early in the night, but ive realized it really isn't very interesting, so i deleted them. And now i've explained all that, so all the worse. 

I had some music on, "Stick like Bolts" by The Perks (a local Vancouver band which i've just had the pleasure of discovering)... but as good as it is, its not very good for blogging to. Too... I dunno, just not Bolivarist enough i guess. Check it out if you get the chance though, its not too shabby at all for those (rare) times in your lives when you aren't blogging about SpanLit. 

Now to the book. In this second half, i must have a dozen pages earmarked for looking back on, and i also had the hiliter out to get the passages down.

I find parts of this book quite funny. Apparently Facundo was funny, but i didn't really see it. 

Earmark one: On page 99, Bolivar is inquiring about the girl he heard (he thinks) and upon being told theres no girls worthy of him, he asks "and how about any unworthy of my excellency." Its subtle, but i laughed, because it seems as though despite the failing body, he has a... playful?... (some sort of word that has more literary 'oomph' than 'Horny'?)? 

Earmark 2: On page 105 there is a bit about mothers being more afraid of exposing there children to the cure than to the contagion. The whole thing just reminded me of how last month i learned the origin on the terms "hair of the dog"... drinking to cure a hangover. Well, apparently in mid-evil (or medieval?- I was always under the impression it was the former until recently... not sure if i'm wrong or just being deceived by evil-apologists) times the supposed cure for a dog bite was to put some of the hair from that dog on the cut. But, of course, the dogs were only a bit cleaner than the people, and so the cuts got infected and a lot of people got sick and died... --- I believe this to be true with regards to the drinking while hungover, however, two things. One, beer mixed with orange juice is good any time of the day, but is best served in the morning. And two, any beers you do drink before coming to class should be "casuals" (you know, the type that don't count towards your total number.)

Earmark 3: page 110: There are actually a lot more earmarks, each with a complete thought i had while reading the book, but I don't have the space here really to delve too deep, or to include them all. A simple thought on the part where he eats all the oranges or guavas or whatever... It just follows my thoughts on his body letting him down. Here he is, so excited and into the eating that he gorges himself... and then he gets to spend the next few hours emitting "fragrant farts". No wonder he hardly eats.