I went to the world's oddest natural history museum today. It was mostly Mayan archeological finds and really creepy taxidermy.

I need to reiterate and re-emphasize that statement: REALLY CREEPY taxidermy.

Lots of armadillos. Fetuses in formaldehyde. Tons of tatty birds. Creepily poised predators. Dear god, so weird.

Walking around Xela today I heard what I presume to be a high school band practicing. Why do I assume this? Why, because yours truly was in one of those, and knows what pop music arranged for marching band sounds like. I've been hearing a very brassy and bad (yes, worse than the original) version of "Bad Romance" off and on all day.

I'm in an internet cafe and have certainly expanded my Spanish vocabulary sitting here. Can you define pornografiar? I sure can.

Anyway, I'm delaying going home to my host family. I need to go back, maybe have dinner with them, then probably head out to watch the local soccer team's big game, probably via TV in a bar with some other students.

Weeeeeeird day.