Wanna hear a funny "ain't that just my luck" story? Okay, here goes. We went to a party the other day at Lauren's house. She's a PCV here on South Tarawa. It was a great party. Lots of barbeque, more than lots of beers, and 3 guitars. Jim, a Volunteer from my group who is super awesome on the guitar, played pretty much all night and two other guys with two other guitars were sort of his back up and would occassionally chime in with a song of their own. I, of course, busted out my ...

In order to understand this anecdote, I must provide you with some recent personal history. I worked for a video store/furniture store/gift shop this fall, called "Hanson's Furniture and Appliance". I know it's a weird combination, but if you've read my past entries you'll understand that I'm from a small town, and if you're from a small town you'll understand businesses that are seemingly unrelated being all smashed together. What do you think one major perk of working in a video store...