San Jose, lights out, and Project Runway

Not much new today. I'm pretty much just killing time till school starts. I still hadn't seen most of San Jose, so I hopped on a bus today and went into the city. It's pretty shabby. It's not your average skyscraper-type of city; in fact, I don't think I saw a building higher than six stories. There are a couple of nice churches and some decent shopping areas. I hear there are some museums and things, too. But so far, I'm not too impressed with San Jose.

So here are some other observations for you. My power keeps going out from time to time. It's only for about a minute, tops, and I'm apparently the only one who thinks this is weird. It happened a couple times when it was raining, so I thought it must be the storm. I stepped outside one of the times, and the whole neighborhood was black, yet I was the only one popping my head out the door, so I went back inside, and the lights came back on. Then, a day later, I was in the grocery store in Ciudad Colon, and all the lights went out. It was daylight out (and not raining), so I could vaguely see the other people in the store, and no one seemed fazed by this. The lights went back on a minute later. Apparently this is just something I need to get used to.

And here's a point of irony: The last two years when I lived by myself in Boston, I didn't spring for cable. I particularly remember thinking "oh man, I can't watch the finale of Project Runway" because that was on when I switched to no cable. So, I move to Costa Rica, and guess what's on TV? Project Runway. As I was typing this, I was watching an episode of Lost, and last night I watched Grey's Anatomy (two of my favorite shows). I've also seen Friends, Seinfeld, That '70s Show, and a handful of old but good movies. These have all been in English with Spanish subtitles, although they're not all that way. I was excited last night because I saw that Six Feet Under was on, but it turned out to be dubbed in Spanish. Overall, though, the English-speaking channels have been a godsend.

Finally, I leave you with a couple pictures of my 'hood. (I'll send more of my apartment once I take some pics.) Here's the little mini-mart a few minutes from my apartment. I go here for milk and bread or little stuff. Plus they have the most adorable little albino kitty who lives there:


And here are some random bikers on the road between my apartment and Ciudad Colon. I've noticed several people biking on this road. I think they like to train here because of the hills and the curves:


Another episode of Lost is coming on now! Sweet!