I got my nose pierced in Lamu by a girl who was about 11, she didn't have any peroxide so Susan and I bought some. She did it with a needle and thread and I thought she was trying to kill me so after we went and spent about $10 on a shot of Jack Daniels at one of the only bars in Lamu the drama subsided but mine never healed so it took it out, I still want to get it redone although I am old. Did you go to the police barracks in Lamu that night to try to get some beer and dance ? Duh, not the sharpest tacks in the box but such fun dancing!

Hi Everyone! It is so cool to find you guys.

'Hey can we take a consensus on changing the name of this thread?' ja ja what a blast from the past. For me this is the catch about FW -- because of the nature of the program, through it I met some of the most amazing people of my life! And because of the nature of the program I have no idea where the hell most of those people are!

I'm ande. I studies at the NAC in 92-93, then at the SAC, LAC, EAC and did an advising semester in Europe, took some time off than finished my degree in 97 or 98 (the old five- or was it six(?)-year plan!)

FWorlders do pop up sometimes. Whether it's while listening to NPR and hearing this strange familiar voice and finding out its that of Jeff Halpern or reading the paper in Colorado and seeing the byline of my old compañero Adam or reading about an a brave young woman who attended FW and later died fighting for what she believed in. What an impressive, inspiring bunch of folks.

I just 'couldn't deal' with the surreal life in the US anymore, so two years ago I moved to Buenos Aires from Denver where I was working as a reporter. Some of this is detailed in the newly released book, Getting Out of America, which coincidentally also has an essay by alumn and good friend, Darius James. While working as a freelance writer/photog and editor here I am studying documentary film-making and have starting working in front of the camera.

You can see some of the embarrassing results of my recent on-camera work and my barrio here:

(maybe some of ya'll will recognize me, sans dreadlocks!)
geobeats.com/videoclips/view/68

Right now I'm working on a story about 'Villa 20' which is a large Buenos Aires slum with an active cultural life (photos here if anyone's interested, www.flickr.com/photos/and...349555198/) and also a short film called Los Gateros about the folks who feed the stray cats in the parks. It's so wonderful to find you guys.
cheers. ande.