Back to spreading world peace : /

I'm back! I could not stay away from all of my beloved fans.

Right now I'm in the capital of a certain Central American country for work. Everybody has been extremely kind (despite the viciously true rumors of having the highest murder rate in the world). Truthfully, I have only felt unsafe once during my trip. The occasion was in a small, touristy pueblo outside of the city while I was shopping for candy to bring back to the states (spoiler alert!). A few kids wearing masks like the one in the movie Scream walked down the middle of the street, holding poles in their hands, and just looking at people. I sort of awkwardly pushed people out of my way into an ice cream vendor because juvenile delinquents make me feel nervoussss. Other than that...last night the lights went out in the very nice hotel I am staying in, which was also slightly unsettling. I have clearly lost my Peace Corps bad-assness.

 Since being here I have developed a stronger interest in the Latin American drug wars. I've been reading up online, and last night (antes de que se fue la luz) I even watched the first half of a movie staring Cuba Gooding, Jr. about a cop whose family was killed due to his involvment in trying to stop drug trafficking, or something along those lines (I think that it took place in L.A., but I really don't know...it might not have been about drugs, either). What I took away from this heart wrenching piece of art is that it's not that bad to do drugs, but it's really bad to sell them. And equally bad to try to prevent people from selling them. I guess somebody needs to figure out a way to make people not want to buy drugs anymore... what if they were poisened with weird chemicals and caused undesireable side effects?! I think I'm on to something...