Well it has been awhile since I last updated, my computer conveniently caught a virus the week before finals and the computer store finally returned it to me yesterday evening! Also my car broke down after Thanksgiving, and the price is too great to fix right now (I just have to put oil in my car when I want to drive it). Please don't think I am complaining, I just want to explain my lack of seeing Jose Miguel and updating the blog.
Anyway, I was finally able to meet up with Jose Miguel last week before he took off to go to Miami. He decided not to take the big exam. He told me his goals were to speak casual English, nothing too perfect, just enough to understand his clients when he works for his family business. My friends from the crew team decided to have a game night at their house, and I thought this would be a great activity to take Jose Miguel to, especially since we really only have been to bars. We played apples-to-apples which was funny but I don't think he understood the humor until towards the end of the game because he kept putting the literal relation to the word at first (I guess Americans are very sarcastic after all). Also, I hate to say it but, the Helen Keller and George Bush cards are automatic winners and I don't think he understood the humor until I explained that Americans can be pretty cruel (dark humor). Eventually we all got bored of the game and talked. I tried to get a few conversations in with Jose but he was also talking to some of my team members who were practicing their Spanish (cheaters!) I told them they have to speak English, and we discussed Venezuela and how in the US if you own land the government usually has to pay you for it if they want the land but in Venezuela, Chavez just takes the land and claims it his. Before I knew it, it was pretty late so we decided to call it a night. But first, I had to put oil in my car which Jose thought was pretty funny.
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