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Appointments in the Land without Watches

Posted by on Jul 11, 2008 in Odds and Ends | 0 comments

Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed this past Tuesday morn­ing, I had an ortho­don­tist appointment. Keep in mind one of my curi­ous third-world quirks. This is Bolivia, yet some­how even though I’m sur­rounded by Latina Barbies with extremely glit­tery lay­ers of makeup, I only usu­ally bother with iron­ing and makeup for busi­ness meet­ings and spe­cial events. I’ve used starch per­haps twice in the past year… when I was an intern/PA/student in the States I could eas­ily go through a can or two of spray starch each month. I did my nails (bit­ten as they were) even when I knew...

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