извиняюсь за задержку

Hey hey hey!  Sorry for the delay.  It's been awhile since I've been keeping you folks updated.  Well, who reads this thing anyways?  If you do read it, where those comments at?  I'm busy trying to stay warm, and integrating here.  Time is gold around here.  It's funny, because reading blogs, from other volunteers all over the world, it seemed like when you're finally at site you'd have all this free time.  My question is:  Where is it?  I'm busy as heck over here, but I guess with a more structured program, like "Teaching English as a Foreign Language" being in the classroom everyday, is better than having to be bustin' Houdinis and pulling projects out of your (you know where)!  Haha anyways, I like showing pictures, so here are a few.  I'll start with the ending of summer.
Where did I leave off at?  Summer camps.  Oh yeah, now I remember.

So here's a run down on what happened after summer camps.  You better pay attention cause this is coming in hot.

1)  I got a tattoo.  As you already know.  I love them, so it was only a matter of time before it happened here.  Plus, it was like waaaaaaaaay more cheaper than it would have been in the states.

2)  I attended Russian Langauge camp.  It was fun.  I got to hang out with some bozos.  Learn this awesome language that is so much fun to speak when you're incoherent.  Also, I got to leave site for a week without dipping into my personal days.  Here are some pictures.

Can you find me?

как всегда

3)  Got to hang out in the big O.  Baller style.  I won't indulge more.  It was really just a bunch of whackness.  Posing, wearing sunglasses in the house, fighting, dancing, more posing, sleeping, and talking, a lot of it.  It was a nice time.  Also, a lot of the folks that don't live near Odessa could go to the "beach" there and swim.

4)  Got to visit Sofia Park in Uman, Ukraine.  It was very beautiful, but peep these pictures to already confirm what I just said.

5)  Crimea, Ukraine.  If you don't know what's up with Crimea, then you're dumb.  It was crazy to think that Crimea is a part of Ukraine.  Its such a different dynamic down there. Crimeans are so proud of the beauty that they live in, I don't blame them.  Also, not to mention, my former LCF, Zhenya, is from Crimea, so we went down to visit her.  I met up with Jacque and Danny, old clustermates, in Simferopol.  We pretty much tore it up.  We got also got to meet Zhenya's family at her birthday party.  Papa Zhenya was teaching me some knife tricks.  We got to swim in the Black Sea in Sudak. It def was nicer than the beach in Sergivka.

Me, Jacue, Zhenya, Danny

Night out in Simferopol

One of the knives handcrafted by Papa Zhenya himself

Did I mention that Simferopol was a clusterfuck?  No, well here we've got out clusterfuck faces on.

That's the sum of the first summer here in Ukraine.

Let me just end with this last bit.  I'll call it "The shit I do for my country!"  WARNING:  below pictures or just the first one is a bit graphic, so view with caution.  Jump to whatever conclusions you want.  Just letting you know that I was the only one hurt in the process.