The Comfy Corner

One of the best thing Emerson College has done for me is provide me with friends from all over the country. In turn, I've been able to explore parts of the country that I would never have gotten to explore otherwise. I am currently blogging to you live from Mesa, Arizona or as I like to call it... the table (I took the above picture from my friend, Anthony's, roof). The table is a desert - a climate that I am not familiar with (and my skin does not like...breakouts), but I am pleased to say that Mesa has fulfilled all of my expectations of the Southwest. Here are some things I have learned...

1) People live in stucco houses with flat roofs and decorate the interior with various woven blankets and Native American chotchkies.

2) There is no grass. The little grass that does exist is dying or constantly being watered (or is being smoked...hey-oh!). They decorate with rocks.

3) The plural of cactus is "cacti." I always thought that was a joke but apparently it's a fact.

4) It's so warm during the day and so cold at night.

5) People use cardinal directions to describe where everything is! This is so weird to me. They are always saying things like, "It's on the North side of the house" or "You have to go west three miles." In the east, I suppose very few towns are set up in such a nice grid so you can't use cardinal directions. At home we use phrases like "that way" or "over yonder"

6) This is possibly false, but I hear it takes a hundred years for a cactus to grow an arm. In that case, the cactus in Anthony's front yard is 1000 years old!

7) The five C's of Arizona: Cotton, Climate, Cattle, Citrus, Copper

I will blog more pictures later, of course. I'm hoping to go to the border and fulfill a lifelong dream of harboring some immigrants across the border. Anthony doesn't seem too hot on that idea, though. Another trip, I suppose.

Stay comfy!