August 18th Senorita Revista beauty pageant
August 18th-20th Torrential downpour
August 25th Mister Instituto beauty pageant postponed during Talent segment due to thunderstorms
August 26th: Flooding in Casas Viejas
September 2nd: Mister Instituto rescheduled again due to heavy rain
September 3rd: Flooding in Casas Viejas
September 8th: Mister Instituto beauty pageant successfully completed
Now I'm just waiting for the gods' response.
But, in all seriousness, I've seen better days down here. This rainy season has been the worst in recent history. You may have seen in the news that the excess rainfall has caused catastrophic landslides placing Guatemala in a state of emergency. Casas Viejas has had more than its share of the travesties. My town is situated on a floodplain and surrounded by a river/canal system that runs from the mountains to the ocean. Rain has been pounding us consistently and on top of that the rivers surrounding us can't contain all of the rain that is rushing down from nearby mountains and is spilling out and flooding the town. For the past week or so there has been flooding all around me. The roads have turned into rivers. Cattle are roaming freely because their pastures have been converted into lakes. Our electricity is continually disrupted. Hundreds of people have been displaced. Yet, everyone is handling the dire situation with palpable resilience. Life, after all, must go on and beauty pageant queens (and misters) still must be crowned.
The modern scientist in me: I think this is more a reflection of just how many beauty pageants are happening all the time. Its almost as thought there is a huge country-wide inferiority complex where people feel the need to reaffirm their beauty - OFTEN...
ReplyDeleteBut the uncanny correlation is a little unexplainable... :)
Happy birthday!