mullets and man purses and micros oh my!

[1] the "de moda" hair style among men here in medellin is, yes, the mullet. but its not your normal mullet...its much much worse. in high school my friends and i when we were bored would go around the jefferson valley mall and "mullet hunt" (welcome to suburban new york) and when camera phones came out that was it...my friend casey had our greatest find as her wallpaper. but the normal style here trumps even that blonde female mullet/rat-tail we uncovered that glorious summer day. here its more of a mullet-hawk where its clean in the front and the after-math of a party in the back, not even the party itself. my first few days i was caught just staring, and even attempted to take pictures of some REAL finds, but thats when i got real creepy and stopped. now ive gotten a little used to it, but there are still some that just blow my mind, like the "caribbean meets backwoods" version i found the other day. its going to take some getting used to.

[2] another "de moda" trend here for men is the man purse. at first i just thought maybe students have smaller books, but no...its a legit man purse. honestly i think it should be adopted in the US...using big clunky bags when all you need are a few necessities is just a waste of space and a huge hastle. this trend i agree with, though i think they should re-think the mullet-hawk. 

[3] everyday i have to take a bus, the metro, and a "micro" bus to get to work (its ridiculous...im working on changing it). one skill that i lack that colombians miraculous have is a keen sense of balance. when riding the bus and micro, many times you have to stand, but its rather hard to keep balance when a 1984 daewoo school bus or non-brand name van with plastic chairs glued in place of seats is stopping and starting every 2 blocks. people must think i have an inner ear infection because i literally lose my balance everyday (ive actually fallen twice). to try and prevent this i have pulled about 8 people's hair, slammed into countless other standing passengers, and accidentally violated a woman's tatas just a few days ago. if people don't know im foreign when they first look at me, they figure it out after they see me on a bus