Things I Find in the Shower

    So, it's been almost a month, and it's time to shake things up. So, as of today, I've decided to move to Denpasar! Just the outside edge, close to my work place, and not into the congested heart of the main city. It's like moving to the west end of Somerville when you say "I'm moving to Boston." I'll be renting a room in a small apartment building/boarding house thing called a Kos. It's a simple but nice situation. Just one room and a bathroom, but it's clean, fully furnished and has AC. Yes, it's farther from the natural tropical splendor of the Ubud area, but honestly.... I'm fine with that. Nature has been  getting very friendly with me recently. For some reason Nature really likes to hang out in my shower.  Seeing nature is fine. Being surprised by nature when you're getting naked and just wanting to wash your hair....

Yeah, so these are some friends I met in the shower over the last week:

This little guy is just over a foot long, nose to tail. And runs really fast. And is now hiding behind the closet. or somewhere.

This guy is probably three or four inches wide, toe to toe. Apparently he doesn't spin webs... so I have no idea where he is. 

Yeah. Nature is just to beautiful, isn't it?... and friendly.... and close... and running at my feet.....

     In other news, before I met the lizard last night, I went to try to meet the Local Scene at the monday night movie at the Yoga Barn in town. So I was already a little dazed and confused when I got home, which probably contributed to the jumping and the yelping. (not screaming. yelping. there's a difference).  I went looking for some now-local westerners to discuss grocery shopping with. Instead, I got to talk about the evil of organized religion and government, how the first draft of the book *everyone* is writing is going, the "simple, innocent" beauty of the Balinese culture, why the NRA is going to destroy the world with it's madness, and time splitting into two in black holes, .... and then I got to watch a film about the beauty of natural birth. ...... yeah. 

    Ubud... a very special place.