Alright, I have no more options. Today I have GOT to finish my papers. I have been procrastinating enough with things like checking my Facebook profile 2954 times a day and trying to find the Mayweather-Hatton boxing match from Saturday online somewhere. But seeing as both of my two remaining papers have to be turned in tomorrow before I hop my flight to spend a few days in Mexico City, I really have no more time. But for one last activity of procrastination I decided to blog today...

Tomorrow I'll be going to Mexico D.F. (That's the real name for Mexico City folks) to witness one of the biggest celebrations in Mexico. The celebration of the Virgin of Guadalupe. We have all heard the story in elementary school about the Mexican Catholics belief of the virgin Mary appearing in Mexico. The story goes as follows, Copied from Wikipedia:
According to Catholic accounts of the Guadalupan apparition, during a walk from his village to the city on December 9, 1531, Juan Diego saw a vision of a Virgin at the Hill of Tepeyac. Speaking in Nahuatl, Our Lady of Guadalupe said to build an abbey on the site, but when Juan Diego spoke to the Spanish bishop, Fray Juan de Zumárraga, the prelate asked for a miraculous sign. So the Virgin told Juan Diego to gather flowers from the hill, even though it was winter, when normally nothing bloomed. He found Spanish roses, gathered them on his tilma, and presented these to the bishop. According to tradition, when the roses fell from it the icon of the Virgin of Guadalupe appeared imprinted on the cloth.

So I'm going to the Basilica in Mexico City to see this image along with 8 million other people who have traveled world wide to do so. I'll also be going to see the ancient site of Teotihuacan which had it's peak as a civilization between 150 and 400 AD. Most ancient tribes in Mexico claim their ancestry back to this city. It is quite significant and should be a very fun trip. Well, I'm off to what should be my last bit of school work this semester.

Nos vemos pronto