Red wine and a "fancy" homemade dinner last night. My Venezuelan roommate Pedro comes in. He speaks to me briefly then gets a phone call and starts off to his room to shout at an employee that made a mistake in production at his television station.

My meal consists of a fantastic mixture of olive oil, garlic, onion, cabbage, and carrots stir fried, lightly salted and sprinkled with cayenne pepper put on a bed of pasta.

My life here is simple and beautiful.