My apologies if the blog has seemed a little bit quiet lately. I went on a trip to Costa Rica (volcano pictured!) and I'm starting to get back into the swing of things.While I was there, I took a lot of Spanish classes and had a fun time trying to explain to my teacher the reproductive health care, abstinence-only education, hiv/aids, what "queer" means, my own sexuality and many other topics that are difficult enough in English, let alone a language I still don't know very well. Luckily, she was amazingly open minded and curious and we had a great time. Her incredulity at the forced use of abstinence-only education to gain access to much needed money was so real it almost made me laugh. And then I remembered: it's not funny at all.On the plane back to New York, I met a great couple and we spent almost the whole flight talking about Babeland! I know I'm lucky to have the kind of job that I do because how many people, when explaining what they do to someone else, fall in love with it all over again? It's so great to work in a job where I know that I'm helping people break down those sexual barriers and have even just a little bit more pleasure in their lives. I was a little nervous about how they'd react to my job at first but they actually want me to come to Connecticut and teach a workshop!Have you had any conversations about sex/sex toys/your sex life with complete strangers recently? How did it go?