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Attn: Spawn of Massachusetts

This afternoon in the Plaza Dos de Mayo, I saw a Spanish guy wearing a Newbury Comics Tshirt.

That is all.

So it is the majority of my house's last weekend in Madrid, and the majority of my house has fallen ill. Que suerte. As for me, I am on my way to Wilson's to have a drink with the bartenders and read The English Patient.

Finals start tomorrow. Balls.

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/18PatrickCassels.html

This made me think of you. Enjoy.

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In the absence of the weird and indecisive April weather of Massachustts, my life decided to make up for this missing influence by making this past month - one of beautiful sunny days and one slowly developing, completely predictable afternoon storm - one of the strangest I may ever have lived. I am glad it's over. I just hope it actually is, is ( Read more... )

I just spent a lovely two days in Valencia! I played the first game of pool that I can remember winning, I drank mojitos on a roof, and I went to Malvarrosa, after listening to the Gloria Lassó song about it for upwards of 2 years.

Pictures to come - now I go to meet my maker. Not the big guy - my Mom!

Today I rose and shone at 2 pm. After a delicious breakfast of eggs, cumin rice, and tomate frito, Erin, Stephanie, and I went to the drum circle. It was a really nice day and everyone was being terribly picturesque and I deeply regret forgetting my camera. We sat on the ground in front of the drummers and watched everyone dancing, including The ( Read more... )

In light of my having swollen lymph nodes and pus covered tonsils and fever, I have begun to read The Plague, which is about people in a small French settlement in Algeria who die of a sickness characterized by swollen lymph nodes and fever. It's all working out rather well ( Read more... )

So even though I got my purse stolen from me after a month of severe financial instability, I feel somewhat optimistic because of a little event that happened this morning ( Read more... )