i really wanted to update this journal and go on aim. i´m becoming addicted to this computer thing, wierd. but i had a pretty good weekend. I did everything i wanted to, i got my abono to ride the metro. i called "mi amigo" (the spaniard i kissed last weekend) but he turned out to be lame so he´s not "mi amigo" anymore. i called my intercambio and ( Read more... )

so i decided to take intermidiate spainsh pass/fail, and just do all the work i need to do to pass it, and concentrate on learning spanish other ways. i´m also taking a tutorial where all we do is speak, which is what i need. so things are looking better. the shock and saddness of yesterday has passed, well i guess its still sad, but one must not ( Read more... )

Alex´s mom died last night. He is in my program here in Madrid. i was with him when he got the call from his dad. he went home this morning, not knowing when or if he was coming back. this makes all my problems look pale. i was going to inform nyu today that i was unhappy with thier program, but now, i just want to see if Alex is ok. i mean, that ( Read more... )

i´ve decided that i dislike this stupid program. why did i just assume that they would let me take the courses i wanted to take? that would be too much like gallatin, stupid CAS program. i´m actually thinking of coming home. does anyone know how to teach themselves spanish? cause i certainly don´t, and no one here knows how either. i don´t know, i´ ( Read more... )

today i bought some books and took a walk. it is january and i´m not even wearing a coat. i found a park and sat in the sun. and then a man with long white hair and a beard sat down next to me. he talked to me about sharing in life and told me he was god. he gave me a grape and a scrap of paper that told me that i ¨will not die from side effects of ( Read more... )