Wow. Just got off the phone with my family. My brother answered and said that they had big news that they were dealing with all weekend. It involved my sister, and though she's all right, they have had quite the situation ( Read more... )

This week, unexpectedly, my good friend Pri came to visit Madrid. She was on her way back from India and has a new business contract with Corte Ingles, and used that as an excuse to stop by for a few days so that we could bum around the city. Probably the most spontaneous visitor I've ever had, but one of the most welcome! This is the first time ( Read more... )

A little reflection ( Read more... )

This is a school story that just has to be repeated to fellow bloggers. Note that I am partial to this story because I have indeed been nicknamed The Whistler for my unconscious ability to whistle away when in the middle of any conversation/ course/ shower/ etc. The story that you are about to read is based on facts and has not been embellished in ( Read more... )

I know that you didn't ask, but I'm going to tell you what was served in our cafeteria today ( Read more... )

First off, I'm watching Degrassi: the Next Generation and it's glorious! I don't know what kind of television they're watching up in Canada, but it is definitely superior to our inferior reality shows ( Read more... )

This weekend was heaven: sleeping interspersed with going out interspersed for getting everything ready to start my program on Tuesday. Classes start at 5:00, which is going to be a stretch since cole doesn't end until 4:30 and I'm going to have to duck out early to get on the 4:25 bus which will still get me there ten minutes late. But whatever, I ( Read more... )

If you want to see a truly marvelous sight, then you should come to El Boalo, Spain this Thursday for the Halloween Festival where all of the 500 or so kids at the school will be adorned with face paint dancing the Monster Mash.

In an attempt to contend with a rather important age milestone that is coming up this week, I've been reminiscing back through days of yore journal entries, and happened to come across this one. It's really true when they say that five years from now, you'll look back and wish you were that much younger. So for once, I'm going to try to take my own ( Read more... )

After 6 weeks in GP, I'm leaving this Friday for NYC and couldn't be happier about it. Aside from a few lovely and well missed faces, I think that I'm pretty much finished with the scene. I haven't had a real life here in many years, aside from doing the summer thing, and these past few weeks it has become glaringly obvious. So I'm glad to get back ( Read more... )