Hola, from Spain

So, it’s been a long time since I made a post and for all I know, no one will read this one. However, I recently have been considering starting a blog for the poetry that I’ve been writing ( I actually can slow down and take some time to think creatively here in Spain) and began thinking about wordpress again.

The whole being-able-to-take-time-to-breathe aspect of my life here in Spain is one that I am sure to miss when I go back to constantly juggling at least 10 things that I need to be doing next semester. Sure, I have school work that I should really be working on ( I have a bit of a procrastination problem sometimes) but I don’t have too much else going on. Besides, when you’re living in another country for a semester … who really wants to do schoolwork?

Answer: No-one.

There are way too many other things to do. Even something as simple as grocery shopping that would normally just be a chore, is an amazing adventure… I may have recently become addicted to grocery shopping here… it’s not my fault .. food here just tastes better… and looks better.

Therefore, I would like to end this post with a letter (una carta if you want the Spanish word for it):

Dear America,

Please catch up to Spain in the deliciousness of the food … especially the pastries!

Thank you,

A student currently in Spain

P.S. Does anyone know where you can find a good neopalitano with chocolate filling or a palmera in the US?

Good-Bye Wisdom … teeth that is.

Recently, as in this past Thursday I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth removed… which judging by the x-ray was a very good thing.

ANYWAY … this leads me to this disclaimer: In case anything in this post makes absolutely no sense, it’s called I’m on medicine and apparently am incapable of properly counting to 6 (which I discovered while trying to figure out when I should take my antibiotic) so, please excuse any typos or other such nonsense.

 

By the way, getting your wisdom teeth removed is not as bad as people make it out to be. Sure I have been craving some McDonald’s chicken nuggets and can not actually eat any … seeing as moving my mouth that much would hurt …

 

But that’s alright, it happens I suppose. I do however wish that school didn’t start on Monday … more time to heal would be FANTASTIC …

 

Which brings me to a few points I should make about the unprofessionalism of the oral surgeon that I went to.

First I should point out that the surgeon himself was quite nice.

 

To the points!

1. My original appointment was scheduled for this past Monday which “magically” changed to August 2 (when I was out of town) without me even being notified … which is why it ended up being Thursday that I got them removed on.

2. On Thursday I received a phone call about having to change the time of my appointment because the surgeon was stuck on a plane the night before.  (Oh yea did I forget to mention that the whole reason for the original mix up was because he was going to be out of town?)

3. I get to the appointment and read the Privacy Notice … sooooo many typos and mistakes on it. APPARENTLY they bought it from somewhere … that never heard of spellcheck.

 

Anyway, my mouth is sore and I’m bored …so peace and good luck to all who ever have their wisdom teeth removed … and for those that can eat yummy chicken nuggets … all kinds of jealousy coming from this direction … ALL KINDS.

Moving

Moving … the task everyone dreads. But how often do people usually move?

Well I honestly don’t know and am currently too lazy to look up any averages. However, if you so feel the need, please do so and let me know. Thanks.

 

Do you know how often I move?

Well, being a college student who lives away from home I move way too much. For instance, in the past 9ish months I have moved a total of 6 times … SIX!

I moved out of the dorms during the winter break, moved into an apartment at the beginning of the Spring semester, out before summer, in to a dorm for a summer program, out of the dorm, and then back into my apartment. In between all of these I went home, I had no place to stay in town … plus I do like to see my family, especially my adorable nephew.

Needless to say, I am incredibly tired of moving, especially since I moved out of the dorm on Friday, went back home, then moved into my apartment on Sunday. I almost have everything situated, please just ignore the mess that is my desk …

I know it sounds like I’m complaining, I feel like I deserve to, but I really can’t complain I decided to do all of these things.

 

However, if I were my parents that constantly helped me move I’d be mad … “YOU NEED TO STOP MOVING!  I am not going to drag your stuff back and forth all the time!”

 

But my parents are much nicer than that … my Dad keeps insisting that it is not a big deal …

 

All I can say is … I plan on moving all my stuff again in December … is it still not a big deal?

What if I literally moved every month?

Just kidding, I’m way too lazy to do that, not to mention busy.

 

Good-bye and good luck to all the movers out there!

~To all who stay in one place … can you feel the jealousy radiating out of this screen at you? CAN YOU?!

 

HELLO THERE!

So, here’s the rundown.

It’s been about 3 months since my last post.

Yes, I had/have basically given up on this blog.

My friend, and fellow blogger has told me I should start posting when she posts.

This same friend has convinced me to stop working on a story I started a bit over 2 years ago in order to write this post (which I have finally pulled out of my electronic files).

So, what should I write about?

Should I do a lame catch-up this is what I’ve been doing blog?

Fine … I have been spending my time away from wordpress, trying to pull myself away from the internet so I could have more of an actual life.

I still do not have one … dang it!

I began an attempt of learning how to play the guitar …. but you probably don’t want to listen to me play just yet.

Ok, end of that post … WOW was that a lot of work …

Anyway I’m going to go back to listening music and working on my slightly depressing, slightly optimistic story/novel/writing adventure … I have 50.5 pages … that’s not bad for over 2 years worth of on and off writing … is it?

Why you should judge a book by its cover

Since it is the summer, and I am currently jobless … I have of course decided it’s time to read some books!

I am unsure whether I have stated this before, but I LOVE books … seriously I do! In fact I have such  a large collection of books in my room at my parent’s house that it has been described as:

A library with a bed in it.

I am not making that up, someone said this. I have made myself stop purchasing books … well mostly I still by some from time to time. I just can not help it!

(Even though many of the books I own I haven’t even read. It’s quite sad, isn’t it?)

Anyway, to the point of this post. I recently reread a book that I have read several times before (surprisingly it is NOT Harry Potter). Besides the fact that there are few books that I enjoy reading all the way through multiple times, why should this be considered significant?

Well, as I read this book I realized that sometimes it is wise to judge a book by its cover … but I mean this literally. The book that I was reading (The Negotiator by Dee Henderson … in case you care), is a bit torn up. The cover on the spine is beginning to peel away. Some could say that I just don’t take very good care of my books … which may be true … but I choose to believe that it is due to how many times I have read this book. It is simply a really good book.

Thus, from time to time it is alright to judge a book by it’s cover, but only because sometimes something that is well worn  is loved … or at least reread a lot!

I Love BOOKSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sheldon’s Intellect

The Big Bang Theory, the television show not the actual theory, has a wonderfully hilarious character by the name of Sheldon. Because it is summer, I have gone back and begun watching various episodes of this show. In the second episode of the first season Sheldon says something so true, so wonderfully accurate.

“Ah gravity.You art a heartless bitch.”

I don’t know about the people who read this, but I personally am somewhat of a klutz. I have fallen down quite a bit throughout my life. Why freshman year of college I had this wonderful experience that sums up why I agree with Sheldon quite nicely.

I was headed back to my dorm after my last class of the day and I fell going up some concrete steps outside (typical, right?). That was no big deal, but then I fell again dropping my cell phone. As I went to pick up my phone I fell.

Do I have mad tripping/falling skills?

You bet!

Anyway, since I’m sure we can all relate to how gravity can make us fall, make it difficult to move heavy things such as furniture, and such wondrous things as these, I thought I would share this lovely little quote.

How Harry Potter has made life “Totally Awesome!”

1. The entire Harry Potter (HP) series is amazing. JK Rowling is a genius and has an amazing story of her own.

2. Because of HP the awesome people of Starkid made A Very Potter Musical and A Very Potter Sequel.

3. These people include the awesome person known as Darren Criss, a person with quality music of his own (he wrote songs for those two shows as well as playing Harry Potter in them).

4. After posting a clip of Granger Danger, which is a song from A Very Potter Musical, on my Facebook because it has been stuck in my head someone directed me to an awesome cover of it.

5. This Youtube video directed me towards “Alex Reads Twilight“, which is a set of videos that my friend previously suggested … I was quite amused.

Basically Harry Potter just makes life better.

…. “Cause it’s gonna be totally awesome!”

( I realize there are a lot of links on this post … and if you have time you should click on them … click … come on … procrastinate … enjoy life … click on them … click … clickity click click)