So I ran across this picture of my sissie and I in front of a statue somewhere in Sevilla. I touched it up a bit, to make it more fun. melikes.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
what are the haps my friends
(it should be noted that I totally stole that line from Ryan North of Dinosaur Comics)
So! Time for an update! Mostly there are exclamation marks there because I actually have something to update. That is, I am no longer in limbo about summer plans, sending my CV to everyone in a hotel, English academy, English summer camp, sport summer camp, etc. whose email address I can find... And I told my landlady that I was leaving the flat in July without having a job/house in another place, so that was slightly stressful... BUT! now I do! Have a job! and place to live! For July and August, anyway. Supposing nothing changes and nothing falls through, I will be going to the little beach town in Portugal just south of Lisbon to live with my Portuguese friend and her two kids (middle school, high school) whom I went to visit this Christmas. And I will be working in her friend's bar/restaurant. On the beach. Oh yeah. I will probably end up doing a lot of the dirty work, especially at first, since my Portuguese is not exactly at a fantastic level... (but most people will speak English or Spanish. Especially the tourists.) But anyway, should be great. Plus I'm totally going to learn Portuguese. That's right, in two months I'll be fluent. *ahem*
Anyway, I bought a Portuguese book+CD when I was there at Christmas and have been listening to it, doing the exercises on my way to work in the mornings. So I can say those basic things like "My name is Lindsy." "She is Japanese" "What is his profession?" and lots of other interesting things... The good news is that comprehension is pretty easy, since its so close to Spanish. Well, written, anyway. Spoken is a bit more difficult.
Um. Let me back up a week or two: I had a college friend come visit! His name is Colin. It was fun! To prove it to you I'll put up a picture. One of the fun things we did was go to a barbecue/picnic/birthday party of my friends. It was on the top of a mesa with a gooorgeous views of the Sierras, olive groves, valleys, etc. I will try to put a video here of my Canarian friends singing...it was a good time.
Um, and here is another picture of the view from our party site:
Yup. sweet. Anyway, now jumping forward: In two weeks I finish at the high school. And I have to turn in the last of my papers/projects for my masters classes. Then in June I shall be working like a squirrel or ant or something on my "thesis" research project plan thing. Then off to Portugal. Then who knows what. Then present my thesis in September. Then proooobably back to the States. (Don't ask me where or what I'll be doing...that's way too far in the future to know, yet...) ;) But let's say "southwest" in general.
Okay...that's enough for now. I feel like I just planned out so many things, I'll try not to get overwhelmed... haha. G'day to ya'll, and hugs and elbow-skin pinching to those who accept them... :D
So! Time for an update! Mostly there are exclamation marks there because I actually have something to update. That is, I am no longer in limbo about summer plans, sending my CV to everyone in a hotel, English academy, English summer camp, sport summer camp, etc. whose email address I can find... And I told my landlady that I was leaving the flat in July without having a job/house in another place, so that was slightly stressful... BUT! now I do! Have a job! and place to live! For July and August, anyway. Supposing nothing changes and nothing falls through, I will be going to the little beach town in Portugal just south of Lisbon to live with my Portuguese friend and her two kids (middle school, high school) whom I went to visit this Christmas. And I will be working in her friend's bar/restaurant. On the beach. Oh yeah. I will probably end up doing a lot of the dirty work, especially at first, since my Portuguese is not exactly at a fantastic level... (but most people will speak English or Spanish. Especially the tourists.) But anyway, should be great. Plus I'm totally going to learn Portuguese. That's right, in two months I'll be fluent. *ahem*
Anyway, I bought a Portuguese book+CD when I was there at Christmas and have been listening to it, doing the exercises on my way to work in the mornings. So I can say those basic things like "My name is Lindsy." "She is Japanese" "What is his profession?" and lots of other interesting things... The good news is that comprehension is pretty easy, since its so close to Spanish. Well, written, anyway. Spoken is a bit more difficult.
Um. Let me back up a week or two: I had a college friend come visit! His name is Colin. It was fun! To prove it to you I'll put up a picture. One of the fun things we did was go to a barbecue/picnic/birthday party of my friends. It was on the top of a mesa with a gooorgeous views of the Sierras, olive groves, valleys, etc. I will try to put a video here of my Canarian friends singing...it was a good time.
Um, and here is another picture of the view from our party site:
Yup. sweet. Anyway, now jumping forward: In two weeks I finish at the high school. And I have to turn in the last of my papers/projects for my masters classes. Then in June I shall be working like a squirrel or ant or something on my "thesis" research project plan thing. Then off to Portugal. Then who knows what. Then present my thesis in September. Then proooobably back to the States. (Don't ask me where or what I'll be doing...that's way too far in the future to know, yet...) ;) But let's say "southwest" in general.
Okay...that's enough for now. I feel like I just planned out so many things, I'll try not to get overwhelmed... haha. G'day to ya'll, and hugs and elbow-skin pinching to those who accept them... :D
Monday, May 3, 2010
springtime
finally..! sun and warm weather... wearing sandals and even a skirt one day. and this weekend playing ultimate here in GRANADA!! We hosted the first ever (hat) tournament in Granada, which tourned out to be a great success--people came from all over Spain, some from England, some from Germany, some from Italy. We made up teams mixing up experienced players with those who had never played before, and everyone got a t-shirt with their new team name. (theme: tapas!)
I was worried about it being hectic/crazy and not working out well (our "organizational" meeting on Tuesday was an absolute disaster...haha), but in the end it was a lot of fun, and the weather was great. People loved the tournament and of course being in Granada (especially the English...they were flipping out looking at the snow-covered mountains while playing in 75+ degree weather and plastering themselves with sunblock...hehe). Yay.
Hopefully the team here will pick up more force and maybe people will get excited enough to keep it going even next year when none of us "americans" are here, nor my friend Felipe who has gotten quite hooked on the sport and did most of the organization for the tournament...hope so!
I was worried about it being hectic/crazy and not working out well (our "organizational" meeting on Tuesday was an absolute disaster...haha), but in the end it was a lot of fun, and the weather was great. People loved the tournament and of course being in Granada (especially the English...they were flipping out looking at the snow-covered mountains while playing in 75+ degree weather and plastering themselves with sunblock...hehe). Yay.
Hopefully the team here will pick up more force and maybe people will get excited enough to keep it going even next year when none of us "americans" are here, nor my friend Felipe who has gotten quite hooked on the sport and did most of the organization for the tournament...hope so!
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