so the other night was this thing called la noche en blanco.  fraz, this girl alaina and i went to the park and museums cuz they were open all night and admission was free.  at about 1:30 in the morning miranda calls me and is like "hey lets go see a daft punk concert at 6 in the morning".  I thought why not, i´m in madrid with no homework and the subway is already closed and won´t open until 6 anyway so lets go.  we met miranda and her friend iris in sol (our habitual hangout which is kinda like the grill/midd express/zach and fraz´s room all rolled into one except on a huge gigantic scale.  
     anyway we found this small pizzeria at 3 in the morning and sat down and had a cheap but amazing bottle of wine.  that´s whats so cool here, wine costs less than bottled water.  so as soon as we sat down the place began to fill up and live music began playing.  they played the girl from impanima and i thought about that cold whorish day where gabe fraz and i all ate pineapple while huddling around the heater and listening to that song all the while wishing we were back in our nice warm climates.  
     we left the restaurant and proceeded to get lost at 430 in the morning in the only neighborhood that is deemed unsafe by middlebury for americans.  its called lavapies meaning foot wash or something.  so we´re lost in the middle of this immigrant neighborhood and everyone is just buzzed enough to the point that this doesn´t really bother them.  1 hour later we arrive to iris´ house and proceed to wake up the old lady next door who yells at us and asks rudely when the $&%& we are going to sleep.  we leave at this point to go to the concert however upon arriving realize that due to "problems" the concert has been cancelled.  miranda was disappointed and i guess so was i, but all in all it was a really cool experience--taking the metro home at dawn and going to sleep as my old lady neighbor is getting up.  really cool exploring and adventuring, fraz and i think we´re doing a good job of livin it up, zach would be proud.
     side note, so we´re forming expressions in spanish that translate to english, but mean absolutely nothing in spanish ex. enferma is our new word for sick becasue it really means sick, but not like dude that wave was sick.  
     my new spanish roommate arrived.  he´s the epitomy of southern spaniard which is surpisingly simmilar to a southern american.  i can´t understand a word he says, he´s dirty, with greasy bleached hair, and he´s 34 living in student apartment housing.  what does he do?  i have no fucking idea, he´s some kind of parcel delivery guy which probably means he works for the mob.  i locked my room this morning hoping that not only my computer, but also my underwear are present when i return.  see ya guys, or in one of our new expressions "tarde perros"-later dogs
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
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This is entirely not fair. I want to study abroad in Spain. I'm scared to go out after dark, or be buzzed in the streets, but ESPECIALLY both.
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