Thanks for reading corrijene. :-) I don´t write as often as I´d like to, mostly because I´ve been so busy here. Also, next week I´ll be travelling so I don´t know when I will have a chance.
Scotty, I can´t wait to get back to the mundane, often unmotivated cycle of american life. Theres comfort in complacency, no? :-)
hello from cali I love reading people's travel journals. It's recently become sort of a hobby of mine. I'll be where you are in about 2 months from today. I am in a campus abroad program at my school for fall 05. How long do you plan to stay in Spain? Will you write often? I've found other journals where the travellers only write once every year or so. I hope to see more from you. You make it sound so relaxing and comforting, and although there may be no reason, I see it in your writings. Enjoy yourself!
the sky is beautiful....isnt it ? ah, yes ,today is tuesday and i feel an over serge in love and being . one could almost say that under neath the same sky , we are one and never really apart . our atoms are just a huge ball of...of ... crap , stiring and moving and our eyes have created an egg drop soup of images for us to precieve . One could almost feel warmth in that knowing or feel like vomiting , which ever. and in the end ....in the end....wait a minute ... your the one in madrid . i'm the guy sitting at a computer waiting (read dying)for another day to come where work sucks and my back feels like a twig underneath a birds dirty ass . i'm not allowed to have a moment of being one with myself ...oh how i envy you . Arent you just dying to come home to all of this ....?love ya man .
hey whats up magoo. damn i miss ya. not in a sexual way, in that steamy long to feel your naked body sweating all over....okay in a sexual way. i hope all is well. i havent been able to post because i have been killing a lot of bugs lately. ill speak to you soon.
Your phone sucks Every time I call your phone now it just gives me a long hum noise. As if it’s trying to dial, but gets stuck on the first tone. I tried calling a few times last week, and a few times this morning already (Monday August 1st). Hopefully others can get through and I am the only idiot who can't dial a number.
Your Journey It looks like you've realized one of life's mysteries....sometimes we need to detach ourselves to see just how truly connected we all really are and that words can't teach this, only experience. We can only hope the world could come to this realization, what a wonderful place this would be.
Hey John I just wanted to say that you are missed very much and can't wait for you to come home. I'm glad your having the time of your life cause this is a once in a life time experience, soak it up while you can.
Love you!!!
trying to keep on topic it was good to hear from you again. i was so used to posting almost everyday that i was surprised when i didn't get an email from you over the weekend, then i remembered that you were going to barcelona. sounds like you had an excellent trip even though you had some misgivings before going. can't wait to see all your pictures now. not much else going on here though, just the same old things. i'll write again when i have something more interesting to talk about. ciao.
ps.-for all the ff league members, now that the league is set up i will be posting the what not's on the league message boards. i will not be posting anymore ff news on here as the majority of the people in here reading this stuff couldn't care less. i will try to post something at least once a week to keep everybody in the loop of what is happening.
Sounds like I can relate to your Pierre feeling, and I guess you have been through it before. That reminds me of when Dave left our office. It really drained the office moral and life. It always hurts to lose someone like that, because they can't ever be replaced :(
Oh I have tried to call some more but I cannot even get through to voice mail now!!!
Barcelona I don´t believe was the capitol, at one time it was Toledo, but the city outgrew the small area it encompased. Madrid has only been the capitol for a few hundred years....
spain is in all kinds of political turmoil though, with the Cataluynan´s in Barcelona and the Basques in the west both vying for independance.
Hiya! Yer wall looked empty, so naturally, I decided to decorate. I´m glad you´re cheering up Johnny Boy! We understand what you´re going through in this Spainness. Not much can replace your home, but remember, each minute that passes here is gone forever. Relish in it.
Vale Chicos.
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Stuff I don't know how I know I might be wrong, but I think Barcelona was at one time the capital of Spain. I'm sure I heard that on Jeporady or the History Channel or something to that effect. So here's the $64,000 question cause I'm pig and everybody knows that: are the chicks hotter in Spain or are Latina woman here better? Look at me always thinking with my dong. Have fun, the blogs are great, and enjoy this experience. I'm lucky if I can to Orlando let alone another country. Talk to you soon.
Pasta Lasagna!! John, I hope you are learning alot in Spain and having a terrific time. We miss you. :( No fair, I wanna go to Spain! you turd! :)Anyways, I just wanted to say hi and tell you not to forget my mini eiffel tower!! heh heh. well, VIA CON CERVESAS and MUCHOS BANOS! ha ha hee hee Much love-Joie
Stinky Magoo says he likes it . Oh,isn't that the only way it goes.For some would be travelers say that within their short journy's lay the sickness known as TripRuina.I,for one,have felt the effects of this dubious germ on many occasion . And for those of you who know my wife ,well.... you know theres a much more serious sickness known clearly as SickWifeInsanum and what a horrible thing that is . So , what i am getting at my dear BILBO is , I feel your pain .NOw , as for the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D you have surrounded yourself with , the only thing I can tell you is to start wearing an eye patch and heavily smoke cigars or go with telling everyone your real name is El GUAPO and you have a plethora of pinata's . Love ya man , till next time ....
can you post pictures? Hey J, I'm glad you are having a good time even if you are sick, whatever you do, don't waste away your trip at home...Unless you are studying. I saw in this page an option for you to be able to post pictures. Did you bring your digital camera, can you post some so that we have a visual for your posts?? :)
ok, diviertete, saludos y abrazos, Cristina y Eric
sorry johnny no phonecalls for you! sorry to hear that you're sick, but there's a simple solution to that. just give your cold to as many people as you can, then it will be spread out so far that you should be able to easily overpower it. at least that's my theory anyway. i hope you have fun on your trip to barcelona, can't wait to hear all about it. i would appreciate it though if you would show my post about the fantasy football league that i typed after your last journal when you get the chance, this is the easiest way to communicate with everyone since we all have different schedules and stuff. later john.
ps-scott if you would like to reread my post about my work schedule, you will notice that i was not complaining, just apologizing for my lack of internet activity. i'm sorry that i don't have a crappy job that i hate like some other people, but i've actually been having fun at work the past 2 weeks. maybe next time you have a comment on one of my posts, you'll just drink a nice cold glass of shut the hell up instead.
Get well soon Hi,
What great writing!!! Your entries are very enjoyable to read. Sorry you are feeling sick. Could it be the effects of the liver tort you ate? Anyway, drink juice and get some rest. Be careful. If you come across any interesting things for my European history class- buy them and I will reimburse you. Postcards are great, replicas as well. Anything on Phillip II (Felipe II), Isabella I (her sidekick Ferdinand is marginal) or their son Charles V, Napoleon, art by Goya...
We love and miss you. I am going to Michigan on Tuesday, as grandpa isn't well. He had a tumor removed from his bladder, but we haven't got the test results back as yet. Rachel will be "babysitting" for Chris :( or :). We'll give Danielle a call.
Take care and be aware (I'm sure you heard that there was more trouble in London)
I'm so proud of you and happy that you are having this experience.
Love your mummy.
Spanish phone service sucks I tried your number again, and the same rude lady refused to speak English to me! I called around 5pm, which would be 11pm your time I believe. Perhaps you were in bed already, out drinking, or perhaps even studying!!!!!! Well I hope your feeling better. Just a little update from Evolved, Lock-on Gold went into manufacturing yesterday and I am submitting a bowling title to Sony for PS2. The bowling game is quite good for a budget PS2 title. I bought some of the other bowling titles on Xbox and PS2 and they all sucked. Hopefully Sony approves it. I just finished putting together ALL THE PAPER WORK for submission; what fun. Later
mmmm...blood cakes... Well ,well. I must say that paying for a seat in the slaughter house of a bull sounds positivly interesting . I would love to know how those around you cheered for its head ...ahhhh , i can picture it now. well as i always say , you gotta do everything once .I'm glad to hear about the new place, sounds great . but no more jokes about being able to hear a mouse fart is on the down side. I've always wanted to see the works of Dali in person , he is the one person whos art i have yet to see up close. enjoy my friend , till next time .
great post sounds like you had a wild time his weekend. your new digs sound awesome. i'm sure the a/c alone was worth it, but a big screen plasma tv with satellite hookup, not to mention frosty beverages! mm mm, i wish i was in spain right now. you're livin the life right now buddy. hope you picked up some nifty souveniers as well. that is as long as it isn't cutting into your drinking budget. have fun bro.
I speaka a english Hey Johnny, I called your phone and I got some Spanish lady speaking to me in a non-Mike speaking language. She read me back the number I dialed, which I cleverly decipher thanks to living in south Florida. Then she started rambling fast blah blah blah then I heard a beep so I left a message perhaps; or I was just a stupid gringo talking to himself on the phone? I think I got the hang of calling international numbers by now, but just to throw it by you I dialed 011-34-667-261-888. FYI, I got floor tickets for me and my cousin to go see NIN, w0000000000000t.
What'd i miss ? who's the bad guy ? is tom cruise in this picture ? Wow,I just read through everything. you know me,im only on the computer when music is to be downloaded and wait...wait,there it is...ABBA's new record.Oh so many bands so little thiefing time.I must say,your spanish might be getting better,but,you my friend are writting at a 12th grade level.It's like poetry.You see john this is why I'll never be able to go to a distant location,for I have not even learned my own language(god,did i spell that right?).
Man,I've got to hand it to you brother,You are a much stronger person then...shit, anyone i know.The fact that you can go over there and survive and not let anything get you down,Holding your head high is amazing.If it was me,christ,I freak out in my own room, could you imagine?
Well,so far,your tale seems to be an adventerous one.And i ,for one, can't wait for the sequel. So write soon Traveling Mack,and for the sake of pete , keep safe.Love ya .
-me-
p.s.i liked fentons "i've been working 40 hour weeks" statement. He's funny .
nothing hey i hope you learn a lot because when you get back you can talk to felipe and no one will be able to understand.......but no one understands him now so i guess thats pretty much a wash. anyway i hope you are taking lots of pictures. but dont make them into slides, i will kill you. i have never been subject to a slide show and i dont intend to start anytime soon. drink a beer for me as i will certainly drink one for you. take care.
Hey, my name is John. I'm 24 years old and a second-time college student attending FAU in South Florida. I'm going to be traveling to Madrid through a study abroad program and taking spanish classes there. For a month and a half I'll be in Europe, and I can't wait to go!... full info
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Thanks for reading corrijene. :-) I don´t write as often as I´d like to, mostly because I´ve been so busy here. Also, next week I´ll be travelling so I don´t know when I will have a chance. Scotty, I can´t wait to get back to the mundane, often unmotivated cycle of american life. Theres comfort in complacency, no? :-)