Saturday, June 4, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
Barça
Brutalidad para desalojar la Plaza de Catalunya
Barcelona, Spain
Brutality is right. Watch it. And to add that they had to control them for the sake of the oncoming FCB celebration... come on.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Now Playing
I don't usually like it when song are interrupted by speech. In this song, it's my favorite part. Happy listenin'.
Well, you fell on the concrete and nearly broke your ass
And you were bleeding all over the place and I rushed you off to the hospital...
Do you remember that?
Yes, I do.
Well, there's something I never told you about that night.
Why didn't you tell me?
While you were sittin' in the backseat smokin' a cigarette you thought was gonna be your last
I was falling deep, deeply in love with you... and I never told you 'til just now.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Summertime in the ville
Things are pretty slow around here... so I shot a roll of B&W. Sometimes slow is alright.
A
A
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Here we go
Here we go. Twice for emphasis. Today I received the e-mail I had long been awaiting, and in it were two exciting things. 1. My acceptance letter to the program in Spain which I need to begin my visa process and 2. The details of the school I will be teaching at!
My school is in the district of Hortaleza in Madrid, which I know nothing about but will soon call home away from home (away from home, considering I still plan on living close to the city center). It is an elementary school- which was clearly my first choice- and has a bilingual program, which is obvious since I will be teaching there. Time to read up on my teaching-english-as-a-second-language skills, which as of right now are at a thrilling 0. Unless you count natural skill and ease, then we're good. I have a feeling me and my students will be doing a lot of singing activities.
Anyway, applying for a Visa seems to be a tricky business. So tricky, in fact, that the consulate in Miami sends me an e-mail once (or more) a day. I'm not complaining since it's been giving me a daily dose of humor and insight into the way things are going to be from now on. The Spanish way of doing things seems to be a little more jumbled than the American way, but hey... maybe that's why I like it so much.
This Visa Business, or VB, as it will hereafter be named, includes FBI background checks which is part of the reason for all of the confusion. Apparently these background checks were not required in previous years, and now that they are, everyone is confused about them. Even the people in charge of VB. I received an e-mail yesterday that we would need to apply to get new background checks, which apparently caused an uproar with all the applicants (not with me, since I think my Mom casually lost them in the mail anyway). The problem was having to go to a police station to get fingerprints taken, which could only be done after you purchased the right paper and paid the fee, only to pay another fee to the FBI for them to tell you that you've never been arrested before. It was an okay experience for me considering the officer taking my prints told me I should be a model. Oh... Miami. Anyway, the supposed VB uproar resulted in another email (surprise) instructing us to NOT re-do the FBI application process, just incase. Even after they had told us to start it the day before. I'm sure that went over well with some of the more anxious of the applicants. Not.
Either way, I am so happy and excited that nearly all I can do is daydream. I don't fully feel like it's happening yet, but I'm sure when I get my training date and buy my plane ticket it will all come speedily to fruition.
I'm trying to start the blog back up so that I will be motivated to use it in the fall months. For now, I am enjoying summer and trying to find a job to occupy my time and save that dinero for Go Time.
A
My school is in the district of Hortaleza in Madrid, which I know nothing about but will soon call home away from home (away from home, considering I still plan on living close to the city center). It is an elementary school- which was clearly my first choice- and has a bilingual program, which is obvious since I will be teaching there. Time to read up on my teaching-english-as-a-second-language skills, which as of right now are at a thrilling 0. Unless you count natural skill and ease, then we're good. I have a feeling me and my students will be doing a lot of singing activities.
Anyway, applying for a Visa seems to be a tricky business. So tricky, in fact, that the consulate in Miami sends me an e-mail once (or more) a day. I'm not complaining since it's been giving me a daily dose of humor and insight into the way things are going to be from now on. The Spanish way of doing things seems to be a little more jumbled than the American way, but hey... maybe that's why I like it so much.
This Visa Business, or VB, as it will hereafter be named, includes FBI background checks which is part of the reason for all of the confusion. Apparently these background checks were not required in previous years, and now that they are, everyone is confused about them. Even the people in charge of VB. I received an e-mail yesterday that we would need to apply to get new background checks, which apparently caused an uproar with all the applicants (not with me, since I think my Mom casually lost them in the mail anyway). The problem was having to go to a police station to get fingerprints taken, which could only be done after you purchased the right paper and paid the fee, only to pay another fee to the FBI for them to tell you that you've never been arrested before. It was an okay experience for me considering the officer taking my prints told me I should be a model. Oh... Miami. Anyway, the supposed VB uproar resulted in another email (surprise) instructing us to NOT re-do the FBI application process, just incase. Even after they had told us to start it the day before. I'm sure that went over well with some of the more anxious of the applicants. Not.
Either way, I am so happy and excited that nearly all I can do is daydream. I don't fully feel like it's happening yet, but I'm sure when I get my training date and buy my plane ticket it will all come speedily to fruition.
I'm trying to start the blog back up so that I will be motivated to use it in the fall months. For now, I am enjoying summer and trying to find a job to occupy my time and save that dinero for Go Time.
A
Sunday, January 9, 2011
2011
Holiday break was longer than ever and enforced a strict 12 hours of sleep per night routine that I will be sad to relinquish starting tomorrow. Beach in December never fails to put a smile on my face, thanks Miami.
Cut my hair a few (or four or five :x) inches before heading back to Gainesville for my birthday weekend. After venturing out Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights I will be more content than ever to spend a few weeknights inside. Getting old at the age of 22? In direct contradiction to that statement (I like to mix things up), my roommates and I decided to build a blanket fort taking up the entirety of our living room on the night before my birthday. Never had really built one of that magnitude, and I'm glad our excess of seating came in handy once again. You can never have too many couches or chairs.
In the new year, hope to scratch a few of these babies off my list. I mean... I've got to keep up my being 'interesting', and all. (InSite's 28 Most Interesting) Already got the last one on the list down, clearly. NYT's 41 Places for 2011. Happy daydreaming.
Coconut Grove's King Mango Strut Parade
Cut my hair a few (or four or five :x) inches before heading back to Gainesville for my birthday weekend. After venturing out Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights I will be more content than ever to spend a few weeknights inside. Getting old at the age of 22? In direct contradiction to that statement (I like to mix things up), my roommates and I decided to build a blanket fort taking up the entirety of our living room on the night before my birthday. Never had really built one of that magnitude, and I'm glad our excess of seating came in handy once again. You can never have too many couches or chairs.
In the new year, hope to scratch a few of these babies off my list. I mean... I've got to keep up my being 'interesting', and all. (InSite's 28 Most Interesting) Already got the last one on the list down, clearly. NYT's 41 Places for 2011. Happy daydreaming.
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