I have so far resisted doing some kind of insane Xabi Alonso spam, for two reasons: 1. too lazy, 2. every time I would start I would just get distracted and stare at him for a long time having very grown-up feelings, and 3. I didn't want you guys to know how many pictures of him I have saved on my computer. It's a lot. Like, a lot?But then he did ( Read more... )

Okay so. I don't even -- I feel like I should have some kind of personal entry here? I don't know. I spent Christmas in a little lodge in the nearly-inaccessible rainforest foothills of the Osa Peninsula, no phones/internet except one satellite phone that cost $10 to use, and it was so stunningly beautiful and amazing that I actually cried when I ( Read more... )