Granada

[miguelisimo]

I finally made it to Granada...a few days ago. It´s as you Americans say, "rad." We´ve been having some very funky weather her as of late. Yesterday at 5:30 it was 40 degrees C. For those of you not in the know, and are too busy to do basic arithmetic, that´s 104 in America degrees! ¡Joder! Today it rained. It was a strange rain, because the drops felt as big as fists, or perhaps like the heads of newborn earthlings, but there weren´t very many of them. I think the weather was a sign from God. Everybody needs to stop gaying it up in other words. Yet again Jerry Falwell was right. Is that how one spells that schmuck´s name? Much of the time my ability to spell evades me. So we got assigned these spanish students who carry the peculiar title "monitor." It´s a cognate. My monitor se llama Alvaro, y el tiene el mismo gusto en música. I´m not sure if that was done correctly. No obstante, El es de puta madre (guay). Toca la guitarra en su banda se llama "Pascara" (Mask). El tiene buen sentido del humor, también. O sea, el ríe cuando yo bromo, a veces. Yo sé que me disfrutaré mucho este año. Me gustan mis nuevos amigos, también. No sé porque, pero casi todos mis amigos nuevos son chicas. Tengo amigos masculinos también. Hahaha! I have masculine friends! Hahaha! Oh I must sound so funny to the native speakers. Thinking about it just makes me happy. I´ve got to have a sense of humor about all this. When I speak spanish I sound like a german student learning to speak english. Déjame explicar. So, a non-native speaker might say something like, "I like this food too much. I can eat it daily or at least several times in one month." Now, the example made sense, but it sounds off, right? Sort of like that disorder that we read about in cognitive psych...I don´t remember the name. Sarah, I´m looking at you. Por ejemplo, "Voy a evacuar esta copa de sangría." Tu sabes, Sarah. Is it taboo to confront people directly in live journals? I´m not up on the etiquette. Well, I´m sure Robe·t would know the answer to my congnitive quandary too. See how I kept that anonymous? If there´s anything cooler than reading the introduction to "Slaughterhouse Five (Matadero Cinco)" in Spanish, I haven´t found it. I suppose the actual story with Billy Pilgrim might be a little coulre (english spelling). I guess I have time to write about my dreams. Well last night I dreamt my dad died. I hate those dreams for a few reasons, and wouldn´t you like to know them? Wait no longer! It sucks, because you think one of your two best friends is dead. One of the two people you love most in the world has ceased to be. And...well...then you realize that is was a glimpse at the inevitable. How absolutely fucking cheery. I guess that´s a fear of all of us abroad, to be honest, those at home carry the same burden. Nobody die while I´m away, ok? Promise! I love you too much! Thanks. Oh how can I explain, it´s so hard to get on. Thnks Bb Dln. It´s so easy to forget how absurd everthing is. That sounds really condescending, but sometimes I´m not very articulate. Discúlpame. So I was trying to ask my friend Matteo, he´s Italian, a real Matteo, about his native language. First I played the old "A Fish Called Wanda," card, that is to say, "Italian is composed of the names of foods exclusively, no?" He didn´t quite understand the joke. So of course, because I have no social sense, I asked him if it was hard making the transition from the 2 dimensional world to the 3rd Dimension. I wondered how many turtles he jumped on everyday, and why so many of them had wings. "What´s it like being a plumber?," I wondered. Why doesn´t Matteo have a mustache and a hat with a big "M" on it? So, italian language and culture is more complicated than I thought. Evidently it consists of more than just the names of foods and the Mario Bros. saga. I´ll be darned. Flamenco guitars have turned out to be very expensive. The cheapest one I´ve found was about 200 euros, or $260 American. I´m glad our group here in Granada got a nice Berkeley/Santa Cruz injection. The vibes are much better. I suppose I should do my homework.

I can see another entry not so far off in the distance,
Mishkón