wow so i suck at updating
today was my last day of classes. tomorrow we have exams, friday morning i fly back home. what a trip this has been. i've been trying to keep up with emailing people, though those emails have been highly edited as to the actual content of my stay here (they were sent to my family). take last weekend for example, i stayed in san sebastian with a bunch of friends. we´d reserved a room in a hostel, so the first thing we did when we dropped off our things was find a supermarket and buy alcohol. then we wandered around, and finally went back to eat and get ready for our first night. and what a night that was. i don't remember the last time i was that drunk, nor do i ever want to be that drunk again. the night was fun, an insane blast where we just wandered from one club/bar to another, drinking, talking, laughing, (hola-ing in my case, i always do that when i'm drunk), etc. we met a ton of cool people, a million australians, and heard our trip song (by ozone) at least 10 times. i think we finally got in around 5. to be honest i can't recall. the next morning wasn't so fun, 3 of us had hangovers and i was sick. i threw up in the hostel, on the way to the beach, and at the beach. fun times. i haven't been sick like that since the first time i got drunk. one too many shots i believe. oh well. we didn't drink much the next night, and i was actually the only one who felt well enough to stay out late. however, that's not exactly the best thing to do when you're alone in a new city, so instead i parked myself on our balcony from about 2:30-4am and watched the drunken revelry below as the other girls slept. i love people watching, especially when they can't see me. it was interesting cause the loudest and drunkest groups were definitely composed of 13-16/17 year olds. they were even harassing the aussies who were staying in our hostel, cause most people in spain aren't tall and blonde. we spent the next day at the beach again, it was great. tanning topless is definitely the way to go, and i wish it were a custom in the states as well.
i punked out on going to the beach today cause i haven't been feeling well. dunno if it's nerves (there's this show i'm singing in tomorrow) or the food (very greasy) or what (not alcohol cause i didn't go out last night). perhaps i should be trying to live up my last few moments in spain, but i think that the prospect of returning to daily life and my hectic work schedule is depressing me. as soon as i get back i start working again, and then go straight back to school, and then it's just another fall semester of too much to do and too little time. and work. i hate working. i suppose that's life though. a lot of the kids on this trip go to vanderbilt, which if you didn't know is an extremely expensive university in tennessee. apparently it's called the harvard of the south. these kids have more money in their trust funds than i'll probably ever see.... jealousy is inevitable. doesn't help that practically all of them are hard-core republicans. ¿qué se puede hacer? i just need to enjoy these last few days. well, the rest of today (it's 4:30 here), tomorrow and that's it. i can't wait to get my pictures developed. till then, hasta luego.
i punked out on going to the beach today cause i haven't been feeling well. dunno if it's nerves (there's this show i'm singing in tomorrow) or the food (very greasy) or what (not alcohol cause i didn't go out last night). perhaps i should be trying to live up my last few moments in spain, but i think that the prospect of returning to daily life and my hectic work schedule is depressing me. as soon as i get back i start working again, and then go straight back to school, and then it's just another fall semester of too much to do and too little time. and work. i hate working. i suppose that's life though. a lot of the kids on this trip go to vanderbilt, which if you didn't know is an extremely expensive university in tennessee. apparently it's called the harvard of the south. these kids have more money in their trust funds than i'll probably ever see.... jealousy is inevitable. doesn't help that practically all of them are hard-core republicans. ¿qué se puede hacer? i just need to enjoy these last few days. well, the rest of today (it's 4:30 here), tomorrow and that's it. i can't wait to get my pictures developed. till then, hasta luego.