HOLA 4th Español

DOOOOOOOOOD

NO WAY!!!

MY MOM´S SPANISH CLASS FOLLOWS ME TO SPAIN!!!!!

crazy crazy!

maybe a little creepy?

but meh i´ll live...

lol now i´m trying to think back to what i put in my last blog and what could just be weird read out by classes....but at least ppl rn´t coming up to me in the halls this year and recounting stories of my infancy where i got beans on the ceiling or killed my dad´s shirts?

mmm yes

fortunate really

so Aranda is chill

yet French is killing me

lol

it´s kinda nice though...cuz despite the fact that i´m so woefully behind in that subject...it still always makes me feel smart...cuz whenever i know something i´m so excited and just altogether thrilled that there was something i understood!

it´s beautiful

ohhh and Spanish....SUCH a pain in the ass....i don´t understand ANYTHING that´s going on...like really...just a lotta weird vocab in their analysis of sentence structures....like finding the DO and IO...but a million times more complex...and so basically just altogether annoying....sooo much harder than ne GBN spanish class...well obviously right? but still...no bitching allowed...just think of the the pain i´m going thru? =O i said a bad word? will la madre censor it? only time shal tell.....Da Duh Duh

And so i hear from a reliable and thoroughly entertaining source that i blog just the same as i speak...i´m so sorry....but even funnier is that my mom actually tries to read it....don´t she know i´m unique...aint nobody that can speak like moi....don b crampin mah style y0

=P

i´m at an internet café right now...just cuz these computers r nicer...and it´s costing me about 50cents for an hour....so it´s worth my time?

yayy!

ah and i can use AIM here

w00t

but nobody is on =(

stupid people...what´s wrong with you! just cuz ur in school doesn´t mean u can´t be online too!!!

pfft

mmmk so i feel like mom will get mad at me if i don´t tell you guys at least a little bit more about Spain....and that defeats the entire purpose of posting this....since really...i don´t think anyone else will quite see the humor that i currently see in this....ahhh not to mention i love the fact that my mom tells me to set up a seperate blog for her spanish classes before i leave....of course i forget to do that....and so she shows the blog that she didn´t want to show since she didn´t want u guys knowing everything that i was doing...as though it weren´t available to the world anyways right? but still it strikes me as funny...lol and not that she´s ever been able to keep the topic of me much out of spanish class...(even when i was in that class...quite awkward i might add)

okay so lets see what she´s been teaching you guys...and well...lets see how crappy my spanish still is despite my current surroundings?

Bueno...Hoy hace diez días que he estado en España

Por la mañana me conjele porque la temperatura afuera anduvo por 4 grados celcios...creo que mi mamá se va estar riendo de que no compre chamarra en los EEUU

OOO mi familia está construyendo un bar nuevo y va a ser un bar de fútbol...que chido, ¿no?

lo van a llamar Freemason's Tavern por la Taberna en que la liga moderna del fútbol nació en Inglatera en Octubre de 1863

Bueno yo por lo menos YO creo que es padrisismo...pero aquí se dice...mmm no se escribirlo....pero suene a la ¨y¨en Íngles

tonces será guay o algo parecido ¿no?

Me soprende que hay neo-nazi aquí...pero no son violentos...y no son educados...pero tambien hay movimiento más grande todavía en contra de ellos....jaja los nazi y los anti-nazi...y los nazi escriben cosas como ¨Sieg Heil Hitler¨pero mal escrito como ¨Heil Sig Hitler¨o tonterias así...

deveras no son en contra los judeos tanto (pues como casí no hay en España se hace dificíl culparles por cualquiera cosa ¿verdad?) pero suelen ser en contra los inmigrantes...la ironía en esto se encuentra en que hay muchisimos Españoles que se mueven an Alemanía Y Francía para trabajar....pff...es verdad que la ignorancía es algo que persista sin importancía ninguna endonde te encuentras (ojalá que eso fue entendido)

bueno se me hace que esto ya se ha puesto demasyado largo y por eso me voy a despedir de Ustedes...pero espero oír de sus reacciones a mi blog y perdoname por culquiera equivocación que he cometido por el curso de este ¨post¨

en unas semanas les daré una lista de las palabras que se usan aquí que no se encuentran en México.....pero les digo cuzndo pa que no gastan tiempo cada día viendo mi blog? jaja lo siento pero también tienen que aprender la idioma para que lo puedan entender cuando les escribo así?

mmmm y que no se espanten de España....si es bellisimo con gente muy agradable....y este movimiento en contra la inmigración existe por toda Europa, hasta en Francía, Inglaterra y Alemanía tambien....Les dire mas cosas buenas otro día

Despues subo unos imagenes para que se divierten más en leerlo ¿vale?

¨uno de los imagenes prometidos...grafiti en una parada de autobus¨

(haz clik para hacerlo mas grande)

¨Some fine examples of the progress made since WWII proved to the world that fascism works and countries r better off for adopting it¨

(okay that´s as sarcastic as possible so if anyone gets pissed they better be a nazi...cuz there´s no other way that sarcasm should have been missed...yes?)

¨pretttttty¨

¨Open Field Used For Gatherings...Primarily by Gypsies With a Train Station Visible in the Background¨

hope you guys enjoyed the pictures? or at least found them informative...but i really do like that picture of the sky...it´s niiiiice

ah y dos cosas más...la gente aquí no viste de moda ni parecida a la nuestra...y personalmente yo creo que nosotros nos vemos mucho mejor....además de eso el ¨mullet¨....ughhhhhh....hay algunos que no se ven tan malos...pero les juro que otros se parecen a ¨roadkill¨ es algo horrendo....solo en ver el pelo de algunos chavales me pongo ¨homesick¨pero con sentido como si yo fuera vomitar =P

ahhh y se me olvido la otra cosa...pero mañana voy a ver una bodega....espero que sea muy interesante...y les prometo que tomaré muchas fotos y que se los mando a uds.

bueno con permiso me voy

ojalá que estemos en contacto


ooo y que les manden mis saludos a Madalina =P

a ver si se molesta con eso? jajaja soy cruel

hasta luego

-Andrés Everardo Herrera
Aranda de Duero,
Burgos,
Junto de León y Castilla,

España

A day in the life

¨Dining Hall of the Family Restraunt¨

I try to wake up around 630 on an average day....though usually i don´t get up until between 650 and 710

but i get up ALL BY MYSELF!!!!

I´M - A - BIG - BOY - NOW!!!

=DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

yayyyy!

...anywho....moving on.....and well trying to forget that ever happenned.....

it takes about 15min to get to school and it starts at 810

soooo best to leave by 750

usually get there on time

i keep my host brother on his toes...w00t w00t....i be responsible

weee

anyways

after that i go to school....which consists of 6 class periods each 50min long

there r 2 then a 15min break

then another two and a 25min lunch break

then another two and school ends at 205

not too hard...laaame classes...but not too bad

although some teachers r kinda cool admitedly...shitty teeth tho...and bad breath...almost all of them....least i´m pretty sure they shower....

after that we walk to the family´s bar/restraunt...we eat there...and i do some of my hw there.....and basically just chill...it´s a pretty cool place...and the best part is dessert....

tho i´m still of the opinion that they use too much oil when they cook....

and the little kid hates wearing pants....it´s a little annoying cuz his underwear looks like a bikini *this being a random note having nothing to do with him outside the house....it´s just that it´s begun bothering me just now...and he keeps whining to his mom that he doesn´t want to put pants on....ahhhh and he whines SO MUCH...so aggravating...god bless headphones...*

after the restraunt we either go out with friends of David´s (my host brother) orrrrr we go home...if we go home i usually take a siesta and then finish my hw...ideally....well and go on the computer if i have a chance...and mon. wed. and fri. i play soccer from 730 - 930

and then on weekends we just go out....haven´t really done much on weekends yet...but they stay out ridiculously late....like 4....and there are NO COPS to be seen ANYWHERE

crazy

and apparently the police has zero power here...they actually do something in the south of spain apparently...but here...nope...lol the kids boss them around...funny...yes i believe so =P

mmm i know i´m missing stuff if ppl have more questions then i duno...i´ll answer ´em and add it to this post....well just edit the post really....i´m just kinda hurried right now cuz i have a tad of a headache and kinda wana go to sleep...ehhhh no siesta today...dammmmmm

dude

duuude

bad

okay

gonna put up a pic then time for sleep

peeeeeace/buenas noches y hasta luego

con amor,

Andrés Everardo Herrera

¨Visitando la Bodega de la Familia Garcia¨

La Tia, Yo, El Abuelo, y el Hijo Menor

Una Semana en España

¨Mercado de Barcelona¨

Yo....the first week is over.....annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd i feel like every time my host parents get home i´m on the computer....i´m not...but it just seems like that....hmmm....lol but i´m teaching them new things bout their computer every day! lol perks to having a northshore american in ur house yes?

ahhh so today was a melancholy day here in Aranda de Duero....despite the fact that i got to contact everyone i wanted to and was quite pleased to talk to Madi, my parents, Danny, and Miguelito....it still ended on a melancholy note in the sense that the town was shaken today with news that a girl died last night and two other kids 19 and 17 are in critical condition after a car accident...apparently the car was going 200km/hr when it lost control....that´s approx 130mph....and it was really quite a crappy car to be going that fast....so it´s quite astounding they´re not all dead...and a good half of the town wants the blood of the 19yr old driver who´s now in critical condition since he was drunk and most likely high while going that fast...and once he woke up from being unconcious he didn´t want to call the ambulence nor the police since he´d be so incredibly screwed...annnd now she´s dead....so he´s really quite screwed...mandatory jail sentence....and not a rich family so no good lawyer to make it all go away...or even really lessen the sentence....so he´s very very screwed....he may be a moron....and not have great values....but i still feel bad for the stupid bastard....pfff

well sorry to start this on a melancholy note...but really that´s what´s just occupied the latter half of the day and everyone was really quite depressed by it....so i duno...it was just weird to be in the middle of it all and not really knowing what to do....

and now i´m just really impressing my little host brother by typing while looking at him while i´m typing on the keyboard....but he can´t read English so he´s relying on me to tell him if i´m writing everything well or not....lol way to lighten up the mood i s´pose right?

i never understand how i can be so oblivious to my host dad getting home...never ever do i see it....he just appears...and it´s not like i figure it out a few seconds after he walks in....he´s always in like uber short shorts when i finally see him...pfft...so kinda strange...and i´m just thinking...whoa where the hell did u just come from....weird right?

eh whatever...maybe i´m just oblivious....

well just have to give you guys a real short overview of what life is like here generally....cuz i don´t have a whole lot of time...i still have to eat...and this whole town tragedy thing kinda horribly detracted from the work i planned on getting done today...dammmmm....i need to do a lot of hw tmrw for sure....damn....and there´s soccer practice tomorrow too!!! that means no siesta!!! dude...what do i do without my daily nap????? end of the world...surely.....i cannot permit this to become a habit...for how i adore that midday nap.....

Okay so overall it´s pretty cool over here...though it´s a tad on the sketchy side...the town is pretty cool....all the rich people live relatively far away....aka. a few km outside of town....and they´re all rich cuz of wine....and people flying around on business is really quite rare....but it always has to do with wine....kinda astounding what big business it is....

The only downside to this whole being in Spain thing is the whole going to Spanish school thing....lol....gee what a surprise right? but i gotta say....our schools back home beat the living hell out of the school i´m at here...and all the schools in the area are basically the same....and they say that the south has it REALLY bad so it just makes you wonder....dam....how must their schools be...yes?

ahhh i could bitch and rant about the school all day as my parents full well know by the time they next check their e-mails....but at least i have my History of Art class...which seems like it will be enough too keep me quite sane....and Latin seems pretty cool too....Ancient Greek is proving to be interesting...but these ancient languages are really a tad dificil u kno? or difficult rather....and i´m too lazy for accents so shoot me and shoot me for my spanglish too...lol my english is slowly becoming funny for being surrounded by so much spanish all the time...despite my music....and my online life....my english is still drowning =P

*sigh* school is stressful but meh right....and the bar´s here r just strange...i´ve never seen a bar that serves people ranging from 15-70

it was really just strange...and with hairmetal bands playing on the TV and assorted rock playing on the stereo....it was really quite strange....but i had fun....and i almost got run over by some gypsie....stupid was trying to run me over i swear....and he must have been going at least 50km/h

ahhh my lil host brother is taking all my frigging typing time....and now they´re sitting down to eat...frustrating...yes i think.....damnit

whatever i will have no time to finish after dinner and they´re sitting down right now so i´m just going to put up a picture after dinner and then go about doing my hw...and maybe i´ll update this a little bit tomorrow....posting what Madi wanted me to perhaps...but i feel like tomorrow will be busy....so perhaps tuesday? whatever the case it will surely be soon....so don´t fret all 3 of you wonderful people out there that are reading this =P

lol

bbs?

wish me luck in school tomorrow =/

-nite

Primer Blog de España

Aquí estoy en Barcelona, España and it´s 28degrees centigrade outside

hotttttttt

well

hotter than Chicago was...by a long shot...and it makes jacket quite uncomfortable....

so yes I´m in Barcelona right now and it´s pretty arid here..well not really...just there´s not a whole lot of green....but it´s right on the mediterannean (too lazy to figure out how to spell that right). The city limits r basically defined by the surrounding mountains and the sea...so it basically expanded until it ran out of room....and now here i am...they´ve got some pretty cool cathedrals...the coolest being ¨la sagrada familia¨ by gaudi....crazy cathedral...never seen one like it in my life...

eveything is terribly expensive here and the exchange rate doesn´t help any....so i´m being far more stingy than i´ve been in quite a long time...the people here are pretty nice...and everyone is quite pleased with my spanish....i lack quite a bit of fluency at this point...but the most annoying part is that none of the slang is the same as in Mexico....Chido, or Padre (cool) is said ¨guay¨ here...which i find endlessly weird...there´s an annoying cat rubbing against me right now...which is made more annoying by the fact that i´m allergic to the little buggers.....ahhh he´s outside now....much better =)

ack i still need to pack for Madrid...well re-pack...so it´s not so bad...but it means i need to go really soon....it´s 3:26 at home right now but 11:26 here soi that´s fun....but not really....okay i really need to go now because it´s getting late and i need to be completely re-packed in 20min...kinda pushing it....love you all and i´ll be back in touch when i can....

peace

mmm randomness of the evening

^^My feelings about leaving...and Madi's reaction?^^

....dude....i'm tired....i'm just gona put a picture up...and say that i'm dragging my feet in leaving...i have few reasons to really want to stay in this country much longer at all....yet idk...i'm jus thinkin that i'm really gonna miss ducky =/ and that's just not a great motivator at all...i'm really sincerely hoping that i can get my head in the game once i leave US soil...but i duno...it's gona take some willpower =P

eh i can handle it i'm pretty sure...but yes...this is a most unpleasant situation that i'm now being forced to endure....hey one more experience to make my life worth living right? One canot fully understand the joy of loving without having felt the pain of loss after all....yes? i don't know....but that's what i'm telling myself right now so that it makes this whole thing seem purposeful in some abstract way....ah God and the games he makes us play....oh well...at this point i'm kinda rambling so i'll just shut up....but as a last note...i've gotta say i've always thought we're the masters of our own destiny and so that pretty well assures me that this isn't the end of the line at all...but rather just another stop along the way....

mmmm goodnight...i'm tired and probably boring the hell out of whoever is reading this.....assuming i'm not just talking to blank cyberspace.... =)



-picture of the day? lol til i get to Spain anyways....then it'll be picture of the week or something like that...good day =P

MEEE

okay so fine my mom insists that people will think that since the first picture is a picture of Madi ppl will actually believe that this is Madi's blog and not mine...thus....i put a picture of me up....so that's me

sideways

and now i need to figure out how to make it right side up....this could take a while

do excuse me =P

bbs i hope?

2nd First Post

oooo so i decided that the last url wuz kinda sucky

sooo now i have a new one

and a new first post

yet it's still being posted from the good 'ol US of A

ahhh crunch time now...gotta sleep annnnd pack!

URL courtesy of GBN's very own Sra. Herrera =P

mmm until later?

-bye