Lame Blogger (because I haven't been a-bloggin)

Alright... so not the best at staying up to date with the whole España experience...! My bad friends! Tay has returned... mom-unit has told me my minions are missing me :-{D (aka my pals that care about me enough to want to follow what I'm up to here in Corunna... the minions comes from Despicable Me, which, by the way, EVERYONE should watch!!!!!!!!!!) But yeah... got Despicable Me from mama bear for a Christmas present, purdy sweet!! I love it :)

Despicable Me's Minions

Anyways, a bunch has gone on since I've last had blog contact.... a while back there was a crazy storm that rocked the Galician coast, giant waves that knocked around cement benches like they were plastic pawns flicked by a finger... the paseo marítimo (seaside path) got super effed! A lot of the paths were blocked off for a while, and the crashing waves were SUPER noisy from my window! It was amazing to watch them knock against the rocks and beach..... makes you remember how damn powerful the water is!!

Paseo Marítimo and the Big Storm
Check this out, this is actually where I walk most days (second 26 and up) and when second 34 comes around, yes, those waves really are FREAKISHLY HUGE. It was SO AWESOME watching them from afar.... normally that area's water level is WAY lower than that... the storm was incredible... those waves lasted for about 2 or 3 days I think. Definitely worth mentioning in the blog... even if it wasn't too recent.

Well let's see here.... what else... heard my first Christmas songs (Nat King Cole Christmas album... made me miss you lots Mama!!) in the tetería (Moroccan tea house), which made me crack up... but that was definitely before Thanksgiving.. so I still felt that the xmas songs weren't quite yet appropriate, but I let it slide since it was NKC!

Oh yes, how could I forget?? I went to an ALICE COOPER concert in Santiago de Compostela with one of my buddies from Corunna! It was ridiculous AND fantastic!! He mostly played well known songs too, got to hear of course, School's Out and Only Women Bleed, and lots more! It was a blast. And he's still rockin it too, with his band who's like... 30 years younger than him, but no biggy.

Sweet outift, he probably had about 7 different outfit changes

One of the greatest things about this performance is that it's definitely more than a concert! It's like watching a bunch of different acts, which makes sense because it's called "Theatre of Death".... haha I know it sounds dark, but it was pretty damn bitchin.

Definitely gone mad.... but look at him, he's still raging for sure!

So freaking fun. My buddy and I, Gregory, made some friends while we were standing in line too. They, of course, we rockin the Alice Cooper makeup... almost drew some on us with my eyeliner but eventually decided against it... just in case we were going out after the concert... smeary black-eye-ish eye makeup is not so hot, me thinks, once out of the situation it was called for.





And let's see.... what else has been going on around here... well my friend Nathan (from Bainbridge) came and visited me for a couple weeks. We checked out a place called Oporto in Portugal (very lovely) and bummed around Corunna with my friends here (we'll get pictures up soon). Played lots of cards (mostly distorted rummy) as well as learned a new game that Nate taught me, which is called Tute (originated in Italy, and is only slightly different in Spain). It's called a whole different set of suits, and the order of the power of cards goes from 1 (Ace) 3, 12 (King), 11 (Horse or Knight), and 10 (Squire or "Knave"...whatever that is...)... and it also doesn't have 8 or 9..... very interesting. It's quite fun once you get the hang of it... but looking out for Gold, Clubs (not like regular clubs... like clubs you hit things with), Swords and Goblets instead of Hearts, Spades, Diamonds and Clubs is a bit tricky at first.

From left to right, top to bottom:
Gold ace, Gold squire, 4 in Goblets, Goblets Horse or Knight

5 in Swords, Swords Horse or Knight, and 7 in Clubs, and King in Clubs

In Spanish they're called:
Oro, Copa, Espada, and Bastón







Well my friends, it will be another bit of a break till my next entry because I'm off for vacation this wednesday! Going to visit my amigo Fran from Murcia!!! Get to spend Christmas with a Spanish fam! I'm really excited to see and eat the yummy traditional comida and to spend time with a family, even if it's not my own!! Hope you all enjoy the Holidays!!!


Bo Nadal e Feliz Aninovo!!! 
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year (written in Galician)!!!! 
And Happy Chanukah too!!!


Here's the pretty City Hall all dazzled for Christmas

Even though this is from '09, it still looks this purdy :)