*Cough cough* Man. No matter how long I stay here, the one
thing I think I'll never get used to is the amount of smoking in Spain. It's
like being in a Vegas casino when you're outdoors. Everybody smokes, which
actually makes my science-liking brain wonder, what's the percentage of lung
cancer here? Sure, all the old men sound like the Godfather, but I have yet to
see someone with a tube sticking out of their throat. Perhaps their cigarettes
are better filtered than ours, I don't know. Either way, for someone who is
both not used to and severely dislikes second hand smoke, it's a tough
adjustment.
Not much to report today. I was inexplicably tired all day
(and a little cranky, if truth be told), even though I got a eight hours of
sleep last night. Perhaps it was the lack of activity, but all I really did
after church today was sit in the plaza and read A Feast for Crows. I'm about
250 pages in, which is a problem because I started it today. I know I'm going
to be jonesing for the fifth one, which they have here, but it's in Spanish and
in a three volume paperback set. Plus I kind of like the use of 'fantasy'
language in the English version (lady mother, sweetling, etc.) and I'm not sure
I would be able to understand it in Spanish. I could brave the post and buy it
online, but I've just heard awful things about mailing things in Spain, and my
mailbox is missing the pane of glass that separates it from the prying hands of
the outside world. Plus, I don't think I have a mail key. I guess I'll read it
in tiny text on my phone. Anyway... I digress.
The one cool thing that happened today was a wood chopping
competition. They set up all these stumps and logs in the plaza, and had these
professional wood choppers demonstrate different ways of cutting the wood. They
turned it into a competition, too. I was most impressed by this woman with
massive arm muscles. She was great, and won two out of three of her
competitions. They also had this big guy, who was one of the top wood choppers
(I'm sure there's a more elegant name for him, but I don't know it) in Spain.
He did this thing where the chopped at a 'tree' to make holds for planks,
climbed on top of the plank, and did it all over again. Here are some pictures
of the event.
Pretty neat. Anyway, that's all for today. Hopefully I'll be
able to get over to the library tomorrow to post this stuff (it's open again!).
And I'll have school, and the gym about three doors down is having a free class
week. Lots of stuff to do! This weekend I'll be heading over to Madrid with some
other auxiliares, and maybe we'll get to visit something cool (Prado,
perhaps?).
Now I'm off to watch the episode of X-Files I managed to
download in my entrance hall before that elderly couple came inside. It starts
with a guy ripping his heart out of his chest and not dying, so it looks pretty
good!
Update- Mopey, lovestruck, but only because of a writer who
can control people, Scully episode. Bleh. Totally out of character.
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