Being Politically Incorrect About Gypsies

Okay, I know that Gypsies are real people, who’ve had very real struggles (and still do), but for some reason, in Canada, we feel far enough removed that they are ranked among pirates and cat-lovers.  Therefore, mythical or only existing in the ancient past.
Last night I returned from a two week school trip to France, [...]

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Spain Email No. Four

Subject:  Barcelona and a final hurrah
Hello!
Well, Ryan and I did spend an entire week in Cadaques.  It was delightful in its uneventfulness.  We swam so much that we lost our hostel keys in the sea!  However, our benevolent hostel owner forgave us immediately and we all bathed in the glow of Grand Theft Auto 4.
When [...]

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Spain Email No. Three

Subject:  Cadaques!
Hello, again!
Since I last wrote Ryan and I fled Lisbon, stayed a couple of nights in Barcelona, and are currently in Cadaques, Spain.  This is a coastal town, north of Barcelona.  We were expecting a village and instead found Banff – maybe more of a Canmore?
Our bus ride from Lisbon to Barcelona did not [...]

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Spain Email No. Two

Subject:  A Portuguese Salut
Hello, again.
Ryan and I arrived in Portugal yesterday morning after an overnight train ride from Madrid.  We opted not to spend the extra 100 euros for a sleeper car so instead froze and became afraid of the men asking for our tickets at 4am.
The weather is Lisbon is wonderful: sunny and windy.  [...]

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Spain Email No. One

Because I haven’t done this in so long, because I’m warming up to actually writing something, and because I’m nostalgic for sunshine and topless beaches, I’m posting the emails I sent from Spain.  Also, I don’t scrapbook or develop pictures so need to capture the moment before I attribute Spain to a drunken delusion.
Subject:  Email [...]

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What Comes Before “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”

Eff, I don’t even have anything to say, but the idea that I haven’t done this for a month makes me feel pretty pathetic.  It is true, though, that I could characterize my behaviour in the month of November as substantially pathetic, so it’s quite fitting.  In fact, I’m not sure I want to capture [...]

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Documenting Spain: I Ruin Everything

This is a picture of my foot. It’s also a picture of my first pedicure. And it’s a picture of the way I sabotage everything good in my life.
I received the pedicure on Wednesday. On Thursday, Ryan and I went to get tetanus shots in case we step on anything medal while [...]

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Documenting Spain: Spainxiety Dream #2

I’m not a scrapbook-er, although I do like the idea of a book of grievances.  However, I would like to keep some record of this trip to Spain aside for the burned CD of pictures that I’ll probably revisit once, maybe twice.  So I’m going to attempt to write a few posts while traveling as [...]

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Some Things I’ve Been Doing

I’ve been trying to figure out why I can’t seem to keep this blogging thing up. I’m hopeless at the journaling because I hate having/expressing feelings, and I was hoping that keeping up a blog would at least allow me to record the events of my life. So, here is a list of [...]

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Reflective of My Life

I have almost eight dollars in fines at the public library.  I think that sums up how well my life’s been going.  The next time I write I’ll talk about learning Spanish and how my Spanish teacher scares me in a really good way.

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