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"there is only one thing you can do
when women get hysterical.
run.
as hard as you can."
~Leandro

I had only just realized that I haven't updated the blog with anything of substance - or anything for that matter. Time seems to fly by... And now I have less than a month in Europe and still feel like I have so much more to do. Fortunately, I'll be leaving on my "big" trip this weekend - Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, and Rome. Should be fun, hehe.

This will also be the first trip I make on my own - up until now I've always been with friends from school (which has been awesome), but we've all gotta travel our own paths and I suppose it's time for me to go my own way - though fortunately I'll be staying with a friend in Paris and in Amsterdam I'll be staying with a cousin I haven't seen in over 9 years!

One of the best things I've found through travelling is the amazing array of people and stories. I've been in a writing mood and written a bit about it, but I need to polish it, it's not ready for prime time yet. I need to get ready for prime time, particularly since in the last phase of my internship I'll be writing a research paper that my boss wants to get published... It's a daunting task - I've never written anything as long or complex (unless you count my personal writing, but that's different...)

Anyhow, I've taken a long enough break already. Time to get more San Sebastian sand out of my computer and get back to writing. Then again, I'm not sure I'll be getting back to writing... a wise man once said, "I'm not a writer, I'm a re-writer". I can identify with that.

[Gym Class Heroes - 7th Period: 7 Weeks]

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Barça

David: A Goliath among men
Originally uploaded by -djb-

This weekend at Barça was pretty sweet. I finally got a tan, got to see La Sagrada Familia - one of the most impressive and beautiful buidlings I have ever seen - and got to hang out with some awesome people. Unfortunately, I left the a710is (I have to come up with a name for it...) with most of the really good shots at Azadeh's place, so I'll have to wait 'til next weekend to get those but sometime this week I'll be posting pix from the sd800is.

After a 7hr+ ride, Tylor and I made it to Madrid safe and sound but the ride was a bit bumpy. We didn't get a whole lot of sleep and at some point I woke up to Tylor's head on my shoulder, I thought it was kinda weird but was too tired to care and went back to sleep, haha.

The bus station for the Barça/Madrid bus is in the same building as the bus to work, just in a different level, so we went straight to work. We made it to the office at 8am. I'm sure it's the earliest we've made it to the office and the current task is trying to stay awake and productive...

I've really become a bit of a coffee junkie since getting here and hazelnut coffee is the greatest thing ever... even if it comes out of a vending machine, haha. Or maybe it is so because it comes out of a vending machine.

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