I am growing a moustache this year for Movember. I have decided to put down my razor for one month (November) and help raise awareness and funds for men’s health – specifically prostate cancer. What many people don’t appreciate is that men have a 1 in 12 chance of developing prostate cancer during the course [...]
Save the Clones!!!
A couple of years ago a TV show was taken off the air for an “offensive” portrayal of Ghandi. It was one of the greatest TV shows ever made. It’s time to Save Clone High bring Clone High back from the dead Save Clone High, a petition website
Hypothetical situation #28
So I’m probably writing this cuz the paracetamol I’ve taken for “symptom control” of my current viral infection have left me feeling a little woop woop woop woop woop BUT I was thinking, if I was to ever find myself in a zombie movie, I’d totally be the character who gets eaten alive by his [...]
Slowest. fastest. connection. ever.
Confused by the title? I suppose I need to give a bit of background information. (Stereo MC’s – “Connected”) September 22nd 2008 we signed up for a 20Mb ADSL line with Jazztel here in Spain. Unfortunately for us we basically got skanked. Telefonica (the national phone company) came out to set up the line but [...]
I went home… but I’m back home again
Going home for Christmas was weird. I loved it. That can’t be denied. But it was really odd. At first I thought that things had changed or people were acting different. But everything was just how it always was. ‘Cept for me. Being in the family home was one of the first things to strike [...]
It’s time….
There is no better song to sum up my feelings right now. Let the Christmas festivities begin:
Hellooooooooo Europe
Spain’s a ridiculously diverse country. I feel I can say that completely unqualified given the travelling I’ve done over the past weekend. From the famous-beach filled south to the desert landscapes of central Spain to the lush green, snow-capped, Lord-of-The-Rings-worthy scenery of the North, this weekend has made me realize, amongst other things, that Spain [...]
When a Southsider goes Northside… of Spain
Thursday, 11 December 2008 10am: Bus – Granada -> Madrid 5pm: Bus – Madrid -> Bilbao Lord knows how I got up for the first bus but I made it. The night before I’d gone out with Laura, Bethan, Amy, Alec and Steve for a night that turned out to be much longer than I [...]
Another one for the foolish ideas list
Decided to stay up the whole night so as to avoid the tiredness I thought I’d inevitably feel this morning if I had a short sleep. I’m yet to collapse but I have been mildly hallucinating…..
Baby got (come)back
The past weekend heralded the international release of the most eagerly anticipated album of the year and what better day to post my review of it than the birthday of “our very own pop princess, now queen of pop” (Madonna gon’ be pissssssed about that one), Britney Spears. (imagine the following being screamed in a [...]
Current plans
November 27-30: Barcelona December 11-15: Bilbao
For shame
OK I know I’ve been terrible with updating the blog of late but in my defense we STILL don’t have internet in the house. A new neighbour’s connection has come on the scene and it’s been working well (for the moment!!) Anyway just to keep you all informed I just added 2 pre-dated posts (so [...]
A very mature weekend…….
Last Friday (October 10th) I made the journey from Granada up to Salamanca. Niamh had generously invited myself and Hughie to crash at her place for the weekend while we party it up in the frog obsessed city (more on that later). This is what my journey looked like (you may have to zoom out [...]
Spanish people can be cool too!
Music. I love it. I think everybody who knows me knows that. One of the things I was truly dreading about coming to Spain was being away from the music I liked. I expected to hear nothing but Spanish language music and the occasional mainstream international chart success. That’s why Vogue surprised me. We only [...]
I should REALLY start packing
Had a look at the countdown timer on the right –> I have less than 15 hours. But I STILL don’t feel like I’m going away. I haven’t got upset once when saying goodbye to anyone. I haven’t had any moments of serious nostalgia. It’s like I’m totally emotionally detached from the experience. I suppose [...]
