Let's Recap

This is something that I saw on a website and thought it was pretty interesting. Well, it saves me from any soulsearching about what exactly I've done for the past year. The premise is that you take the first few sentences from the first post from each month over the last year. It is kind of interesting to see how your year has evolved or hasn't, how I have changed... or haven't.

2005
january
Being terrifically tired, Travis and I decided to watch the South Park marathon on Comedy Central to ring in the new year. Somewhere about 11:30 we fell asleep.

february
I got my haircut at way-too-trendy-for-you-so-don't-even-think-about-it Juan Por Dios! again this morning. My attempts to shmooze with the locals are endless.

march
I realize that I haven't said anything in a few days, and certainly nothing substantial in about a week. Things have been very hectic, very scary, and very exciting. Remind me to tell you about my job, to spill the gossip on new Spanish events, and to stop eating so many hot dogs.

april
Open Letter to the waitress at La Musa, Too Trendy For Me Restaurant:
I'm terribly sorry that I saw fit to return the steaming pile of fish that you placed in front of me, but it wasn't without great internal struggle. You see, as you neared me with the plate, even from far away I could tell that there was, of course, a head clearly attached to the fish.

may
Thanks be to the curative power of the sun. The temperature has risen and risen and finally, after months of winter, the sun has broken through.

june
He's got really thick glasses. When he shifts his gaze from his feet to his surroundings, he looks like a fish. He opens his mouth and closes it intermittently, blowing bubbles of nonsense words. He mutters to himself a bit. I see this man nearly everyday; he walks up and down my street.

july
Names I´m Called By The Children At Camp
Team
Deem
Bean
Ping

august
The camp bubble has burst, and I've landed unceremoniously in the real world. As the dust settled a bit, I've found that it's a bit anticlimactic to be back.

september
The plane ride home was uneventful, although I was slightly afraid that the girl next to me was going to either cough up her lung or die (or both). She continually apologized for the 8-hour cough, and I said "Don't worry. But really, are you okay?" because at that point I was afraid she was going to pass the bubonic plague on to me.

october
I arrived in Spain jetlagged and suntanned from my time in the States, and was immediately greeted by friend Jerritt, who had come to visit for a week. The next few days were a whirlwind of exhaustion and tourist sights for me, but altogether extremely fun.

november
Observation: Maybe you didn't find my class interesting. Maybe you were still a little upset that I told that no, you couldn't bring in cookies to class or drink your piping hot tea from a mug. To my credit, I did cave in and let you sip from a more conservative plastic cup and I even let you sit right next to my desk (an odd request from you, really).

december
The lights are up all around Madrid now, and I've been walking the streets with Travis and sighing contently.