Late Night with el Dude

Well, the crazy Giants game last night. It included the Madrid derby (Real Madrid beat Atleti 2-0), Patriot game, and then the NY -GB game! But it ended at 4:30 am Oi! The Superbowl is going to be a bitch. But it was worth every moment of lost sleep. I cancelled my 8 am classs and did not work til 1;30pm, which was sweet. The football gods watched over me as two other classes were cancelled but i get paid!!!!!

below is some stuff i wrote but could not post til now when i found my jump drive!!!

Why should i care
why should i care?
-The Who

2:26 am 14 de Enero

Just got back from having the Giants redeem the football weekend. I don't know how they did it, especially with Coughlin's play calling conservative enough to make the Catholic church look like a bunch of gang bangers, but they did.

They may get dismantled next week, but so be it. Playing with house money dawg! Let it all ride on the green 00.

0:32 16 de Enero

Not having the Internet is a bitch. Time goes and incidents occur. How do I know it really happens if i don't blog it? It's the modern dilemma – i think therefore i get spam.

Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?

I think not.

Otherwise, life rolls on. I picked up two hours and lost two. I step forward, one step back. La Profesora is well. It's cold and damp – only like freezing at night, but the humidity makes it feel colder. The Madrilenos act like its a new ice age.

I cleaned the Spare Oom and it is now suitable for human beings to hang out in. This way there's a late night room, as i've had people here late 2x and woke Nikos up 2x – his bedroom wall is against the salon. This front room has my room as a buffer. I am also in the midst of a laundry siege – machines here have enough room to fit three grapefruits – that's it. So with my backup from the holidays, never be home to wash clothes (it takes two hours to wash – how do we do it in 45 minutes in the US – are we that more savvy? I just don't know. Then you need to hang dry it indoors. It takes some planning.

It's not that funny, is it?
This happened, word for word – syllable for syllable.

One of my students works for AIG here in Madrid. He is in marketing. He showed me a new watch and said, “From my company, for Navidades. All of the mens get one.”

“Nice. What did the women get?

“A nigger.”

“Pardona?”

“A nigger.” And here he made the universal fucky – fucky motion (as defined by the Geneva Convention) with his elbows and hips. “To fuck!” Here he started laughing.

While jarring, i took that it was a joke, meaning that the black guy would have a big dick and the ladies would be appreciative.

Of course, this would not fly in America. At least not in corporate America or the Northeast.

He laughed and laughed. It also begged the question – do Spanish guys have little schlongs Could this be why a big dick is considered the ideal Xmas present for a professional women?

I asked Maria about it, if in her opinion this guy was a crazy racist or if this was just culturally normal. She said it was quite normal and that it was mild as to what i may hear.

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Another race note, when we were watching the parade for the celebration of the three kings, the black guy was a white guy painted black.

“I never understand this,” Maria said. “Why not just get a black man?”

One possible answer: When I was watching the Seahawks beat the Redskins, I met an Australian guy who loved American football. He told me that he saw kids in a line waiting to sit on the lap of the two white kings while no one was on the lap of the black king – a true black man.

Now I understand how Spanish fans threw bananas at opposing black players during 2006 world cup qualifying. Loco to say the least.

Un mundo sin tetas no hay paradise

(A world without tits can never be paradise)

This was the actual name of a TV program on Sunday. Maria and I never got to watch as just the title alone was enough to spur us on to other things.

Rascar mi culo

My Spanish has taken a small leap this week with me suddenly understanding more than ever. I now know how to say “Scratch my ass” (rascar mi culo) which makes me prouder than i can say.

All i ever wanted
was to know that you were dreaming...
Sarah

-Fleetwood Mac

Atleti plays tomorrow in the 2^nd leg of the Copa del Rey vs. Valloladid (I was at the 1st leg last Thurs.). As long as they score at least one goal, even a draw will get them through to the next round (away goal rule).

1:33

Laundry is hung in the Spare Oom. I go to bed. Buenas Noches mis amigos!

The time i like is the rush hour
cause i like the rush
the pushing of the people
I love it oh so much!

-Peter Gabriel

11:46, 16 DE ENERO

Atleti advanced and Real Madrid got knocked out by lowly Mallorca in the Copa del Rey! Next up for Atletico; Valencia. Ay Carumba!!!

The children in my class were fucking bonkers today. Too much azucar (sugar) perhaps. The end of class erupted into a coach pillow fight, which despite my best attempts, i got sucked into. They got to live out a lifelong dream of their fledgling lives by hitting a teacher. But i kicked their asses :)

Place your bets

The last time the Giants won the Super Bowl, I was living abroad. I don't think this has had a factor on the point spread in Vegas, but we'll see. I'll be back at Dubliners, with my Mets hat on, kicking ass.

9:40 17 de Enero

Pirated Internet seems to be a thing of the past. But to get DSL I'm going to have to use Maria's name. I can't get it without an EU ID card because I am illegal - living on the edge. I will try and post this when the locotorios open at 11am, if they actually open on time. Then its off to class! Then take the Metro del Sur to Getafe to see la Profesora and cook her my Alcochofas No te Crees (Artichokes you won't believe). All else is groovy. Hug your children for me – i miss them already! And maybe I miss you too. Maybe. I'm not making any promises.

Drowning
In the sea of love
Where everyone
would love to drown

-Fleetwood Mac