Human. Empath. Thinker. Writer. Speaker. Fighter. Lover. Woman... In that order

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Monday, 08 August 2005

  • Currently Gaming
    MVP Baseball 2005
    By Electronic Arts
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    Well, I'm back, yall.

    It was hell getting back into this damn country. First, British Airways charges me 102 Euros to bring a third bag on the plane (yeah, I know. I was like bitch, you better mean PESOS!!!). They they LOSE MY SHIT. I eventually got it back, so its all good. And the 14 boxes of Turron and 4 bottles of wine were NOT damaged (unlike my luggage), so I guess its okay. But yeah.  Traveling over 5,550 miles in one day over the span of three flights WITH a sinus infection ain't my idea of fun. But hey, its all good now.

    It feels good to be back in the states, although I DO miss a lot of things about Alicante.... like the beach, the sangria, the tapas. But its all good. I'm still in the middle of moving to my new crib, and I start fall semester in two weeks- and I'm pretty excited about my classes because none of them are bullshit.... all for my majors.

    I went to Memo's wedding this weekend, which was cool. Slight drama 'cause one side of the fam started snappin on the other and a gato fight ensued for a second, but it all got resolved (I think).... Swear to God, how are you gonna fight at a WEDDING. But all in all, we all had fun. Got down to some Mariachi and Mexican tunes, had plenty of vodka cranberries and Amaretto sours, and kicked it. Best of luck to you guys, Memo and Juana!


    But yeah, so how have YALL been!? Drop me some comments, dammit!

    Paz,

     Kelly

Tuesday, 05 July 2005

  • Well, I started class today. My first and second ones seem difficult but manageable, but my third I KNOW will be hard because my professor speaks very quickly. But after a few days, I think I will be ok. I was really overwhelmed with how fast they speak, but like María says, "es tu primera día, Kelly. Tu será vale." (Its your first day, Kelly, you will be okay.)

    I went out for drinks and tapas and then dinner with some people I met here, and it was dope. By the way, the pizza here is pretty damn good! (That´s really hard for me to admit, considering I AM from Chicago! ) We were on the promenade next to the marina all evening.... it is sooooo pretty here. I will post pictures when I figure out how to connect my camera to Chema´s (jose jr´s) computer. I need another ISB port in order to do it. Pero, está bien.

    Things here are up and down for me, but I am still getting used to how different it is. I can´t get over how cool and gorgeous this place is... I could really get used to it! And I like talking with my host family when I get home from being out soooooo much. I love practicing my spanish with them, because in class, its more rigid and not as welcoming. Although, today I spoke with a Korean guy that was really cool, but he only spoke Korean and Spanish, so I talked with him in class for an exercise only in Spanish. Pedro, you´d be proud! But I´m sure I´m gonna catch hell because I´m starting to catch on to the accent here. (Jo soy... por ejemplo)

    Ah well. Things will fall into place, I´m sure. Its just that the first day can be so discouraging, you know? Ah well. I´ll survive. Anyway, I hope everything is going well for all of you. Keep holdin´ it down in the states and Chi for me...

    Muchos besos y abrazos,

    Kelly

Sunday, 03 July 2005

  • Currently Listening
    The Thomas Crown Affair: Music From The MGM Motion Picture
    By Bill Conti, Various Artists
    Everything is not enough
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    So, everyone´s just chillin´ right now because it is siesta- the mid-day nap time in Spain. Gotta love that.

    Last night was nuts. First, I was supposed to go out with these three girls from the CEA group that live in the apartment on the first floor of my building. I went out in front of the building to meet them at 11 like planned, but they weren´t there. So me, being fearless because they told me Alicante was safe, I walked the four blocks over in front of the marina to the payphone to try to call them on one of the girls cells. No answer. (Yeah I know, that shit is fucking shady as hell.) So I start walking back, on a different street to get home quicker, and these five Swedish drunk assholes approach me from behind. One guy grabbed my left arm and another grabbed my right and they were laughing and asking me questions in Spanish and swedish. (I know, right? How goofy and RANDOM is that shit.) It wasn´t TOO scary until they wouldn´t let my arms go and started to try to pull me down the other street, which was darker and had way less people on it.  There were like 50 people around and a couple asked if I was alright, and I was like, NO, AYUDAME (spanish for help me)- but these guys kept saying I was joking. So finally, I elbowed the SHIT out of the guy on my right, and took off running. Then I got lost. Ugh. I finally came back to the flat in fucking tears, and I couldn´t really explain what happened too well, but they got the point. María and José Sr told me that Alicante is fine during the day, but on the weekends at night, don´t go ANYWHERE alone because people are drunk and nuts. I´m like, yeah, tell me about it. Ugh- so fucking embarrassing. I´m a damn kickboxer for crying out loud. But there was a whole group, and these guys were tall and strong- and I couldn´t understand them. Its a lot scarier when you don´t speak the language.....

    Anyway, so after I calmed down, I called my current roommate, Nick, and he came back to bring me out with a bunch of people from his group. I met a couple chicks and a couple guys from Iowa who were really cool. We went to like 4 pubs (not staying long at any of em), then went to the ¨barrio¨ which is a place where all the locals hang out- and there are shitloads of little clubs. We went to like 2- which were cool. Then we walked over to the beach were there was a huge concert going on, and then we went to el puerto (which kinda looked like coco walk in miami, but on a huge pier and more clubs). Al puerto, we went to like 3 clubs, and then we were all exhausted. LOL- its insane here. No one ever sleeps! Me and Nick walked the mile home, and I called mi amor, Pedro, on the way. The sun was about up when I went to sleep. It was crazy.

    From my shoes, I have blisters/cuts on the tops of my feet. María put iodine on them for me. She also took me today to see where my bus stop is to get to school, and also to buy a hairdryer. I don´t think my diffuser will fit on it, but it came with one, so it´s cool. She´s cool. I´m trying really hard to figure out what she´s saying and trying really hard to speak back. I´m forgetting all my verbs when I need them the most! Ah well, I´m positive it will be aight- its just frustrating. So much to get used to.

    Lord, give me strength.

    Holla back soon, guys.

    Kelly

Saturday, 02 July 2005

  • SPAIN IS FLIPPIN´ BEAUTIFUL!

    I miss everyone like crazy, but I am meeting all kinds of people from all over the country that are in my same boat. I will post pictures ASAP, k? My host family in Alicante is awesome so far. Maria, my homestay ¨mom¨ is homely, but cool, and her son, Jose, speaks English, so I´m doing good with communicating. They were surprized at the amount of luggage I brought, but its cool. They know I won´t have to buy much when I´m here. I´m 4 blocks from the Mediterranean Sea and Marina, and 15 minutes from the beach. Its so cool. I can´t believe I´m actually here. Its nuts.

    I´m gonna go have a Spanish cigarette on the (f-ing huge) common balcony downstairs, and look at the sea. LOL, I love it here. Its gorgeous.

    Missing mi familia y mi amor como loco,

    Muchos besos,

    Kelly

Saturday, 02 April 2005






  • Your Dominant Intelligence is Linguistic Intelligence



    You are excellent with words and language. You explain yourself well.
    An elegant speaker, you can converse well with anyone on the fly.
    You are also good at remembering information and convicing someone of your point of view.
    A master of creative phrasing and unique words, you enjoy expanding your vocabulary.

    You would make a fantastic poet, journalist, writer, teacher, lawyer, politician, or translator.


Tuesday, 29 March 2005

  • Currently Playing
    Miami
    By Pitbull
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    Miami was fucking insane! Awesome as all hell. I can't wait to go back in June. We did so much down there! Beaches, Vizcaya, Fritanga, Latin American Cafeteria, Adventura Beach Apt., Banana Joe's, snokeling in the Key West, shit..................

    We stayed in Little Havana with Janelle. She kept saying how it was the ghetto, and, me being from Chicago, am like "Um.... where's it at?" It looked kinda like a Cuban version of Maywood. Ah well. We had a blast. Another thing- Chicago will always be in my heart, but Chi-town doesn't have ANYTHING on the radio stations down there. They're awesome.

    So yeah. I'm back to reality (which blows), and by reality, I mean the stress of studying for 6 classes. Speaking of which, I gotta go do that now.....
    Holla back!

    Kelly

Tuesday, 22 February 2005

Monday, 20 December 2004

  • Currently Playing
    The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album
    By Whitney Houston
    Joy To The World
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    This weekend was cool. I worked Friday until like 11:30 (which blows, but the money's good), and again yesterday until 11:10 ish. My brother Dave and his girlfriend Kelley moved in to their own apartment on Saturday. (BTW- the place is so cute!)

    There isn't much else to write about.... I need to go get some Christmas shopping done and do some stuff around the house, so I'll write again later.

    Holla!

    Kelly

Wednesday, 15 December 2004

Friday, 10 December 2004

Monday, 22 November 2004

  • Currently Playing
    Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
    By Various Artists
    Represent Cuba
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    "To know him is to love him-
    His heartbeat is the sound of Jurassic 5, Outkast, and the Pharcyde-
    Its the only lullaby that can put me to sleep-
    But his blood flows to rhythms of salsa and merengue-
    It's what gives him the heat that fuels the fire behind
    The mind of his-
    Confusingly simple
    Yet simply adorable-
    He's not one to be read by the cover-
    No great stories ever are..."

    Yet another piece- untitled and unfinished. LOL. This one's more recent though. For those of yall that habla espanol, este es sobre el amor de mi vida.  He's the best....

    Esta noche ha sido cansada.... Ahora duermo....
    Dulce suenos, amigos...

    Kelly
  • Currently Playing
    Finger Eleven
    By Finger Eleven
    One Thing
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    http://inappropriatewebsite.com/carwhistle.wmv

    LOL. I first saw this about 2 years ago. It is still some of the funniest shit I've ever seen. "The whistles go woooooooooooo". If you want to laugh your ass off, download this video and watch it. LOL....Anyways.... gotta take a shower and finish studyin' b4 I go to work tonight at Old Navy.

    Peace,

    Kelly

Friday, 19 November 2004

  • Well, I'm over what I was dealin' with. HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!!!! I'm so happy that after 3:00 PM I'll be done for the weekend with school shit. The presentation went really well, and now all I gotta do is finish this stats homework and go to class at 2:00. Aight well, gotta go...

    Kelly

Tuesday, 16 November 2004

  • Currently Playing
    Hurt No More
    By Mario Winans
    Let Me Love You
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    Lately, I feel like Mr. Miyagi from the Karate Kid. I watch people fuck shit in their lives up, and have to step back and not do shit, cause I know better than to meddle in too much drama, that, and they don't want any help..at least not yet. Ah well.... In watching people make shitty mistakes, it is crazy-- I've never felt wiser in my life. Ain't that funny?  Not funny "haha", just funny like fucked up funny. Its made me realize how fortunate I am to have made my mistakes at a younger age....

    Moving on....

    My life's chillin' now. I got back on track with school, and I start working at Old Navy on Wednesday. I have to go see a nutritionist about what to eat now and when, now that I found out I have hypoglycemia. LOL- my doc told me I have to eat like 8 really small meals a day in order to stay healthy, and keep my blood sugar at a normal level. I'm like, "are YOU gonna pay for my food?!" But seriously, its all good...

    Anyways... Time to do some work for school... HOLLER....

    Kelly

     

Thursday, 28 October 2004

  • Aight. So I officially need a job now. Stupid Tony. What a bitch! Oh well. I'm thinking of applying at a bunch of different stores around my crib, probably at the ones where the discount I get can be used the best!

    UGH!!! I'm so mad that Pedro is on crutches over Halloween. So much for partying- cause he can't drive at all, and he doesn't want to be in any crowded places. Basically, I have to stay sober and can't go to any real parties, well at least with him. Oh well, I guess that's life. I dunno- I'm not TOO excited about Halloween either, cuz I have NO plans besides chillin at my dad's for his birthday, I have no costume, and there's gonna be people at my house that I don't really want to see. (Harmony's bitch ass....)

    I'll manage though... It'll be aight

    Well, gotta go to class....

    Kelly