"May the wind be ever at your back." Oh, don't worry, it definitely was.

            I forgot to write about this! I was walking to Irish one morning, right on time and so ready to learn more about the weather. Birds tend to sit on the telephone poles and wires right over the street (can you tell what direction this story is going in??) so I don’t even notice them anymore. UNTIL I felt a plop on my head. Yeah, you guessed it—damn bird pooped on my head. Obvs I didn’t go to class but instead went home and showered very. thoroughly. I decided not to email the prof but instead tell him the next day in class cause I didn’t think he’d believe me haha. He did find it pretty funny and told me not to worry about missing class (though when we started talking about weather the next time I was a little confused lol). But lemme just say this is the THIRD FREAKING TIME a bird has pooped on my head. According to Chinese lore, that means I’m really lucky. Three times so, actually, since one bird pooping on your head just makes you lucky. Oh goodness gracious why am I so “lucky”…dislike. Someone else better get some of this damn luck.

            Rafa and I had a baguette and strawberry butter while watching “Loose Women,” a show very similar to “The View,” though I seriously question its choice of name. We didn’t have a mixer so we used a fork to mix the butter and strawberry jam, but it was so delicious anyway!! Such a freaking great idea, if I do say so myself. I used the same technique to make a chocolate milkshake last night…win! The bread and butter was a reward for finally registering with the Guarda. I got a nice little card stating I am allowed to be here until the 31^st of May, which is 3 days after I’ll be leaving, actually. Very very exciting :-)

But the walk to the station was so so so windy…no rain, just gales. After, when Rafa and I were just sitting inside we could hear it howling rather ferociously. Actually it was kinda scary. And when I walked home eventually omg I was seriously being blown around, which is almost unbelievable. I mean, I’m a pretty solid person, and this damn wind buffeted me back and forth on the sidewalk. Most kids are home already (the Irish go home on the weekends, so campus is pretty deserted), but the ones who are left keep Facebooking about how this is some of the worst wind they’ve seen in a while. Craziness.

            We also watched Oprah (like usual haha) and Geoffrey Canada was on! For those who don’t know, he was a Bowdoin grad who founded Harlem Children’s Zone and made the movie “Waiting For Superman.” His goal is to change the education system in American, thus the movie. I haven’t seen it personally, but it’s gotten rave reviews and from what I hear it makes its points in an extremely powerful way. Jenny, for one, was really moved by it. When I get a chance I plan to watch it, and you should too! After Rafa and I watched some more TV for a while, then got out her comp and watched “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.” I’m not sure how many of you have read the book, but it’s really good, though rather disturbing at parts. The original Swedish name was “Men Who Hate Women” which is a pretty good description of the overall theme of the book—not that all men hate women, but the plot is driven by how certain men do. I highly recommend this movie as well, actually.

            New on my favorite show list: Take Me Out. Basically there are 30 women who choose between men, who come on the show and have to impress the women. The ladies then buzz out if they DON’T like the guy, and if there are any left at the end of 3 rounds the guy gets to choose. We watched an entire hour of this, and while you all may be shaking your heads, lemme tell you it is riveting television.

            I just added this nifty new thing on the upper right corner of my blog where I can link directly to the album connected to the blog! So just click on that for new pix (just added some) and it'll take you to my Picasa album. Yay technology!!

Slán go fóill!