Monthly Archives: May 2008

Más de España

5/31/2008 – 12:12 pm

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We arrived in Haro, in the Rioja wine region, a few hours ago and found out that the hotel has free Internet access. Since it’s raining and we’re all pooped, what better time for an update on our travels?
The weather has not been what we hoped. Rain has been a central feature of [...]

By Trent | Posted in Spanish, Travel | Comments (0)

A Belated Update

5/29/2008 – 10:08 am

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Right so we’re heading down the home stretch of our trip. I have been having problems posting to the blog, and I’m not sure if it was an IE problem (most of the Internet places have been few and far between and have only had IE) but whatever.
Things have been going very well. [...]

By Trent | Posted in Spanish, Travel | Comments (2)

Viva España

5/29/2008 – 10:03 am

NOTE: This post is stale due to posting problems from Europe, hence the radio silence.

Right, so Internet cafe stops have been few and far between this trip. We are coming up on the half-way point of the trip, having seen Madrid, Toledo, Sevilla, Arcos, several White Hill Towns, and now Ronda. Tomorrow we head [...]

By Trent | Posted in Spanish, Travel | Comments (0)

Would You Be Afraid of This Face?

5/13/2008 – 9:18 am

Spring is apparently the time to be terrified of dogs. Today on our walk around the block, not one but two separate people gave Athena a long, hard look before crossing the street so they wouldn’t have to pass her on the sidewalk. But would you be afraid of this face?

That has goof ball written [...]

By Trent | Posted in General | Comments (7)

Finish Lines

5/12/2008 – 6:59 am

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After I put the finishing touches on one more paper, I’ll be officially done with school for the 2007-08 academic year. It was a very good semester as I really liked all my classes but man, it was a lot of work too. I’m on 33 books read for the year. Next year [...]

By Trent | Posted in - Clarion, - World Cup 2006, General, School | Comments (2)

Guard of Honor & Down to the Wire

5/7/2008 – 10:40 pm

There’s a neat tradition in world soccer called the “guard of honor” that some teams perform when their opponent has already wrapped up the league title with games yet to play. Rather than entering the pitch together, the champions are honored by their opponents forming this honor guard and applauding as they take the [...]

By Trent | Posted in * Footie, - Spain/La Liga | Comments (0)

Done, Done, and…

5/7/2008 – 9:42 am

Right, the radio silence has been due to schoolwork, in case you were wondering. I have the first draft of one paper done, I’m about 5 pages deep in the other, I finished the last novel of the semester Monday, had my last class for one course yesterday, completed a live group project yesterday, finished [...]

By Trent | Posted in School | Comments (3)

Spain Beckons

5/3/2008 – 2:23 pm

On the other side of this semester’s finish line lies Spain:

We’re going for three weeks. Here’s the general itinerary:
Days 01-03 – Madrid & Toledo w/both sets of parents
Days 04-08 – Sevilla & Pueblos Blancos w/Amy’s parents
Days 09-11 – Granada & Cordoba w/Amy’s parents
Days 12-13 – Picos de Europa
Days 14-16 – Bilbao & San Sebastian [...]

By Trent | Posted in Travel | Comments (0)

Movies That Make Me Nervous

5/2/2008 – 6:30 pm

Bad news for Amy because early reviews for Iron Man have been overwhelmingly positive. Watching the trailer a few weeks back I was nervous because I thought it, like most comic book adaptations, could be really great or oh-so-wrong. Critics tend not to fall on the side of nostalgia so I have to believe that [...]

By Trent | Posted in Movies/TV | Comments (6)

The Virginian

5/1/2008 – 11:21 am

Awhile back when I was reading a lot Cormac McCarthy I wrote a post on the Western genre, which I didn’t know too much about but had some general impressions. I wasn’t so far off.
I’m listening to Owen Wister’s The Virginian right now, the book that more or less launched the genre, and it’s friggin’ [...]

By Trent | Posted in Reading | Comments (4)