August 31st, 2007

Hmmm, make up. I hardly wear any during week days, certainly not to goto work. Too early, too sleepy, too lazy. And no need, no one has the pleasure to see my face but my partner and my boss (when he shows up, not everyday, yeah, lucky me) and I'm more than certain that they wouldn't give a damn if I'd show up in my pajamas. So I usually wear make up in the afternoon, when bf comes picking me up for a walk. She is always late, ALWAYS, 100% of the times :evil: So I have like plenty of time to make up and whatnot (ahahahaha, see Ada? I used your word). Anyway, despite I have all the time in the world to put my make up on, I suck at applying eye liner. I just draw a mountain road, can't do a straight line to save my live. How do you guys do that? Well, I know how you do it, I just can't. And the worse part is that when I try to wash it off, I got a panda eye :lol: I totally look like a boxer or something. So pathetic. I gave up trying a while ago. I just go with purple shades which are great for brunettes, and blush. Lipstick? As if it would last. But that's a totally different story :wink:

Calvin and Hobbes is propriety of Bill Watterson and Universal Press Syndicate.

Ahahahaha, Calvin so rocks. I had the same feeling when I was a kid. I had the impression that I was missing a lot of good stuff when I wasn't allowed to do it. And not only watching things on tv. Mistery and unknowledge were too attractive. However Calving knows what he is missing. Sadly enough, he does and all the kids in this world do. Watching the news is watching blood shed, always, somewhere. But as I say my nephews, as hard and disturbing as it is watching it, it is always far better than living it. At least we are safe at the other side of the screen. So far :?

On the personal note, today my uncle my uncle called me. This incly was the husband of this auntie of mine that died recently. So he is going to give all of my auntie's stuff to charity. But before he does so, he wants my mum and I to go pick something up to keep a nice memory of my auntie. I find it the sweetest gesture ever, but it is gonna be hard. Especially for my mum. She isn't over that fact that she lost her sister yet. She won't be on a long time. And I know that my uncle isn't either, so I accepted the offer and agreed to go over to his place tomorrow in the morning.

I have the best memories of my auntie in my mind. I always will. She was this innocent woman that always made me laugh to tears. She was tiny, so I don't think that I'll be able to get any of her clothes. I was hoping for a jacket. I have this jacket from my grandma (my auntie's mum) who also died, and my auntie loved to see it on me. Each time I wore it she smiled and tenderly rubbed my arm, as if feeling her mum in the old wool. It is sad but I find it beautiful. But I don't think that any of my auntie's jackets would fit me. So we'll see.

Mmmhhh, ok. More of Penny's visit. And for a change, less pics and more anecdotes. Alright, I've totally annoyed you with the long walk we took the first morning she arrived. We went to the main tourist spots of the city, had lunch and went back home for a nap. She was the one who didn't catch any sleep the night before, and still she woke up before me. Yeah, sleepyhead me. When we got up, my dad had left but my mum was overexcited to meet her. She kept hugging her and kissing her. Well, we always hug and kiss twice in the cheeks each time we are introduced to someone for the first time, and then, every single time that we meet that person afterwards, and also when we say our goodbies.Yep, we are pretty affectionate in our manners. So my mum was scaring the hell out of her :lol:

I learned my lesson when I was living in Ireland. People need quite a lot of time of acquaintance to actually hug and kiss just like that. But I didn't know that, so I kept kissing and hugging every single person that I was introduced to, both guys and girls. And I met such a great bunch of friends that I still proudly keep. So with the time the guys told me that they thought that I was a fresh girl :oops: , and they were rubbing their hands in hope to taste the affectionate Spaniard :lol: It sounded like a lot of fun then, when we already were friends. Getting wasting together unites people to no extent :wink: But well, we became really close afterwards. And I was really :lol: to know the kind of first impression that everyone was getting of me, so I totally stopped hugging and kissing people. My prudeness! But my friends asked me to keep doing it. They loved it. Such sweeties. Man, do I miss them *sigh*

Well, Penny cracked up with the story. She perfectly understood what people were thinking of me back in Ireland. I was refraining myself enough, so I tried to convince my mum to stop scaring her, but Penny said that it was ok and dealt with my mum pretty stoically. She is a sweetie like that. Anyway, we showered and got ready to go to the fireworks. We dared to go by car because it was pretty early, but it is a total reckless act. The city is packed. As in packed. Period. But we were lucky as to find a parking slot just when we were arriving. It was a pure miracle. So we headed to the Old Part. On our way, we watched a beautiful sunset in the Bay. Here:

These are from my camera:

And these are from internet (slight difference, right?) :P

People were already taking their places in the sand. It is a tradition to gather and have dinner out before the fireworks. See how people are making sand pillows to lie down and watch them?

Actually, the tradition is to eat a sandwich before the fireworks and then an ice-cream afterwards. So we headed towards the best sandwich place of the city, which is in the Old Part. As we were passing by the City Hall, Penny was beginning to realize what the notion of packed meant. There was a human tide heading towards the very same place, the Old Part.

Once in the Old Part, we waited outside the bar while my bf ventured to go get the sandwiches. The line was huge, but the staff from the bar are more than used to that and they dispatch orders pretty fast. As we were waiting, Penny commented me that she was astonished with the fact that small kids were up that late and out in the street. Oh well, of course they are. We do not babysit in Spain, not that I know of and surely not in the Basque Country. It doesn't exist as such like you guys do in most of your countries. In Spain, either you leave your kids with their grandparents or you don't leave them at all. So people bring them along everywhere.

Ok, we had our sandwiches. I ordered a squids one and a Spanish omelette one so Penny and I would share half and half, so she had the chance to try both. And I realized that bf didn't ask to cut them in twice. But since he and his 7 bros and sis have worked as barman in the Old Part, he has friends in almost every bar, so went in to one and ask his friend to cut the sandwiches for us. Penny and I awaited outside again. And I met these friends of mine. I introduced Penny to them. Hugging, kissing :lol: They already had their sandwiches are were heading to the Urgull mountain to watch the fireworks. Our initial idea was to go back to the beach, so we hugged and kissed bye bye. However, we changed our mind (dunno why) and went to the mountain as well. And once in there, we met them again. "Hey there" hugging and kissing :wink:

We chose a spot by their side and ate our dinner. Penny liked the sandwiches. Good.

Oh, by the way, our spot was in that wall that can be seen illuminated in the mountain.

So we waited until the Bay looked like this (from my camera)

And we enjoyed some nice fireworks :)

They are huge in here. It is an international contest, and two prizes are given: the Jury's prize and the people's prize. The fireworks on Friday were Spanish. They were ok, above all the last bit. Once they were over, we chatted with my friends for a while, allowing people to start going down the mountain without bringing us along in the tide. Then we headed together to the Old Part for a quick drink.

We went into this one bar that was pretty empty. We skipped the ice-cream tradition, so we lucky to find an empty spot. One hour atterwards, it would have been just impossible. Hmmm, what to drink? We are heavy drinkers. Man, we are indeed. The typical drink here is called "Kalimotxo". It consists of half coke (Aways Coca Cola brand) and very bad red wine (the cheapest brand you can find). It is super important that the coke is good and the wine is bad. Otherwise it would taste like s*it. People gather in the Port to mix the wine and coke and drink together in circles. It is way cheaper than bars.So thisis like very young people do it.I've done it foryears until I got a job. Yep,we are allowed to drink in the street. Even as you go walking. So almost everyone was doing so. And kalimotxo was the absolute winner. Penny had to try it, of course.

The shots of Kalimotxo we drank while playing the infamous drinking cards :D This is from my private collection too. Yeah, I was wasted enough as to take pics of my own glass :lol:

She said she liked it. I drank mine in 3 sips :oops: What? I was thirsty. Ahahahahaha, I drink it like water. At least the first half a dozen :D Ooh, it was cool, because right when we were starting to drink, this song that I love was on. "Do ya" by Dover. It is my current ringing tone for my bf. The singer is this loon that is high in every concert. She usually forgets the lyrics. The band keeps playing and crack up. She starts spinning around until she loses her balance. And this time we were in the pitch and she started spitting at the audience. Luckily enough we remained apart from the very first bit, where people were as high as she was, and they didn't give a damn about being spitted at :roll:

Toni and I spent half an afternoon laughing at her, I kept selling her links of her very wasted performances. :lol: Awww Toni. She is making us, her kg sisters, aunties again tomorrow. YAYYYYYY!! Cross my fingers it all goes well. A huge hug for her, for Princess Calleigh, baby Matthews and Aaron too. Love ya, dearest blondie :D

Well, sorry for the sappy bit. I'm too excited and Ijust have her in my mind all the time. So, I love the song. Penny loved it too so I burnt her the latest cd, which is the one that contains this track. This is the official video clip so she ain't wasted. Yeah, a pity :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AteqCBQBsc

Ok. So we all had our drinks and left our empty glasses on the counter. I know, pretty obvious. But I am not crazy, this is relevant :lol: So Penny ended her drink and handed her glass to my bf, who was closer to the bar. These two guys were having their drinks there, and they started telling my bf off because the glass had like a tiny bit of kalimotxo in. Like half of a sip or less. Yes, you gotta drink it all up not to be booed. Bf explained that it wasn't his drink, but the guys insisted that whoever it was had to drink it up. I started translating Penny the whole story. And she drank it up. I bet she was thinking that we are crazy. And we are. But I did mention that we are heavy drinkers, didn't I?

The story ain't over. Penny handed the glass again to my bf and bf to the guys so they could check it up. The guys make the appropriate test, which consists in rolling the glass over the counter. Not a drop has to come off the glass. And none came off, luckily enough for Penny :wink:

So, if the glass has ice cubes in, as it was the case, it is rolled over the counter. If it doesn't have ice cubes because they melted already, you gotta drink it up and then place the glass upside down on top of your head. Take into account that once you are booed for having left some drink in the glass, you only have one go to solve "the problem". So you'd better drink it all up before turning the glass over on your head.

Aaaand this was the story for Friday night. It had been a long and exhausting day so we headed straight home. Well, first we drove to my frineds' place, hugs and kisses, then back home. We put Dover on our way back, and sang happily. I was sooo happy. Bf speeded up quite a bit and I didn't poke him in the balls. Go figure if I was happy :lol: So Penny and I hugged and kissed goodnight :)

Tomorrow, Saturday events. I guess it will be just a 1 stage blog for Saturday. Let's see if I behave :P Hugs and kisses for you all :D