just some thoughts....

*if you could make any of the following people/places/things appear in my life right now, that'd be great:
text messaging, chipotle, john wells, movie theatres with american movies, pickles, brentwood united methodist church, dr. olds, chili's, something bigger than a twin-size bed, CMT, A&E, the YMCA, my dad playing guitar, my family in general, athenian room, stony river, peter's sushi, Gap, our hot tub, concord road, my car, hillsboro road, the radio, lakeshore drive and lake michigan, depaul women's acappella group, walgreens, pumpkin spice lattes from starbucks, coldstone, west end, fountain drinks, ice, a massage, chick-fi-la, carpet. more to come.....

*In my women's roles class, we had to go see the movie "Las 13 Rosas (The 13 Roses) on our own...so I went on Tuesday to a cinema near my apartment... I got POPCORNNNN and a FOUNTAIN DRINK WITH IIIICCCCEEEE! That was only the 2nd time I've had ice in my drink since I've been in Europe...they do bottles everywhere...bummer. Anyway, I felt like I was at home..ohhh Thoroughbred Movie Cinema in Brentwood, TN...how i miss you. The movie is based on a true story that took place during the Spanish Civil War in 1939..during Franco's regime. 13 girls ("rosas")...ages 20-25...were strong republicans and wrongly accused of having helped plot to assasinate Franco. They were all arrested or turned-in to the police..horribly tortured and questioned....and then all shot and killed. It was such a great film...and really portrayed how life was during Franco's regime, especially for women...just another worldddd...so sad. It was really moving, especially since the girls were my age at the time. The actresses did an amazing job as well. It was all in Spanish and I surprisingly understood all of it...it wasn't easy though haha.

*The other day in class we were talking about the idea of marriage in Spain...our teacher was explaining how if you get married in the catholic church and want to get a divorce, annulment is the only option if you want it to be recognized...to get an annulment, you must write a letter to the Pope saying that 1) you never had sex..2)you were forced to get married...3) you weren't sane when you got married..if you don't get it annuled, you can't ever get remarried in the catholic church. Anyyyyyyway....the current Prince of Spain, Felipe, wanted to get married to a girl named Letizia..butttt little Letizia had been married before...so they wrote to the Pope and told him who she was..told him the situation...slid some money under the table...and he "erased" her marriage so she could get married to the Prince...like it never happened. Isn't that crazyyyy? Doesn't make any sense to me...

*Last night, a few of us went to see a ballet of Romeo and Juliet. It was really cool..a modern version, but really entertaining...I'm going to try to get in the habit of doing cool things like that back in the US...



alright that's all for now...have a good weekend :)