Kinda abandoned this of late due to not having done much, sorry to my vehement followers in Alaska (sure blogger's statistics are false). Recently I have been living a life pretty similar to that I did in Britain. It is with great shame that I admit to having wallowed in my room in this South American UNESCO World Heritage site waiting for the weekend and the punishment alcohol will deliver. Have gotten inebriated in some pretty interesting environments though, particularly la Fiesta de Guapulo....it was really interesting seeing such a party and the view from Guapulo is something I will keep with me forever. I will even cherish the memory of the gay dwarf being overbearing in his pursuit of me, certainly I regret my inauthentic "Puto" remark. I have some pretty funny things I could maybe include but I'm not sure if I want to divulge (don't worry Ma, it's not me and Paul Gascoigne with hookers and cocaine in a hotel room or anything, I just think that my humour is too much of an acquired taste and so I'd rather share with my friends only certain observations/events than potentially offend anybody).
As I'm sure all the non-Alaskan/Russians that are reading this will be aware due to the fact that you are most likely my Facebook and/or genuine friend, this morning I was offered a position teaching in Madrid which I have taken. Therefore, my Ecuadorean experience will come to a close this Wednesday. For a place I have only known a month, definitely a feel anomalous amount of grief over leaving. Also, I have yet to do anything of the touristic things so today/tomorrow I must make a flying tour of the city. I mean, I feel like I have gotten to know the city in a more genuine way and scratched the tourist veneer so this I don't really regret, but it would be nice to get some snaps of the place or whatever. Even though I don't really understand that touristy thing of taking photos of yourself in places to say you went there when you only really go there to take a photo of yourself there in the first place....I'm not a crazy nihilist who is about to go against such norms, I don't even have a piercing for God's sake.
If this blog is a little manic/inarticulate then I am placing the blame on me being slightly sleep-deprived, because of the time difference my interview was at 4am, stayed up to find out the news and haven't been able to sleep since on account of the million and one thoughts in my mind. I feel really muddled over the fact that I am now switching continents again and on such short notice, I think there's a real chance of me losing my grip of reality on the flight back and trying to hijack the plane with my on-flight meal or something. Let's be honest, I've never been the most sane person to start with.
One thing I will remember on the way back is to put my laptop in my hand luggage, rookie error thinking it'd be safe cushioned in it's bag and between clothes means I'm having to mess around with the browser window here to avoid the parts of the screen where it is cracked, I'm an idiot. Maybe I'll just put my pillow in my suitcase as I didn't really utilise it anyway and it was causing trouble in Frankfurt (does 'explosive dust' truly exist or have customs read too much Philip Pullman?)
In my sleep-deprived excitement I've just purchased a Bon Iver ticket for next month in Madrid despite having no money.....if anybody wants to come I'd really like that. Also, if anybody has any friends in Madrid who aren't easily annoyed perhaps you could put us in touch. Preferably they'd be a beautiful female or Falcao, I'm not too fussed though as long as it's not Pepe or 'CR7'. Sorry overload of football references, just excited to be back in Europe and watch the continental games in the evening/3 o'clock KOs in the afternoon again. Shit, my excitement has me rambling so I'll draw this to a close. I should also mention that the school I am to be teaching at looks really nice and I'm excited about that also, there are 11 other native speakers (English/German/Russian) working there which is cool and the women who interviewed me, who are to be my bosses, seemed really easy to get along with.
All in all, I have excitement which is personally unparalleled and really can't wait to get to Spain, but would like to say again that it is not without a heavy heart that I leave Ecuador and a big thank you to all those who have made me feel so welcome.
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