Spain/Guatemala: Day 39

SAN SEBASTIAN/ANTIGUA

Let me describe the greatness of San Sebastian...A perfectly sized city (not too big, not too small) with a perfect mix of beautiful old style buildings and gorgeous park space. It´s right on the beach, which is always fun and relaxing, and in turn produces a generally life-loving citizenry. The airport nearby is too small to accommodate much traffic, so the tourism is kept to a minimum, and thus the natives don´t really get annoyed by the tourists that are there. It also contains the greatest church I´ve ever seen. And it´s part of Spain, which means siestas, lots of bars, and merry-making until the wee hours of the morning.

Alas, I no longer habitate this paradise. On Sunday I flew to Guatemala, an epically long and frustrating trip. I woke up at 4am local time in Madrid, flew to London, to Miami, to Guatemala City, had a 2.5 hour delay in Miami, and, after waiting for an hour in Guatemala for my suitcase,
found out that it hadn´t made it out of London. I didn´t go to bed that night until 11:30pm local time in Antigua, which was the equivalent of 7:30am the next day in Spain...27.5 hours after I had woke up. On top of all that, I still won´t actually have my suitcase in hand until later this evening.

Have you seen this "man?"

Supposedly, "the Gremlin" made a cameo appearance @ Ben and Cassie's house on Sunday night. As he ravaged through 87 2nd Place...he consumed many margaritas, figs, pizza, pig fat, and Israeli chocolate.

Authorities are still looking for this DANGEROUS giggling creature.

If you encounter him...call 1-800-STOMPER. Please approach with extreme caution!

And remember never feed him after midnight.

Joan Jett on the Pier THURSDAY

Come. Free. 6:30. Pier 54 at W. 14th St Hudson River Park. 917-710-5689.

Iloverockandrollputanotherdimeinthejukeboxbaby.

In need of phone

Fellow bloggers it appears I lost my phone on Saturday. This sucks. If you have an old verizon phone that you are no longer using I would love to borrow it for two months. Email me if this sounds like you. Also email me if you want to converse, get dinner, drink beer, play in sprinklers or otherwise spend time in each other's company.

A Jolly Good Fellow

SOL!

what up suckas

still alive, having a ball, though my liver may have suffered a bit over the past 2 weeks. i had a nice welcome back to my old town, slept on a bed made from reeds, got a turkey drunk (and then ate it), and now it's off to the beach.

the stories i'll save for another time, here's a couple pix though (i would upload more but the connection here is too damn slow)

peace friends

Adorable Cockroaches Free to Good Home!!!

I thought I would give you all first dibs since you are all such wonderful friends. Please follow this link for more details.

http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/pet/355935315.html

Actually, the posting has been flagged and removed. I guess craigslist doesn't have a sense of humor anymore. I did receive a few good comments though, which are copied after the posting.

"Dear Craigslisters,

I am looking for a responsible and loving person to adopt my sweet little babies. Well, they are not quite babies anymore, they are actually quite large (and fast!!), but it’s hard to believe that they have grown up so quickly!

I would absolutely keep them, but my live-in boyfriend is making me give them up. It was a hard choice.

I am really going to miss their shiny date colored peek-a-boo! appearances in the bathroom, waving their long spindly antennas and flexing their shellacked legs. I’m going to miss our rousing games of Chase the Cockroach through the kitchen, under the trash, into the bathroom, underneath the tub. Our apartment is going to feel mighty empty.

But, true love must prevail, and so the roaches must go.

Here are the details:
• 3 to 100 healthy one inch long beasties
• hard-wood floor colored (glistening reddish brown coats)
• nocturnal
• not picky about food (we find that they like pasta encrusted pans soaking in the sink the best, but it’s up to you)
• favorite housing structures include smelly shoes, holes around pipes, and dark cracks near sources of water (you must have at least one of these habitats in order to be considered)
• quiet, very friendly, but will get out of the way when you want them to

Really, they are the ideal pets, and I am not really sure why my boyfriend objects to them, his arguments make no sense to me (aren’t men silly?).

If you are interested, please reply by answering the following questions (I really want to find them the best home possible):
1) Do you regularly wash your dishes?
2) Do you have leaky plumbing?
3) Is your building old and full of nooks and crannies?
4) Do you like eating green beans from the can and then leaving the rest of the can on the counter?
5) Do you live alone and rarely have visitors?
6) Are you lonely?/
7) Do you need some persistent, unconquerable, loyal new friends with lustrous shells and a long, fascinating history?

Thanks!"

Some of the comments:
"Please dont be offended but is this a serious add?? thanx." - GeeNius06

"very funny,LOL!" - LOUISCRETELLA

"Now THAT was funny!" - Beetlejuice918

"you piece of shit.you must be a fat ugly faggot nerd who got nothing betta 2 do than to sit at ur fuccin computer for 3 hours,writing all of that fuccin bullshit,for what? no 1 is going to laff.that is juss plain stupidity and you should fuccin get hit by a city bus and be dragged 15 feet under the fuccin wheel,while ur intestines squish out of your vagina and asshole.you already kno your fuccin 1sec joke will be flagged and taken down,and ur IP banned so you cant post anymore...idiot..die like your grandmother!!!!!"
- Tony Tone (k1ngt0ne@yahoo.com)

"Yeah, sure. I'll bet this is one of those Cameroon scams. You say "free," then you tell me you are in the Peace Corps? And it will be $300 wired to your account! I'm no dummy.LOL" - CAngelica
"You are an irresponsible person.You should GET RID OF THE BOYFRIEND!LOL" - CAngelica
"NEVER offer anything on CL for free!!! LOL" - CAngelica
"Do you require references??? LOL" - CAngelica
(all of CAngelica's comments were sent in separate emails)

Old Town on Saturday

Hey ya'll --

As Julie posted, she and I will be in New York this weekend--well, I'll be around for only Saturday night, but she'll be around all week. Our plan is to hit up the Old Town Tavern on 18th Street that evening. If you've got some drinking in you, swing by!! Be great to see you all--

Always,
Josh

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Because I started my last post a few days ago, it is dated June 13th even though I didn´t post it untill today. So just scroll down to see it. I hope I´m not boring you all with my dry accounts of where I´ve been, but this is the only way for me to feel connected to you guys.

Much better

I had to post something, anything really, to get that big-bellied dude off the top of the blog. So disturbing! Here's a cute pic of Josh I took last weekend in Spain.


Our pics from Krakow and Mallorca are up on my Flickr site:

http://www.flickr.com/gp/96243091@N00/u11547

By the way, Josh and I return to New York next Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Josh leaves for North Carolina on Sunday, but I'll be around all week. Hope to see you all!