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The scariest thing I’ve ever seen, but the best for sure!

Sub-Evil Boy — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:58:58 +0000

Ok, so, today me and my dad went to Madrid to go get our art freak on, and it’s super late, so I wont tell you all the details, but, in a nutshell.

1. Goya is AWESOME.
2. Goya’s black paintings were *very* creepy.
3. Goya’s Saturn Devouring His Son is *very very very super* creepy (for more info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Devouring_His_Son )
4. Picasso’s Guernica is an amzing Painting, and is something you *must* see before you die ( for more info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernica_%28painting%29 )

5. Salvador Dali was mucho loco!
6. Art is very very kool!!

Hopefuly I will post more later when my eyes can stay open for more than 2 seconds at a time, laterz!

Day 2 In Spain Pt. 2 and begining of Day 3 Pt. 1

Sub-Evil Boy — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:25:28 +0000

So we did end up going to the cathedral, and we spent at least 2 or 3 hours in there just walking around, it is an amazing building with so much amazing artwork, and I’d totally point you to some photos of it, except no one’s allowed to take photography in there, so I can’t, sorry. In short, it was worth the 7 Euroes we paid. Then we wandered aimlessly for a while, much to my discontent due to the fact that I wanted to write postcards, but t was kool seeing everything. Then we did come home, my mum slept, and I wrote postcards while my dad geeked out over photos, as usual. We then eventualy headed out for food, but ran into some difficulty seeing as most people here don’t eat dinner until about 9-12pm, and we wanted food at 8pm, so it was difficult, but we just ended up going to the same place we ate last night, and it was very good, and we then walked home and promptly fell asleep.

This morning we woke up, and me and my dad went out for breakfast, and we went to a bakery that sold very sugary desserty foods that passed as breakfast in our case, so we felt happy about that, and now I’m currently here writing this, so I have no clue what’s happening next, but we have learned that eating a BIG lunch at about 2-3 is the thing over here, so that’s our plan to try something like that today, but kinda hard given that it’s sunday and most things are closed, but ah well, we shall try!

Day 2 in Spain pt. 1

Sub-Evil Boy — Sat, 31 May 2008 11:15:36 +0000

So we’ve just had lunch in our hotel room. Most of the day was spent going out and about trying to find places with interesting foods, and we found loads of bakeries and all sorts. I ended up having a sandwhich with some Libreta Pan (Libreta Bread) and some aged local cheese, and it was w00t! There are loads of knives stores around here, and when I say loads, I mean it! Nearly every store here has some sword, knife, amour, or some such object, and the amazing thing is that they’re actually kinda cheap. One might be purchased, if not by me, then by my father, who once again has lost his knife, just as usual. I only have roughly 30 Euros, so I’m not going to be buying out the whole world here, but I do intend to get something, it wouldn’t be a vacation (holiday in the UK) if I didn’t, I’m just not sure what. Plans for the rest of the day include possible going to the local cathedral and I quote “amble about”, for there is “lots to see and do”. Thank goodness we have walking tours if we decide to stop rambling, but so far we’ve been rambling quite nicely if I do say so myself. Catch ya’ later

I’m in Spain, woah

Sub-Evil Boy — Sat, 31 May 2008 08:03:51 +0000

So yeah, this morning I woke up and it really hits me, I’m in Spain. Our travels to get here were….interesting. First of all, we had to drive for 6 hours to Birmingham in a car that was not designed for people to be in it. Then the next morning we had to get up at the crack of dawn to go to the airport, then we had to check in, then we go through security, and then we started our 2 hour flight, which was looking to be supa’ kool, except we were surrounded on all sides by very rowdy, loud, and abnoxious young men, so it was very stressful and annoying. Then we had to take the Spainish Metro (underground) with all of our very very very large and heavy luggage up and down stairs and into very crowded trains ’till we got to Madrid. Oh yeah, did I mention that during all of this, we couldn’t speak a lick of the language?? yeah, that was more debilitating than you can imagine. When we finnaly did get to Madrid, we had several hours to kill before our Train to Toledo, so we went outside into the real world to find some food, and the first restraunt we stopped at was fabulous. Because we made the effort to at least try to speak Spainish, they were very pacient and understanding about everything. I had Grilled Swordfish, which was absolutely fantastic!!!!! Then we moved back into the train station feeling highly elated and waited, and waited some more for our train, and then when we did board, it was worth the wait, the seats were super comfortable and just absolutely amazing, enough that my mum was able to sleep the only 30 minute train ride completely off. Then when we got to the train station, we learned a lesson in embarressment and failure, as we tried to get a taxi. Only after much waiting and watching other people did we finally realize that Taxi’s would spontaniously appear, and that you had to be in some unmarked but yet understood line, and you didn’t get a taxi until you were at the top of the line, and so eventually we did get a taxi, and we definately needed it, because then we went up this hill, where the roads would make even a Englishman quiver with fear, they were soooo small. We’ve learned now that it’s just natural for every now and again when a car appears, you just duck into the nearest open doorway to get out of the way of the car. we then got to our hotel, which is beautiful, and has one of the nicest women running it, so we asked her for places to go and things to see, and she was full of information. So we then went out, went past the local cathedral, and wound up getting our dinner at an outside resturaunt. I had Milkfed lamb Cutlets, yummmm. My dad had Free Range Rabbit. and then we had an amazing dessert, where I had a Chocolate Torte. We then continued walking around at night for a bit, and all the birds were out and about around the cathedral where there was still light eating all the bugs, and it was amazing. So yeah, spain is going to ROCK ROCK ON!!

I’ve done something stupid..

Sub-Evil Boy — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:53:28 +0000

So, today I went to out local library (whooo!) to see if any of my books I ordered came in, and indeed 4 of them had. Now, the first stupid thing was that I had actually ordered the last book in a series I wanted to read instead of the first, so now I have have to order the other SIX books in the series as well. Then, I went upstairs to browse, and I ended up checking out another FOUR books, so now currently lying on the floor here I have

Night Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko
Lisey’s Story - Stephen King
The Tommyknockers - Stephen King
Dolores Claiborne - Stephen King
Night Shift - Stephen King
Life Expectancy - Dean Koontz
Desperation - Stephen King
The Dark Tower - Stephen King

and that’s only the ones I have right here, I still have these books waiting to arrive at the library

Misery - Stephen King
The Stand - Stephen King
Hearts In Atlantis - Stephen King
The Regulators - Stephen King (writing as Richard Bachmen)
Nightmares and Dreamscapes - Stephen King
The Running Man - Stephen King (writing as Richard Bachmen
Thinner - Stephen King (writing as Richard Bachmen)
Needful Things - Stephen King
Salem’s Lot - Stephen King
The Call of Cthulhu - H.P. Lovecraft
The Dark Tower: Volumes I-VI

One word, “D’oh!”

English

Sub-Evil Boy — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:45:58 +0000

One of the things that happened last year was that I was in a different group for English then anyone else, because frankly, the teacher was not at the level she should have been. I found the class very enjoyable, and I learned loads. Coming over here, I was anxious about what would happen with me in English, and I have been saved by…. an Irishman. His name is Mr. Calahan (????), and he is one of the best teachers I have had for most subjects. He is able to make everything funny and enjoyable, and be serious and have us get work done at the same time. Today we had a Mock-SATs-Exam in English about Richard III, and while I usually hate to don’t like tests, but this was incredibly fun. One of the things I really like, is that even though I’ve only been here for a year, he still says that I will get a level 7 in my SATs, and the highest anyone can get is 8, and NO ONE gets 8, so he thinks that I can basically get the highest possible. I find that really quite amazing, and I’m worried that as soon as I get back the quality of both the education in general, but more specifically English, will go down. While I’m on languages, I must say that I have found that I am loving languages to death. I love doing German, and it will be a shame to stop when i get back.

Final Departure

Sub-Evil Boy — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:32:56 +0000

The date has been set of my departure from England and when we journey into Europe for a month or so. It seems strange that I’ve been here for about…6 months or so, it seems a lot shorter. I’ve had a great time so far, everyone over here has been amazing to me, and just the atmosphere in general has been really good. It seems strange that I have called our apartment here home for so long now, yet it was never truely my home, even the house in Morris isn’t technically my home, because in 4 years or so I shall move out and find a house of my own, and that might just be my true home, butthat’s pushing it. I had a lot of projects to do while I was here, and sadly I’ve done about… 1 of them if I’m lucky. We actually know the exact day we are leaving now, so I can start the official countdown. 109 days left. It’s pretty amazing. I will not reveal, or at least, not yet, the exact date for several reasons, none of which I feel like explaining at this moment, but I’m sure that if you REALLY REALLY need to know, you can figure it out, unless I’ve done the math wrong, which I wouldn’t be suprised if I had. I hope to start blogging (that’s really such a strange word) more frequently as we get closer to leaving, but there will be the SATs in may (big BIG examination) so that will probobly cut my time in half, then amputate all of it’s limbs and digits, so we will see what will happen!!

Rugby

Sub-Evil Boy — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:37:00 +0000

By now, I’ve probobly let slip to you all that I DO NOT LIKE ATHLETICS. It’s not something that I hide, and I frequintly made a point of pointing out. Well, now I have reason for this policy of mine to change, and it’s found in the most unusual place. When I first came over here, I was scared out of my pants about having to do Rugby. I feared for my life because it sounded like a VERY violent sport, and wacthing the Rugby world cup just fueled that belief even more. Well, after today, I learned, it is a very violent sport, that I really like. It’s not violent like boxing with punching or anything, it’s just American Football, without pads, on steroids, and I actually liked it. There was something strangley energizing about it. Not that it didn’t hurt. It was mildly painful (mostly in the chest), but amazingly, if the tackles were done correctly, it they weren’t so bad, it was when they weren’t so accurate when it hurt the most. I’m actually not too bad at passing the ball, and I almost scored two trys (touchdowns to ye americans), although that was mostly out of being in the right place at the right time, and then getting sacked. I was able to get stuck in it, and I hope to improve as time goes on. This may scare some of you, with both all of the violence and the fact that Thomas is taking an intrest in a sport, but because it’s all between friends, it’s not like we’re all belting on each other, and it hopefuly will all be a good experiance.

Comic

Sub-Evil Boy — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:24:37 +0000

Sorry for the long wait everyone, but schools been really time consuming. Now, I have to do a report and stuff on Jasper Johns for an art project, and I made a really cool cover for the folder that I have to give it to my teacher in, so here it is.

I Have A School

Sub-Evil Boy — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:16:45 +0000

As of this morning, I have a school to go to, yeah! It looks very nice, and we will go in to talk to people tomarrow at 2:30, woot!