User talk:Gidi and alexis

Gidi i need to know if we can stay with jon thursday night before i book the hotel, and i need to book the hotel now. i asked him on facebook, but he hasn't responded yet. ANXIOUS. also dying trying to get all my papers done this weekend...god i can't wait for spain

Damn, you are all business no pleasure... I'll ask him as soon as i can and let you know.

He didn't out right say "no you can't stay with me" but I'm pretty sure thats what was in between the lines, and thats probably why he hasn't responded to you about it. But he did say that you can chill at his place till I get there and that I should go to his place after my flight gets in. Can you maybe book for friday and saturday with an option for thursday? If not, then I guess you should book for thursday, even if it might be a waste. But I guess there's nowhere else we can sleep, is there?

Ok babe I booked us a hotel. The website was kinda ghetto and it doesn't look all that luxurious, but tripadvisor gave it really good reviews for cleanliness, friendliness, and location. Its about 85 euro a night, and it has free breakfast again, which is nice. The name is Hotel Cuatro Naciones, at 40 Las Ramblas,which is a main street. So how do you wanna meet? I think my flight gets in around 630 and it says the hotel is about 20 minutes away by cab or metro. Don't you get in later? Do you have Jon's phone number or address so I can chill with him while I wait? I am so excited to see you again- Turkey whet my appetite.

Ok, here's the deal:

1. Because of your flight on sunday, I convinced Barcelona to move the game to saturday. But seriously, the game is now on saturday the 25th instead of sunday, which means that you can go if you ask Jon to get you a ticket. I suggest you do that.

2. Jon said its fine if you chill at his place till I get there, which should be only at about 12. You don't mind do you? I'll come as soon as I can, and he left all his contact info:

my apartment: Avenida Diagonal 311Bis

tell the cab driver: Diagonal and Valencia


 * (tenaseh likvoah mechir like 25 euro or something cuz if he sees you dont speak a word of Spanish it could be costly)

Once he drops you off at that corner Im number 311Bis, the Bis part means 2nd, so there are two buildings that are number 311, Im the second one with the Bis after the number. Call my apartment by pressing Ático-4. My number in Spain in case you need it is (+34=country code) 679.59.88.60

So thats his information. I guess i'll meet you at Jon's?

3. Did you book for thursday night as well?

4. I'm pretty, pretty, pretty excited to see you too.

5. How did the papers go?

yes i did book the hotel for thursday night, albeit grudgingly. and i asked jon about the tickets, so hopefully that comes through because that would be so much fun. I will probably go to the roma-lazio game on the tenth, by the way, but im gonna wear a helmet. i hear it's dangerous. anywhoo, i just turned my law paper in. i told you i would post it, but the prompt alone is a page, my response is 13 pages, it's not very good, and i think it would bore you. first on my agenda tonight is to prepare a power point presentation to give for Eastern Europe class tomorrow, and tomorrow night i am going out to this purportedly amazing restaurant/wine bar for my friend Jen's b-day. Don't worry, I will be a relatively good girl so I can be rested for Barcelona. Also you might have to hold me while i cry over missing Thanksgiving- my favorite holiday.

I hope all your academic endeavors have been completed by now. I just finished a poker game that started about 3 hours ago. I got 3rd place out of like 12 people, which doesn't really matter because only first place will win a bunch of candy. But it was still fun - I got really competitive with my roommate who also played. He was being really annoying. I also have a bunch of papers/projects that are due a little bit after Spain, but you know me well and obviously i've been leaving them all to deal with when I get back from Spain. I'm just not going to think about all that right now though. and other than that, not much else is happening - I just can't wait to get to Barcelona. If for some reason we don't hear from each other, lets meet at Jon's at 12 or so, or whenever I get in to town. Hopefully the internet keeps working here on the ship - it occasionally just decides to cut out. So let Jon know about the plans, because I don't know if ill have a chance to email him before I get to Spain. We'll see. Oh, and we're apparently getting a really nice thanksgiving dinner tomorrow night on the ship - im so excited for that, and especially for the cranberry sauce which is notoriously my favorite. Maybe ill save you some leftovers in a little lunch box? is it worth it or will the meat go rotten?

sweet of you, but i think i'll just wait till i get home- my mom is making me a full thanksgiving dinner : ) tonight i am doing laundry and packing, then a bunch of us are going over to a friend's place to make a shit load of mexican food, and then go out. I don't feel like drinking or dancing much, and i wanna save myself for spain, so hopefully we just end up in a chill bar. See you tomorrow!!!!

Did you make it back safely? I did. Ugh, but my flight was miserable. It was delayed by nearly an hour, and next to me on the plane was the noisiest, most rambunctious little italian boy. His father just slept, and his mother a few aisles down didn't give a shit that he was SCREAMING nonstop the entire flight. and kept hitting me with one of those toys that's like one of those sticks people use to pick up trash, except the claw on the end is shaped like an animal head. and then his little brother, sitting with his mom, decided to come over and CLIMB ON TOP OF ME AND START FIGHTING WITH HIS BROTHER. i did get to practice my italian a lot though. anywhoooo I miss you already. can you email me all the pictures you took, or put them on facebook, or I think you can upload them here?

Yea I got back fine, though extremely tired. I still can't get over how fun barcelona was - and i would really like to study there or in some other place in europe if i get the chance. i just looked up the london school of economics on wikipedia, and it apparently also specializes in polisci and all other social sciences, so ii thinnk that would be an absolutely amazing opportunity to study there if i ever get the chance. I know you also looked into it. it sounds pretty awesome, and its in english which makes things a bit easier. Anyways, i got back to qadiz on the last day after a sleepless night and a tedious flight and had enough time to walk around the city center, shop a little bit at Zara (I wish you could have been there so i could listen to your expert advice) and hung out at a really traditional cafe and ate an amazing cheese sandwich. So we're back on the ship now, the atlantic ocean is rocky as hell for some reason, and the work for all my classes is piling up uncontrolably. I'm actually excited to get back home and see my family and friends. I'll upload the pictures as soon as i get back to irvine because facebook would take wayy too long, unless there is a way to do it on wikipedia.? is there?

Barcelona really was fabulous. Whenever I tell people about it, they are surprised at the amount of enthusiasm i express. im excited for you to get home, too- then I can call you on my cellie. So today was an excellent day. I got my paper back from international law, and I got an A, and she said "Alexandra,This is an exemplary essay, remarkable for its rigorous and thorough legal reasoning and careful but impassioned writing. I have made few comments, as your argumentation was so clear as to speak for itself. You have done an outstanding job." And remember how I was saying that I really wanted to see Carmen? Well I looked up the Opera theater today and that just happens to be what they are putting on next week, so I am getting tickets. Class just ended, and I am working here for a bit, trying to buy Roma Lazio tickets online, and then I am going shopping with Stacia to get ingredients for this really decadent dinner we are gonna make. I still have to finish putting together a presentation, a paper, a portfolio, and study a bit for finals, but I am gonna work my ass off this week to leave my last couple weeks free. As far as uploading pics, I think you can on wikipedia if you look up in the tool bar. There are tools for inserting imbedded images, or image galleries. If it doesnt work out then I can wait for facebook, but my mom "wants to wring my neck" for forgetting my camera everywhere I go, so I should send her some pics. Love you and miss you mucho!

Speaking of academic triumphs, last night i was invited to a gathering of the 17 students who did the best in our global studies class (the one which everyone has to take). The professor of the class and the academic dean thanked us for being so studious and said that "we were a great example to the rest of the ship." I laughed silently, reminding myself that I don't actually go to class very often at all. I think it was more of a testament of how dumb the people on the ship are than it was an honor for me to receive. But it was well worth it because we all got brownies, ice cream and delicious toppings and made ice cream sundaes. MMMMmmm. We have the formal ball tonight which is exciting - we get a shrimp cocktail as an appetizer first, then filet mignon with some kind of delicious gravy, and a baked potato with sour cream and chives, as well as champagne and wine. And I get to wear my new suit. Other than that, I have 3 huge projects to complete in the next 3 days, and 4 1 page papers that i havnt started and are due in 150 minutes. so im going to work on those, and then start getting ready for the "ball". MWa

So I got tickets today to see Carmen, at 8:30 pm after my last final on the 15th...and after I guess I will go out on the town for the last time!! a nice way to spend my 2nd to last night in rome, i think. how was the ball??

the ball was awesome. I actually wrote you a short drunk message last night but i deleted it because it was too incoherent. But essentially it was "I want you here so badly right now." Anyways, it was a lot of fun. First we went up for pictures with the camptain, all dressed up really nice in my vietnamese suit and burgundy boatie. After that, we were served 2 drinks on the 7th deck outside. So i drank a glass of wine, a guiness, and then headed to dinner with somewhat of a buzz. We had a really great table at dinner, it was me, two other guys, and 3 girls from california and michigan. we got another glass of wine at dinner, with our appetizer which was a shrimp cocktail with devil's sauce that was delightful. After a salty soup and a caeser salad, we got our main course: a filet and a baked potato. The steak was pretty good for the ship, but not neaerly as delicious as ruth's chris's savory meat. But we enjoyed, then went down to our rooms to preparty some more before the actualy dance, and then headed to the "ball room." Here i was pretty hammered already, and together with the rockiness of the ship combined for a pretty bad sense of balance on my part. So, in all, a really fun night, and when the music was done playing i was pretty sad. Then tomorrow i have a final and a 5 pager due, and then two more big papers 2 days after that. Not so fun. I'm excited for you to see Carmen, even though it will be in Italian. Wear a nice formal dress and be elegant k?

WE BEAT USC!!!

i heard! crazy. and here i thought that we were having a bad season. i guess sc's is worse. i am sitting in the computer lab right now, trying to write a paper, an italian oral presentation, print review shit for my law class, and make wishlists online to send my mom. unfortunately i am only really accomplishing that last. oh ya, and i am wearing a brazilian ronadinho jersey that i picked up a few days ago. it's getting down to the wire to get tickets for roma lazio,but i am having trouble rounding up the troops to get them, and i definitely can't go by myself. so hopefully that works out. i am frantically spending my last days sightseeing, giftbuying,working, and eating/drinking good italian fare. i just dont wanna miss out on any italian experiences. unfortunately i really embarrassed myself the other night. katie's manfriend paolo and his friend luigi took us out again, this time to a small bar that their friend owns, and then to this really cool dance hall/beer house outside of rome called the beer station. but i was really really drunk, and at the first bar, where we all had these amazing jots of kalhua, baileys, cream, and chocolate shavings, i stole a bunch of tea packets and a candy bar! and paolo caught me and before we left, paid his friend for the things i took! i felt like such a child. i dont really know what i was thinking, except that chocolate sounded really good. then at the beer house, i guess the dj had gotten in a bad car crash on the way there so, with no live music to be had, everyone cleared out super early, leaving just us. after that i dont remember anything because i passed out at the table until they woke me up to leave. but apparently everyone else had a good time just chilling over beer and nachos. good lord i am so embarrassed. that's the second time paolo and luigi have seen me extremely drunk- the last time was when i slept in paolo's car while they all danced in a club, if you remember that story. i blame that last extra shot. but who's gonna turn down a free shot of deliciousness?

Sorry to hear that. Take it easy with the drinking during these last days, as well as with the kleptomania. There's just no point. I have one more final in a few hours, and I heared rumors that those with an A won't have to take it because the professor is a lazy fuck that doesn't teach us shit. So I'm going ahead and making two gambles: that I have an A and that the professor will actually make that deal with us. So other than that, I'm done with all my papers, finals, and projects. It really wasn't that bad; pretty much the easiest college quarter ever. Its kinda sad though as we are all starting to pack, get each other's contact information, and thinking about getting back home. Tonight we have a final dance, so it should be a nice grand finale to the trip. And then on thursday night I'm already back in good old Irvine, California. Hopefully ill go to UCLA on friday and party with the folks there - even though I want to see my family as well. We'll see what happens. And then, I was thinking of coming up to see you around the 27 of December, assuming ill be able to get time off work at that point (this is all tentative). So let me know if that sounds good to you.

sounds excellent. maybe we could even go to tahoe???

Uhh possibly...

I'm home. This is weird. I just got a message from you from about 2 months ago, and it was incredibly cute. Remember when you left it? I miss you babe. Call me, but be mindful of the time difference

Just got back from Costco with mom; had some delicious samples (chicken nuggets, good coffee, blueberry pie and crackers with cream cheese and sundried tomatoes). And, of course, a very berry sundae for dessert. Yum.

just compiled my research paper and portfolio for eastern european politics...have the final in an hour and need to study but dont want to...almost done!!!

Ok so I just turned my phone in, and this is my last time at school probably before I leave...but I will call you from Chicago on Sunday!!! hopefully i dont get snowed in. that would really suck, being stalled on the last leg of my journey. about to take a 2.5 hour italian final, blah, then hauling ass to go to my favorite pizza place for dinner, the opera, and then out for my friend's birthday, not to mention my second to last night out in rome. tomorrow i have to pack and clean the apartment, which is a drain, and then i am gonna go out pretty much all night because my shuttle to the airport is at 4:15 in the morning, so i dont really see the point in sleeping for like an hour. mwah wish me luck in my travels, and you will hear from me soon!