One of the things I've missed most from the states is randomly picking up gossip magazines at the grocery stores and airports. My favorite section of one of the magazines US Weekly is the "Stars--They're Just Like Us!" section. Before I leave Spain for good, I'd thought I'd come up with my own version....
Spaniards, They're Just Like Us.....
Their crowds love their mascots...no matter how silly they look!
They profess their love for each other on public property...
I know you've all been wondering what's going on with me. I took a brief hiatus, and in during that break I was introduced to twitter. By now I'm sure all of you have heard of this new phenomenon that is like taking over the world. I have to say, its pretty addicting and fun following people. Its interesting how people can be so creative and funny in 140 characters at a time. You get to see people's personalities that you've never met before, like Rebecca Lobo. During the tournament she was hilarious! Its of course the perfect place for me, I love randomness.
I happen to be a very big fan of Alice in Wonderland, and an event that transpired last week forced me to wonder: perhaps I fell through a rabbit hole of my own and stepped through the looking glass into a new world. This experience I had was definitely something out of Alice in Wonderland's universe of nonsense:
During the warmup of our game everything was going as usual, and then a curious thing happened. They started playing "Summer Nights", the John Travolta/ Olivia Newton-John duet from the 70s musical Grease. Subsequently "Grease Lightning" and "You're the One That I Want" followed, creating an all out Grease medley. And to my surprise the crowd looved it, they were super enthusiastic, showing their support of this somewhat odd choice of warmup music. It was definitely an incredulous moment for me. I have heard a plethora of various warmup songs during my career, but that medley trumped the head scratcher meter. It did make me think, however. I think it shows how our culture is appreciated and enjoyed all over the world. Most of all, it shows that even after 30 years, and even in an incomprehensible language, NOBODY can resist the catchy hook of "You're the One That I Want" lol
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I was lucky enough to spend the first part of my 22nd birthday in the Canary Islands, which is a set of Spanish islands set off the Western coast of Africa. Really spectacular and beautiful, reminiscent in my opinion of the Virgin Islands in the US. Being totally unprepared to turn 22 I don't have any special plans, except to follow the Stanford Cal game (which everyone should be watching! It's going to be good) A Stanford victory will be a good enough gift for me...as for the lack of plans, I figure I have the whole year to enjoy 22, what's the rush? :)
With that said,Happy Valentines day! (or, as I affectionately call it, "Single Awareness day" for some of us)
And in true Mad Hatter and March Hare tea party form, happy UNbirthday to all of you! Make sure you celebrate, you only have 364 of them....
xoxo,Candisimo
Greetings earthlings, it's Candice reporting from planet Valencia......
Ok I know its been like an eon since I last posted but that's because I've been adjusting to life in Europe. Its so much to take in and I've literally needed a month to do all that, but anyway here I am now!
A quick summary of my past month in planet Valencia:
On my first day of arriving, I went to a restaurant and it was definitely a Monica Wright in Spain moment as the restaurant I was in was playing the exact same song that was playing in the movie Love and Basketball when she was in Spain! (Does anyone know what that song is called? It's a great Spanish song...) so I thought that was pretty crazy.
Catching up on Gossip Girl and Top Chef (Thank goodness for youtube and the itunes store!) And I couldn't believe what is happening on both of those shows.
Skype.
Oh yeah, and playing basketball too :)
Let me know what's going on the other side of the world....
xoxo Candisimo
