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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGDQOECShw8&ob=av2e

The song has nothing really to do with the post, it just happens to be called the same, and its by a really good band; Portugal, the Man!

People say, that when you learn a new language, the way you know you are fluent is when you dream in that language. This whole year, I've been waiting for my Spanish dream. Last night, it arrived. It was a stupid dream of course, but nevertheless, in Spanish. It took me until after I was awake and had been cleaning up after my going away party last night, to realize this momentous occasion in my life. Then it was like, I MUST BLOG NOW.

In my dream, I'm pretty sure I was telling this smarty pants Spanish kid that he was silly. He didn't think I could speak Spanish (even though the whole dream was in Spanish), oooh silly little Juanito. There were also some amusement park rides involved (I think this took place at the Feria) and a very tall, American man who kept hugging me. It was a very lovely, rather strange, dream, and completely in Spanish. Ahhh.... por fin!

Also, last night, like I said earlier, was my going away party. I invited some friends over, cooked a bit and made some tinto de verano and everyone came over. It was so much fun. My Spanish friends gave me a Spanish flag that they had all written messages on. I cried when I saw it, yep, yep I did. It was so sweet.

Then after a bit, we all went out for drinks in the city and we met up with some of our favorite Spanish fella friends. They had a new guy with them who told me that I sounded like I was from Chiclana when I spoke Spanish. He was all like, "donde has ensenado espanol" y yo, "como? en instituto?" el, "tu hablas muy andaluz, como eres de Chiclana," yo, "BAHHHHHH (on the inside)! En serio (blowing off the compliment, on the outside)?"

Carmen is from Chiclana.... and it is true, I have a very andalusian accent..... uff, I love it.

But anywayz, these were just a few nuggets of my life I wanted to share. Mom comes in 7 days and I'll be home in 43! Let's hang out 'muricaaa