Monday, May 11, 2009

A l'il bit of Negative Nancy-ing

I forgot to include a few other things to the list of things I won't miss about Spain...

  • Mullets. Especially the terrifying, but less common, FE-mullet. I've asked the Spaniards what the word for "mullet" is, but there's no translation. Also, I find it kind of ironic that the "cool" kids in school are almost always donning a gel-caked mullet. It is unbelievably unattractive.
  • Random facial piercings, usually below the lip. I'm curious why this is considered attractive, because to me, I do a double take because it looks like acne.
  • Freakin' motos, or little motorcycle/Vespa things, ALWAYS buzzing by. If there were a soundtrack to my life in Spain, it would include these sounds. My only source of joy about this annoyance is that those annoying a-holes who drive the motos will be partially deaf in a matter of years. Ah, schadenfreude.
  • DOG SHIT (excuse me, but when you see it EVERYWHERE, it deserves the word). I was jogging this afternoon and every couple feet I would see a mound. People just don't give a (forgive me) shit about this issue!
  • No clothes driers, hence, you have to plan your laundry days around the weather if you want your clothes to dry in less than a week.
OK, that's about all that I have left to add to the list. I just want to have some documentation about the things that drove me insane about España. That way, when I get all nostalgic about my time in Spain in the future, I'll just look back at this list and think oh yeah, it wasn't ALL fantástico.

2 comments:

Adelyn Zara said...

oy

Dave said...

So....does that disgust with mounds all over the place in Cabra mean that when you walk Pug over here you'll be picking up after him? He'll thank you for it. :)