US 2 – Spain 0 in a Confederation Cup semi-final. US makes it into a final of an actual tournament. They do it by beating the best team in the world. Woohoo!
Orioles 2 – Marlins 4. WTF! They can sweep the defending national champs, but not a somewhat sorry team.
It’s always good for a post to check referers. I’ll just pick the recent ones and comment. Simple and effective. Plus then I start my own google bomb to get these to the top. Very self-referential and weird!
NY escort kottke: Must be wondering what kottke thinks about Gov. Spitzer resigning or even looking for some special service.
apple unboxing: Looking for some great computer porn.
oksana akinshina naked: What’s a week without this search term?
when love is unrequited the whole world is crap: Searches for NewsRadio quotes drive traffic here.
doobie keebler: ditto
ellen page show me love: Is she making the English remake? I hope she isn’t? She’s too sassy for an Agnes.
cool lamp shades: I keep meaning to get me some.
8-bit video game music: Sounds cool!
negative about monte pego: Can’t think of any. Oh, here’s one: it’s too far away right now. Darn.
That’s it for today. There’s no naked Oksana Akinshina here! Look for Oksana Akinshina naked here!
Aug 18, 2007
12:40 Hotel Alicia
Ate at VIPS. Hamburger. Was really in the mood for some sort of rice dish. Walked around to the plaza del sol and back. Met a filippino. He talked about the cars have bumps on them because of parking. As long as the bumper doesn’t fall off. You’re fine.8:35
Morning. It’s quiet. It seems no one’s awake. Got to go. Adiós, Madrid
Aug 17, 2007
12:45 Madrid – Hotel Alicia
What am I doing in my room? I should be out partying. Now. Got into Madrid about 2:30 yesterday. Ate some donuts on the road. Got told to fuck off by Walter because of driving en España. Had some tapas on the square. Ate dinner at 10:30 at Muséo dé Jamon. This hotel is too vogue-ish.9:10 Hotel Alicia
Toured Madrid all day. Went to the Prado. Saw just about everything again. Went to Rénia Sofia. Saw Miro, Picasso, Guarnica, Tired. Bought tchotkes. I’m out of cash. Only have €5.30.
Aug. 16, 2007
12:17 Villa Ellicott
This countries 11:00pm news begins @ 1am. Just packing. Ate at Buena Vista Restaurante. No paella. It had to be preordered which we didn’t know. Bummer. The waitress was tres linda. Brunette, tall, and glasses. The meal was okay. I got the fish baked in salt. It wasn’t served in it. Bummer.7:55
Adios, Villa Ellicott. Muchas gracias for all the fun. Voya con dios. Mira en 15 anos.
Pardon the bad spanish. I really don’t know what I am writing. It was morning and I faced a long drive. No thanks to CapitolSwell.
Aug 15, 2007
4:35 Villa Ellicott
Went to fix up the water bill this morning. La oficina est cerrado. You know it is the feast of the assumption. It’s a national holiday. The stores are all closed. In America, every store would be open w/a sale. We need to eliminate the separation of church and state so we can also have more holidays.Walked La Via again in Denia. Tried to get to the castillo. Hoodlums were guarding the gate.
Checking out my referrers and I see someone searching for “rain” and “pego.” It seems they had a storm on Costa Blanca. What a mess. These are pictures of Calpe. The place is very familiar since we were just there. Ask CapitolSwell where these were taken and he’ll know exactly.
Anyway, reverse lookup for the search leads me to a discussion board about the storm. It sounds and looks awful.
I just had to share these pics which I got from there. It’s my favorite beach on Costa Blanca. I would hate to know that it’s damaged like this.
Aug 13, 2007
1:00 Villa Ellicott
Days consist of the same. I wake up earlier than everyone. Wait for them to get up at noon. Eat lunch. Then wait to go wherever. Read my book.7:55
The waiting took the form of staying. Walter had some kind of ailment and didn’t allow us to go to Calpe. He was dizzy and mom blamed it on hypertension. So we stayed and Bernard took them to a hike on the Pinyon d-ifache. That dude sucks. Always taking his good old time. I hate waiting for them.
I wanted to get out of the house. Mostly to see Calpe which is a neat beach. What happened, Walt?
Aug 12, 2007
7:45 Villa Ellicott
Tossed and turned all night. It’s pretty warm in the house. I got up early and went for a morning constitution around back towards Rafol. I woke up some sleeping dogs.Yesterday, I left my hat at the Monte Pego restaurant. That’s one thing wrong with bringing a hat. We also got worried about Bernardo and family who didn’t turn up until 2:00 AM. They’re real spaniards now.
8:15
Showered outside!! First time in days. Fanta for breakfast. It’s got 80% zumo.1:12
Done some swimming in the pool. Drunk some San Miguel. Waiting for the kids to get up. Domingo en España. Let’s do something. Earlier we got some cafe con leche at the Buena Vista apartments. There’s free wi-fi so we have to go back sas not to kill our cell phone bill.9:09 Villa Ellicott
Back from a big disappointing day. First to la cueva de calvera, “the cave of skulls,” in Bendrilieg. Another English lady bartending. There we watched the rain come in. And it rained. Rained out our excursion to Ondara for the toreros. No bullfighting. Dang. Ate in Pego at the chinese restaurant. We have lots of leftovers.
Usually, the bullfight in Ondara is the best thing about visiting the villa. You watch minor league torreadors fighting the bull. You hope to see a pretty girl on a horse, too. Yet, it rained a thunderstorm with hail. Frightening. And the bullfight was called due to a rain out. So we settled for chines food. According to the couple that takes care of our villa, it’s the best in the area. These dudes are british. I doubt they have a sensible palate. I’ll let CapitolSwell write up a review. We had the eight course meal for eight people. Big mistake. Should’ve had the six course for six people. I could’ve done without some of the dishes. I just wanted the sweet and sour pork.
Aug 11, 2007
1:00 Villa Ellicott
Went to the mercardo for some food stuff. How do you say, “A quarter kilo?” Drinking Fanta and San Miguel. We should be moving, up and about, but people are still asleep.8:05 Playa de les Marines
Sitting on the beach after swimming for the afternoon. Drove to Javea earlier through a winding road. It looked like a fun bike ride. Went to the boardwalk there. It was English. Ate at the English Chili’s. Served by an English waitress. Had fake calimaris. Walt at fake shrimp in garlic sauce. Mom had Paella Valencia w/o seafood. Now we’re back near Denia. Parked in a back alley. How do we get out?
“Uno quatro kilo, por favor.” I think.
