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Which way do you lean?

I did this interesting quiz on my political leanings today. Apart from the questions and ultimately the results making me think a lot - the other information about the migration of ideas of political parties over the last 30 or so years was VERY eye-opening.

Have a go!

http://www.politicalcompass.org/index

John Mayer

Just bought his new(ish) grammy winning album, Continuum. This song is my favourite. I love the honesty of the lyrics - they seem to come from MY heart

Heart of Life

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more on lice.....

see this - a child's true views on head lice. I seem to share them, too

http://www.honeoye.org/Bugs/HeadLice.html

DANGERS OF BEING A TEACHER

OK, so I am not a mom - but how is it possible for a teacher to spot a louse at 20 paces?! The Spanish teacher that I work with found lice on 3 (!) children in my class today..... Yes, feelings of inadequacy reign at the moment, I must say - but they are overtaken only by the feeling of my PERSISTENTLY ITCHY SCALP!!! The psychological effects of PERHAPS having lice are worse, I think, than the effects of actually having them! So hopefully the children will be lice free tomorrow - but in all probability, they will have spread the buggers to 3 more and we will have an epidemic on our hands...

PROA

I volunteer regularly at an animal rescue centre (PROA), south of Madrid, in Leganés (en el cullo del mundo - the arse of the world) This weekend, a worker there has taken the property to hostage, and all the dogs have had to be removed but the city council, and we have had to find temporary homes for them all..... What sicko could be that egotistical! We have 7 rescued greyhounds there at the moment, who were just left to starve in the forests at the end of the hunting season, or left hung by the neck in trees by sadistic Spanish hunters who feel that animals have less rights than humans! We have been advised not to go near the property because of fears for our safety. My word... See this of how animals are treated in Spain - and this is just the dogs!

sitting here

I think i spend far too much time in front of the computer..... Am I addicted? I suppose so. I feel like when i am here that i am somehow connected to the rest of the world....

Life in a foreign country is weird. You wanna be here, but you wish all the time that you had those familiar things from your 'old life' with you.... My PC somehow connects me to 'out there'... I suppose I am not settled yet.... I am destined to continue exploring for a bit... So I sit here night after night, typing away, making new connections to different people, discovering new things, keeping in touch with old friends and family, chatting to my man (he lives far way, too.......) Would I change it for anything? At the moment... NO! Not at all. It is comfortable and strange, all at the same time. I am so grateful for the entrance to different worlds and opinions that this bulky screen, cranky keyboard and eternally humming monitor afford me. What a wonderful way to waste hours!

it's about time

here i am, eventually getting it together to create something concrete about my experiences in this strange world.... after having tried the myspace thing (i HATE myspace), i decided this was the place for me... hope my contributions are interesting enough to read....

Today was beautiful in Madrid - a true spring day - and like a true city being, i had lunch INDOORS. idiota.... mexican on sunday. somewhat of a tradition in my life at the moment. La Mordida, in Opera. Coronita and guacamole......yum!

This photo is from my last spring I experienced in August in South Africa. Being such a time traveller, i get to experience 2 springs every year.... lucky me!