Sunday, October 16, 2011

This Is Insomnia Mess

I can't sleep. My brain won't turn off. Which I find ironic since it takes the liberty to do just that so many times during the average day. (i.e. No I don't remember how to say 'cenicero' in English. Its just that thing we put ashes and cigarette buts in. Actually it doesnt exist. Nope no name. Sorry.). The reason why I'm still awake is because everyone likes to "tomar un cafe" about 83 times a day here. Well if I go around tomando coffees all doggone day then Allah knows there will be retribution. Side note, I actually just realized I forgot to drink water today. Does that happen to anyone else? Or am I the only one who challenges their body to dehydration marathons? No..? Oh.... I also forget to go pee sometimes and then when the light bulb turns on its suddenly GET-ME-OFF-THIS-FUCKING-BUS-I-JUST-REMEBERED-SOMETHING. But maybe that's because I forget to drink water.

Like I said my brain has power outages during the average day.

Tonight however our gears our turning. Eyes wide open. High alert. Thank god for the internets and a big bright screen to stare so I can disintigrate my vision (more so). I got out of bed and opened it up and went through the normal click click clicks which are a series of:

-Don't Install
-Remind me Later
-Cancel
-No I dont want the new version
-Cancel
-Don't Install
-Remind me Later

These are the leave me alone clicks. Quite bothersome. If I were to prognosticate I would say that my computer is dying a sad slow death and when its finally capput, some hysterical blonde girl will yell, "Why did no one remind me to update virus software??" But I'm not a credited gypsy fortune teller so I can not be held accountable for such prognostications.

(Click Click)

Before I did turn on this computer though I was lying in bed listening to the "sleep machine" of noises that apartment living in Spain provides. I spent a summer in Oklahoma and forgot about my Spanish sleep machine. For peaceful dreams on a thermarest bed Americans enjoy such noises as gentle crashing of waves, crickets in orchestra or light breeze on an Autumn night. In Spain, Its straight up legit sleep machines. I hear Mother Tearing into Daughter, Toilets Flushing, Chorus of Coughing, and Sex from the people above you.

This could be status quo for all apartment living. And I'm starting to think so. I'm from Oklahoma. We live in houses. I'm new to this. I had some friends over the other night and after a raptuous game of CaraGalleta ("face cookie" see video below) we stood up and proudly sang Canada's national anthem. Why? Because we have a Canadian friend and he teaches us things about Canada. So in the middle of our salute, there is a sudden banging noise coming from the ceiling. The anti-canadian neighbors above found a broom and made it clear what they wanted. What is it with brooms and getting people to be quiet in apartments? I totally thought that was just in t.v. shows. So do these people keep brooms handy or do they go get one to make their point? What happens if we don't hear the broom? Do they come down?

Apartment living is fine. But I just don't like knowning so much about people's lives. And I also don't like whisper-singing Canada's national anthem. It's just disrespectful in principle.

Here's the video I mentioned above. My friend elena totally dominates at facecookie.

Well its not working Ill post later. Xoxo. Coco.

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