havas yavas lutfen

what up!! today was incredible. we travelled all around southeast turkey in the bus. We stopped in about 4 little ancient towns. 

Today is another short blog, I have to be at dinner in 120 seconds. So, enjoy the pics! Full reports will be posted when I get back to Istanbul next week!

see ya, love ya!

I love all the local kids!

me, jeremy and daniel in Dara

ok, this is an ancient tomb from 5600BC. yes, BC....there were still some bones in it...

you are eating everytime I see you

so, apparently I eat constantly...according to some of the turkish girls. haha, I'm cool with that. Oh, and my personality is as colorful as my clothing too. I hope that doesn't mean I'm gay. haha, just playin

so I explored Mardin all day today. I had amazing food all day (ok, maybe the girls are right). Again, I am in a rush to get downstairs and socialize. I am a little social butterfly, I can't help it. I get it from my little sis. What up sandy!!

this is looking down over Mardin from a school used in the 1400's

the new Fiat 500! pimpin

I told this kid to cross his arms so we could look cool together. little did I know this kid is straight gangsta. look at how hard he is looking at the camera!

this is Mesopotamia, a.k.a. the beginning of civilization. it was seriously breathtaking thinking about it. beautiful

love

ok Mardin is one of the most amazing places I have ever been. Its just beautiful, and the people are really friendly. Friendly in the exact meaning of the word, not friendly as in "i want to be nice only to get your money." 

I'm gonna keep it short tonight, I'm sitting up in my room instead of being downstairs with everyone else. So, here are a few pics from today. I'll post up a bigger blog tomorrow. Night!

me and this awesome little dude that was playing with a sheep on his roof haha

panoramic of Mardin. That is Syria in the horizon

made it to mardin

what up errbody. dont have much time, but I wanted to keep ya updated. I made it here just fine, the flight was good. We are staying in a police academy type thing. It is actually really nice, I would rather be here than my place in Istanbul haha..just playing...kinda...

anyways, the internet runs good here. So look for me on skype and whatnot, maybe I could video chat! ok, we are off to tour the city!! peace

racing is back!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOO i have been waiting for this since November!! World Superbike's season opener is this weekend in Philip Island, AU. It is gonna be amazing this season in World SBK. If you are gonna watch any series this year, this is the one to watch. 7 different manufactures, 32 riders...best of all, Ben Spies is gonna tear it UP!!! I predict he will win the championship, no joke. I dont care if he is a rookie, the dude is scary fast. He is on the Yamaha this year, rockin the number 19. GOOOOOOOOOOO Elbowz!!

Also, MotoGP has their second official test this weekend in Qatar under the lights. I wanted to go there soooo bad for the season opener in April, but it just costs too much and the timing isn't good as far as school is concerned. I'm thinkin Nicky is gonna find his rhythm this weekend and put his head down on that Ducati. You should see him ride that beast, it bucks like mad coming out of the corners. Hopefully he can get it worked out. 

annnnnnd AMA starts up next weekend in Daytona! The 200 is gonna be under the lights, I'm so upset I'm gonna miss that. Its all good though. I'm gonna depend on you guys to watch the races for me, or if you wanna be really nice, set up your webcam infront of the TV so I can watch it :)  Look out for Josh Herrin this year, that kid is hands down the fastest in the 600 series. He just needs to stay calm and put some laps together. I feel good about it, he will be top 3 this season!

aight I'll talk to you guys soon. Gotta get to sleep, waking up at 4:30am. Peace!

i am fine

if you haven't seen it yet on the news or internet, here is a link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/world/europe/26amsterdam.html?hp

I was not on that flight. I do not leave Istanbul for another 18 hours. Yes, it is the airline I am flying tomorrow. Yes, I have made that exact flight on the exact airline. I am thankful I was not on the flight, and I'm not worried for the flight tomorrow.

and neither should you or anyone else

If you are wanting to know, my flights to and from Mardin are as follows:

Leaving

Feb 26 - Turkish Airlines - Flight 0826 - Leaving at 7:25am Turkey time

Returning

Mar 01 - Turkish Airlines - Flight 0827 - Leaving at 10:10am Turkey time

I dont know if I will have internet while I am there, its pretty unlikely. So, I may not be able to blog or skype with anyone until sunday afternoon here, or about the time you wake up on Sunday. However, even if I dont have internet I'm gonna blog everyday, and post them individually when I get back. 

I don't know where I am staying over there, they havent told us haha. I'm sure it will be a nice little hotel. I def have to catch a bus between 5:30am and 6:00am. That is gonna suck. The streets are talkin over here, and I hear that some people in my studio are gonna party all night and not go to sleep. Sounds like a horrible idea to me haha, but to each their own. 

Aiiiiiiight, sorry for the lame post today. I'm gonna eat and go the gym here in a little bit, then come back and pack and hit the bed. So hopefully I'll talk to you guys tomorrow, if not, see ya Sunday!! love peace and melted cheese grease

blank screen

sorry about no posts yesterday. The internet at the apartment is nothing short of ridiculous. Its one modem, with at least 15 computers on it (not including whoever else is on it within range cause it is unsecured, of course). At any given point, there are a lot of people downloading TV shows, movies, even entire seasons of TV shows. Will all that added up, it equals this: inability for mine (or anyone elses) to send emails, inability to talk on skype...and dont even try to video chat, going to a web page means sitting and staring at a white screen for 5-10 minutes, inability to upload any pictures or videos, and obviously no blog posting. 

the only reason I can do this is because I woke up an hour before anyone else. Even still, it is painfully slow. And, in fine Turkish style, the internet doesnt work in studio. We have to go upstairs and sit in the cafe if we want to use the internet. So, communication is tough for me with everyone, and I apologize for that.

On thursday morning I am flying to Mardin, Turkey for my studio project...I hardly know where it is, so I dont expect anyone else to...so here is a map of turkey:

Istanbul is circled in blue, Mardin is circled in red....and yes, that is Batman in green

Mardin is about 800 miles from Istanbul, and Istanbul is about 5800 miles from Auburn/Daytona. So, that will put me around 6,600 miles from home. I know my grandpa travelled with the military when he was younger, but I dont know how far he went. I know he was in Germany. But anyways, what I'm getting at is that I may possibly be the farthest away from Tennessee a Pryor has ever been! Correct me if I am wrong though, fellow meaticons.

Well, it is still raining here. Bout three weeks straight. There was standing snow yesterday at the gym, but I didnt actually see it snow. Yup...ready for the warm weather. Ok, well I'm off to class! see ya

KALE is turkish for IHOP

what up! today was pretty much amazing. Me, my international baller roomate aka Jeremy, and Nick went out to breakfast/lunch with a bunch of the turkish girls today..Ferdag, Sezin, Bihter, Sumru, and Asli are their names. yeah, I struggled / still struggle with the names. Oh, and a couple Germans also, Christopher and Tina (easy enough). Everybody is so cool and fun to be around, and everyone speaks english well. 

so we went to this breakfast joint called Kale that overlooks the Bosphorus river. Really nice little building, amazing view. They serve breakfast all day here, so naturally we just ordered "breakfast". With that one magical word, the delivered a little drip of nectar from heaven. We had fresh tomato, cucumber (amazing), couple different cheeses, bread, tortilla things, this stuff called kymak (butter/cream cheese smothered in honey), menemen (those amazing omelette things), fresh orange juice, hot tea, turkish coffee, and my favorite of all.....borek pacanga. Words cannot describe this borek pacanga. nothing short of bliss wrapped in a flakey pastry. 

spent the rest of today doing some work for my Wednesday class, and just chillin out. Its official. I am obsessed with eating cereal, more specifically Nesquik cereal. I just wanna give a big thank to my roomate, Adderly, for re-introducing me to cereal. I haven't eaten it on a regular basis since my childhood. Is it bad that I go to sleep excited about waking up and eating cereal hahahaha. IT IS SO AMAZING. ok, that is all I have to say about that.

love peace and grungey hair grease

golden arches

blog part iki! that is two...in turkish. yeahhhh...... 

ok well anyways. As requested by my meaticons (yes, that is you if you read my blog) I made a special trip to McDonalds tonight to get the lowdown on the piquancy of the food. My impressions are as follows:

-the layout of the fry boiler, hamburger construction, sandwich shrouding, mcflurry interlacing, and general employee walking paths were in the same exact location as all the mcdonald's in america.

- most of the items on the menu were the same, with the addition of doughnuts, onion rings, apple pies with ice cream, and the MEGA MAC. it looked a little something like this...

four hamburger patties, pretty much the most harmful feat of food engineering ever. I mean, but a size and name like that, it is practically a Transformer. 

-the prices we a lot more expensive that I expected, but I would guess they are similar to the American prices

-and lastly, the "golden arches" were more like the golden arch that is upside down, as demonstrated below:

I only ended up buying a mcflurry with m&m's (called bonibons here b/c they don't sell real m&m's). It tasted just like back home, nothing special. however, the measily spoon they provided me was subpar. It snapped in half the first scoop I went for hahaha.

overall, I was about as thrilled by this mcdonalds as the ones in america. I'm not a mcdonalds fan to begin with. But, it was still cool to go in there are see whats up! 

love peace and mega mac grease

new music saturday

updated my playlist! it is only 5 songs, but they are all new releases, and all of them are amazing. Hope you enjoy it

so I'm just chillin at the apartment. Listening to the Steve Harvey Morning Show live! I bought an app for my iPhone that lets me listen to any FM radio channel in the world, pretty cool. What is nice about listening to it from here is the way the time change works out. See, when I'm in Auburn or Daytona, I only normally get to listen to it from 7:30AM until 10AM because I don't wake up any earlier than that. But, the show is actually on from 6AM-10AM....and with the time change (+7 hours from Orlando), that is 1PM-5PM here. So its perfect! I get to hear the entire show without having to wake up with the sunrise. Plus, it really helps to be able to hear a radio channel from Orlando. I know it sounds weird, but it is really helpful to hear the traffic checks and commercials cause it makes me feel like I'm back in Florida.

in other news, I went to the gym for the first time since my sickness yesterday. 

I'm gonna start a new section to give occasional updates on my triathlon training...so just look for this...

Got some good and bad news. I'll give ya the bad first. I def lost over 8 pounds last week from being sick. That is 8 more pounds than I thought I had to lose. Probably all water weight, so it will come back fast...no worries. The good news is I did my first timed mile run yesterday, and it wasn't half bad. I ran a 7:38 mile, and honestly was trying to take it easy so I wouldn't be so sore. Must be cause I am so light on my feet right now haha. 

well, it is raining again today. It has rained all but 2 days the past two weeks. Sucks so bad. Well, talk to ya later!

hey hey hey

what up world! sorry about not posting yesterday. I tried, but our internet was so jacked last night. It was taking me about 20 minutes to just open my email. So I had to leave youtube up overnight so I could load this video. It def took about 4 hours.

I got some more info on my triathlon this summer. It is on June 21 at Callaway Gardens. It is actually shorter than I thought too. It is a 1/4 mile swim - 10 mile bike ride - and 2 mile run.  So that isn't too bad. I'm starting my training today finally. Going for a long distance run, something I haven't in years. I'm gonna try and take it easy though, I can't be so sore that I can't walk. Over here, boots are made for walking, not just singing about. 

Wanna give a shout out to my sister, Lindy. Congrats on getting 2 pharm school interviews! I hope you get more, and get into all of them!

Tomorrow (Saturday) is the Supercross in ATL. I'm pretty bummed I don't get to go. Thats probably the single hardest thing about being over, missing all the events I usually go see. Once Superbike starts up and they go to Daytona, Barber & Road ATL...I'm gonna be really pissed. Not bummed, but actually pissed cause I have to miss it. Oh well, it will make next year that much better!

Alright, enjoy my mumbed and shallow commentary from my apartment to school

can you check animals at the airport?

cause I'm gonna try! this is our the official auburn kitty, Lutfen. Me and my friend Chris were sitting outside/downstairs a few weeks ago and this little stray kitten came strolling up. I was kinda scared it was gonna attack me, but he jumped up in my lap and starting purring. Come to find out, this cat is one of the coolest kittens ever! So whenever I go out at night (and if I'm lucky, during the day) I get to pet on the little purrrrrr boat, hehe makes me happy. 

See, me and Lutfen have an exclusive relationship. I don't touch any of the other cats here. I fed him one time, but I'm gonna have to resist cause I don't want him to get used to me doing that. I mean, I would love to have him around, but he needs to stay STRONG and a KILLER and a HUNTER and a MAN. Those words needed to be all caps.

*Lutfen is turkish for "please", so that is where his name came from...yeah its kinda weird.*

The following is for all mothers, and women that aren't mothers yet (but still act like one)

   -yes, I wash everything Lutfen touches on me immediately after

   -no, I'm not going to let him scratch me

   -and all things like that   :) 

ok and I forgot....I'm an idiot...I will film my walk to class tomorrow. Promise!!

this is for Shawn and Ashley, check out what I found in the local market!

did you just shart?

weeeeee it was sunny today! I haven't seen the sun in about a week. I'm sure I'm casper white right now, its all good though. 

decided today, that while I'm trying to put on some muscle weight over here, I'm also starting to train for a sprint triathlon this summer. It starts with a 750m swim (about .41 miles), then a 20km ride on a bicycle (12.4 miles), and ends with a 5km run (3.1 miles). I'm excited!  I'm gonna get my bicycle and running endurance up while I'm here, but wait until I get back to Auburn to train for the swimming part. If you know me, then you know swimming has never been my thing. But, I want to do this, and be able to say I have. 

Hopefully I'll be able to get back in the gym tomorrow, we'll see how the toilet trips are unfolding and make a move based on that. I finally got a picture to load, check it out from last night. It was snowing!

I'm gonna try and make a video blog tomorrow as I walk from my apartment to studio so everyone can see a little of Istanbul. See ya then!

snow!

so today wasn't the best day ever. kinda felt sick, kinda stressed out. Its all good though. I'm dropping my Muslim prayer pod idea, and switching to a local museum....think Kimbell Art Museum. Its proving to be impossible to try and push new ideas onto an older Muslim professor.

I've been trying to upload some pics from the snow today, but the internet is just so messed up here. and it doesn't work at school. So hopefully I can get the pics up sometime tomorrow. I really hope I can regain my appetite soon so I can get back in the gym! I think by tomorrow night I should be good, as I'm feeling good today. 

sorry to hear that the 500 got rained out in daytona, hope you guys still had fun though. I heard you were tailgating super early, so I'm sure you had a gangsta lean and didnt really care about the rain. 

my hair is def getting longer. Its weird having to use a lot more shampoo haha. aiggght well I'll catch ya tomorrow. have a good day :)

meat in the mosque

here are some pics from today! They are all from Hagia Sophia (except the last one, as noted) enjoy :)

Hagia Sophia from the outside, pretty much huge

everything was marble, the markings were beautiful...makes me rethink Mies....

best shot I could get of the ceiling. I had to set my camera on the ground with a 6 second exposure. The lighting was really dim....and people were def looking at me like a was setting of a bomb or something

the sloped walkway that took me up to the upper gallery...look like Islands of Adventure to anyone else?

massive marble jar. this thing is about 7 feet tall, carved from a single piece of marble

the wishing column. you flatten your hand and put your thumb in the middle, then spin your hand 360 degrees around. pretty cool

pretty cool shot from the upper deck

guilded painting/mosaic of jesus, virgin mary and john the baptist

"excuse me sir, can you get a big picture of everything behind me?" annnnnd he got nothing but the lamp

well at least now I'm sure frat boys are douches not just in auburn, but internationally. this was carved into the marble in the mosque

the blue mosque. I got to go in and sit through a prayer service. reallllly cool

starting fresh!

so yesterday I felt horrible. I literally layed in the bed all day. There has been this pooping virus or something spreading around the apartment. We aren't sure if it is from an actual virus, or just something we have eaten. Either way, yesterday I thought I was coming down with it. But, I AM ALL THAT IS MAN so I feel amazing today. See, I have this way of handling illnesses. I just tell myself that I am not sick, and the next day I am good to go. I really believe that it is 85% mental when you are sick. So, today I'm just gonna get back on my normal schedule and eat a couple oranges, and I'll be good! As my boy Jeremy said "Its mind over matter."

so, yesterday was valentines day. I meant to blog something about it, but I wasn't feeling too well. This was my first valentines day as a single man in a while, and it felt a little empty. Not gonna lie. But, its all gravy. If there has been one thing that I have learned since leaving America, it is that no matter what, you can't turn back the hands of time. The sooner you understand that, the sooner you will be good again. And right here and now, I am good. 

Thanks ma for sending me that Valentine's Day card! you will always be number one in my heart :)   

So I bought the new Bobby Valentino CD last night on iTunes (thanks Lindy for the itunes card!) Kinda ironic, Valentino on Valentines....well he goes by Bobby V. now, but that is for creepers only. So I changed it back to his real name.

I'm finally gonna make it out the Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque today! I've been trying to go for a while now, but something always comes up or it raining horribly outside. Last time I checked, it wasnt raining today. But it is freezing. Oh well. 

Jonathan, I'll get ya those pics today! How long until you guys leave for Roma? I bet you guys are getting pumped!

I also get to watch the Daytona 500 live from across the world tonight! Woo woooooooo whistle tip! I'm gonna get my fam to set up the webcam infront of the TV so I can watch haha. Yeah, its ghetto, but I'm going crazy over here missing all the races. The timing is bad, all of the racing series are starting up. Its all good though, I can watch all the MotoGP stuff live on the internet. I bought a subscription on the moto gp dot com website.

alright! I'm bout to shower and hit up the mosques. love peace and pepto grease!

relaxing

today I def didnt leave the house. just chilled out. rained all day again, so I just layed around. felt like a bum. oh well. talk to you tomorrow

alabama times two

there is this strange phenomenon over here in Turkey. Somehow, nothing works. Nothing is easy. Nothing makes any sense. The hardest, and most complex way is the only way. 

but the chicken pitas are cheap

lemme give you an example. I bought one of those small bags with the draw strings that I could wear on my back on the way to the gym on Thursday from the big Nike store here. That way I wouldn't have to carry my towel, water, keys, bus pass, ID, lock, and all that in my pockets. *see that, I made a decision to do something to make my life a little more simple...apparently they only make those type of decisions in America* So I get on the metro thursday evening, and I notice there is a huge rip in side of the bag that I didn't notice when I bought it. No biggie, "I'll just take it back" says the unweary student. 

So today I went back to the Nike store to exchange it for a similar product that was entirely constructed this time. After being there for 30 minutes, talking to 8 (yes, 8) employees, using 2 computers, and sitting through 3 phone calls, I figured they were gonna give me a new one. Nope. Instead, they give me this slip. They are sending the bag off to get fixed, and I have to wait until next Friday to pick it up. I def asked them to just keep the bag when it gets back, and let me take one of the new ones on the shelf....not happening. I'm tellin ya, they TRY to make it hard here. 

ok, I'm done venting....well not yet. It wont stop raining, it has rained all but about 12 hours the past 4 days and it is supposed to rain for the next 8 days. COME ON TURKEY. throw me a fricken bone.

ok, now I'm done.

bye :)

made some friends

if ya don't know, now ya know

oh and also he also got a motorcycle. I just found this on google, weird

hahaha. happy birthday dude, I couldn't resist.

so today I went to this little hole in the wall, I forget the name. I was directed there by my fellow foreigner classmate, Jamie. The little dish of goodness I order was called 'menamin' or something along those lines. Hands down, best food I have eaten since I left America. It was cooked in this iron pot. It was pretty much an omlette. It had peppers, cheese, ham, eggs and I'm sure some other amazingness mixed in. There is this 200 year old lady that sits up in the front and makes really thin soft tortillas all day. They served a couple of those with the omlette. I think I almost went into a coma because I wasnt eating a chicken pita, but rather a delicious (and nutritious) meal  for lunch. I'm def gonna go there twice a week, easy. 

Been hittin the gym everyday for about a week now, I'm lovin it. It is about a 45 minute trip each way, but its really cool. I just love being out of the apartment and travelling around on the metro and buses. I almost feel like a horribly misplaced native...well something like that. It sounded good in my head, kinda looks like a turd nugget once I typed it.

If you havent yet, hit up Mr. Cannon via cell phone, facebook, skype, gmail, snail mail, tiger mail, show up at his place of residence, or bust in his office, visit the restaurants he frequents, or something similar. If you need the info on any of the options I listen, I will be glad to post his personal contact information. talk to ya tomorrow! love peace and chicken pita grease

freestyle

more rain

mean muggin

woo! here is my first video blog entry, sorry it took so long.

clothes line

no, not one of these

but one of these

*and no, those are not my jorts, and I didnt make it black & white cause I'm emo...I found it on google*

I used one for the first time ever the past couple days. I say couple days because some things still arent dry. That is because the washing machine we have is broken...def had about 3 inches of standing water when it finished. I tried for 2 weeks to find a laundrymat, they just don't exist here. At least my clothes are nice and soft haha.

60% chance of rain tonight. Hopefully it doesnt though cause I still have two sweaters and jeans out there. That will really piss me off.

So I weighed myself yesterday at the gym, and I am tipping the scaled at a measly 69kg (152 lbs). The only good part about that is that I am the perfect being right now, 69 inches tall - 69 kg. All that means is that my boy nicky hayden is gonna straight dominate this year!

I wanna put my weight back on, so my goal is 73-75 kg (160-165 lbs) by may. Mmmmm...protein shakes. alright, its wayyy late and I gotta get up and go to church tomorrow! Well, kinda. I'm going to Hagia Sophia (google it) tomorrow to do some research Muslims and prayer habits. I'm basing my architecture project on it, I'm intruiged by their faith. see ya soon.

what up will! I updated the playlist for ya. Its a little slower this time, but you know the ladies love it when you put it on haha.

and leave some comments, cheese and rice. 

part bir

what up! sorry for no post yesterday. I got home really late and was too tired. 

enough of the excuses

so yesterday was pretty cool. we took a trip to Kolection (sp?) design studio. They make some amazing furniture, and they are also the people paying for my trip to Mardin. I am really excited out the project now, I'll give some details on that later.

afterwards, we went out to dinner with some turkish, german, french, finnish and american peeps. It was pretty cool. I had a legit turkish crepe. It was aiiiight, nothing special. When I was in London, there was this one street vendor that was selling waffles...I wanted one sooooo bad! Never got one. So when I heard they sell waffles from little street vendors here, I had to get one. So I did last night. *insert shrek donkey quote here*

the waffle was kinda weird. Well, I guess I made it so. I added milk chocolate, nuts, pineapple and whipped cream.....too bad the pineapple tasted like dead fish. Haha, kinda ruined the experience, but good nonetheless. Below is a pic from the area where I got the fish waffle

sorry for the crappy pic, iphone sucks at night

Today I went out to the gym! It feels soooo good to be back into it. Its a 45 minute trip from the crib to the gym, but its nice. I gotta run out now, but I will return later to tell you about my laundry excursion from today.

I finally got youtube going, and here are some vids from England.

I'm trying to communicate with the sheep, find secrets of stonehenge

commentary from the london airport to london

tired

i'm

tired

look

for

double

blog

tomorrow

sorry

ok i'm back up on my grind

you do you and I'm just gon do mine

you do you cause I'm just gon be fine

ok I gotcha out my mind

^ that part of kanye's "see you in my nightmares" has been on repeat in my head all day. Today was really good, I feel like I should be in Istanbul finally. I don't feel like a complete foreigner anymore. I found a GNC and got some workout stuff, and found the gym too. The GNC was easy peasy rice and cheesy, but the gym part...not so much. 

*Prepare for an amazing re-enactment*

In order to protect my anonymity, I casted Dora to play me. I mean, I was exploring today, so it fits.

and this is gonna be Adam

So the streets have been talkin, and I heard the ITU gym was somewhere off the metro. After the metro, we were told to take a bus to campus. Sounds easy enough right?

Me and Adam got all dolled up for the gym, and set off on what turned out to be a journey to the end of the line. We headed down to the metro and mumbled some turkish to the attendant, and he told us just to take the 25T bus from Taksim (right down the street) all the way to the ITU campus. So, we walked to Taksim and waited in line for bout 20 minutes to get a bus pass. Turns out you don't need a pass, just pay on the bus. Cool, well the line ride was fun. After wandering through the swarm of buses, we find 25T. We ride this thing, looking for something, but we don't know what. Over an hour later, we are 2 of the 3 people left on the bus. At this point we are in the middle of nowhere, Istanbul. The driver turns around and I guess he asked us in turkish where we are going, I try to tell him...but to no avail. Luckily, the other person on the bus spoke English and told us we missed the stop...bout 30 minutes ago hahahahaha. 

At this point, we are at the end of the line - with a driver that speaks another language - in a part of town I've never seen - at night - with no one else on the bus.... IT WAS AWESOME!! 

So we stay on and finally get off where we need to be. Walk over some interstate on this bridge, then wander around until we find some people. They tell us to get on this little transit, and fffffinally it takes us to the gym. Too bad it took so long to get there, the gym is now closed haha. We run into a guy named Ahasheen (spelling is probably way off), turns out he is a personal trainer in the gym. He is from Morocco and speaks English. Pretty much the nicest guy ever, well not as nice as Beeker...but close. He gives us the lowdown on everything and tells us how to get home. 

So now we know where to go, what to do. And I also found out where I can play some soccer! So it was a good day. It feels amazing to be back on a schedule, back into exercising. 

Tomorrow is my friday. No school for me on fridays at all! yeeeeeeeahhhhh boy. MotoGP testing starts in 2 hours and 30 minutes from the moment I typed that. But, by now it is 2 hours and 29 minutes. So life is good. take it easy! love peace and doo doo grease

urban morphology

is the name of the class I went to today. Not really sure what that means, but ok. Its a graduate level class at this university, but we are in it. We'll see how it is, but seems like a bore so far. Its ok though cause I walk through this courtyard everyday on the way to studio, and there are a bunch of KITTIES roaming around hehehehehe. Makes me happy. I miss the beastro. If you don't know, this is my slender cat, Beastie.....

as a kitten

two years of sleeping 20 hours a day + eating until you throw up =

haha its ok though, she is the best.

annnnyways. Still haven't found a laundrymat! I have two pairs of clean pants left, so I better hurry up. here is a picture of my school in case you wanted it

and this is for mi madre, a picture of my door haha

nothing interesting happened today, but who knows what will happen. If nothing else, I can go practice my karate on electronic displays. see ya