¿McCain o Obama?

Interactions here in Spain with new people have seemed to take on a certain pattern. First, someone hears us speaking English, or figures out that I am not from around here because of the accent. First they ask if I´m from "Inglaterra" (England). I guess they figure it´s more likely that english speaking people are from England, because it´s so much closer although it seems strange to me because English accents are so distinctive. I correct them, and tell them that I´m from the United States. And, without fail, the next question is "¿McCain o Obama?" Which I don't like answering because usually the Spanish person likes Obama and wants to tell me why, and I don't give a crap because, seriously, they can't even vote. Sorry Spain, no one cares what you think about the U.S. I didn't even know the name of Spain's president before I get here, but every Spainard and their mother has a full set of opinions about U.S. elections. However, I did find one taxi driver that liked McCain, but I think that was more because he didn't like black people. I think. Sometimes my comprehension skills aren´t too good. but he definately called him Obama bin Laden. hah!

I refuse to pick up the Spain accent. Ricardo was trying to get me to use it properly on Friday night, but I really don´t want to. I know, when in Rome, right. But I have a feeling I will got back to the U.S. and be laughed right out of town by people that speak Mexican and South American Spanish if I have the Spain lisp. No gracias.

Something that is really common in Spain- Hacer pis en la calle (Peeing in the street). More popular than in Corvallis I think. It´s pretty common to be walking around and see several dudes pissing on a wall, or in a bush. What can I say, Spain is pretty sweet. My goal before I leave is to hacer pis en la calle. Let´s see how that works out.

PSA- I´ve noticed that I have a lot of typos in these entries. I´m not really that sloppy, and I have a good excuse. The Spanish keyboard is different from the American one, so it´s a lot easier to muck things up. So please don´t judge me for misspellings and wrong words. Or maybe my English is just getting worse. Pretty soon I will be speaking English just like the Spainards do. My favorite English phrase that I´ve heard from a Spanish speaker has been "I have to make a pee pee in myself." Of course, this was right before the speaker, our new friend Nacho, hizo pis en la calle. Funny story about that. I told Anna that he pooped in the calle too, as a joke, and she didn´t know it was a joke and was grossed out. I had to tell her the next day there was no mierda. ¡Qué raro!