1. What did you do in 2013 that you'd never done before?: I took a road trip through Spain and drove to all the villages I could. I also moved to the Basque Country.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?: Some, and I always have goals for the new year.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?: A few from high school.
4. Did anyone close to you die?: Fallon Fey :'(
5. What countries did you visit?: Catalunya, Greece, Portugal, France, United States, and I moved from Spain to the Basque Country.
6. What would you like to have in 2014 that you lacked in 2013?: A social life, and moneyyy.
7. What date from 2013 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?: Nov. 23, (he knows why), July 30th (day I moved to Bilbao)
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?: Going to Greece.
9. What was your biggest failure?: Gaining weight back. Not much but still. Also not able to come out.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Gastronitis, and a few colds.
11. What was the best thing you bought?: Travels.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Jesús :P
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?: Partido Popular, Republicans, Mariah's record label
14. Where did most of your money go?: Travel, café con leche relaxing
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?: Greece, Combat, Bilbao, travelling.
16. What song will always remind you of 2013?: #Beautiful by Mariah Carey
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Happier
ii. thinner or fatter? 7 kilos fatter
iii. richer or poorer? poorer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?: Writing
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Procrastinating, being afraid to be who I am
20. How will you be spending Christmas?: I spent Christmas Eve on planes, then Christmas with my mom opening presents.
21. How will you be spending New Years? Eating grapes at 6 PM Eastern Standard Time and packing.
22. Did you fall in love in 2013?: Infatuation :)
23. How many one-night stands?: A few
24. What was your favorite TV program?: True Blood, American Horror Story, Breaking Bad, Nashville, Veep
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?: No.
26. What was the best book you read?: The Harry Potter series.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?: The Cast of Nashville
28. What did you want and get?: A pending trip to Ireland
29. What did you want and not get?: A trip to Morroco, a Macbook
30. What was your favorite film of this year?: Before Midnight
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?: 32, worked and then went to the gym pintxos with J.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?: Stability.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2013?: Pijo casual
34. What kept you sane?: Jordi, my iPod
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?: David Villa, Cesc Fàbregas, Mario Casas
36. What political issue stirred you the most?: LA PUTA CRISIS DE MIERDA. RECORTES. Nueva ley de aborto.
37. Who did you miss?: Fallon Fey.
38. Who was the best new person you met?: Jesús.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2013: Open your heart, no day but today.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: Hermoso, good lord you're hashtag beautiful, yo por ti y tu por mi, lo que me haces sentir, ya no puedo más, vaminos de aquí, ahora sí, perdóname lo siento mucho what? I'm bilingual, you didn't know? -Mariah Carey
Places I slept: Over the Atlantic, Barcelona, Madrid, Burgos, València, Athens, Napfolio, on a train, Lisboa, Lagos (Portugal), Sevilla, Granada, Bilbao, Bordeaux, Vitoria, Donostia-San Sebastián, Lawrenceburg, Columbus. I'm a major slut :P
2013. Another year of travelling, hiking, Combat. A move to Bilbao. A great loss of my golden retriever, Fallon Fey. A new dog, a moody German Shepherd named Tango. I finished the second novel and edited it and the first novel. Two failed crushes, but I'm back in the scene with crush number three that seems to be going somewhere!
I miss my old school, and I like the new school. However, I know this part of my life is soon ending.
Goals accomplished: Finished the novel and edited them. Anxiety is being worked on. I'm not there yet, but I will be. I read a book in catalan, tried Body Pump, completed Couch to 5K, even though I am back to being unable to run 10 centimetres *sigh*, organized iTunes and obtained my B1 certificate in Catalán. I made it to 7/12 provinces I haven't been to. I gave up Starbucks, but then again, Bilbao doesn't have the 'Bucks. Back into films. What goals do I have for 2014?
1. Come out to my mom. It has to be done. Life free of lies and a meaningful relationship.
2. Submit my first two novels for publication, and hopefully get to 75% finished with novel 3.
3. Get back down to 150 pounds or 68Kg and develop muscle.
4. Learn to cook and eat healthily. No sweets except for Mondays, and pintxos only once a week.
5. Snowboard. Again, still haven't done this!
6. Learn to surf and kayak.
7. Develop a social circle.
8. Work toward finding a permanent job and figuring out grad school.
9. Camino de Santiago!
10. Continue working to fight depression and anxiety.
11. Be able to afford a studio and a golden 'triever dog.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Thursday, December 12, 2013
el meu 32 temporada
It's the season premiere of the 32nd season of The Pablo Show. After a 31st season that saw travels to United States, Greece, Portugal and France (plus in-country travels to Barcelona twice, Tarragona, Burgos, Palencia, Ronda, Granada, Sevilla, Huelva, and Cantabria) and a move to the Basque Country capital cosmpolitan centre Bilbao, we're more than excited for the 32nd season. We set down recently with the headwriter to find out what's in store.
EWEspaña: Zorionak 32 eh we're not even trying Basque. Enhorabona de temporada 32! Molt bé fet!
Headwriter: Moltes gràcies!
EWE: Season 31 was mostly a success. Although we were sad to see Pablo leave his job due to the inability of Madrid to have competentant laws that would permit him to continue at the school, we were more than excited to see him leave that horrible city full of rubbish and relaxing cafés con leche to uncharted territory. The Basque Country. Now we are wondering...is Bilbao in Spain?
Headwriter: I cannot answer that question because of the viewers that would boycott us if we say yes or say no. It's as Spanish as Catalunya. Let's just leave it at that!
EWE: Sorry for asking! We were expecting Barcelona, but you never cease to surprise us! We also want to congratulate Pablo for finishing his second novel and picking up the third again. Any plans for publishing?
HW: One of the things we would like to do this season is work toward publishing the first and perhaps the second novel while continuing work on the third. The research is more or less done. Now it's to finish writing it. And find a publisher. Perhaps self-publishing is on the way.
EWE: Every year we ask, when is Pablo going to get a boyfriend? We had a fling that called P. fat and criticized him for pretty much everything, and then an unrequieted crush that ended in disaster. We're glad to see him back out there, but we wonder...when exactly will we be able to see him in a stable relationship?
HW: We're actually in the process of casting that right now. Contract negotions are going well, but we don't want to jinx anything until the t's are crossed and the i's are dotted and the "n's" have a tilde.
EWE: Sounds VERY intruiging. Will you shoot on location this year?
HW: Do they speak Basque in Bilbao? Wait...is the new Pope Catholic? Of course! Spoiler alert: Semana Santa in IRELAND. We are also trying to work out location shoots in Jaca, Barcelona, Valencia, Ibiza, Portugal again, Italia again and our dream is Morocco and Tenerife. So much money matters to work out.
EWE: Although Pablo misses the classroom and his former students, even the brats, he seems to be quite content in the conversation classes and the private lessons he gives. Any other career changes?
HW: I think one of our future storylines will find P. looking more into going back to his journalistic side and starting a travel blog and going that route. I also wouldn't rule out the possiblity of graduate school.
EWE: Very interesting. What about that new Mariah album he was planning on buying?
HW: Blame Island Def Jam and Beyonce's voodoo doll.
EWE: Sport is becoming more and more important in P's life. I hear a rumour he's joining a new gym.
HW: That's right! We have the money to change sets for the gym, and we are looking at going back to Body Pump in addition to a regular Body Combat schedule in the new gym set. Maybe Yoga.
EWE: One of the storylines we've loved this season is that P. finally seems to be getting anxiety and depression monsters (aka Beyonce) under control.
HW: This will be a lifelong process we fear, but things are going much better now than in the past. We also are going to finally tackle the coming out process this season.
EWE: Sounds interesting. Well, we wish you the best. One last thing. I heard P. will finally destroy Sookie Stackhouse next summer. Any chance of this rumour being true?
HW: We're crossing our fingers HBO returns our calls about this very important matter.
EWE: Thank you. Eskerrik asko. Moltes gràcies. Grazie mille. Graças. Obrigado. Muchas gracias.
EWEspaña: Zorionak 32 eh we're not even trying Basque. Enhorabona de temporada 32! Molt bé fet!
Headwriter: Moltes gràcies!
EWE: Season 31 was mostly a success. Although we were sad to see Pablo leave his job due to the inability of Madrid to have competentant laws that would permit him to continue at the school, we were more than excited to see him leave that horrible city full of rubbish and relaxing cafés con leche to uncharted territory. The Basque Country. Now we are wondering...is Bilbao in Spain?
Headwriter: I cannot answer that question because of the viewers that would boycott us if we say yes or say no. It's as Spanish as Catalunya. Let's just leave it at that!
EWE: Sorry for asking! We were expecting Barcelona, but you never cease to surprise us! We also want to congratulate Pablo for finishing his second novel and picking up the third again. Any plans for publishing?
HW: One of the things we would like to do this season is work toward publishing the first and perhaps the second novel while continuing work on the third. The research is more or less done. Now it's to finish writing it. And find a publisher. Perhaps self-publishing is on the way.
EWE: Every year we ask, when is Pablo going to get a boyfriend? We had a fling that called P. fat and criticized him for pretty much everything, and then an unrequieted crush that ended in disaster. We're glad to see him back out there, but we wonder...when exactly will we be able to see him in a stable relationship?
HW: We're actually in the process of casting that right now. Contract negotions are going well, but we don't want to jinx anything until the t's are crossed and the i's are dotted and the "n's" have a tilde.
EWE: Sounds VERY intruiging. Will you shoot on location this year?
HW: Do they speak Basque in Bilbao? Wait...is the new Pope Catholic? Of course! Spoiler alert: Semana Santa in IRELAND. We are also trying to work out location shoots in Jaca, Barcelona, Valencia, Ibiza, Portugal again, Italia again and our dream is Morocco and Tenerife. So much money matters to work out.
EWE: Although Pablo misses the classroom and his former students, even the brats, he seems to be quite content in the conversation classes and the private lessons he gives. Any other career changes?
HW: I think one of our future storylines will find P. looking more into going back to his journalistic side and starting a travel blog and going that route. I also wouldn't rule out the possiblity of graduate school.
EWE: Very interesting. What about that new Mariah album he was planning on buying?
HW: Blame Island Def Jam and Beyonce's voodoo doll.
EWE: Sport is becoming more and more important in P's life. I hear a rumour he's joining a new gym.
HW: That's right! We have the money to change sets for the gym, and we are looking at going back to Body Pump in addition to a regular Body Combat schedule in the new gym set. Maybe Yoga.
EWE: One of the storylines we've loved this season is that P. finally seems to be getting anxiety and depression monsters (aka Beyonce) under control.
HW: This will be a lifelong process we fear, but things are going much better now than in the past. We also are going to finally tackle the coming out process this season.
EWE: Sounds interesting. Well, we wish you the best. One last thing. I heard P. will finally destroy Sookie Stackhouse next summer. Any chance of this rumour being true?
HW: We're crossing our fingers HBO returns our calls about this very important matter.
EWE: Thank you. Eskerrik asko. Moltes gràcies. Grazie mille. Graças. Obrigado. Muchas gracias.
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