Lluvia, lluvia, se marcha . . .

It’s been raining all morning and the temperature is only about 20°C (68°F), which by Sevilla standards is freezing. Kelsey and I stayed up until about 4:30-5AM to watch the presidential debate. We tried watching it on the local Spanish news station but it was dubbed so we watched live on cnn.com instead. Analyzing the debate from a Spanish perspective, Obama wins because McCain wants to continue Bush’s policy of ignoring Spain because they “betrayed” us in Iraq, and he thinks we are giving too much foreign aid to “countries who don’t even like us very much.”

I decided to blog today because I had a very interesting conversation with my mom at lunch. We started out talking about where to find clothing sales, and five minutes later we were talking about Ben Stiller. My fifty-five year old mom loves Ben Stiller, especially in Zoolander, and cannot wait to see Tropic Thunder when it premieres here in a couple of weeks. Please keep in mind she also likes “ra,” or rap, music and loves Eminem. We then discussed the machista society that exists in Spain and how there is a double standard for women. She said that most men here hate the Sex and the City series because the women have too much freedom and are too independent. She also brought up some derogatory Spanish terms including “hijo de puta” and “cuño.” We told her that “hijo de puta” is commonly used in the States but that “cuño” is a pretty taboo word. Feel free to look up the translations at your own risk. Stay tuned.