past, Granada Blues Band, future

Friday was a fun day. On the way to get long-overdue mojitos with a few Cali girls, I ran into my first 15-M protest. It was a group of about 150 people who slowly made their way down one of the main streets of the city before gathering in a plaza and chanting some more. It was neat, but too small to be particularly inspiring. I was a fan of their "Tu que estas mirando, tambien te estan robando" chant, aimed not only at the police making sure nothing got out of hand but also at the people walking urgently around the groups, complaining about the obstruction and delays.
After some delicious happy-hour mojitos, a couple of us made our way down to Boogaclub. It's a rock bar that I found out existed last week...on my street. I pass it twice a day on my way to and from school and had somehow managed to completely overlook it as I thought I'd mapped out the block: the tapas bar, the fruiteria, the other tapas bar, the chino, the comic book shop. A somewhat embarrassing observation-fail, but anyway, the club promised live music, the 70s Experience featuring songs by Hendrix, the Stones, Cream, etc, from the Granada Blues Band. They were fantastic, and after they were done playing, the venue put on some very neat electronic-tribal-world beats fusion music. Ignoring the fact that the place was almost empty, Michelle and I danced our pants off along with three other good souls. Once we got a bit tired, we reenergized with kebabs and tequila before heading out to dance at La Sal, one of the city's few lesbian-dominated gay clubs. Unfortunately, we got there just as they were closing, and didn't dance too much more before turning in.

Now it's crunch time. I have no option but to make this month incredibly productive before heading out to travel for most of December. I'll be spending a week in Istanbul with two very cool girls, then a week and a half of school, then, as everyone who reads this probably knows full well, Joel is coming!  (!!!!!!!!!!!!) We'll be visiting Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, and London before heading back for a couple days in Granada.