Yesterday was Friday, aka, Funday Friday. :)
I'm sure all of you back in the states realize that it was a short week, and have figured out that short weeks tend to last longer than the regular 7 days of normalcy.
So for our 4 day week we re-learned a lot of grammar and focused on learning spanish to the best of our abilities... I'm going to start using my point of view now, don't want to speak for everyone here...
I was becoming overwhelmed by just how different the teaching style was, realizing that yes, I may have to study for things I've already learned, just because they are so different here, and when the metephorical bell rings notifying you that you actually understand something, it's really good not to forget it. So I've really been racking my brain for extra space, praying to the heavens above that I can get "Call me Maybe" and "Fergalicious" out of my head and make room for the new grammar rules and regulations that are being forced upon me. However, when the aforementioned songs come on in the clubs grammar rules seem to take a back burner. DAMN YOU CATCHY CHORUSES!
So in short, my school week was filled with headaches, brain overloads, and, pardon the expression, mind fucks. I didn't realize just how ineffectively I'd been taught so many things. I'm really getting a few different outlooks here. One on Language, which is what I'm really studying, and one on Education, and just how flawed and insufficient our school systems in the US are. It's quite an eye opening experience... Doc would be proud.
Aside from the crazy school work, I've actually been on the computer far too much. I think that Monday I'm going to go buy some books in Spanish, like "Cuentas de la Alhambra" by Irvin Washington, it's all these stories about things that happened in the Alhambra, which is pretty much within eye shot every day. Google it, it's a beautiful place.
I've been extremely lacking in my adventures lately, like, staying inside, doing pretty much nothing. Mainly because I'm not getting a whole lot of sleep at night, but also because it's still really freaking hot outside, and everything here is an out door activity. Damn you active cultures, why can't you all just be lazy like Amurrcans.
Anyway, my social life has exceeded any expectation that I could have possibly set for myself. I'm honestly making friends, which I didn't think would totally happen. There are a lot of girls here who are complete sorostitutes so I'm sort of steering clear of them, but there's a group of at least 9 of us who hang out regularly now. It's really fun! Our personalities all kind of fit together. Some of us are a lot more introverted than others, but it's really not so bad.
There's a group of four of us, girls, who actually do remind me of Sex and the City. Yeah... of all of us, I'm probably the Samantha... I regret nothing. :)
So last night a group of 7 of us when out for Tapas and clubbing. We went to Routa de Tapas first and got wine and some small tapas. Then we went to La Bella y La Bestia.. something like that, it was the Beauty and the Beast in Spanish. This place, let me tell you, the Tapas were a meal and all we paid for was a drink each. It. Was. Epic. Whilst in the middle of enjoying our tapas we realized that we were right next to Granada 10, which was the club we had just gotten free entry to via a super nice young lady. However, upon entering we realized why it was so inexpensive... No one was there.
When people finally did arrive they were all Americans, so the music quickly change from the regular BOOMCHICABOOM of Spanish Club music, to the NANANANANA of American Club music... To say it killed the mood was an understatement. The 7 of us all headed out and to our respective homes at around 4am, and the night felt kind of like a waste. But whatever, I had fun for a while so it was worth it. :)
Now, time for some more homework.
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Hasta Luego
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