My Weekend: Madrid, Pt. 2

Quicky, cause I´m at an internet salon with some pretty trash rates, and I need to get home, study and pack.

So I´ve decided to definitely head back to Madrid as outlined in my previous post. The weather is looking to be gorgeous, so this pleases me greatly. Muchos amigos have been kind enough to offer me up bed spaces, so I don´t have to sleep on the floor. Plus my now advanced knowledge of the city (ha) will make me a popular guy to follow around for the weekend. Also, it´s my birthday weekend (22 on Sunday) so I´m gonna have to drag people around to buy me drinks. Hopefully I won´t smash my face open on a table this year (if you don´t know the story, i´ll explain some other time).

Anyhow,
Had my Literature midterm today, and I don´t think it went exceedingly well. It wasn´t anything catastrophic, but I´m not expecting much above a 6.5 (that´s B-/C+ territory I think). Oh well, I tried my best. I just can´t analyze poetry en español. I have another test tomorrow for my language class, but it isn´t quite so major, and shouldn´t present too many problems.

We had daylight savings time last week, which is frustratingly difficult in the mornings, but excellent in the evenings. I love it when it´s light out until 9pm. Days are only getting longer too at this point.

Went out to an open mic night this week and saw something I figured I´ll never see in the States... Acoustic covers of Bon Jovi songs. Yeah, you could smell them from the back of the room they were so bad. Not that there exists such a thing as a "good Bon Jovi song," but these guys were playing the drivel from the newest album, and doing it extremely poorly. I´ve seen plenty of bad open mic in my college days, but this really takes the cake. I had to mention it because was bothering me so much.

Speaking of my college days, they´re almost over. I just picked the classes I´ll be taking for my (hopefully) last semester: An AVID (post production) editing class, Spanish Seminar, and an Advanced TV Studio class to learn goodies like directing, scriptwriting, and lighting. I´ve taken a class like this before, but it was more cursory in nature, and this will round off and augment what I already know. Looks to be promising. I register on Monday, so hopefully I´ll get everything I need so I can peace the hell out of NU and stop handing over piles and piles of money.

Alright, I´ll cut it out before I start ranting about the evils of American higher education in the 21st century. Maybe in a later post after I come back home...

Next time you hear from me, I´ll be one year closer to death. Sweet.

Paz