Cucurrucucú, paloma.

So intensive courses are over and I'm a little sad because our professor was the cutest/dorkiest Spanish guy ever. We all had to do a presentation on Spanish cinema and I chose "Hable con ella" by Pedro Almodóvar. Unlike many of his films, "Hable con ella" was very muted, sweet, and soft. It was a nice change of pace from his other raunchy movies. I got a 9.5 out of 10 on my presentation. =)


Not until recently was I nervous about my classes at the Univeristat de Barcelona. "La poesía en el siglo XX" (Poetry in the 20th century) was my first course. When I got there, it was pretty exciting and intimidating being in a class full of Barcelona natives and listening to a professor lecture in Spanish at 97 mph. She hands us a syllabus and, not even kidding, there are about 40 books in the bibliography and a ridiculously long final paper (14-15 pages). I've written a paper that long before, but never in Spanish. Ay caramba. What's worse is she starts throwing terms around like metaphysical, and I'm thinking, like, whoa slow down there, it's the first day of class. Aren't you just supposed to hand us a syllabus and tell us to read something? And I'm looking at the jackoff next to me who has this gigantic book open and is writing down all these notes as if he understands what the hell she's really saying (which he obv does). So I took out my notebook and starting jotting down random words that I caught. My other two courses Literatura y Cine en España (Literature and Cinema in Spain) and Obras Maestras del Arte Catalán (Masterworks in Catalonian Art) have great potential. 


I was sitting in all these lit and art classes, but I couldn't help but wish I was in Biochem or Physio or, g-d help me, Orgo. What has the world come to?! All I'm saying is, I cannot wait to take another bio class when I get back to Brandeis. I kind of feel like a fish out of water in this world of art. It's fun, but I'm starting to feel like I need something more concrete to think about. 

On a brighter note, the last few days, excluding today, have been gorgeous! A few friends and I walked around the Sagrada Familia area, which is always a nice time. The beach was beautiful at Barceloneta. I can't wait for it to get warmer so that I can be a beach bum. I love the ocean and the water.