I'm DONE. I just finished my last exam, and I'm in the computer lab at the Uni (which I wish I had discovered a LONG time ago) killing time until I go get coffee with Laura P, the first of a few good-byes today. I didn't get to say good-bye to everyone in the program, but I'll see the Michigan ppl in the fall, so I'm not too worried. I have to ( Read more... )

Oooh, what to write about ( Read more... )

I have decided I'm not a big fan of I-net cafes. Actually, I already knew this, but it just annoys me to have to surf the web, try to talk to people on IMs, listen to music and catch up on my Daily Show videos all with the sound of pre-teen Spaniards shouting things like "hijo de puta" and "es la polla" all around me. Of course, the American girls ( Read more... )

So there are a crapload of new students, the vast majority of them being girls. At least last semester we were something like "2 girls for every boy". This time around, it's like, I dunno, at least 4 for each guy (and we haven't sorted out which guys are straight and which are gay). We vets are just kinda sitting back, waiting to see who the new ( Read more... )

So I had a realization today: For the first time, I feel fluent. Not perfectly, mind you. I still look up words, I still have stumbling points in conversations. But when I can have hours-long conversations with Sevillianos about rather intellectual topics, then I know I've ascended. :P I had begin to notice it last week by the fact that I was ( Read more... )

- My feet HURT ( Read more... )

It started as a normal choir experience... choir practice, then out for a copa with the girls (the Erasmus girls [Laura, Alyce, Sara]...the American girls always have to return to their casas to eat, and then they tend to go out later...although I think tonight only Giselle was planning to go out...Sarah had to get up for a morning class). [Note: I ( Read more... )

Today was good ( Read more... )

What could it be? Aside from finishing my paper for Democracy class ( Read more... )

I just realized how long ago Aug. 28th seems to me. I feel like I've been here an age, and yet it's only been 3 months. Soooo much has happened in that time, though ( Read more... )