Episode 8, 5/19/09 – Routines are both a blessing and a curse.

Hola chicos! It’s been a while since I’ve been writing this, but I suppose that’s because I have a life now. “But DJ Dustbunny, you’ve never had a life before!” Well, you’re right kiddies. Unfortunately this life is called “homewurk” and it is comprised of the delicate balance of doing homework during the day and having fun at night. It’s sort of like being a superhero....or a prostitute.

In terms of my classes, they are going well. First I have El Arte Español con Fernando, who is a great professor and I think I’m going to learn a lot during the class. I’ve also got a lot of friends in the class, so that makes everything a whole lot easier and a whole lot more fun.

The second class is the harder one: Spanish literature from 1700 to present. The professor takes the class very seriously and there’s quite a bit of homework. I’m not too stressed, since the class IS pass/fail, but it’s still something I must keep up with and distracts me from doing cool things in Sevilla.

After our first “conferencia” about the fiestas of Spain (ironically enough, stuff I already learned in Spanish IV H. in high school), we decided to go out. This time to an Irish pub in Sevilla called “O’Neil’s”, and as an advertisement for it declared, “the most popular bar in Spain”.

Well, I’m not sure about that. But we did have a lot of fun. We got the regular group together and walked there (not too far from where I’m living). The place was remarkably American. And indeed the waiter insisted (in his rapid Andalucian Spanish) that he loved America and was in fact visiting next week. Muy interesante. It was a cute, quaint kind of joint. I had my first experience with “tinto de verano”, translated directly (“summer wine”). What it is is Fanta mixed with wine. Fanta? Y’know, “wanna Fanta, don’tchawanna wanna Fanta…” That kind of Fanta. It’s VERY good. I particularly loved the bar for its hilariously eclectic music, mixing classic techno (popular in Spain) with ye olde classic rock songs from the 70’s. I heard LMC vs. U2’s “Take Me To The Clouds Above”, Mylo’s “Dr. Pressure”, and a few other random ditties, put next to U2 (the rock band lol) and Queen. Speaking of Queen, the highlight of the night was Nick and Holli’s dramatic rendition of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” which consisted of 7+ American students yelling the lyrics at full volume in an Irish bar in Seville. Haha, and the Spanish couple who was sitting next to us left soon afterwards.