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I had a fabulous day yesterday. 

I finally figured out a functioning schedule for the fall semester:

Theoretical Linguistcs

Latin American Story and Fiction

Literature and Society in Spain

General Sociology

Anthropology of Gender

I also met up with my 'intercambio' (a Spanish student I'll be meeting with on a weekly basis for conversations in Spanish and English).  He loves Sex in the City and Lady Gaga and wants to be a "coolhunter" which, as he explained, is someone who predicts trends...very cool.  He brought up the phrase "oh my god" and said it has recently been adopted by Spanish youth.  I then had the honor of introducing him to "OMG"...I have a feeling I'll be hearing it all over town soon enough.

Before dinner I went with Bea to her friend Carmen's house.  Carmen's dog had puppies a few months ago and I got to play with 2 of them.  Carmen is still trying to find a home for one of them and asked me to take a bunch of pictures she can use in posters and such.  I put all 30 on facebook for her to choose from...but here are some highlights:

Random fact: yesterday I passed by a building sectioned off by the police...yellow tape is blue here!

Random pictures:

(photo courtesy of Cindy Sherman)

 

 

we did a scavenger hunt last week.  one of the missions was to get 20 people to stand in front of city hall and point to the clock.  the four older men in front were so enthusiastic about the whole thing that they helped us to recruit other passersby!

one of the many horse and carriages that passes by my window

Cathedral restorations