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so, hump day, figured i'd update.

this week, has been alright, so far still havent managed to figure out htat whole thing call sleeping in a foreign country. the problem is not that i don't like sleeping, or that i have trouble sleeping, because i actually sleep super hard and still have dreams, which i used to never have, so awesome. i just dont get enough sleep. it kinda stinks.

monday, was alright. we went to the park, which is literally across the street, to the local school's b ball court and played some basketball. it was a good time, we all agreed it was awesome to get some decent excercise. it was a little sketch, with all these sketch ganster kats watching us, but we weren't bothered at all, so it was fun. then studio from 4-8, in which we proceeded to tour the site for our massive project for this semester... basically there's this roadway, and the city govt is basically saying, nope, want it to be cooler. go. haha. its kinda slummy area, stuff just deteriorating, but its cool. we're completely rennovating that stuff into nice big green open spaces, and then designing some of the surrounding buildings in relation to the new ideas and concepts. its cool.

tuesday, yesterday, i joined the other kids in the composition/publication/experience class... basically an independent study in which we are supposed to both document all the student work, document our own experience, and document and glorify the barcelona program. its a bit unclear because each person involved has a different idea, the professor, our director, and the coordinator back in the states all have different ideas and approaches to the final product, which is either a book, publication or magazine of some kind. i think it could be an awesome mix of all the ideas, but we'll see what happens.

then went to history class, learned more about the history of barcelona, again the class was taught in spanish, with a translator, but i'm able to practice my spanish by listening to the actual professor too. still having trouble staying awake during afternoon classes when i sit down.... its warm and i get tired after lunch. oh well.

went home, did something, cooked dinner... oh yeah, so rob had bought this random big cheap frozen fish, literally, just caught and frozen... well it's called rohu and its a bangladeshan fish, apparently. it had a million bones, but i helped him cook that up for a big group dinner... he did the fish and i did everthing else. good team work, and for a while we were worried that the fish wouldnt work out, but in the end everybody liked it (we mixed with some mustard sauces and stuff) and there was even leftovers. then i went into studio for a bit.

today, we had our sketching class in the morning. alot of fun. we went to 3 plazas , and sketched things as they came to us on our own personal journey from each plaza. it was really cool. the plazas are pretty sweet. it's in the old gothic quarter, with these tall 4-5 story buildings, very narrow streets, dark, dank, gritty, and then you literally look up and walk into these plazas, brightly lit, full of people, orange trees, cafes, or a fountain and trees... its breath taking. i was literally in deep conversation with my teacher and then i stopped breath taken away as i enter the first plaza. it was pretty cool. a good time. we ended up going to the top of the catherdal of barcelona, on the top. pretty cool view.

rob and i then did some work on our plaza project, ate lunch at this cheap place near studio, which was awesome. then studio, did some layout work, got to critiques, then went out to the plazas to take more pictures, get afeel for everything, etc. then we had our field trip to firm class, where went to this apparently prominent architecture firm, toured their facilities. they had alot of cool models, alot of people. nice place, a bit too dreary at night... lit by single bulbs plugged into the ceiling, all ghetto and eery almost. but during the day i bet the huge windows let in a ton of light. cool place i guess. the student interns dont get paid for interning.... so no. haha. apparently most places here that allow interns don't pay them... which stinks.

walked home, went with bob to the grocery store, stocked up on food, ate a quick dinner, here i am in studio. wooh! more later this weekend.