Kinky at Cal Plaza

Sunday night, after much anticipation, I went to see, one of my favorite bands, Kinky. They were fabulous. I created a goal for myself (and now that I am writing it down, I need to figure out the best way to do it) of translating their Spanish songs into English so that I know what they are singing. I am sure there is some place on line that has this, but I would learn a lot from doing it myself. My friend, Angeles, kept translating bits of songs for my on Sunday and it just made me want to know more.

The crowd was huge. It was hard to find a place to stand and still see the band and not be standing in "fire lanes." But we did it. We found an edge to stand and dance in where we could see and it wasn't over crowded.

I just love watching them move. I like listening to them sing too, but I love to watch them move about the stage. I will have to find a video clip that shows this so I can post it.

3 days

Three days until I fly home. I am so very excited. Granted I have a final in Spanish on Monday. So all my spare time (not all but alot) is tied up in studying. Also I have been watching the last season of Sex In the City as I was told I needed to before seeing the movie. It is hard not to keep watching more and more. But Spanish must fit in somewhere - there are lots of words and verbs and preterites and accents to memorize. Anyway, life is good and I am going home.

Houston Day 11

Although the clouds were white and fluffy early this afternoon, late this afternoon they were a bit more menacing. No rain as of yet. I am sitting in my Greek Coffee shop contemplating a glass of wine (while they serve no actual food, but muffins and baklava) they have a great wine selection. This is the most crowded I have seen it, granted it is the latest I have been here. I couldn't stay cooped up in my hotel room doing my Spanish homework, so I ventured out a few hours ago. I had a really yummy salad across the street and made my way over here for the internet access to finish up homework and get some actual work done.

I read my friend Lauren's blog today, she is an amazing writer. When I sit to write, I feel as if I don't have profound thoughts. There is stuff other than the day to day I need to get out, but I find myself editing, worrying about who may read this, especially if it is work related. I suppose I just need to write and then edit it before I put it up. Ahhh, a two part process, hmmm...

mi profesora del espanol

My Spanish teacher is fabulous. She is so enthusiastic. If you do everything she lists on the homework, you can't fail. Granted it is time consuming, but it works. I hope my enthusiasm rubs off on my students as hers does on me.

(and i don't know how to make accents on the blog - the n in espanol should have a ~ over it.)

spanish class

Just got the email from my teacher saying she'd posted our quiz grades - tee hee hee - I got 100% on my first quiz. I am very excited. I hope I do as well this tuesday night. I have a lot to study before then. I am doing well on the homework, but I can check if I am correct and reference things before I complete it. So there are things to memorize before tuesday. We will see how studying goes with traveling these next two weekends. Oh my goodness.