Just clowning around

This evening I met with one of the professors to talk about what class I would take directly from the University. One I have decided on is about Gypsy Culture and it includes a little lecture and a little dancing. But we stumbled upon a little 2 weeks session that starts in March and is only on the weekends that I got clearance to take. It's called "Discovering Your Inner Clown" and I thought it was cute enough to write about. This is an excerpt from the syllabus--loosely translated, of course:

Contains:
-The expression, is essential for the public to watch and to see, to share with the clown everything that happens to him. Clown look to the front, eyes open, bent eyebrows. Innocence. Total transparency even when it tries to hide. Clowns are looking to share, to show what he observes.
-The emotions. Among all the emotions that inhabit the clown one is essential: the tenderness. We will work in states of maximum sensitivity through the primary emotions and the expression of the same through the action more than of through words.
-To feel relaxed and comfortable in scene. To be honest, not to act.
-The image of the clown: the fantasy, the imagination
-Listening in improvisation, individually, in pairs, in the group
-The strength and fragility of the clown
-The values of our clown: the love, the friendship, loyalty, the self-esteem.

Doesn't that sound like the cutest thing? It's required that we come to class with clown garb, including the nose. I mean, I'm going to come back to the states with expertise in goofing around. Just what I need, eh?

In other news, I'm at an internet cafe with some cool people. I feel like I have to try really really hard to be in situations where I talk in Spanish. Because the Americans I know only want to speak English, and the few Spaniards I know are not regularly with me. So pretty much at home and in school I speak Spanish.

Well, I'm sorry, folks, but that's all the interesting news I have. I've gotten more comfortable with my routine and such, although I'm still bored after school. But dinner is at 9 and it's already 8:22 so I'll be leaving right about now!

Ciao