Cuentos de la Alham....Granada.

So I know it's been a while since my last bog entry (or Emmy's rather, which got RAVE reviews) but heres some fun stories for y'all.

1. Supermodelo 2007 - This is Spain's version of America's Next Top Model mixed with the voting style of American Idol. Basically, two thumbs way down from me. First of all, the show is a recap of the last week the girls had, it doesnt actually show them doing anything, rather it shows clips out of sequential order depicting bitchy moments the girls have. I couldnt follow what they had the girls do in order to become supermodels. They also don't have photo shoots. Ok, thats a lie. they have very few photoshoots and they dont even show the final photos. Instead, they have dance and aerobic classes. BORING. Finally, all of the makeovers except 2 made the girls look like wanna-be American prostitutes. Why don't they work with the Spanish heritage and COMPLEMENT that instead of fighting it by dying hair very unnatural shades of blonde?

2. I went bowling last night which was fun. I also ate a hamburguesa at the bowling alley which was the first burguesa (to invent some more Spanglish) I have had in Spain. It had egg in it, but I liked it. Too bad the bowling alley is on the complete other side of town. Ok, now to the point of this bowling blog. The monitores (group leaders that take us foreign students out to do stuff) typed in all the info on the computers like our names and who bowls where, etc. They got everyone's name correct even kinda complicated ones like Isaac (two A's) or Marianne (how did they know it was an I?) However, Matt must have been a little complicated because my name ended up as Malt. I thought it was a typo at first but then I realized that L and T are not even remotely close to each other on a keyboard...... they think my name is Malt.

3. Finally, I went to my trial day at a gym here with Celia and Marianne. It is reputedly the best gym in Granada (thank you MTV guidebook to Spain) and, honestly it is really nice. We did an aerobics class called Aero G.A.P. Yeah, we had no idea what that meant either. Turns out, the Aero = aerobics... but aerobics = dancing. We ended up prancing across the room spinning and kicking our legs out at just the right moment for extra flare in our baile. We werent big fans so we left after the Aero part of the class. The G.A.P. turned out to be Glutes, Abs, and Piernas (legs) which would have been a good part of the class to go to. However, once we left we went over to the spinning class. It was amazing, if only 45 minutes. The instructor was nice but her orm of encouraging was...loud. VENGA! SIGUE! VENGAVENGAVENGA!!! I was intimidated at first but it ended up making me laugh when she shouted at us. I learned useful spinning commands:
sigue - keep going!
adelante - lean forward
arriba - out of the saddle
sube - turn the resistance up
baja - turn it down
sentamos - sit down (not really something new to me...)
VENGA!!!!! - GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO COME ON DO IT DO IT DO IT!!!!

I have to go pick classes now which is one of the most confusing things I have ever done in my life. Adios!