Just before the summer hit Spain with its usual brilliance, I was sent on an audition in some swanky little apartment in L’Eixample. They were casting a video for a language academy called Opening School. Never being one to turn down an invitation I, needless to say, auditioned. The video was to be used as part of the curriculum for their business courses that they offer in five different countries in Europe. They called me a few days later and offered me a small part in the film! I was soooo excited (that’s with four o’s)! I was scheduled to be in front of the camera for two days of the twenty-day shoot earning close to a month’s salary for each day! Couldn’t get much better, eh? Well, get this: when I went to pick up the script, they informed me that they had been doing some thinking and had decided to shuffle around some of the parts and asked if the changes were alright with me. Instead of the pamphlet-like script I was expecting, they handed me something closer to a dictionary! Instead of a two-day shoot, I was now scheduled for a mammoth 12-day shoot! They wanted me to be one of the main characters! They explained that I’d be making a bit more per day seeing as though the part was more demanding. With all of the composure I could muster, I gracefully thanked them and accepted the part. I then proceeded to dance, scream, run, and sing my way home down the sidewalks of Passeig de Gracia. The job itself was actually quite grueling. I had never worked in front of a camera before (at least not in a professional setting). For two weeks I did nothing but show up at 8 am, shoot until 8 pm, go home and eat dinner and fall asleep on top of the next day’s script. Not only did I meet a bunch of great people, but I learned a lot from this job – one thing being that I don’t enjoy working in front of a camera. It’s not a bad way to support my not-for-profit theater addiction, but I couldn’t see myself doing it every day. There’s just something about performing in front of a live audience, a rush if you will, that can’t be replaced with all of the makeup, special effects, retakes, and artificial lighting in the world. So we finished shooting, had a huge cast party, and we all went our separate ways. It turns out that everything we filmed is going to be incorporated into an interactive CD Rom and I’ve been doing some of the narration for the exercises. And thanks to the sweet bank account buffer that I received, I can now travel a bit more and happily survive without teaching (every English speaking foreigner’s dream).