christmastime
the days and weeks are really starting to fly by here. i can't believe i've been here for this long now, but i still have such a long time ahead of me. with mondays off i have a 3-day weekend every single weekend, which i think contributes to time flying. i don't even really remember what i have done in the past 2 weeks, nothing super exciting i don't think. i've started to try harder in my classes because i'm not just an outsider watching them, i actually do need to participate. i read the entire book for this friday (okay admittedly in english, but it was Frankenstein - originally written in english!). i tried to join the discussion...wasn't really capable of keeping up when the girl next to me speaks faster than anybody ive ever heard. valley-girl style fast, without all the 'likes' and 'oh mah gods!'. so yea trying to keep up with that, not something that is going to happen this early.
i've made some friends in my classes now, i'm definitely a curiousity because i'm an american, which i try to use to my advantage. i'm really scared to do my 'referats' but they are both after winter break...the actual presentation wont be that bad, but the discussion stuff i can't really keep up with the whole time. about the friends - Markus is in my friday sci-fi style class, he works/volunteers at a place called Kafe Kult (akimbo played there kyle on their euro-tour, lol. lightning bolt too!) which is hella small and hard to find but has ridiculous super-indie stuff, which is fun to discover. there is a german local hardcore band playing there tomorrow night, he estimated a turnout of 20-30 people, haha, so i may go check it out, cause these are the kind of things that really help you to get to know a city i think.
i bought the first season of deadwood for my birthday, my mom told me i wasn't allowed to just save the money like i usually do, so i got it in a german department store, where it was 29 euros. i then kinda had buyers remorse and figured it would have been cheaper online, etc, and NO. the fucking MSRP is NINETY NINE US DOLLARS (this is for you andrew). even on amazon it was still around 55 bucks for just the first season. wewt, got a deal.
the people on my floor are cool, we watch the oc together...in english. im really trying hard to improve my german but i feel like it has kinda hit a stalemate. i try to speak german to everybody i meet, but they ALL speak english and want to improve (all educated people here speak english is what ive been told), so they always end up just kinda sneaking into english.
thats enough rambling for now i guess. if anybody is curious what else there is to germany i'd love to talk to you guys, i got skype now so i can call you when its like 6 am on a saturday morning for you. LAWLZ.
i've made some friends in my classes now, i'm definitely a curiousity because i'm an american, which i try to use to my advantage. i'm really scared to do my 'referats' but they are both after winter break...the actual presentation wont be that bad, but the discussion stuff i can't really keep up with the whole time. about the friends - Markus is in my friday sci-fi style class, he works/volunteers at a place called Kafe Kult (akimbo played there kyle on their euro-tour, lol. lightning bolt too!) which is hella small and hard to find but has ridiculous super-indie stuff, which is fun to discover. there is a german local hardcore band playing there tomorrow night, he estimated a turnout of 20-30 people, haha, so i may go check it out, cause these are the kind of things that really help you to get to know a city i think.
i bought the first season of deadwood for my birthday, my mom told me i wasn't allowed to just save the money like i usually do, so i got it in a german department store, where it was 29 euros. i then kinda had buyers remorse and figured it would have been cheaper online, etc, and NO. the fucking MSRP is NINETY NINE US DOLLARS (this is for you andrew). even on amazon it was still around 55 bucks for just the first season. wewt, got a deal.
the people on my floor are cool, we watch the oc together...in english. im really trying hard to improve my german but i feel like it has kinda hit a stalemate. i try to speak german to everybody i meet, but they ALL speak english and want to improve (all educated people here speak english is what ive been told), so they always end up just kinda sneaking into english.
thats enough rambling for now i guess. if anybody is curious what else there is to germany i'd love to talk to you guys, i got skype now so i can call you when its like 6 am on a saturday morning for you. LAWLZ.
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