Oh Boy! Oh No!
The startling title has absolutely no bearing on the actual content of this entry. To put in plainly and bluntly, the flat is back. Groundhog days, drizzly overcast skies, amazing meals, trips to the Lion, late night kitchen raids, flat movies, piles of books, shoes littering the front entryway. To try and pretend like anything life changing or earth shattering has happened in the past 40ish hours would be blatent falsery.
In order to streamline the latest occurances in my life, I'll resort to the ever-popular numbered list blog entry, sans pictures....
1) Carol got a nano ipod, thus the collision of music ubiquity with a person who was visably upset after a dinner conversation about how much ipods and music everywhere rocked a few months ago finally becomes a reality. It's funny.... "All I want is some easy listening, maybe some jazz?" So I gave her my Miles Davis CD Aaron gave me for Christmas and sent her on her merry way.
2) In other news, Islam class became infinately easier.... I got my essay back today and scored a 67! Yes! Unfamiliar with the British marking system? I hope so. It's messed up. A 70 is considered a 'first class' mark, while 60-70 is a 'upper second class' and 50-60 is 'lower second class'.... really, as long as i get above a 40 (failing), i'll be golden for any Luther conversion....
3) Aaron and Emily left for Vienna to hang with the Luther Orchestra/Symphony/Band (I always get it wrong, so i'll cover my ass)- and don't get back until Sunday. I can't imagine leaving again, but any chance to see more of Europe is a welcome opportunity.
4) I'm feeling unable to sound interesting in part because of the Grand Tour, which makes all future entries seem so mundane and crappy. Crappy is a strong word. How about 'domestic' and 'lame'. I won't worry about it, but if these entries become more like a laundry list of events supplemented by strange editorial comments, don't be surprised. I need to keep myself interested as well....
5) It's still warm here- today it was sunny for the first time since we've been back- but warm enough that our trees have leaves, the grass is shockingly green, and we still have bright violet and orange berries on our wierd bushes... Thus perpetuates the strange feeling of seasonless floatation that seems to have enveloped the island. I crave the bleak, depressing, crisp feeling of winter- when your coat turns to paper, the snot freezes in your nostrils, and wet hair turns to ice while walking to the caf. God bless iowa.
6) Today i finally got my Christmas package in the mail from my mom, an awesome compliation of everything a Fight Club-author loving, LOST watching, Sweedish Fish eating, underwear-wearing, sock-donning, toothpaste-using, recipe hoarding college student abroad could ever ask for..... very very much appreciated....
Finally, it's awesome to hear stories of fellow Lutherans studying abroad- getting a first taste of South American, Spanish, etc life, and loving every minute.... To watch/read/hear how even the first few days or weeks have been effecting them is awesome, and although i'm not a pro by any means, I still have a bit of 'ah, yes' pretention that accompanies feelings of pride and hope that they'll have a kickass time abroad...
Tomorow looks like another lame day- no class, so prob read another two books, pretend to figure finances (holy hell, i won't make it home....), sit around, maybe run again (yeah, i said Again)...
later days.
posted by Kevin @ 4:21 PM
1 Comments:
Kevin,
Let me first apologize for getting side tracked this afternoon while talking to you guys. To be honest my connecting was looping your comments and making your voices repeat all funny-like so it was kindof frustrating.....and then the connection was dropped for a second (at least on our end), and then jamie came in, started talking about dentist school and asking questions about lindsey's mom passing away, etc. etc......basically there's no real excuss for my rudeness but i apologize anyway and hope we can talk for again real soon.
in other news, that's awesome to hear about your x-mas package and even more excellent to hear once again that your european adventures were a success. i look forward to catching up a bit this spring, and can't wait for all the drunken/erotic craziness that will ensue next year in baker (knock on wood/keep your fingers crossed).
have fun doing whatever it is that you do on a daily basis, enjoy your newly acquired LOST merchandise, and i'll catch you on the flip side.
peace dude,
booze
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