November 18
Wow. That was pretty interesting. Christian invited me to the kitchen for some Glühwein, which I happily accepted. That was around 8pm. I got back from the kitchen at 1:15am. We had the Glühwein, which is a warm beverage served at Christmas markets throughout Germany, then started talking. Marion, Helene, and Eddy were there but had to leave for finish their papers. I was happy; Marion got a ‘VG’ (Very Good) on her final paper for her environmental class, she was very appreciatative that I had helped her with the English. Helene asked for me to give me a read-through on her paper as well. So it was ultimately just Frieder, Christian, and I. At around 9:30pm I was feeling hungry so I started to cut vegetables. I made dinner, watched a little of Men in Black with Christian, then Frieder came back and tightened the screws on the chairs. Then Christian came back and we just kept talking. About all sorts of things. It was nice.
Tomorrow we are having a birthday party for Christian, though admittedly rather belated. I will be making pizza so I will have to make the crusts tomorrow morning. AND work on my Harry Martinson essay! Didn’t get much done today that’s for sure.
On Wednesday we were presenting our papers for Scandinavian Culture, and one girl completely butchered Niels Bohr. She said the play Copenhagen was a musical! Ahhhh, my eyes were burning. It was also hilarious to see how no one understood what it meant to give a five minute summary of their paper. They would ramble on for two minutes, then announce “my paper has five parts” and proceed to list all five. The professor had to cut off so many people and we wasted time asking people if they could do it in five minutes or not. Sheesh.
For the third time this week I burned toast in our dysfunctional toaster and caused smoke to fill the room. So tomorrow I will go to the Lund city center and buy a new toaster for the corridor.
This Sunday Frieder and I will go to another hockey game. Later.
