November 20
On Friday we threw a birthday party for Christian, even though his birthday happened 2 weeks ago. We did it then because he was back in Germany for his birthday and then most of the corridor went to Norway. I think it went well. I spent much of the day making the four pizzas for it. In the beginning it was relaxing with just our corridor and some close friends, but then later it got more crowded. Before the party started, Christian and Frieder were quite active in an impromptu game of football in the corridor…with a bouncy rubber ball 1 inch in diameter. They were getting quite into it! For gifts we got Christian two tickets to the FC Copenhagen vs. Viborg football match, and a Lund Universitet hoodie. 
Later on in the party alot of people left to go to a nation’s party and Christian went to his room with some friends and they talked. Amalia, her boyfriend, Frieder, and I began to clean up the kitchen. Amalia’s boyfriend is from Turkey, and I learned about the history of that country and the challenges it faces as it tries to join the EU. At the end of the night, the kitchen was nice and clean (one of the benefits of having a party). Christian came back after his friends left and he, Frieder, and I stayed in the kitchen talking about music. They showed me their love for Die Ärtze (The Doctors), whom they consider to be the greatest band in the world (at least from Germany, anyway). Christian and I continued to talk about what makes music great and our experiences with it. It was good.
On Saturday I went to the city center and bought a new toaster for the corridor. Earlier that week, I had forgotten to pop the toast three times, causing smoke to fill the kitchen and forcing us to spend a few minutes flapping towels around clearing it out the windows. (Our smoke detector clearly doesn’t work). Frieder and I also worked quite a bit on the movie today, working really late into the night. He cut together a great looking trailer, and I polished off a special effect that I’m quite proud of. The movie is set for release in the first week of December.
On Sunday I woke up rather late, and went to the lounge for some coffee. At the same time, our corridor elections were being held! Earlier that week, in response to one of Christian’s chickens being stolen from the fridge, Christian and Frieder wrote up a constitution for the corridor. It quickly snowballed into a rather intricate affair, and we were having elections for the various positions, like representatives of the people’s chamber, judge of the state, president, foreign affairs minister, party minister, etc. Frieder set up quite an elaborate voting station up, with registration via photo ID, a voting booth and ballot box. After many dubious voting irregulaties (I’m going to stage a revolution), the results were in: Christian, Frieder, and I make up the people’s chamber. Eddy is the president, and he appointed Yuko as foreign affairs minister and Helene (of course) as party minister. Marion is the judge of the state.
Later that day Frieder and I went to see another hockey match at the Ishall. It was a good game, with the #1 and #2 teams playing. It was tied 0-0 until the last 56 seconds, when the other team scored a goal. The Lund Giants lost 0-1. The worst part of the night was actually our fingers. They were freezing. We’re talking like the you-can’t-get-it-out-your-mind pain on the bike ride back up to Delphi. It was crazy. If fingers could cry, mine certainly were.
Since my last update I’ve also been watching the show Arrested Development. I never got around to watching this show while it was on, and decided to give it a try. And I’m glad I did. This is the best live-action comedy I’ve seen since Seinfeld, and it’s better than Seinfeld. This show is top notch, with brilliant writing and great characters. And wouldn’t you know it, Fox CANCELLED it. Sigh. So far just seven more episodes to go. Seriously everyone: watch this show. Start with Season 1, because one of the greatest parts is that the show builds upon itself. Watching episodes knowing the earlier episodes makes them so much more enjoyable.
Anyway, it’s about 4:40am, and I had better get to sleep. Our plane tickets for the December trip are booked, and my two essays for SAS 116 are finished. I will email them to Bo and Andreas tomorrow. Gute nacht.