...Bremen and Chicago

http://chicagoist.com/2007/09/21/whos_got_our_da.php

For serious that chicagoist post makes me miss home. Mostly because it mentions two places I've been, once of which with some frequency. While I'd much rather go to Berlin (club, not city, though I will be going to the city while in germany) or Hydrate to get my dance on than Neo, I do enjoy the gothiness of it all on occasion. And my one time at Empty Bottle was quite fun. Point is I have no one to go clubbing with in Germany. So I'm totally home on a Friday night. Something I would despise if I were in Chicago.

(that being said I wouldn't pay $15 to get into Neo...ever....ok maybe if they promised to play gothy remixes of Depeche Mode all night)

That being said, the little shopping center in Walle (the district of Bremen I live in) totally has a clothing store called Depeche Mode. I laughed my ass off. As if my American self wasn't obviously out of place to begin with.

I've also started playing rugby here. Which makes life 10x better and may mean I'll start enjoying myself more.

Also my bicycle is a piece of crap. It needs to be fixed like every 10 minutes. But fuck it, as long as it holds together another 9 months I don't care.

And I hate herring. I'm paying the extra for tuna from now on. Mercury poisoning be damned. I go back and forth about how concerned I am about mercury levels in tuna. Right now I don't care as long as I get to eat something. Today I had tuna couscous, and broccoli for dinner, turkish pizza for lunch, and cereal for breakfast. The food situation is looking better. Tomorrow may be a pasta, pesto, mushroom day. If not it'll be rice, tofu and peas. In fact I may have another bowl of cereal after I finish writing this.

I signed my contract today. Maybe I'll get paid! I'd really enjoy that. I'd like to buy a basket for my bike, and another blanket, and a pillow.

Oh yeah and I did some teaching stuff. German 6th graders are hella loud.