Today is an insanely beautiful fall day. I'm sitting in the ole' internet cafe, at computer number 27. 27 is my favorite because the mouse cord will move far enough across the desk that I can use it with my left hand. It's leftie friendly. I'm listening to the owner talk to somebody at the front desk in Turkish and, as much Turkish as I've heard in the last four weeks, I think I'm actually starting to understand him. I've just had my first Big Mac in weeks and I'm thinking about visiting a couple more churches before I go to my friend's to play Monopoly tonight. I'm so very excited about this Monopoly in particular because it's not just plain old Monopoly. No, no, my friends! It's ... Braunschweig Monopoly! As in, all the different sights around town are now places in the board. How COOL IS THAT?!
Yep. I'm easily amused.
So, anyway, I'm having great cheap fun around the city. I went back to the library today and picked up some more books. I got a Stephen King novel called Blaze that - shockingly - I've never heard of before. I also got a trashy medieval romance novel, a translation of Kafka's Amerika, a book that I've heard of before but have no clue what it's about (it's called Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil), and a funny political satire piece of fiction that "imagines the serial resurrection and assassination of tireless muckraker and writer Upton Sinclair." Huh. I love just going to the Foreign Language section of the library here and seeing what kind of bizarre combinations of books I can come out with. And I know that some of you may be saying, "But Raychel, you're in Germany! Shouldn't you be reading only German-language books?" The answer is, of course, NO. No I shouldn't. I live in German. I begin each day with a million things I want to say, which must be funneled through the sometimes narrow spout of my German vocabulary. This gets tiring and, at the end of the day, I just want to read something where I understand every single word. I read the newspaper in German and advertisements on the streets in German and my roommate's daughter's homework in German. My books are English.
Yep. I'm easily amused.
So, anyway, I'm having great cheap fun around the city. I went back to the library today and picked up some more books. I got a Stephen King novel called Blaze that - shockingly - I've never heard of before. I also got a trashy medieval romance novel, a translation of Kafka's Amerika, a book that I've heard of before but have no clue what it's about (it's called Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil), and a funny political satire piece of fiction that "imagines the serial resurrection and assassination of tireless muckraker and writer Upton Sinclair." Huh. I love just going to the Foreign Language section of the library here and seeing what kind of bizarre combinations of books I can come out with. And I know that some of you may be saying, "But Raychel, you're in Germany! Shouldn't you be reading only German-language books?" The answer is, of course, NO. No I shouldn't. I live in German. I begin each day with a million things I want to say, which must be funneled through the sometimes narrow spout of my German vocabulary. This gets tiring and, at the end of the day, I just want to read something where I understand every single word. I read the newspaper in German and advertisements on the streets in German and my roommate's daughter's homework in German. My books are English.
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I love Monopoly! Concentrate on the properties surrounding Free Parking and the railroads!
Your sister acquired a blog. I did it while I was at work. At any rate, I love the monopoly, and I now understand a little more about the international students at UCO. They have a tendency tofind whatever they can in their first language and read the crap out of it. Like it's mana from heaven. It doesn't matter if it's good, or bad, or whatever, it's like "OH THANK GOD, _______________!"
Good times, good times indeed.
That was my Monopoloy strategy, only instead of the Free Parking area I took the cheaper properties around "Just visiting jail". I threw some hotels on those puppies and was a slum lord in no time. Hoo yah! I take Monopoly way too seriously .... (but I won, btw. I always win ... *crazy stare* ... always ...)
Also, Heathen, yes. I am now like your international students. PS: when are you coming to Europe?
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