From an Internet Cafe in Five Seconds

This internet cafe really hates blogspot, so Im writing a note instead. Im also having hardcore issues with german keyboards, so be nice if I spell things with a z instead of a y because theyre switched on the keyboard.

okay, so germany is pretty much the shit, like fo realz. the university im going to is really wacked out. for those of you who go to rutgers, imagine busch campus on crack. for those of you who don#t go to rutgers, imagine a committe of german architects consuming five times thezre weight in hallucinogens, slapping some concrete on top of a fucking mountain (and this is not south jersez flatness speaking here, it really is at the top of a Fucking Mountain) and then spray painted it neon, seizure inducing colors. wilkommen zur universitaet konstanz.

so far the other kids in the language program are mad cool. last night we all went out to an irish pub, and me, erin (one of the other girlsfrom rutgers) and alex, a kid from arizona, spent a solid hour trying to explain to Iceland why america sucks. his name isnt actually iceland. he told us what is was, but none of us can get our american/korean/slovakian/

russian tongues around the icelandic-ness. so he's just iceland.

my language teacher is mad scary and intense and Im pretty sure im going to die. the german skills are better than I thought they were, but not good enough yet. also, the cafeteria (mensa) is possibly the most intimidating thing ive ever tried to navigate in my life. im also hardcore intimidated by the (native) german students, who are probably quite nice when theyre not being terrifying.

today i bought bandaids and shampoo all by myself in german! you have no idea what a victory this is.

the place that im living is also pretty cracked out. europahaus is a 20 minute bus ride from the universitz (and thez use the honor system! can you imagine?) and its bright blue with all three random landings with a spiral staircase and crooked windows sticking out the one side. except you cant get onto the landings. but you can get onto the roof from my bathroom window (which I discovered within 10 minutes of putting my suitcase down). currently i have 2 roommates that I never see, both chinese, and theyre going back to china in like a week. so then other roommates should move back, but for all intensive purposes, Im all by myself.

sorry i kind of jumped all over the place, tomorrow or saturday im going to buy an ethernet cord and go bother the hausmeister for internet (so i can have a normal kezboard and not only select websites)

adios amigos! talk to you soon!