Die Stimmen im Kopf

Yesterday I went looking for a TV at a location on Escholzstraße. So I got off the S-Bahn, and walked down the street a while before coming across the store. Unfortunately, they were closed. But that was ok, because I had stuff to do until they reopened in the afternoon. Around 3:30, I went back to the store… and they were still closed. Grr. I was annoying. They were supposed to reopen at 3, but did they? Of course not.

While I was wandering around town, Alex chased me down and so I ate a Berliner with him before I had to go meet Ulli. By the way, a Berliner is, in this case, not a person from Berlin. It is a deep-fried delicious sugar coated doughnut with (sometimes) jelly filling inside. Ah, it was delightful.

I made dinner last night. Mmm, spicy and good. It was rice, onions and mushrooms with garlic in curry powder and crushed chilis, and Brötchen with spreadable French cheese.

Sonny called me while I was eating and asked if I wanted to come over to his apartment. I said sure, and he picked me up at the door of my building. When we got there, he began making dinner for him and his temporary roommate. He had me try some, and it was really good. It was some kind of salad thing. Then we all had a beer and watched the last hour of Mona Lisa Smile in German.

Today had an interesting beginning. I had originally woken up at 8:30, but went back to sleep on and off for about 3 more hours. So then I was laying in bed at about 11:15 when my phone rang. I was naturally still half out of it. When I picked up the phone, I almost dropped it and then I croaked a little ‘hello’ into the receiver. It was Stephane and he asked me something (I think it was if I was sleeping) and I responded in English. I didn’t even realize it until I had finished my answer and then I said, ‘Oh wait… German’. He laughed and started talking about something which ended in him asking me if he could borrow €10. He then came to get it, he saw my pictures of Ann Arbor, and we had a long discussion about the curse that comes from stepping on the ‘M’.

This afternoon, I called a number about buying a TV for €30. He answered and said we could meet later at the Stadttheater. And so I met him, went back to his apartment, and bought it. And now I’m watching it. It’s exciting! The voices of the Simpsons are crazy.

Tonight I had another ‘date’ with Ibrahim, though I really didn’t want it. He’s nice and all, but he’s still creepy-ish and annoying.