In the spirit of spring...

I woke up this morning feeling sick... coughy, sore throat, stuffy nose. Not good. And I wanted to keep sleeping but the sickness kept me from it. So I looked at my window and through the Rollladen (shade thing) it looked like a poopy day. Perfect, because that meant I could lay around inside without feeling guilty. But then I opened the shade and saw the bright, cloudless, blue sky and knew that I couldn't not go outside.

So after downloading the new episode of Grey's Anatomy and taking a shower, I hopped on the Landwasser Strassenbahn and went all the way to the end where there's a lake. At first, the lake seemed less than interesting. But then I walked up to the edge of the water and realized that it's really nice and natural. I walked around it and took a lot of pictures. At one point, I sat down on a bench for a while and listened to pretty concert band music on my iPod. It was so peaceful and the sun was so warm. When I began taking more pictures while sitting there, some old lady started talking to me. It took me a while to figure out what she was saying, but then I finally understood. She was pointing me towards a turtle on a log. She said that they always come out when the sun is shining.

When I got back to my room, I had the strong urge to listen to band music. I opened my window and I could smell the cool, fresh air... and then I couldn't resist. I absolutely had to listen to concert band music. And so I did. I don't know what it is about spring that makes me want to listen to band music.
"Ah, yes... spring: the time of fresh air and flowers, blue skies and band music. I don't know why, but band music just seems to fit with spring. Maybe it's because we would always began fun band music for the concert in the spring, or because we would march down the road playing Salute to Freedom endlessly before Memorial Day, or because of that time last spring when Ross and I tried to tan on my trampoline while listening to band music... or maybe it's because when I listen to band music in the spring, it feels as if the music is trying to capture the singing of the universe in exultation of the new beginning of springtime." -Sarah Swartz, 29 March 2005.

Also, I have an urge to read/watch Harry Potter. ...And I can see a guy juggling from my window.

My picture was in the Polish newspaper because Michal's local newspaper prints pictures of people reading that newspaper. And so he took pictures of me and some Asian guys with the newspaper and it was printed. I have a copy of the newspaper.

I tend to feel displaced a lot. There have been many times when I've been layingin my bed here and thought for a second that I was in my bed at home. And just now when I looked at my pop bottle, I thought I was at my desk in South Quad from last year.

"Du fragst mich, was soll ich tun? Und ich sage: Lebe wild und gefährlich, Artur."
"You ask me, what should I do? And I say: Live wild and dangerous, Arthur."