An Historic Day

Today was a normal day... except that I got to speak German at work! There was this lady who was going back to the fitting rooms. I saw that she had underwear and you're not allowed to take underwear into the fitting rooms because it's disgusting if you try on underwear. Don't ask me how it's different than bathing suit bottoms (except that I think you're technically supposed to keep your underwear on when trying on bathing suits). But anyway, I said "Ma'am, excuse me, ma'am" but she didn't seem to notice. Then I got up and walked toward the room and said it again, and this time she opened the door and acknowledged me. I said that she couldn't take the underwear in with her, but she didn't understand, so I tried it again but slightly differently. Once again, she said she didn't understand, but on the end of her sentence she said something that sounded German. So of course I blurted out "Sprechen Sie Deutsch?" (Do you speak German), and she said "Ja". I then explained the situation awkwardly in German to her. Frankly, I think she was a little caught off guard with my German speaking (my very imperfekt German speaking... haha I just wrote that in German without realizing it). She did her thing in the fitting room, and when she came out she said in German that she didn't know that she couldn't take the underwear in. And this was the day when my German officially became useful.

It is hard to believe that there is a German in Ann Arbor, shopping alone in Target, who can't understand English. It could've been a scam in order to get away with something that she knew wasn't allowed. But her plans were foiled! Muwahahaha!

I'm enjoying H2Opia on Facebook. It's a game where fish are bred and shared. I'm working on my mansion right now.

So I've been having trouble with homophones today. I definitely spelled 'allowed' as 'aloud' in the first paragraph and didn't realize it was wrong until the second time I wrote it. And then I almost wrote 'bread' instead of 'bred'. Stupid English. At least I didn't embarrass myself with 'your' and 'you're' or 'their', 'there', and 'they're'.

Expensive, Pretentious Ann Arbor

And I'm sitting on my new couch! I like it. Black. Leather. Reclining. Lovely.

It's hot. Very hot. And the air conditioning isn't working. Sometimes it works a little, but sometimes it just sucks. And it's hot. Hot.

I went with Tina to the Art Fair today. Walking through the booth covered streets was quite enjoyable. But I drank a huge thing of cherry coke and that made me feel weird. And it was hot, but that actually wasn't too bad. And the art was ok, but way overpriced. Some of it I could understand, like $80 for a painting. Fine. But then there were other things... glass stuff and photographs. These were usually nice, but also usually not worth the price. For example, an 8x10 (or smaller) of some fairly run-of-the-mill landscape was $45 (or two for $85, whoopty-doo $5). No, thank you. And then there was the glass stuff, some of which looked like it belonged in a dollar store. But I really did enjoy looking at the paintings and the photos. The wood stuff and the metal flowers and trees and such was quite nice as well. And then there was the 'bodyscapes' booth. That were interesting. Basically, they were pictures of portions of naked bodies with something happening on the body (golfing, rock climbing, skateboarding). Some of the pictures are a little graphic, but if you google 'bodyscapes' you can take a look anyway. I don't know... I was intrigued.

ein kleines Abenteuer

Tina and I had an adventure yesterday evening. It started out with a search for a park, and we eventually found two... and tried out the swings... and climbed some weird climbing wall... and went down a very fun twisty slide. Our adventure then took us to Plymouth Road, just north of North Campus. We passed into a less populated area and noticed suddenly that we were in a different city (town, really) called Dixboro. It was quaint and had an antique store. We continued a bit and found some other things including corn fields and a highway. After some wandering we found our way back to Geddes Road and campus. It was a very pleasant adventure.

I watched a movie yesterday titled Tornado: der Zorn des Himmels (the wrath of the sky). It was originally a TV movie... the special effects were lacking at times, but I liked it. If there had been subtitles, I would make you all watch it. But alas...

And that's all.

Absolutely Nothing Interesting

I really have absolutely nothing to say. I'm still alive.

On Monday (I think it was Monday...), I had a gyro from a Greek restaurant, and that was the most delicious thing I have had in a long time. I got fries with it and they were wonderful also. It was a very satisfying meal.

It's rather sad that the most exciting thing about my life lately is one meal.

I bought a couch. I really shouldn't have spent that much on it, but I fell in love and then couldn't resist. When it's in my apartment, I'll post a picture because I know my couch is on everyone's list of stuff they absolutely have to see.

A couple days ago, I finished the sixth Harry Potter in German and now I really need to get the seventh. Because there isn't yet a movie and because it was a couple years ago when I last read it, it felt like I was reading it for the first time and that was a lovely feeling. The only part I actually remembered well was that part where they go to the cave until the part where Dumbledore is killed.

Work is work. The coworkers are nice. The customers are not. I just wish the stupid place would give me more hours. And more money. Böse Arbeit.

232 Years Old

Happy 4th of July!

Work was very slow today. I liked it though. It was actually somewhat relaxing because I got to do some stuff that I somewhat enjoyed (which was making tags). The majority of the phone calls were to find out if we were open. Stupid people. Seriously, the customers are annoying. They go through the clothes that were just straightened and throw things on the floor and where they obviously don't belong and it ends up looking like the wreckage left after a tornado. Idiots.

I saw some fireworks on my way home from work. There were fireworks on all sides of the city.

While at work, I got a craving for McDonald's. Maybe I'll go there tomorrow. Oh, McDonald's. But I have coupons for basically everything except McDonald's (KFC, Pizza Hut, Arby's, etc). I like Arby's. And I'm hungry, so I'm thinking about food. Maybe I'll make some Apfelschorle.

Storms are not impressive in Ann Arbor.

When I got out of work today, it was dark and cloudy. And then three hours later it began to storm. But even though the radar showed a big block of red, it didn't seem to be anything more than some rain and wind. I have never seen an impressive storm in this city.

In other news, I've been watching a few foreign films lately. Last week, I watched Nirgendwo in Afrika (Nowhere in Africa). Yesterday, I watched La Glorie de mon Père (My Father's Glory). And I watched Au Revoir les Enfants (Goodbye, Children) this evening. They were all good and I could recommend them all.

Now I'm listening to New Kids on the Block.

And It's July

I saw the cutest little puppy dog on my way back from the mailbox today. It was adorable!!! And tiny!

I've started to read the sixth Harry Potter in German, and I've recently finished watching the entire six seasons of "Sex and the City".

Today was a nice day. I spent some time at my new apartment unpacking some stuff. I can't wait until I have some furniture.

Mediterranean food is good.

I want to open a business. That would be fun. And I want to cook. That would also be fun.

My life is so boring. I work. I sleep. I browse the internet. Woo...hoo.