picture of my first windmill =)Wow, I feel so much better today! Dogma's treatments totally worked on me. I have never recovered so quickly...ever. Well, I'm not completely well yet, but it's lookin' good! Today was a very very lazy Sunday. woke up at noon, took my time doing more of that steam in the face thing and getting b-fast. also cleaned room, did some german, but mostly just did nothing and watched videos (and snacked on nutella and bread) until it was time to go to amie's for the concert.
i really had no idea what to expect. amie invited me over b/c her host mom was having a concert/get together at her place. i do not think i've ever met so many artsy people in my life. and omg i think all the guys there were gay i think. there was one that looked incredibly british and very similar to hugh grant mixed with dermot melroney (one of the most handsome actors on the planet). there was also a guy with lots of earrings and with one of those hippie queues. ICK. he looked very artsy though. i'm sure all of them were very fascinating people, but i was too on-edge to converse with them for too long. plus, most of them were speaking in german.
so i met amie at her u-bahn stop (it was raining today!), and we went together back to her place. we were a tad late, and the concert started right after we got there. it was the craziest and surreal things i have ever witnessed. one very tall, blonde man invited amie and i, and all the other guests of course, outside! amie and i were both very confused, but i put on my soaking wet jacket again and followed everyone outside. we were led down a flight of stairs to the basement. all along the way, the path was lit by candles set in glass jars. we walked for a little bit in the dark and walked up out into a courtyard surrounded on all sides by buildings. the courtyard was kind of small and filled with an ivy or plant of that sort. there were candles and lights there shining on amie's host mom's dining room window (i still do not know her host mom's name). i felt very awkward standing there with a borrowed umbrella, not knowing where to look and not knowing what was going to happen. all of a sudden from behind the crowd came a series of barks and grunts, which i soon realized was some sort of singing. the same man that had told amie and i to go outside was the one doing this. i learned later that this was some sort of mongolian song. the guy was hidden in a corner singing and then moved back along the path back into the house, singing all the while, and leaving his audience outside. he then appeared at the dining room window with a bassoon and played a classical piece. i am not cultured enough to know what it was, but i loved the sound. the music was very pleasant, and i was very surprised. after the song, he played a jazz improv piece, and the sounds that he produced with the bassoon were very different.
after the concert, we ate! i tried mushrooms, some sort of russian salad eaten only on new years (many of the people at the gathering were russian jews), HOMEMADE chicken pate on bread, fish, jewish meatballs, and a drink made of vodka and cranberry juice (what would that cocktail be called? i have no clue). the food was so good! but i felt really awkward the entire time. i really need to work on my social skills. i do not know what i will do when i get older and have to entertain guests and meet strangers. we talked for a while but then decided to leave to go study german, but before we left, amie's host mom wanted to show us the top-secret berlinale film schedule. apparently she works for berlinale!!! now i know the movies that are playing, but i am not allowed to disclose the movies that will be playing. but i think i can disclose that kiera knightly, keanu reaves, MONICA BELLUCCI, and OMG KATE WINSLET with be at the berlinale!!!!!!!!!! haha i am most definitely looking forward to this festival. i'm hoping that amie's host mom will get us the hook up for this event, but i'm not too hopeful at the moment.
i came back around 9 and definitely did NOT study german. i am so behind. TEST ON TUESDAY. bad. i'll wake up in 5 hours to do some studying. this is what i get for procrastinating. i can't help it though. AH and i'm going to green week (an agriculture and food festival) on wednesday with dogma. she convinced me to skip german and go with her. it really did not take to convince me, and i think i'll just make up an excuse that i'm sick (i really am). we only get ONE absence for each class though. how mean is that? i can't believe stanford has this rule. i guess if they didn't have this rule though, i probably would not go to german ever.
tomorrow i start the concerto class! daniel scott smith talked me into taking this class. i think it will be very interesting. DSS is also gay. the ratio of gays to straights this quarter in berlin in insane. so is the ratio of girls to guys. there's only 9 girls out of 32 people! really, i do not understand. one would think this ratio is a good thing, but it really just makes things painful. the stanford guys (that ar enot gay) are not very mature at all. and if you would believe me, i think DSS is the most attractive guy here. in fact, i can probably say i am gay for him. shh don't let him know
well time for bed!
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