Scenery and Bullshit

"And then, we created FIRE!!!"

Never barbecue with me. And if you do, make sure that I don't touch it. Ever. I have witnesses.


This was on my birthday - the camera still thinks European time, hence the date on the picture. I've been going through my blog posts and I noticed that I don't really stick to any chronological order when posting shit: I just write whatever I like, whenever I like. I should construct sóme kind of timeline though, because soon enough I won't know whether that test was next week or last week.

OK then, high-speed runthrough: Chicago, SD, Hostel craziness, Welcome Week, Hangover Weekend, Random Zoo Day With Old-School Friend From Belgium, First Classes, Birthday, Rush Week (joining clubs and getting drunk), Second Classes, Big Parties, LA Decom, and now it's turning Wednesday again. Third classes, I guess.

I still didn't do my credit transfer (eat that Carla Kist) but I got a polite DO IT NOW reminder yesterday, so here's a note to self. Tomorrow I'm starting 'the Great Workout', a triple threat to my current state of proud uh, slenderness. Lack of bulk. I'm just really space efficient.

Anyway, Subways and the cafetaria here are putting some pounds on my already impressive physique, so I decided to go and compensate it with lifting some more weights, like my Spanish lover back home told me to. Hilarious stories and possibly pictures will reach you soon enough - this gym is a tiny bit different from the toilet we work out in @ UCU.

Oh yeah, speaking about cafetarias: I checked the Dining Hall menu the other day, and cried a few tears of joy (for me) and a small one of sadness (for you). Not that the cafetaria's here are amazing - but compared to DH, they're really, really good. I go out for lunch, and spoiled as I am I engage in a discussion with my stomach what it wants today. The beef ramen? Or rather the chicken? Or shall I just go for the chicken quesadillas? Maybe some fried shrimp? The double bacon cheeseburger? Fresh sushi? Build-your-own-sandwich? Or pin 'real money' and get 'real fast food'. It's laughable.

Then again, I have to drink Budweiser. I guess there is no such thing as utter perfection on this world even though In-N-Out burgers comes fucking close.

Now, what you really have been waiting for: MORE PICTARSW()@*#@(*!&!





From top to bottom: Geisel Library/Spaceship, International House I-Walk, and the little green in front of Price Center where frats ceremoniously fail to put their signs up. I don't know whether crisis hit Sigma Nu and they had to cut down on wood and such utilities, but this is a sad image. Now they're just Nu. And that's not really cool.

Speaking of which, I haven't really gotten into touch with the frats here. The guys that seem the least homo-erotic (which means they still are, by a fair share, far more retarded than your average dude) fly the Jings' colours - yes indeedy, the blue and gold are evident in Sigma Chi's banner. I planned on rushing with them and getting to know the guys, since that faraway look from underneath the aviators reminded me of the Primus spirit. Whereas other frats were doing dumb shit such as flyering, talking excitedly to the wrong people, annoying security officers or even pull-ups on a bar painted in the frats colours (no joke), this specimen of institutionalised friendship remained calmly seated in a lazy couch under a huge yellow and gold parasol. Only the trained eye could spot the subtle movements of their heads, which collectively swayed to the beat of hot campus girls walking by.

I decided to talk to them, and I was right. Primus on the West-Coast. But then Greek. Anyway, I got distracted by other stuff (such as decompression, which I still have to write a big story about) so I didn't rush with them. No worries, enough fun shit on this campus.

For those who don't follow economics: the current euro-dollar exchange rate is simply orgasmic. For Americans, not so much. 1 Euro nowadays equals 1,47 Dollars. Imagine what that means for my studiefinanciering. And then think about the fastfood dollar deals. Did I mention I can buy a new Omatic snowboard for 199$? The board club is sponsored, yes. That is 135€. For this. In one word:




Yes, this is a call out to all y'all: if you want something, let me know, because I can probably get it a LOT cheaper than you. I won't even go into the price difference between Apple Products here and in Europe, but I can tell you that the Macbook Pro I'm looking at is roughly 800-900 euro's cheaper here. That's half the Macbook. Shit.

Enough bullshit. I will tell you all about decompression (last weekend) as soon as I got time to process it myself. The ninja pictures and videos on facebook should tell half the story.

Love from the States

C