Random Evening Thoughts

No Easter plans. Or... my Easter plan is to write my analysis paper for German Lieder and read at least 75 pages in Fast Food Nation. Evan invited me to a family gathering, but his mother has bronchitis, so that fell through. It's silly that although I'm not even Christian, the idea of not being with people on Easter is depressing. I'm so envious of people who have family close by. That will be me soon. Most days I can't get to Munich fast enough. Tonight, I look forward to it so much that it hurts. When I'm alone, I realize how separate I am from my environment, here. I've half-left it behind, already. I feel like I am subjecting myself to a variety of illusions, so that I don't go completely disconnect in these last couple of months. People are still in awe when I tell them what I plan to do. I guess it's out of the ordinary, but I can't imagine doing anything else and not going mad. Alles gute zum Ostern.

Random morning thoughts

I went to bed around 3:30am last night, but got up at 7:30 for my 9:30 class, because I like having mornings to myself, and theoretically not rushing. I probably will, anyway, because it's 8:45, and I have yet to shower. I'd like to go to a coffee shop and not order anything, just sit and read. Ate my typical hangover breakfast: 2 eggs, toast, coffee, even though I'm not hungover, just operating on 4 hours of sleep. Oops. I wanted to write an entry last night about how I am losing respect for the New York Times. Maybe I still will. It sort of started with a comment Kate made about how they write a lot of articles about current trends, but aren't that up to the minute with their news. This whole Clinton/Obama "feud" makes me want to scream, because 99% of it is entirely media-created. On both NYT and BBC News, there were articles about how Obama's fundraising rivals Hillary's. Thank you, Respected News Sources for needling and creating drama that ought not to exist for another 12 months. Sure, none of us can wait for a new president, but I can sure as hell wait for primary season. Democrats are so embarrassing.