Freizeit

I had a class at 3 today. Or so I thought. I arrived there and the room was dark. There was this older guy there who I think was studying. He didn't really speak English, though, so he wasn't much help. I went to check my email and found that the class had been pushed back to next Friday. Great. Now I've got a whole Friday and I have no idea what to do with it. Too much Freizeit. Maybe I'll study or something. There was a girl in kitchen when I went to get tea. Her name's Christina, I think, and she's from Denmark, I think. I have the worst time remembering these things. She said she might want to get a beer tonight and maybe her boyfriend would, too. She said she'd let me know so I could go with them. That'd be nice.

Earlier today I was talking to a women from the Philippines. She was telling me about Khadafi and Al Qaeda and how most people don't know what's going on. She recommended a book about Khadafi called, oddly enough, Khadafi. Talking with her was really interesting because she liked Bush, oddly enough, and was a McCain fan. She likes American foriegn policy and said she's always explaining to everyone that the US does cooperate internationally and that the US is always the first ones on the scene because we have the most resources. And we can mobilize quicker than other nations. She seemed to have a decent grasp on reality. The one thing she didn't know is that, since I'm from Ohio, she assumed I voted for Obama because Ohio went for Obama. She didn't know things like cities are always Democratic (usually) and rural areas are usually Republican. She thought all of California is Democratic and thought it very odd when I told her that northern California is more Republican. It was a very cool conversation.

Oh, and she worked for the UN doing financial stuff - her original training is as an accountant - but now she wants to sing in an opera performed in the Staatsoper. She told me she hopes to audition this month. That is what I call a career change.