Ramblings

Got our first test back today in Medieval German. I got a 3, which is equivalent to a C in the American system. Surprisingly, I achieved that with no more than 2 hours of hitting the books right before that class period when I should have put in at least 3 times that amount of studying. I'm not really happy with the result, but at the same time I'm not upset because I know that I just have to put a little more time into studying. Plus I did better than some of the native-speaking Germans in the class. So meh. Class itself was okay. I've discovered the secret to not falling asleep is a shot of caffeine both before class and during the break so that I don't get the caffeine crash until after class is over. What would I do without coffee?

Went to Saturn after class and bought some CD-Rs so I can copy my 5 gigabytes of photos onto CDs and free up some space on my hard drive. I never thought I'd fill 40 gigabytes of space. Also need to copy my photos to my iPod for a second backup.

Walking through the Altstadt tonight on the way to Saturn was fun. Half-timbered houses drooping and lots of small alleyways to explore. I love how Tuebingen's Altstadt is constantly offering unexplored alleyways, passages, and little Gässles that I've never been down. I try to take a new route every time.I have a lot of studying and catching up to do in both Medieval German and my Political System of the EU classes, so tomorrow's afternoon hours will be dedicated mostly to that. I need to find a good cafe that I can start using for studying regularly. Somewhere quiet but not too quiet, with ample working space, cheap coffee, and good atmosphere. And a nice view would be a plus too. I know this place exists but I haven't found it yet.

I keep having dreams that I finally get the iBook and then I wake up and realize it was a dream and go "DANG IT!" More disturbing to me than the fact that they're just dreams is the fact that I am having these dreams RECURRINGLY. That's just plain sick. I mean come on. Give a brother a break here. All I'm asking is 9 more months. Just 9 more months and then you can emerge from the back burner, Mr. iBook! Just CHILL back there!I am in desperate need of an organizer to maintain my sanity.