Tues. October 23rd- Saturday October 27th
Tuesday I had my second discussion group. It was kind of like pulling teeth since no one wanted to discuss. However, after many awkward silences and a lot of prompting, I finally got some of them to talk. I will have to work on that for next week. After this, I had my Victorian literature class. It was interesting, and I met a really nice girl named Natalie. We discussed some short stories by Oscar Wilde and signed up for presentations later in the year.
On Wednesday I had my American lit course. We are now discussing The Jungle. It was written in 1906 by Upton Sinclair and was meant to bring about change in business and labor practices in the U.S. However, it's mostly known today for its graphic and detailed descriptions of the meat industry at the time. I don't want to give too much away, but one story is about rats and their involvement in the production of ham. Yeah. There are some parts I just have to skip/skim over.
On Thursday, Chris and I baked a cake for a Laura's birthday. It was a Paula Deen recipe (naturally) and actually turned out ok. It was an "Ooey Gooey Butter Cake" and called for a yellow box cake mix. However, we could only find chocolate, and it ended up looking like brownies instead of cake. It also had the consistency of unbaked brownies as well. Now that I describe it, it doesn't sound all that appetizing, but trust me, it was good. Especially since we added sprinkles to the top. All desserts taste better with sprinkles.
Laura's birthday was on a Friday and we started out at a Mexican restaurant. I met even more German friends! We were also told by the waiter that we couldn't eat the cake at the table. I was baffled. Apparently if we wanted to eat dessert, it would have to come from the restaurant's kitchens. What is this, a caketatorship? A mutually exclusive culinary circle? We were kind of upset and plotted to sneak bites of it without anyone noticing. We also sang Happy Birthday in both English and German.
After this, we went dancing at a club. That was fun as well. I could tell that most of the songs had English lyrics, but I had never heard of them. They were funnily put together as well. I remember one line repeated about 50 times "Put a jacket on the toad" kept making me laugh. Or maybe that wasn't the exact lyric, but that's what I heard.
The rest of my weekend went pretty smoothly, Bilge came over to watch "The Big Lebowski" and that was a fun time. She'd never seen it before, so I had to explain some parts to her, but in the end, she said she liked it and that her favorite character was Donnie.
All in all, a nice week back, I'm happy I didn't miss too much. Schüss!!
German Word of the Day: Kegeln- "bowling" After a long day, sometimes it nice to have fun and go kegeln.
On Thursday, Chris and I baked a cake for a Laura's birthday. It was a Paula Deen recipe (naturally) and actually turned out ok. It was an "Ooey Gooey Butter Cake" and called for a yellow box cake mix. However, we could only find chocolate, and it ended up looking like brownies instead of cake. It also had the consistency of unbaked brownies as well. Now that I describe it, it doesn't sound all that appetizing, but trust me, it was good. Especially since we added sprinkles to the top. All desserts taste better with sprinkles.
Laura's birthday was on a Friday and we started out at a Mexican restaurant. I met even more German friends! We were also told by the waiter that we couldn't eat the cake at the table. I was baffled. Apparently if we wanted to eat dessert, it would have to come from the restaurant's kitchens. What is this, a caketatorship? A mutually exclusive culinary circle? We were kind of upset and plotted to sneak bites of it without anyone noticing. We also sang Happy Birthday in both English and German.
After this, we went dancing at a club. That was fun as well. I could tell that most of the songs had English lyrics, but I had never heard of them. They were funnily put together as well. I remember one line repeated about 50 times "Put a jacket on the toad" kept making me laugh. Or maybe that wasn't the exact lyric, but that's what I heard.
The rest of my weekend went pretty smoothly, Bilge came over to watch "The Big Lebowski" and that was a fun time. She'd never seen it before, so I had to explain some parts to her, but in the end, she said she liked it and that her favorite character was Donnie.
All in all, a nice week back, I'm happy I didn't miss too much. Schüss!!
German Word of the Day: Kegeln- "bowling" After a long day, sometimes it nice to have fun and go kegeln.
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