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After getting in a fight with the one person who probably cares about me here, I rode into town this afternoon and sort of just wandered around. I generally dislike going into town on Fridays, because the mass comes out and its impossible to navigate through the Fussgaengerzone with a bike, but it was necessary that today was made an exception. I tried on a bunch of unflattering clothing that cost way too much, and then went and ate Indian food by myself and read the complimentary german magazine. I stopped at the Getraenkemarkt on my way home and bought water, and as I was coming down the hall Clemens notified me that a package had come for me this morning. I had gone down to check my mailbox earlier in the day, and nothing had been there, but since sometimes they just sort of leave packages by the mailboxes (in the foyer of the building), I guess he picked it up for safekeeping. So that was nice, and it is especially nice because this package was my first purchase from Amazon.de. I think I only ordered this stuff yesterday, so I am pleased with the speed... and also that I finally have some new music! I haven't wanted to shell out the money to buy any CD's here, so the only new music I've heard in the past three months is stuff I've either ripped from Kate or Jacky, or had Addie send to me on AIM. I finally had to break down though, and so currently the new Broken Social Scene and new Sigur Ros are being imported to my iTunes library. I have just recently taken to bringing my iPod along with me as I bike through the city (I haven't previously because I figured it was too unsafe, but I think I am comfortable enough now with my surroundings that its okay), and surely these will be two welcome additions. I really don't see iPods here all that frequently- probably more frequently because this is a university city, but compared to Santa Cruz I feel like a hipster anomaly (not true, of course). The amount of white headphones I saw in London, however... now that was staggering.

And money- yeah. I got my phone bill today, and the calls I made while on my trip were... maybe not the best idea. I was just really lonely for folks from home, not that it actually mattered since I never really got ahold of anyone. That seems to be the trend. Anyhow I think I am going to restrict myself to text messaging (called SMSing here), and bread and water or something like that. I think hanging out with Jacky has been a good influence on my spending habits, just because she seems to be always thinking about it (money), but it also sort of gets annoying after awhile. You've got to find the happy medium and think about it enough so that you're not stupid about it, but not so much that it drives your every action. I think that is what has been happening and it stops things from being fun really fast.

Speaking of fun, this week has been a little ridiculous. I've been going out so much at night that I have to spend the whole day cooped up in my room recuperating. I'm not sure if this is the best strategy as the semester begins, but it sort of seems to be what everyone else is doing too.