writing on andrea’s laptop which provides relief in the form of a standard american keyboard — no more searching for keys — in europe they wander, you know. at some point maybe drea’s keys will be influenced by european keys and start meandering around the board looking for excitement. might as well enjoy the stability as long it lasts.
after my second class of the day, jews in europe (i took notes dutifully throughout. temple destroyed the 586 bce — check. second temple — 70 ce. i have evil memories of dr. granite [phd in theater, as it turned out, that fraud] lecturing on the same material. she and i were natural enemies. i rarely had it that bad with teachers. she took 5% off a test of mine once supposedly because i took it in pencil. memories of injustice remain with me. good thing i have so few.) (oh wait, i was in the middle of a sentence, wasn’t i? to resume:) i took the train out to her dorm to meet her.
walked, looked wideeyed around the supermarket and opted for the pizza/pasta place instead where i got a forlorn excuse for a greek salad and we stayed so long talking the gruff men around us kept shooting us looks in mumbled danish.
criminology, my first class of the day, for which i had 120 pages of theory reading in nils christie’s book plus a chapter of matthieson’s prison on trial plus binder reading (gee, i could have just stayed at swat) was interesting — a lot to absorb. i never realized the extent of the horror of the incarceration situation. on the other hand i found myself hostile to both authors, sanctimonious scandinavians!, for criticizing america, more than once making (notso)subtle comparisons to russia and nazi germany.
over our extended subpar dinner drea asked me about the negative aspects of ‘friend. why are you curious, i said. because, she said, she asked her roommate once at college. gosh, said the roommate, i can’t think of anything but i’m sure he’s not perfect because only jesus can be.
NB: to all those who care about me, and i know there are at least three of you, i got wonderful emails today, please help me in my latest quest. i have to move one step up from my frozen french fries. but to what? how? supermarkets, though heavenly, are intimidating. i need to focus and for that i need advice, which you can feel free to dish out. go ahead, show off for the world!