BLAH

so.
i have a lot of new friends because we have been forced to live in one basement room together.
school and semi-independent housing association have fucked up and none of our rooms are available - they said sheepishly "well it's not our fault" in front of all of us - what? i can't think clear or know what to write about because there is so much. i bought some bread and cold cooked chicken and brown cheese (goat+cow = a little sweet) and some carrots and an onion and a tin of makeral in tomato sauce on friday after i got here and have been eating crumbly sandwiches since then. i really want hot food - which i will maybe get tonight at a BBQ at the other student village tonight. i live most of the way up a gigantic hill. i don't know how high i climb but it makes me want a granny gear (wish i'd had one put on before i left)
i just asked for this word - kjellerfolk (sounds like "shelleh") - basement folk
our basement room is the chinese student union space and they came to both us a little bit the other day when i was still half asleep
our basement houses 4 koreans (the girl is very friendly - the men less so but one shows some potential with a frisbee)(more on beating my frisbee to shit in a parking lot some other time), 1 italian knucklehead who totally does not fit my mental understanding of italians (red-blonde and gets far too embarassed far too easily), 1 gangly tall irish-man who will work here rather than study, a blond russian, an absentee fenchman (he's missing all of the group fun), a spunky greek woman *koff* cute/smart/fun/etc *koff* and me.
my pronunciation has been commended by many people from many country - saying french names and korean names and norwegian words (i have learned very little norwegian so far - which is frustrating - but i will have many months of classes starting soon so i will wait patiently)(i have some italian from my walking time with simone who initially introduced himself as simon which i wouldn't accept - simone is plenty easy to say)
now we're sitting around doing fuck all in the housing office because the basement is a bit depressing. orientation starts tomorrow and i have an offer of housing from an american friend of susan's who has lived here for 30 years.
anyway - please distribute this blog address to anyone you know who might care for an update - i am going to go back to the actual experience in progress.
i have very limited internet access. there is very little wireless around here. more on the actual campus - but they block P2P completely so i don't know how i will keep up with certain american things thta make me feel comfortable (comic books, some TV, movies, books) hoping to find some way around it but i guess maybe they catch you eventually - the swedish don't care a bit about this shit - i thought it would be the same here - bleh
we're learning to count in each other's languages and i am missing it