Kentucky Fried Chicken

Two more days of classes and lots more stories!

Wednesday morning I saw on my schedule that I had a class at 9:45 am so I got up early, made it to campus early (even early for me), found the room, met other students in the class. The only problem was that the professor never showed up. Apparently the class, Writing Beyond the Nation-State, does not begin until 1 October, but no one told the students. We laughed because it is kind of funny that everyone showed up but the professor, but it is another example of the disorganization that goes on here. Apparently this class is in conjuction with a class at University of Bremen (or Uni-Bremen as we call it) and they don't start until 1 October.

My next class was a German language course where the professor immediately asked me where I was from because of my accent. I said America then Kentucky and she made jokes about Kentucky Fried Chicken. I said, "yes, that is where I'm from" and she was surpised by that for some reason. Maybe she thought there wasn't really a Kentucky? I don't quite understand her train of thought.

Today's class is Literary Historical Theory (or something like that). I'm not sure about it yet. I know I am doing a presentation on something to do with Salome and how she's been depicted in either art or movies or literature or something (I haven't chosen yet). Salome is the girl in the Bible who asked for John the Baptist's head on a silver platter, by the way. I'm planning on working feminism into my presentation.

Tomorrow, Friday, I am going to meet up with Mary and she is going to take me to IKEA. I cannot say how excited I am about this trip. I'm planning on getting pillows!

That's about it for now unless anyone knows where I can buy my German Language course books (they don't sell them at the bookstore on campus for some reason).

Love,
Bits