Kosovo, Superdelegates and Shopkeeps

I have pretty much nothing new to post on from the past few days because I haven't spent much time out of bed since late friday night. I'll spare everyone the less than pleasant details but my 103 fever has dropped back down to a cool 98 and change. Now I'm just left with a cough. I spent most of my time in bed watching CNN seeing as its pretty much the only english language station here that doesn't play crappy music videos. Some people (see matt's blog) are quite fond of GoTV and MTV but I am not one of those people. In watching the repetitive CNN loop I did learn quite a bit about superdelegates, including one who was only 19 or something, as well as the countdown to Kosovo's declaration of independence (Congratulations Kosovo, my sympathies Serbia). I also got to watch a half-hour special on international sailing races. All that being said, someone recommended I post about a story that happened early last week.

I managed to blow the fuses in my room charging my beard (i use the term loosely) trimmer with out the proper adapters. It was an oversight that has cost me Conair beard trimmer its life. So for fear I'd turn into one of these guys, or worse, this guy, I went on a quest for a replacement. I walked into my local electronic store was quickly confronted (I choose that word and not greeting intentionally) by a rather old Viennese shopkeeper who started speaking very gruff German. I responded with my most often used German phrase: "Ich spreche kein Deutch" (i don't speak german). She looked at me quietly for a second or two then said "OK" before she started speaking to me in German again. She, like most shop keepers here, seem to have little patients for browsing and thinking. Efficiency is almost always a primary concern. Sometimes in the inner districts people will realize you're a foreigner and chuckle while they humor your silly American questions but out in Simmering, people don't mess around. Anyway, I bought the cheapest trimmer and got what i paid for. I charged it for a few hours then it died about 45 seconds into use.

I have to stop procrastinating and get back to studying for my German Midterm, and yes I have a midterm a week into class. The University schedule is wierd, but more on that once i figure out how to register for classes.