Commissary!

Taking a German to the American Commissary is some of the most fun I've had all year.

Things Hasan (age 20, German-born and raised) had never heard of include:

- Red Mountain Dew

- Cheese in a can

- Double Stuffed Oreos (or Peanut Butter Oreos, Low Fat Oreos, Mint Chocolate Oreos, Mini Oreos, Oreo Crackers)

- Pizza Pringles (or any of our 20 flavors besides BBQ, Regular, and Sour Cream)

- Hot Cheetos, hot Funyuns

- Marshmallow fluff

- Fruit Gushers

- Toast Strudels

- Graham cracker pie crust

- Pumpkin pie

- Carrot cake

- Cake icing in a can

- STARBURSTS (seriously?)

- Fruit juice concentrate in a can

- Cookie Crisps

- Twizzlers

And I thought he was going to collapse at the sight of our ice cream. Edy's Mint Chocolate Brownie, Edy's Butterfinger, Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, Edy's SAMOAS Ice Cream. We don't have room for it, but he got it anyway.

Also, he eats Halal, so he's never had ribs or bacon, so I got Morningstar Veggie bacon and ribs so he can at least have an idea. And he tried his first Bud Light. Yes, it tastes like water. Yes, I love it anyway.

My Hair

This has been my theme song the entire trip. Featured almost every time I bike home at night or paint on the walls at Messplatz.

Hair - Lady Gaga

Extra Credit

So, because I was placed in a class higher than my competence (because I am between two levels and I'd rather stay higher than go lower), my test grades are all Bs. Or their equivalent of Bs. I think. The system's complicated, and it doesn't help that I can't convince anyone to explain it to me in English. That's not how we do things here.

Because I aim for higher than Bs, I started asking what I could do to help my grade. Apparently, I can do a presentation every day until I leave. Done. Tomorrow, 15 minute lecture on Japanese. So that's what I'm up to.

Wer braucht Küchen? (Who needs cake?)

It was our neighbor's birthday.

Wallpapers cont.

My best pictures.

Heidelberg Wallpapers.

Munich Wallpapers.

Berlin Wallpapers.

Amsterdam Wallpapers.

Paris Wallpapers.

The Fourth in Germany

DSCF1973 a video by Abiogenic on Flickr.

Celebrated Independence Day on the American military base in Heidelberg. I couldn't stop smiling. (Profanity at the end - so you know, keep it down or turn it off a few seconds before the end.)

4th of July auf Deutsch

4th of July Meal:

Deviled eggs

Green bean casserole

Mashed sweet potatoes with pecans

Corn on the cob