LAZY

While in Vienna, I heard rumors that a plague of laziness had swept across the Luther College Nottingham flat. "Ha," I told myself, "I'm like the most efficient person ever, I'll be fine." After knocking down at least two chapters of the most boring historical read ever on the trip, I was confident I could overcome the tide when I returned on Monday night. However, in the midst of doing a month's worth of globe trotting laundry on Tuesday, I slowly felt its icy grasp beckoning in the form of Season 5 of 24 on my computer. Needless to say, once I watched one episode, I've spent the past 2 days or so finishing it off. And since that's over with, season 6 has just started, giving me a whole new opportunity to not do anything (If anyone isn't familiar with 24, I highly recommend you tune into Fox at 8 PM CST and check it out. It's amazing that the same network responsible for "Lust Island 14" or whatever can produce such an incredible show). A great number of my Luther comrades have been engaging in similar activities as well. I have, I'm proud to say, made significant progress in my American History book, and have managed to practice my trombone a good amount. Other than that though, I've spent the days wandering around without shoes, drinking coffee, eating peanuts, and watching 24. I have taken up a new tactic in my finals studying habits, where I'm listening to my newly (Christmas break) acquired recordings of Beethoven and Mozart in an attempt to test out the theory that listening to said composers makes you smarter. Is it working? Not quite sure yet. Don't worry though, those of you who worry about my academic life, things will turn out fine. I received my Islam essay back yesterday with another "A" equivalent mark, so I'm fairly confident going into finals. It will just be strange to transition into classes after a month and a half of travel and general do nothingness. It's not like the weather has helped though, today has featured 40 MPH wind gusts with intermittent downpours. Anyways, whatever, welcome to England. A shout of bon voyage to my friend Karleen from home, who is embarking any day now for Tanzania, Africa, where she's studying Swahili. As opposed to me, who is in the historic colonizer of America, she is truly going to a land of NON-AMERICA, so kudos and best of wishes to her. This has been long enough. More American History...or 24 awaits.