Monday, September 1, 2008

Of freak rainstorms, cheap pasta, and pajama parties.

Spent the day working on compositions at Humboldt (wall-group from the weekend presented this morning; retelling of Hansel & Gretel this afternoon). Highlights include Phil's dead-on mimicry of Toby's voice, Kristen taking pictures with her shoe, and the wicked-witch getting thrown under the U-Bahn. I got execute by guillotine (and then shot); I was also a bum on the subway. Elements to "recycle" for the final include full use of props and space, change of the pace of action, and careful attention to mannerisms.

Switched my individual topic to swing dance. Typed up my notes from Saturday night on the other computer; will transfer them here in the near future). Charted out places to go over the next few weeks (several venues available on most nights; need to determine which ones have the most swing, esp. when they list "Swing, Tango, Latein" or the like).

Went shopping for groceries, and ended up caught in a sudden downpour near Kottbusser Tor (about 6-7 blocks as the crow flies...). Did get very cheap pasta for dinner (and ice cream!). Grocery stores here, for all there wonders, do not have very good ice cream selections (the excitement stems from finding some ice cream that was not Haagen-Daazs pints, predominately vanilla). Have wanted a rootbeer float for some days; unfortunately, this country does not seem to believe in rootbeer. Es gefaellt mir nicht.

Finally almost dry. Guten Nacht!

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