Fri

I was gonna write a long post on Friday but I didn't and now I don't remember what was gonna be so long about it. Well, it was a relatively eventful Friday. First, I have recently become all legal with my new fancy Dutch social security number so I went and opened a bank account like a real working man. Then I took a walk in the center and witnessed a weird street performance by a weird Australian guy who was sort of offensively funny, soliciting money and cigarettes from the crowd, insulting passers by, and performing a magic escape from chains and plastic wrap. I didn't see how he did it because when the guy said "If you think my show was not worth at least 5 euros you may leave now" I did leave but when I was coming back from a coffee shop having spent 5 euros I saw him half-naked. Monologue:

The Guy: "People who think I can get rid of this chain - clap now!"
[very few people do]
The Guy: "Seven people! Now, people who think I cannot get rid of this chain - clap now!
[very few people do]
The Guy: "Same seven people! Now, people who think I should just get on with the show and stop wasting their time - clap now!"
[everyone finally begins clapping]
They Guy: "You assholes!"

Also, I think I have finally been christened into Amsterdamers (Amsterdamites? Amsterdorkers?) by getting under a heavy rain while biking. I was sure it would be the end of me but what do you know, I made it. Which was fortunate because it allowed me to finally do my laundry when I came back. A trip to the future that was. Machines talk to you in human language ("Pay up!") and add detergent automatically.

I'm crunching away at my duties and obligations, have enough time for side projects, do well in school and generally feel at peace. I have been reading fifty pages of fiction every night before going to sleep, haven't skipped a single night yet (Eco's Prague Cemetery - i cannot quite follow the intellectual rollercoaster of names and facts in all detail but there is still some weird pleasure in reading that novel) and (attention!) am drinking tea with milk! Oh how time changes people. Crazy things can happen. Who knows, I might even start wearing a watch or sleeping in pajamas!