And the music goes round my head

So… hmm..

So I am currently staying at a friends in france. He lives in on campus accommodation, this seems to mean that the majority of people who are at the door speak Norwegian. Which is somewhat confusing, but Norwegains are cool, and its Europe so you have to expect it I guess.

Anyway. I am currently here by myself, it has been an odd afternoon, someone asking about bread and then the latest. A bloke only speaking French came to the door babbling away. I gathered, correctly, that he wanted to drill a hole in my friends door and put one of those peep hole things in. I don’t know why. What is one supposed to do in these circumstances? I let him drill the hole.. whilst rather worried that this wasn’t supposed to be happening. Well not rather worried.. very worried. It was all very odd.. but it didn’t seem like a likely evil person thing to come and put a spy hole thing in the door.

There was some confusion when my friend came back.. i was contemplating just not telling him and seeing if he noticed. But he did.. I opened the door (forgetting to look through the little hole) to find him staring rather bemusedly at the door trying to work out how and when this thing had happened. But all is well.. the town is nice.. a uni town, slightly industrial etc. has an awesome canal thing that actually runs on a bridge over the road.

I think this is going to be a rather short blog.. mainly ive just been reading and working out whos music will be played. We did come across the most awesome quote though:

“Of course it’s a classic symptom of teenage narcissism to believe that the end of history coincides with you’re arrival on earth.”

I think its gold, and somewhat true.. well very true.

Not that I would say we are narcissistic but.. well.. I think history has a higher probability of ending for us than everyone else.. obviously.

It is common teenage narcissism to believe that the end of the world perfectly coincides with your being on it.

A couple of days ago there was the coolest thing.. a bunch of kids were having a ‘dance off’ on the main square. From back a bit it looked like a fight.. but turned out it was a bunch of guys having an awesome time showing off sans music, beats me what they were rating the dancing on. Didn’t expect to see that kind of thing in France. But that’s what MTV and globalisation is all about.. least it’s a friendly kind.

The leaves are still falling.. its quite an awesome season aside from the cold, it has different sounds, smells everything.. im quite glad ive go to experience it a bit.. not soo sure about a winter Christmas though.. I prefer our system of warm chrissie then Christmas in July. Either way it will be something I will have to experience at some point, a proper snowy Christmas.

My life seems to oscillate between extreme isolation and constant companionship.. I do rather wonder why.. although it does make for an interesting life.. which is always good. I have found myself in music recitals in German Churches and playing pool with people discussing potato pizza (pomme de terre lit. apple of the Earth). Of all things to understand it was somewhat out of the blue. I guess it makes as much sense as a ‘Pine apple’, sure it looks like a pine.. but the apple?.. sure.. That it was on pizza is still somewhat of a mystery.

And that’s it for the night..

Bjnos.. and ciao