On friday we all went out to Pickwicks (the local pub where most of the english-speaking people in Baden hang out) had some beer, played some foosball...I need to keep my skills up so I don't make a fool of myself in 4th year (for foosball, not beer)! After the bar we headed back to Kehl and kept the party going well into the morning.Saturday, after a few hours of sleep I was woken up by Vance in the typical Vance manner (over-excited to the point of frantic) to go costume shopping for the Zurich Street Parade (more about that later). After shopping I ran into Antonio, Holgar and George on the bus. They were on their way over to Antonio's new apartment (somebody with a Ph.D should certainly not be living KSB) to put together all the Ikea furnature they had bought that morning. I joined them, and had the satisfaction of creating some rolling side tables with nothing more than a screwdriver...it really makes you feel skilled, haha, yay for Ikea.
Went home for a nap. Back to Pickwicks that night, and then afterparty at KSB. Crazy fun times, bit of a different group of people, lots of Ed's English (and non-English) friends from the bar: Cat, Andy, Chris, other Andy, Britta, Olivia, and then of course the KSB crowd. Oh ya, and Dan, this random american guy that is in Baden for a couple days that we met at the bar. Wicked night, left pretty late.
On tuesday a whole bunch of us praktikants got together to play some soccer (or should I say football, since I'm in Europe). While walking on to the field, I realized that I hadn't played soccer since grade 10. I also realized that my left contact was lost somewhere in my eye. These two factors combined into me not playing very well...but it was alright because there were so many people that it wasn't a very hardcore game anyways. At one point Tommy gave the ball a good kick into my face (by accident....or was it?!?!) so I sat out for little bit, just out of shock. I was fine, but poor Tommy felt so bad. Anyways, while I was sitting on the side making sure nothing was broken I managed to fix my contact...woot, depth perception! After that I played a little better, got a couple good kicks on the ball in the general direction of the net. It was a fun evening, we played for like 2 hours. I think we are going to play next week too.
Alright: Zurich Street Parade
This is one or Zurich's biggest parties, and everybody wears crazy, colourful, glittery costumes. So, naturally we had to create crazy, colourful, glittery costumes too. On Saturday me and the Berg (aka, the people that live at Martinsberg) (aka, Vance, Tommy and Lindsey) went shopping for fabric and other random craft stuff. Last night we had an intense costume-making session (Adrienn came too) at Kehl, it was pretty sucessful. Man, did I ever miss the abundance of resources I have at home for doing this kind of thing: sewing machine, serger, random fabric, ribbons, paint, glitter, mom to help me do things. Lol, we managed though...we all made capes, and I created a skirt using only staples, iron-on glue and a little bit of sewing. For shirts, me and Lindsey just bought cheap tank tops and then attacked them with scissors. Vance opted for renting pants, and let me tell you, I have never seen pants so flashy and sparkley (not even in my 8 years of buying lame dance costumes for recitals). I'm not sure who's going to create more of a scene, him or Tommy in his yellow/green briefs, haha. Anyways, you will all have to wait in suspense to see pictures. It's tomorrow afternoon, and we are all meeting early to get dressed up and coat our hair and skin with glitter....mwah ha ha. To keep you entertained until then, here's an illustration of our costumes:
(Me, Tommy and Lindsey all shared bring fabric, so are naturally a superhero gang fighting the evil Vance, who's costume doesn's match ours)
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