I've got some dirt on my shoulder...

EVENTS POST! Sso I have a compiled list/photo gallery to update y'all on at least a SMALL subset of what I've been up to ('cuz I'm just TOO god damn lazy to write emails), so here we go in a nice tabular form (oh, how German of me...):

There is no lack of arts here. At all. In the past few weeks I've been to the Deutsche Oper to see Carmina Burana, the Stadt Oper to see Swan Lake, a nice Orchestra production of some beautiful piece I'm sure someone else could name,an AMAZING cabaret, Las Vegas Style at the Friedrichstadtpalast, and the Battle of Berlin, which was the most fantastic break dancing competition I've ever seen. Better than the movies, I kid you not.
Of course, ALL of these performance were ENTIRELY paid for by the greatest class ever (and a gender studies GER!)

Of course, Sini and I have established ourselves as the club experts for the trip (by making friends with lots of bartenders with connections and checking out more than 17 of Berlins finest and most eclectic). Our most recent and fabulous finds include the newly re-opened 2Be which serves the hip hop needs of the city and often hosts some pretty bad ass street dance crews, Tresor which is a full on Electro EXPERIENCE (really- light shows like you wouldn't believe, fog so thick you can't see, rib cage rattling bass- its got it all), Havana Club, which has Salsa dance so good you can just sit and watch for hours and then attempt it yourself, Watergate, which is reputedly exclusive so we got in by pretending to speak only Finnish, and at least 13 more with various types of music and atmospheres- recommendations available upon request :)

Having fairly depleted the club scene, Sini and I are moving to scour the good bars (and trust me- if you want a FANTASTIC cocktail in Berlin plus some free shots from a nice bartender, just stick with the two of us). We're bona-fide regulars in several places now, and continue to collect friends as we go out. For example, tonight (ooooh, embarrassing Nancy story! Keep reading!)
So, in the true spirit of my Berlin lifestyle, I hadn't been sleeping much, maintained steady illness for several weeks, been partaking in several unhealthy habits, etc., so Sini and I decided to take it easy tonight and just chill at a cafe/bar. Unfortunately, we're just too amazing to go anywhere unnoticed, so as we tried to leave, the waiter instead waved us inside where he and the bartender were waiting with free tequila shots and just itching to talk to the two pretty girls. Now, this is a fairly common story with us...where it deviated was when I got very light headed and happened to faint...luckily into the receptive arms of the young, handsome bartender! (ACK! Das war mir SO peinlich!) Since it was clear I hadn't been drinking much (not much. The statement "I hadn't been drinking at all" hasn't applied for several weeks now), he and his waiter friend and the kindest, most thoughtful friend ever Sini proceeded to very concernedly take care of me, and now Sini and I have yet ANOTHER amazing bartender friend! Though I prefer our usual method of witty broken German conversations to disease as a path of endearment :)

OK, enough bar stories (though I have many more should anyone express interest). Onto the even more ridiculous vacation story, which I actually think I'll just put in another post. Which I guess will actually show up above this one. Oh well. Fuck you, chronology!