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Moving along

Getting settled more in Dresden. I bought plants. I caulked the shitty construction of my wall. So now I don't have to smell smoke. My room is very Feng Shui.

Classes are good so far. On the whole. Two look like they're going to be pretty tough, falling-asleep type classes that used to be taught by my old professor Dr. Howard Blair. Funny that...he's the reason I came here.

My acne condition is being subdued by proper eating, finally. Salad material, tofu, veggie burgers, soy milk without sugar, organic cereals, organic fruit, etc, have been obtained at a little vegan food store a bit south of here (about 10 minutes on the tram). The place is small, the woman running the shop is young but doesn't speak English. Still, I said to her, "Hier ist difficult sein ein vegatarischer." She understood it (so I guess she knows enough English to know what difficult meant, said "Ja ja, ist terrible!" So we shared a moment. Or something.

So I'm back on my proper diet of tofu and bread and peanut butter and jelly and bananas. And soy milk. Without sugar. Since I've been suffering from a lack of excercise, I've started doing my karate workout again. 300 jumping jacks, 250 push-ups, 500 sit-ups. I'm trying for every night, but it's more like every other night. Still it gets my heart rate going and gets my arms pumping for a little while. I also managed to sign up for the "Advance climbing" course. I'm not an advanced climber by any stretch of the imagination, but the beginner class was full, and the advanced class said "required to have your own harness and shoes," which I have courtesy of my dad.

I've been playing guitar every day too, for at least two hours each day. I am getting...well, I won't call myself good, but I'm sounding better for sure. And I'm mastering the art of playing and singing at the same time. Who knows, maybe songwriting *is* in my future? Anyway, busy day again tomorrow so I go and get my beauty sleep now.