Only slept for an hour last night. Blazed through Hesse's Siddhartha and feel a little silly about that. The day was gray but not rainy and I ended up staying inside most of the time, writing long emails. Matt was nice enough to let me borrow the power cord from his radio, and it works with my laptop's AC adapter; it's a temporary fix until I can get to an electronics store.
The only genuine experience I had today was an afternoon walk down to the S-Bahn station for some food. I ate some strudel and had some coffee at a small franchise-looking bread place clearly marketed at the S-Bahn crowd. There were no seats, only chest-high tables at which one ate standing up, with the window not 10 feet from the S-Bahn rails. Behind the counter was an energetic woman who spoke so rapidly I couldn't even tell it was German. I resorted to pointing and nodding and people probably thought I was mute or something.
Programmed a lot today--a comfort thing, I guess. All the same I kind of regret this and should probably make an effort to go see places and things tomorrow.
Posted by Alan at April 19, 2002 12:00 AM