zombie zombie

Yo folks.

I have been busy.

Tonight I'm going to see the band "Zombie Zombie." Frano (one of the Czech students) has been talking about it forever, so all of us Americans are going to go out together. From what I've heard, it's mostly techno-esque music played to crazy music videos and animation... Supposedly, they reuse old horror movie theme music with horror movie footage as well... I will let you know. There are a very large amount of people in the FAMU program this year who are seriously interested in animation, and they are all very excited.

Here's a taste:



I also went to the grocery store for the second time today... By now, I have learned all the basic Czech words for milk/cheese/eggs/bread/etc, but it is very hard to go to the grocery store and find EXACTLY what you're looking for. For example, there are a million different types of milk... I know what the Czech word for milk is, but how do I know that I'm not buying whole milk or other crazy stuff? Or how do I know what kind of cheese or meat I am buying?

It gets quite difficult (yet, admittedly, quite exciting at the same time... like some kind of weird challenge). Like I mentioned earlier, my tactic is to find the youngest people I can (hopefully a gorgeous woman), and then ask them if they speak English (Mluvite anglicky?) Usually I get pretty lucky and someone points me in the right direction.

Today however, we had to go out on a scavenger hunt at a flee market... I found a VERY cool Czech mug that I was thinking about buying, but the SECOND my finger even graced the mug, a man came and yelled at me... Like,really yelled. I couldn't even think of the word for "I'm sorry" (prominte), so I just slowly walked away as he continued to give me an angry stare...

Also at the flee market, we had to find a krizkova hadanka... Eventually after asking many people, we found out that it was a crossword puzzle. Soooo, my roommate John walked up to the nearest newspaper-looking-store that we could find and asked for a crossword puzzle. However, he was completely unaware (while I almost died from laughing) that he had wondered in to a "specialty store" that sold only pornography... They obviously did not have a crossword puzzle.

Well I'm off to the concert. Have a good night.

P.S. Tonight I find out if I will be awarded the Peace Scholar Scholarship to study in Norway for 6 weeks (for free)... I am crossing my fingers. I probably won't find out until midnight-ish tonight, but when I do find out, there will be a party (or a very sad boy).