jusqu'au bout

it works! it really works!!

and what, pray tell, works? my french! story: so the other day i got an email from stefan, the guy who owns this apartment. he wanted me to contact this guy, jean-philippe, so that he could see the apartment. i sent him an email and with a name like jean-philippe, i figured he was french so i wrote "salut" (which means hi or hey). we played phone / email tag and finally last night i called him so he could see the apartment. he asked if i spoke french, and i was like, "oui, mais pas tres bien." (yes, but not that well) so then he asked if we should speak english or french and i was like, "up to you." so he starts speaking french and we had a proper conversation! zaz!

so this morning, he stopped by. i thought it curious he wanted to see the apt because i came blindly and i thought that was how things were done here. then i figured out why: he is a piano player and was looking for an apt with a piano so he could practice. so he tried out the piano and i think he is going to take the apt now. so thats cool. oh! and the even cooler thing - he's not even french, he's french-canadian! from montreal. über-cool.

in other apartment news, i have decided not to even bother with the oven while i am here. it hasnt been so unbearably cold yet, and i have less than 2 weeks left (sob!) so if it DOES get that cold, i'll just put on more sweatshirts. jp made a good point that "we're from cold countries" so we can put up with it.

also, i found out that stefan is a proper author! i asked what he was writing in the US and he nonchalantly answers, "i'm trying to think of a subject for my next book. my newest book came out last monday." !!! so then i looked on amazon.de and there they are! his books! i'm so incredibly impressed, i am going to go to the book store and find his books and buy them.

ok, i have to shower and then do my homework from last week i still haven't done. i hate being a bad student!!