Kai's Weblog

Spring for a Week

Spring finally decided to show up this week. We've had like two or three incredibly nice days. Too bad it's going to start raining tomorrow and do that all week. The temperature is staying up, but I'm sure that will drop again soon and it will snow like hell!

I'm about to go watch a lacrosse game. Seems like the last hope for a championship season.

Not really much

There's not really much to say. I've been working and doing a little video editing. Volume 10 is ready... It's great! Yeah...

Rewash

Just as I had my car washed it decided to snow again. Luckily I have a five-day free rewash, so I'm all set.

My jetlag is still there, but I don't really care. There's nothing going on anyway... I might as well go to bed.

Out of the Blue

Well the last part of my trip back, the JFK-SYR flight went pretty well. The A320 "Out of the Blue" was packed but I had gotten myself an exit row seat, so I had unlimited leg room. At the Syracuse Airport it took ages for my suitcase to come out, but when it did I hopped into a van along with eight other students and got back to college. Seeing that we all paid $21 and it maybe cost them $10 in gas, that taxi company is also a huge rip off!

Nothing otherwise is new here at college. I have four classes today, that will be fun. I'm a little anxious about going to my German classes this morning. I've missed a few because I was sick all last week, so I hope I don't get into too much trouble.

Another JFK Rip Off

After paying something like $6.79 for a slice of pizza and a Coke, I just paid $4.69 for a cup of coffee and a brownie.

In other news, I love how airports hide power outlets so that you don't charge all your appliances with them. I always find some though. Tonight I used one behind a gate counter. Granted a few employees had to squeeze by me, but I didn't really care. How do they expect me to utilize my free internet without power!?

It's a good hour and forty minutes until departure now.

Spending the Day at JFK

Well I'm back in the States now. I got in shortly before three this afternoon. I've been at Terminal 6 here at JFK for a few hours since a flight to Syracuse left basically as I stepped into the building, and the next one isn't until ten or so. So I tried taking advantage of the free internet but it didn't work for me for hours, but now it magically kicked in. Too bad I now only have an hour or so of battery time remaining, and nearly four hours until I can board the plane. But maybe I can find a power outlet around here. Airports tend to hide them because they don't want you using them, but there are always some tucked away somewhere.

It's All Over

Last night I basically sat at Lukas with Thorsten for hours while some girl wouldn't stop talking to me. Then we went to Mario's Roses and met Oliver and a few other people. That was about it.

I just got up. My plane leaves in four hours. I have nearly twenty-four hours ahead of me before I can go to bed. Oh well. I also have like six hours of layover at JFK, which will be fun. Luckily JetBlue has free wireless internet in its terminal, which will help pass time. So look for me online around 4 p.m. EST (that's 10 p.m. in Austria) and keep me entertained.

I'd like to thank everyone who made my Vienna Trip V great. I'll see you all again starting early May.

Wrapping it Up

Here is what I did tonight:

At about six I drove up to school again to make sure I got a ticket for the play. The play was pretty long and since I hurt something lifting last week it hurt like hell to sit for over two hours. The play itself was amusing but perhaps a bit childish. But then again, looking at the audience, it seems they were being catered too.

I picked up Ardi and his sister Yassi around ten, and we drove to Merry Monk, where we stayed a bit before going to Lukas, back to Merry Monk, to Paddy's, and then back to Lukas. Yeah, it was one of those nights. But I won't lie... I had fun... Or as Ardi would say, "it was fun.com!"

All or Nothing

My last two nights of Vienna are upon me, and it's time to go all or nothing in terms of partying. I'm going to my former high school's play tonight, so maybe I'll find out what's going on afterwards there. That would be nice. Things don't always seem to work out for me, especially so far today.

Here's a picture of the dorm where I'll be living in next year (I think). Check out the cars! This picture must be from the sixties!

Haven Hall: "The Toilet"

Pool and School

I had a pretty good night tonight. I just chilled with my friend Oliver at Merry Monk's for a bit, but the live music was too loud so we went to play pool at Köö in the 19th district. That was about it, but it was pretty fun.

I am really looking forward to tomorrow (or should I say later today) because I'm going to visit my former high school for the first time in ten months, and I am looking forward to seeing my friend Karen again and anyone else I might run into.

Oh and I checked the SU housing results today, and I got one of my top choices, a Haven Hall single, so that's pretty nice.

Ups and Downs

This trip has been full of ups and downs, although tonight and last night have definitely both been downs. I basically have nothing to live for here in Vienna, except for this weekend, which I’m insanely looking forward to.

Tomorrow SU’s housing reservation results are coming out online which will be important for me because I want to know where I will live next year.

Fun at Last

I’m not going to lie. I had fun last night. It was snowing like hell but I drove anyway. I picked up Ardi and we went to Lukas for an hour or so. Then we hung out at Merry Monk’s for hours. There we met all these American girls who were also on spring break and randomly in Vienna. Merry Monk’s is great because it’s open until six. I got home around six and instantly went to sleep.

I don’t get why it’s snowing here. It’s supposed to be warm and sunny, but then again, I don’t really care as long as the partying is good.

Benching the Book Cart

I feel pretty good today. I’ve been spending the morning figuring out makeshift methods of working out. After benching a book cart and curling using an elastic expander device by putting my hand in one handle and my foot in the other, I feel pretty good. Hopefully I will find some people out tonight.

Streaks are Broken

I’ve been in Vienna since Friday morning. It’s sad to see that Vienna is dying slowly for me. Every trip I see less and less people, have less fun, and waste more money on nothing.

Here are my past few nights:

Friday I met up with Thorsten and Stani at some restaurant in the seventh district. We then went to Lukas around 10:30 but no one I knew was there. I even took a quick excursion to the “Lounge Club” down the street but couldn’t find anyone there either.

After some more sulking at Lukas we went to some Mexican place called Mario’s Roses or something, where I wasted over three euros on a can of Red Bull. Oliver also joined us there. After another hour we called it a night.

If that wasn’t bad enough, I went into Saturday night thinking it was going to be worse. Thorsten had left for most the week to go skiing, and Oliver and Stani weren’t going out. I decided to give Lukas one more shot. “Hell” I thought, it’s a Saturday night, there has to be at least some random alumni or jailbait I know at Lukas.

I was presently surprised as there were a couple people I knew there. It turned out to be a rather fun night, which lasted until four or so.

Well seeing that I know only three people in Vienna’s phone numbers right now, my Sunday night was doomed. I got in my car put it in “reverse,” backed up one foot, and then decided to call it a night. I stayed home for the first time after fifty-eight consecutive nights of going out while in Vienna.

Things are looking pretty bad. I sort of have a similar problem tomorrow. Tuesday night I might have something lined up, but nothing is sure until Friday night, when I am sure to find to something. I’m even planning to visit my former high school and get a few phone numbers… Heheheh.

On a real happy note, our basketball team finally beat UConn for once tonight in front of the second largest NCAA on-campus crowd ever of 32,944 fans. I was actually a member of the largest ever, 33,071, also in Syracuse.