The German girl told me about an English teacher she met that also had the same problem with Germans that I do. It was so hard for her to meet people that after 5 years she had few friends. Apparently, she just gave up. I guess I should take that as a que. Somehow she managed a boyfriend, though. The girl I was talking to was particularly surprised about this because, according to her, German men are going through a phase in reaction to general changing gender roles, making them shy toward women so it´s rare to be approached by one. Good. Fewer Germs to hit on my girlfriend.
The Tai girl had been studying "Egyptology" for the past 10 years and was hopefully within 2 years of finishing her dissertation. I didn´t bother asking her what she planned on doing with that degree b/c I didn´t want her to tell me she still didn´t know.
One French dude was getting over his previous employment with Exxon, but he knew 5 languages and was in the process of learning Russian (a very hard language). Another thought it was a very fun game to make me guess what country his grandparents were from. Turns out it´s not really a freaking country, it´s some extension of France from much time back. Guadalupe, I think. Ring a bell to anyone?
The American guys were from Verginia. They were just there for 2 weeks so who cares about them, but the organizer, Charlie was actually from Seattle. I could tell by his teeth that he drinks a lot of wine, so he must be a merry old soul.
Finally, another German told me about his past work in male contraceptives... and how they failed pretty miserably. So a swift kick to the crotch is still the best method. But he´s in the biotech industry and he gave me some pointers on what I might direct my career toward.
Anyway, none of that even freaking matters, but I´m just so happy to have been able to talked to people that I felt I had to write about it. I think I´ve found something to do on Wednesday nights.
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