Eager Seas

Hey there folks (or rather, basically no one because apparently nobody reads my blog if i don't send out a mass e-mail).

So as you can see by my rather wry greeting that i am feeling a little strange. Being tired is definitely a huge part of it--at least physically. i am also tired in other ways--tired of being in Europe, tired of not talking with my friends, (especially my old roommates, both of whom haven't got back to my e-mails or calls) and most of all, tired of being away from Kirsten.

There is something great though stirring inside me nonetheless. i have come to realize some things about myself whilst i have been abroad and have more or less narrowed down a major. i have also acquired competence in a third language, not that i am anywhere near being a master. Eager Seas. Eager Seas has a few meanings for me right now. First off, Eager Seas is a band which has formed from the remnants of Watashi Wa, one of my favorites, and always a very uplifting band. You can check them out here. Secondly, i am eager to cross over seas, namely the Atlantic Ocean, to get back to the one i love. Thirdly, i am eager to steer a course for new seas in my music, take new direction, see what happens.

Some of you may know, others may not, but i have semi-recently been replaced as a member of Kindred Fall during my absence. Ed and i had discussed this option before i even left, so i was sort of half expecting it, but it still came a little suddenly and strangely. i don't know where i am going as a musician, but i still am one and i still plan on being one, wherever God chooses to use me. My performances as a street musician have been all but placed at a standstill due to the strict rules which Munich imposes on street performers, namely you have to buy a permit for a specific day of the week (5 EURO) and you are only allowed to play within a certain time on that day and then now more for the whole week. Boo. Anyway, i think i am going to buy my second one tomorrow so i can get some cashola. i am slowly adding songs to my repertoire... So yeah. That's me as music. i miss my friends though. A lot.

Munich has been treating me right, even though this class i am taking is pretty demanding: 3 hours of German per day, plus any lessons that our professor decides to give us afterward, daily journals, cultural activities pretty much every day (including weekends), and then this special category of other which i just made up. Basically what "other" entails is speaking German with my host family, hanging out with friends, grocery shopping/making sure that i eat, trying to fit in phone conversations with Kirsten, my folks, and my friends back home. i play my guitar too. Munich is very beautiful at this time of year and it is supposed to stop the random overcastness/rain which has been happening for a bit here. This weekend i am going to Grillen an der Isar and also a Hochzeitsfeier von ein Paar bekannten meiner Gaestfamilie. (aka a barbecue and a wedding reception of some friends of my guest family) Should be excellent. i am really looking forward to Saturday which will be the first day that i have slept in past 7:30 am for three weeks.

This blog is getting long already, but i have one more side note to make and that is that Erin's blog has some quite wonderful posts, not the least of which is an exquisite story told through computer Paint sketches of her and Aro's road trip out to Wisconsin. Also! California has surpassed Wisconsin in cheese quality and production for several years now, (not that Wisconsin's cheese have gone bad or anything!)

Munich has a stereotype as being the beer capital of the world for some reason...

For some reason i like links at the moment.

ich muss nach Hause...

Servus!

-Sepp-