ext_70327 ([identity profile] smarriveurr.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] feuervogel 2009-09-14 07:44 pm (UTC)

2000, baby. I received a phone call at What-The-Fuck AM from a German friend to tell me that ZOMGWTFPONYBBQ AMERICA DOESN'T HAVE A PRESIDENT.

I woke up just enough to reassure him that, in fact, we had systems for this, and months to work it out, because instant tabulation was a pipe dream just a few decades ago, and to go to sleep. Little did I know at the time how much panic I should have felt. As it was, I had friends who hadn't lived in America since before the elections, and who voted Democrat, getting yelled at for Bush administration BS before we left in the Summer.

I never nodded off in Klaus' classes - but by the end, German Lit Since WWII, there were three of us, and it was embarrassing when we all admitted we weren't keeping up on the reading - there was no one to hide behind if you weren't ready for classes.

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