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September 22, 2004
Anti-Social
I was feeling quite anti-social today, so I skipped the bonfire in favor of staying home and finishing laundry. Ironically, I totally forgot about the last load, realizing it was sitting downstairs in the laundry room only after the electricity had been turned off. So now the previously neglected laundry is laid out in my room and in the closet—with any luck, they won't be too wrinkled when they dry.
Other than that, there's nothing interesting to report—as I mentioned, I am feeling anti-social. I rode my bike into campus today and sat through another three and a half hours of lecture on the basic science of sustainability. The lecture was more tolerable this time around, although I'm not sure if the presentation was better or if it just seemed that way because I was warm and full of coffee. At any rate, it rained during class, but by the time I had caught up on email in the computer lab the rain had stopped. I shook off my bike as best as I could, donned a wool hat and mittens, and set off for home. I stopped in at Willy:s on the way and picked up some groceries. I was in search of refried beans, but they seem to be an unknown quantity in Sweden. The search will continue the weekend, when additional grocery shopping will take place in Amiralen.
Tomorrow class doesn't begin until 10:15 a.m., so I'll have the morning to sort out the laundry situation—getting the dry stuff folded and put away, and moving the remaining damp clothes into the prime "air drying" spots. Right now, Jess has her clothes hanging on the drying rack over the bathtub, potentially complicating the shower situation tomorrow morning. I swear, this country is in serious need of better laundry facilities. It's hard to believe Electrolux is a Swedish company…
I discovered today that another classmate of mine has an online journal. I took a quick peek and discovered that it is highbrow, "reflections on life" stuff—none of the gossipy, rote descriptions of the day that seem to encompass my online journal. So sad…but I can't seem to think of any life-changing things to write. Except this…a working dryer is a human right.
Oh, one other fun thing…I went to this website and measured my ecological footprint—it was very, very sad. Apparently, if everyone lived like me, we would need 2.8 Earths. And what's really amazing is that I answered the questions based on my living situation in Sweden—no car, only public transportation or biking, shared housing, etc. I can only imagine what my footprint might be when living in America.
