In the land of bohemia and absinthe...
...that's right, Prague! Although Jitka, one of the CA's told us not to try absinthe because it's not very good. Apparently (and I don't think the US government knows this or else they wouldn't make absinthe illegal....but who are we kidding, what do they know anyway), the hallucinogenic herb that is responsible for the drink's popularity is no longer put in! I know, right? Of course, feeling bad for crushing our American hopes and dreams of flying with the green fairy, Jitka then told us about several other great drinks that we should try while we're here. They included Czech brands of vodka and rum, a drink called the B-52 (because after three of them you feel like you're in a plane that's crashing?), and a certain drink that is half red wine/half coke. This last one was particularly of interest to me because those of you who know me well know that I LOVE wine.
But anyway, Prague is pretty amazing. All the buildings here are old and you can't help but sit, looking out from your window sill and be taken back to the 1930's. With all the red shingled rooftops and cobblestone streets, it's really quite beautiful.
The language, though extremely badass, is very difficult. We had a rather intense introductory session yesterday morning for those students not taking a Czech class while they're here (I, of course, am taking the class because I really want to do my best to master this language as best as I can in 6 weeks). There's one letter that sounds like a very short rolled "r" combined with a "zh." .... apparently it takes Czech children 6 years to get right.
But on to the good stuff. I'm instating a new feature here at the Moosac. It's Max's Featured Videos of the Day! I've really gotten into youtube and collegehumor.com and subsequently found several great videos that everybody should see for they're own benefit. And since this is the inaugural posting, I'm going to post two - that's right - TWO videos you should watch. So without further ado...
Max's Featured Videos of the Day!!
Video 1 - Ad for a new line of energy drinks
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1761896
Video 2 - The tagline for this video is "The best five second video on the Internet." They may in fact be right.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1764124
Ok, I hope those work. If there's a problem, I'll get it fixed because I like this section.
Final thought: WHY THE HELL DO I CARE????? Yep. That's it.