The pool looked perfectly fine, there was a guy working there and yet still there seemed to be no need to give a reason for "Pool No Work." A sign like that in the states would say something like "We apologize for the inconvenience but due to _______ the pool will be closed until ______. It will reopen tomorrow at _____. And as an American I felt entitled to be given a reason. Bulgarians don't seem to have quite that same sense. Rather than entitlement, the overall feeling seems to be more resignation.
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I can't stop listening to Neil Young's Harvest right now. Every time I put it on as background music it ends up taking over and I can't concentrate on anything else. I have learned to not even try to read while listening to it. I just end up staring into space like and idiot... Like just there. I took a good two minute break from typing because I can't get over the chorus in Alabama. In fact I'm just going to stop blogging now.
2 comments:
First, thanks for the invitation. Second, I'm trying to get over some serious culture shock and I think reading your blog and Liz's is really helping me.
Interestingly I wanted to swim in Spring Arbor today. I went online to read the hours and figure out how much, but from what I read the pool is only open to the public on Friday. Now perhaps I just read it wrong and I could've gone swimming, or perhaps I've been feeling a little down since getting back from Germany and I was looking for an excuse not to go. But either way, I hardly think the SAU pool is such an in demand university resource that they have to keep it from the community for 6 days of the week.
sigh, I can't wait to get out of this town.
That happens to me no matter what Neil Young record I put on. Even Trans.
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