normalcy

so i think i'm showing signs of stability. the symptoms are all there - work, a little money, health insurance, a home, etc. i'm unbelievably happy and have no more really great stories to tell. okay, that's a lie. i have a million stories to tell because hilarious/insane/smelly/weird people come into the hostel everyday but they just aren't right on paper and i think it's unethnical to post videos... it makes me a little sad though that life here is normalising and nothing shocks me enough to write about it...

it reminds me that while at potsdamer platz in berlin, we saw a section of the wall standing there. after careful observation, the east side of the wall is undoubtedly more interesting than the west side. this implies that oppression feeds creativity whilst democracy and capitalism feeds ... well nothing. what can be done about this?

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in other news, i am now officially a master of ethnomusicology. results came out and i passed - woohoo :)

alright. not too much more to say. i'll be back in the states in less than 2 weeks :)
see you all soon.