I finished my application to study in Freiburg spring 2018, and I've pretty much been told by the director that I'll be accepted. So barring some unforeseen problem, I'm studying abroad in Germany! Exciting shit.

Elections for the radio Board of Directors are coming up. Our current GM is trying to remain impartial but also wants me to be the next GM, but I don't need that stress right now. I applied to be Tech again.

We had a film screening for German: Fatih Akin's Soul Kitchen. Holy shit, what a great film. Maybe my new favorite. It's about a restaurant owner whose girlfriend moves to Shanghai, so he leaves his ex-con brother in charge of the place, and comes back to find he gambled it away to probably the mob. But there's a bunch of subplots, and the pacing is really unconventional but in a good way, and it descends to a much darker place than I think most American filmmakers would have the courage to put in a comedy.

It doesn't hurt that Soul Kitchen (the restaurant) reminds me a lot of the restaurant I worked at over the summer.

E: The soundtrack is great too. Curtis Mayfield, Donny Hathaway, Jan Delay, etc

E2: whoa. I just passed a few tour groups and suddenly realized the kids in them are my age.