Arrival and Sushi

I made it into Berlin today at around 1210 and it was beautiful and sunny and fairly warm. Pretty exciting. This is Anna - Katherine's pierced-lipped girlfriend. I'm staying in the guest room at her apartment now in X-berg (Kreuzberg). There's a little baby kitty named Sushi who's sleeping next to me now and Anna's housemates seem cool so far.
Tomorrow morning I head off to Babylonia language school to test my German skills. I'll also be getting a phone and maybe some Euros. Those come in handy I hear. Long distance calling is pretty cheap. You find a 5 digit prefix on a website and it acts like a phone card for wherever you want to call. Then on that months bill all the different prefixes get separated out - so everyone knows what they owe.
I fell asleep basically upon arrival. I fear jet lag has got me in its vice-grip (its now 2:30 AM and I'm wide awake).

Lufthansa treated me right though. I magically got 2 seats all to myself! And although I didn't sleep, it was a pretty decent trip. The cinematic oceanic experience was quite lame - Rocky Balboa followed by Marie Antoinette. Although I ended up staying awake and watching both films I had the nagging sensation that I somehow still wasted my life. Surprisingly though, Rocky was the more interesting movie. Sly's plastic surgery enhanced face and pitiless rehashing of a movie series now 6 films deep held my attention for much longer than Sophia Coppola's beautifully shot yet beautifully boring one.

Don't give me shit for that. You try flying 9.5 hours after 3 Warsteiners, 1 whiskey/sprite and 1 cognac. Go ahead.
I shot some footage on the plane. Once I get set up for video action I'll post a little something something.
I'll let you know how my 'handy' (cellphone) excursion goes. Oh and I get to buy a bike!