Thursday, March 25, 2010

THINGS ACCOMPLISHED TODAY:

1) Slept through weak Casio watch alarm and awoke to phone call from team Chairman, who was also pounding on my front door.
2) Got dressed in about four minutes and made myself presentable enough to be photographed.
3) Enjoyed marzipan croissant and coffee courtesy of Siegfried, Denmark's 2009 Best Barista (coffee-guy, as voted by some experts).
4) Got photo taken at "Japan Photo;" did not see a single Japanese person there.
5) Went to Immigration Office at Police station before they opened.
6) Went to City Hall with my work papers to register myself as a resident of Århus.
7) Returned to immigration office to stand in line.
8) Saw Gilbert Gottfried at Immigration Office (probably).
9) Had number called at IO; received "Opholdstilladelse" (temporary work/stay permit).
10) Met Peter's girlfriend, who works as a nurse anesthetist.
11) Asked Peter's girlfriend if her job was relatively painless.
12) Ate a tasty "Chicago Blues Burger" at Shark's Poolhall.
13) Became cool (got an iPhone).
14) Enjoyed Siegfried's coffee again and confirmed Danish coffee isn't very good with sugar.
15) Returned home to have Peter help me operate Danish washing machine, complete with Danish instructions.
16) Finished unpacking things in apartment.
17) Utilized clothesline to dry clothes.
18) Had team member, who works as a handyman, install light in apartment before practice.
19) Coached for the first time while missing British heavy metal giants, SAXON, in concert at local venue ('Wheels of Steel' done passed me by ... sigh).


20) Left practice and returned home to find it was raining.
21) Found creative ways to dry clothes that never finished drying in the first place.

2 comments:

  1. This is where "open-air" toaster would come in very handy.

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  2. Dang, I thought this blog was about pastries.

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