Hej readers!  I have, of course, typically, been terrible about updating my blog.  Let me just excuse myself by telling you that I’ve been having way too much fun to write about it.  Whenever I have free time, I soak up the relaxation because it comes so rarely.  Anyway, it’s late at night and I’m looking at too few hours of sleep, so time for some quick updates on life in Copenhagen.

• My camera is broken.  :(:(:(  I have no clue how it happened, but I charged the battery one day and it just didn’t turn on.  This is especially problematic because I’m leaving for Istanbul in a week and I absolutely NEED my camera (or a camera) on that trip.  I’ll be taking it to a specialty/repair place tomorrow and will decide then if I should buy a new one or get it fixed.  More updates on this to come.
• I finally met the members of Teufelskerle the other night, and learned about another group in Copenhagen called Ratterne (The Rats).  These are the two local knallertbanderne, or moped gangs, and they share a clubhouse in the Nørrebro area.  I met some of the guys at a bar in downtown Copenhagen called Din Nye Ven (meaning: Your New Friend).  They were super friendly and welcoming, and I’m hoping to stop by the clubhouse before my trip to Istanbul.
• I’ve been working/volunteering as a bartender at a local university bar called Studenterhuset (The Student House), and it is a blast!  I have met some really cool people, both international and Danish, and somehow working is fun.  You’re allowed to drink on the job, so it’s basically being part of the party, but you sell people drinks as you dance to silly music and hang out.  Wednesdays are the “International Cafe Night,” and definitely the best evening to work or visit.  I’ve done 3 nights so far, which allows me to get the extra-cheap “house” discounts on drinks and such.  But I still have to pick up my house card.
• I’ve been procrastinating heavily on my homework, so this week I really need to catch up with reading, research, and writing for my classes.  No big surprise there!  For the first few weeks, I was too overwhelmed with the challenge of meeting people and making friends to do work.  For the last few weeks, I’ve been so relieved to have a social life that I haven’t had time to do work either!  So I really need to get out of this phase and into “I’m a student” mode.

I have big plans for the week, but I’ll try to update this more regularly with events and stories and happenings and let you know how things go.  The highlight for this week, though, is the RUMOUR SAID FIRE concert I’m going to Wednesday at Bremen at 8pm.  This Danish band was introduced to my language class by our teacher, Nina, and I fell in love with their laid-back style.  David, a friend from my Danish class, is going with me to the concert.  Here’s a YouTube video of them playing The Balcony.  (I plan on learning this song on ukulele and doing my own video soon!)