I promise to update this blog for real soon. It has been a very, very busy couple weeks.

We had "Fall Break" and I traveled to Berlin with my family, and to Milan, Madrid, and Amsterdam with friends. Very eye-opening, and I'm happy I'm studying here in Prague.

The election was very exciting here, but hearing all my friends in New York talk about how they were all dancing in the streets made me miss home more than ever. It's amazing to think I'll be coming home to President Barack Obama and a completely different self-image as an American citizen.

Also, the trams here have seat-warmers! At 8:30 AM on a cold, winter morning, getting up for old people just got another strike against it... (It's still my favorite Czech custom, though. Don't worry. I'm sure I'll bring it back to New York with me.)

Also, last night I saw the band Why? play at this weird indie club that was at a university campus across the river. Anathallo opened for them. The place was filled with Czech hipsters, and I wondered, "Where have these people been for the past three months??" The show was great. I miss going to shows. Both bands were great. I find that they both have a really good sense of the arc of a song; the actual composition of the music (the combination between the instruments and the vocals) has emotionality and texture, and it's really fun to watch them play.

I want to start a band.