So here’s the next post in my ridiculously long queue. Unfortunately I have no pictures of this event, so words will have to suffice. ;-)

Through the Buddhist mediation group way back in March, I met Caroline and her boyfriend Preben. They arrived here in Copenhagen in February from Luxemborg (where Caroline is originally from). Preben is originally from one of the islands near Sjaelland, I forget the exact name but it’s definitely near Copenhagen. We’ve met for tea several times at this French cafe downtown. I’ve also been to their apartment for dinner and had a grand time. They have a keyboard because Caroline does music therapy. We played the keyboard and sang songs, something that I miss doing a lot since my own keyboard is thousands of miles across the Atlantic.

Well, on April 18th they invited me over to celebrate Preben’s brother’s birthday. The plan was to go to Søpavillon, a disco club that looks like a ship. There was going to be a U2 cover band that night. I was all for it, so I went! The band would start playing quite late (as in 11:30) so we (Caroline, Preben, Preben’s brother Christian and a colleage of Preben’s from work whose name I’m unfortunately not recalling) hung out at Caroline and Preben’s apartment for a while. Drank wine. We all took turns playing the keyboard.

Now, by the time we left to go to the club, I was feeling especially happy, relaxed and confident for some reason. Maybe it was the wine? I’d drank wine before but never felt any effects from it. But on that night I had 2.5 glasses of white wine at their apartment. Yes, as we walked to the club and got into the oxygen, I was DEFINITELY begining to feel the effects. I didn’t care so much what people thought of me, and I was talking more freely.

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It’s way overdue for entries here! And boy, I’ve got quite a bit to write about. Let’s see…I’ve been to 3 more libraries…spent a day in Århus during the holiday…went to a lovely Easter Eatstravaganza dinner hosted by one of my generous classmates (and I made mac-and-cheese from scratch for the 1st time). Everyone brought delicious food! It was a night of great conversation and plenty of laughs. Oh, and I had a wooden floor installed in my dorm room (finally got rid of that dreadful carpet).

I went to a disco/dance club late Saturday night in Frederiksberg with some lovely friends…and I (unexpectedly) had quite a few glasses of white wine. That led to my first experience being intoxicated…it was FUN. The party scene isn’t so foreign to me anymore because I “get” it now. :-)

I’ve been doing plenty of self-exploration and working on redefining some aspects of who I am.

Last but not least…I’m off to London tomorrow for a fun weekend trip!

Entries are coming for all of those above-mentioned things shortly (maybe even later tonight, lol).

I stayed up all night to see the results of the election, and I’m very happy that it was worth it. I’m also proud to be an American again, for the first time in a long time. There is still hope for America. However I am a little concerned that the popular vote does seem quite close. Oh well. It doesn’t matter at this point. I’m just happy that Obama IS president. I’ve watched McCain’s concession speech and it was actually quite impressive…he even tried to stop his supporters from booing whenever he mentioned Obama’s victory, haha.

Here’s to Obama and the hope and dreams he continues to inspire. Racism is real and will probably always exist to some extent, but Obama’s victory shows that there is still hope despite that fact. You can still work toward — and achieve — a dream no matter how much people say “NO” or try to hold you down because of your race, gender or any other quality. Progress is being made!

Now I am very curious and eager to see how Obama is going to perform as president and how he is going to put his plans into action. I guess we will have to wait til January!!!!

On a completely unrelated note, I’m also super excited about CNN’s election graphics. The charts, the reporting precicts % progress icons, the interactive “Magic Map”, all of ’em. They look so delicious, I want to eat them. I want to eat the entire CNN website, in fact. I love it. ;-) msnbc.com’s graphics are pretty sweet, too.

I am going to bed now. As you can (or maybe you can’t, lol) tell by the tone of this entry, I am quite excited…and tired. So I’m sure what I’m writing is much less controlled than usual.

(For the record, it’s 05.47. What a night).