February 13th

Had breakfast on my own. Big news was some woman who was just released from jail.
Went for a run up around neighborhoods near my host house to the right up Rolighedsvej. There are some very cute houses. It was nice to be off main roads. It was drizzling and wet and not too much fun. It doesn't actually rain that much here it just mists and drizzles and is overcast a ton of the time.
I went into DIS for classes. In 20th century history we talked about the political relations and alliances leading up to World War I. It's nice to have an overview and comprehensive chronological history of what happened. I loved CMS/CCHS history classes but they were more discussion based and random fun stories. I never got a good sense of the sequences of events. Also part of that is the classes I chose to take in high school I suppose.
Had lunch with Elizabeth in the student lounge. DIS gets packed around lunch time. There aren't enough places for all the hoards of people to sit to eat lunch.
Environmental history was fine. We learned about agriculture in temperate zones versus mediterranean zones. Main difference being the temp and wetness of the seasons and that in temperate zones the animals and the crops are together whereas in mediterranean zones animals and crops are separated. Temperate zone farming is more sustainable and stable because the animals fertilize the fields. On a side note during the break it came up that most people in Denmark have summer houses. The environmental impact of this versus the right of everyone to have a summer house is a controversial issue. My host family has a summer house. The issue of putting a toll to bring a car into the city is also being debated. Right now there is not one but it would help to cut down on cars. Already there is social pressure to walk or take public transportation to get around.
In Danish we talked about cultural stuff (the greater amount of horn beeping, the lack of squirrels, quietness on public transportation, greater alcohol consumption and apparent physical tolerance, no stop signs, lack of real pedestrian etiquette, etc. etc. were some of the things that came up). The Danish seem to really like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. They've been in the news favorably here. We listened to some Danish music. Finally we talked about how to talk about the future using "skal." Nouns have wacko prepositions to go with them. There are no real rules for when you use on, in, with etc.
I went back home and did laundry.
I had dinner early on my own and then went back into DIS for choir practice. I'm so glad I'm going chorus. We worked more on the same song we did last time. We sound pretty good. It's really pretty. We still haven't used words yet. Two of the full years were throwing bottle caps at each other.