Rainy rain rain

Raining. Again.

Once again it's raining.It's odd, and tough to get used to. 2-3 days of beautiful sunshine...almost too hot for a lack of A/C (but I'm a baby about that) then 2-3 days of rain, fog and cloud cover. I guess part of Swiss efficiency is having very predictable weather.

Oh yeah...the Swiss aren't efficient. They are simply thorough. Thorough is not efficient. Thorough, is in fact, very time consuming and annoying.

Let's talk about my books for example. I don't have all of them yet. That...is annoying. But whenever a new book comes in, I go down to the library, find the little library man...he goes into his office and gets his binder. He flips through it for a while...passes my name occasionally...finds it, then walks out (locking the door behind him) to go to the room next door. He unlocks that room, digs around...finds the book...prints something out, does something else...then gives me the book. He then locks the door, goes back to his office...unlocks the door...and repeats this for everyone.

I find him uncomfortably thorough...and mildly insane.

But hey, I'm slowly aquiring my books. That's a good thing.I've gotten to the point where I can pretty much operate like a normal human now. Sure, a normal human would prefer lights to stay on until you turn the switch off (instead of the fun fun 10 minute timer). And a normal human would prefer...well...a lack of thoroughness. Some lunacy would be nice...but the school, and the Swiss, sure don't dig on that.

I might run across campus screaming...just to see what happens. I think it would probably kill one or two people, purely from shock and awe.

I am a stranger in a strange land. But it is a good land. I don't get bothered by people trying to sell me things. Here...the price is on everything, it's expensive, and if you don't want it you go away. Even the street vendors have a pretty relaxed time. There is no pressure, no push for sale. It's refreshing. Clean.

Yeah...this place is clean.

Well, except for flies. There are lots of flies. I believe, and this is just a guess, that the Swiss either can't A) figure out a way to make money off of fly killing or B) think that killing flies is bad for the environment.

Please mail me a cheeseburger....Oh, speaking of that...I've yet to get any fun mail :( Nothing! So people...send me stuff. I don't care what it is. Bah!