Oh, I'm also going to school here

Somewhere between all the sauna-ing, walking 45 minutes to campus, and eating yogurt out of a cardboard carton I realized that I should probably sign up for some classes.  So naturally I registered for 8.  That's pretty normal around here, but it should be interesting to see how I handle it all; I should probably drop one of them but they all sound so interesting, and coming from a university with very limited course offerings made it even more exciting to see all the choices. So here's what I'm taking:

• Biopsychology of the Normal and the Abnormal Development
• Current Issues in Research on Development and Adjustment
• Special Education in Finland
• Introduction to Finnish History
• Perspectives on Finnish Music
• Cross-Cultural Psychology
• Finnish 1

Aaand... Kiina 1
(that means Chinese 1)


Fun Finnish fact: Chinese is everywhere, it's almost like a national language so obviously I need to learn it!  That's a lie, Chinese was a totally random choice; Erin and I are taking it together because attempting to learn Finnish just didn't seem like enough of a challenge.


Oh and I also decided that something had to be done about the 45 minute walk to campus (an hour to the psych building- and there are so many hills!) so I joined the ranks of almost every other student here and bought this!

I bought it from a very shady garage behind one of the buildings in my student village, which seemed to be run by some sort of bicycle pimp.  He rolled up in an audi with a sweet body kit, which I was already chuckling about, so it was impossible to keep a straight face when he stepped out in his sweatshirt tucked into white, extreme bell bottoms.  He didn't seem as amused as we were.  Pretty much I risked my life for this bike and I'm hoping it serves me well for the next couple months.  I'm attempting not to get too attached to it, because if I give it a name and love it, it will be so much harder to leave it behind.


I also went out last night for the first time, and learned that clubs here are pretty much the same as they are in America.  Lots of Rihanna, Beyonce, a little Ke$ha, and of course some sweet Finnish club music.  But we decided to leave when they started pumping Papa Roach- apparently Finland is big into their heavy metal.  I'm still recovering from the headache.