So now I'm older. Birthdays don't seem to matter as much as they used to, but it's nice that people treated me extra nice today. I got up early and did a bunch of work on a project for a class that ends next week, then this afternoon I went home and blew off studying for the rest of the day. I'll have to resume it tomorrow for the rest of the weekend, as next week I have a couple of exams.
To celebrate the anniversary of my arriving on this planet, later this evening I went out to eat some Iranian food with Negar in Kista. It was yummy. Then I met up with Heydar and since we didn't have any better ideas, did a little bar hopping around Medborgarplatsen. That place totally seems so much like Pioneer Square in Seattle, only without the crack heads and many of the bad smells. Tons of bars and clubs, tons of wasted people. It turned out to be a chill evening for us involving mostly walking around and chatting over beers, so it was not the most sensible neighborhood to be in for that, but the people watching was amusing.
We found a guy who emailed me the other day named Ben. He's from Seattle, and currently traveling around Europe for six months or something. He found me via the powers of the Internet, from a posting I made about Stockholm on a bike forum back in Seattle that I occasionally still post on and he reads. He seems to be a really nice, cool guy. It was neat to run into him. Hopefully we'll get to hang out again later next week after my exams are done, and before he leaves Sweden for some other exciting lands.
I had a good time, and am now very tired. I'm a little sad it hasn't snowed yet though.
