I learned how to make sushi this weekend. My friend invited me for dinner, and when they suggested sushi, I assumed we’d be going out to eat…but when I got out of the subway I found out we were making it by hand. It was fun and a lot easier than I would have expected. I also had a chance to try “iced cream potatoes” which surprisingly are not actually made of potato or iced cream. They are brownie-type desserts made to look like potatoes.
Friday I got my new (multi-entry) visa! They didn’t have the registration yet, however, so I have to go back on Monday. Even though the trip to Poland was postponed, I think its much better to get it now than to have to wait.
Tonight I’m going to another lecture in the series presented by the Hillel (this is the third of three). After the first one on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, I decided I wasn’t going to any more of them, but this one seems like an interesting theme. They will be discussing identity in Russia, in regards to both civic and ethnic status. My friend Roma is one of the speakers, so it promises to be a good presentation.
I think I’m sick. Valentin was sick two weeks ago (he thought he had the flu), and I’m pretty sure I have whatever he had. Despite him deliberately trying to get An sick by coughing in his direction and throwing tissues at him, it looks like I caught the bug. Hopefully I won’t have it as long or as bad as he did, because I don’t want to skip any classes. I think I’m just going to drink a lot of tea (shouldn’t be too hard) and buy a lot of fruit tomorrow. I keep thinking of what Dad told Stefanie the first time she got sick away from home her freshman year of college...
Today is Russian Orthodox Easter. I was planning to go to the Kazan Cathedral last night to watch the ceremony (it was supposed to be the largest in the country) but as I was already feeling pretty sick, I decided to have a light dinner and go to bed early. I imagine the streets will be pretty empty today.
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