There will be more on this later, but one of the highlights of my week has become going to the grocery store. On Valentines Day I went to the grocery store and got one of my new favorite things, Savannah cider from South Africa. I went to the store on my lunch break, and when I went home I cooked my dinner. After dinner I went to drink my cider and realized it needed a bottle opener and I don’t have one!!! I tried a few things around the apartment and came to the conclusion that if I cut my thumb while trying to open this bottle I was going to be very bitter. I decided I’d have to ask my neighbors.
I hadn’t met anyone on my floor, so I figured I’d just start to right and keep going until someone had one. I knocked on my neighbor’s door, heard some noise inside and then the door flings open and this tall, lanky, middle-aged Australian man with salt and pepper hair is standing there and exclaims “Hey!!! It’s so great to see you! Come on in!” I was a little confused because I’d never seen him before and I wondered if he thought I was someone else, but this all happened in seconds and I was on a mission so I went inside.
Once inside he was like, “How are you? Would you like to sit down? Would you like some water? Would you like some tea?” I held up my Savannah and was like, I actually was just wondering if you had a bottle opener… He was like “Oh yes!!! Let me open that for you!!!” And he took it and opened it and said, “I was just watching The Wire. Do you know that show? Would you like to watch an episode with me? Do you have a free hour or so?” I was like, “The Wire – the American tv show?” He said, “Yes that’s the one!” I had never seen it but heard it was good and I did have a few free hours, so I said, “Ok. Sure. Would you like a cider?” He said sure and I went and got one from my apartment.
We sat down to watch the show and talked for a little bit while we waited for the show to come on. He was very chatty (as he mentioned later, he never really gets visitors) so I didn’t really get to see that much of the show. About halfway through he realized he was talking a lot and was like, “Oh my goodness! I’m talking a lot! I should just let you borrow these. And that way you’d see them from the beginning.” I wasn’t going to argue with that! The little bit I saw was really good! And my three channels – CNN, Africa Magic and 24 hour soccer – had already gotten a little old.
I hate to admit this, but I watched the whole first season of The Wire in one week!!!! I can’t believe I didn’t start watching this show until I moved to Liberia and my Australian neighbor lent it to me! Hahaha – that is also one of the reasons I didn’t blog last week… I was following the lives of Avon, Stringer and McNulty in my free time… Mess, I know…
In case you were wondering, I’m on season 3 now. But! In my defense, he didn’t have season 2, so I’ve only watched a season and a half… Good times J
Mike, my Australian neighbor, has turned out to be very nice. If he’s going into town to go grocery shopping or something he always invites me along. He’s leaving Liberia on Saturday so I only have a few more days to finish watching his Wire dvds… ;) I don’t think it will be a problem. People are discouraged from walking around at night, so most people stay home after dark unless they don’t mind driving in Monrovia at night. I’m going to have to blog about driving in Monrovia sometime – it’s an adventure for sure!
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