Mistakes were made

yes as with traveling in any foreign countries people
will make mistakes, college students especially. When
it comes to shopping troubles can arise, certainly
when the language is so different, one tends just to
get the gist of the product you are buying and not
read those pesky side notes. for instance the other
day I fell pray to buying a very nice beer which had
no alcohol in it. also Jarrod, one of my suitemates
was nearly killed by some super spicy mustard, now we
like it but that first surprise bite sends you for a
loop. And of course the best of these mistakes again
involves Jarrod, who after a late evening of sampling
some of St. Petersburg’s finest vodkas, cracks a
energy drink on our way to remedial Russian 001. Now
we get to class and obviously i was expecting Jarrod
to be in bad shape but after Tatyana (our Russian
babushka teacher) told him "Jarrod I can see that you
can't read." I was laughing and glanced back at Jarrod
only to see that the side of the can said 9% alcohol.
which I think everyone knows. needless to say I didn't
tell him (I honestly thought he had finished it, he'd
been drinking it for 2 hours) He got to the point
where he was really unable to function at all. good
stuff. A few little notes on my Russian life, firstly
we have communal pots and pans held by our 24 hour
landlady at the end of the hall who has to deal with
40 college students. she's the one who if you choose
to call would answer the phone and try and track me
down (she's constantly walking into the rooms trying
to find someone usually mid "social gathering" oh and
she speaks no English.) The subway, besides being
similar to journey to the center of the earth in terms
of depth is very convenient and easy, interestingly
enough not very full most of the time, and on the
escalator, no one walks everyone just stands, not like
in England where if you occupy the left side or
"passing lane" your libel to be beaten. There are many
more things to address unfortunately the cashier at
this internet cafe refuses to cash my 1000 ruble
note(33 dollars) a common problem when you roll with
the big bucks like me. many have addressed concerns
that some people who should receive these emails are
not or that your email has changed, seeing how it's an
hour to the internet cafe and -10 f outside I'll leave
it to you cozy Americans to do the job, oh and as I
said I can't buy any more minutes right now (sometimes
one has to buy extra groceries just to cash a 500. but
nobody said it'd be easy) only 2 mins left gotta type
fast, which reminds me that some of you also are
concerned with my grammar and spelling, well last time
the keyboard had limited keys and few capital letters
available, this time I have to hit the spacebar with
my fist. ell