parties and injuries

So my brother has been here for just under three days and It has been a fairly crazy adventure so far. I picked him up from the bus station on Wednesday morning around 1:30 am, took him to his new flat to drop off his bags before taking off to celebrate 'july morning'. July morning is a pretty cool tradition here in Bulgaria that started way back in the 70's with the hippie sub-culture, rebelling against the way the people lived and society. It has slowly changed since then and now mostly entails jamming out rock concerts along the black sea coast, dancing around bonfires, and drinking until the sun comes up, at which time everyone goes swimming in the ocean. It is a lot of fun and really cool to party all night long on the beach with so many people.

Unfortunately, Braden had a bit of bad luck and happened to step on a broken glass bottle just an hour or so before sun rise, and cut his foot so bad that we had to take off and get him cleaned up. His was bleeding all over the place, and the apartment looked like a crime scene before we cleaned it up. The next day I ended up taking him to the hospital and had to try to explain to the doctor what happened. He got a few stitches, and other than hobbling around like he has a bum leg, he is ok. In the mean time we have been busy setting up his apartment and taking care of everything he needs to get settled in to the groove of things. Tomorrow we are hosting some people for the 4th of July and hopefully it turns out well.

In other news, I found out what had happened with my computer. Apparently the motherboard crapped out on me, so now im stuck with a broken pc and no sure idea with what to do with it. I will try to take it to another store to see how expensive it is to replace a motherboard, but the guy at the last shop just suggested I buy a new one. That totally sucks because I dont have near enough money to buy a new PC, and malko turnovo is super boring without one. Hopefully the next place I take it to gives me better news. We'll see.

Other than that, the weather is great, the beach is fantastic, and the summer is still young. More updates as the happen. peace out