living the biologically correct life

it's time to reflect on the roommate. i've actually got two of them, but my japanese roommate knows about this blog. so i have to be nice to her, since i don't want her to serve me one of those poisonous japanese fish some day. it's not that i don't trust her in general. but you gotta be a little suspicious of her authenticity, knowing that she keeps a vast amount of bavarian sausages stored in the fridge.

no, the one roommate that begs for objectifying is jan-michael. he's one of those typical german alternative men. in his mid-twenties, he's a student of politics and something else which i can't really remember, but it has something to do with new media. whatever that means. he's an only child and doesn't own a TV. he's reading the most liberal newspaper available in germany, is a member of the green party and sleeps in a tent which he has erected in the middle of his bedroom. he's got a double name, damn it. he loves everything "apple" and got the whole apartment hooked up with a wireless connection that affords us to almost do anything over our computers. in fact, the only thing japanese roommate and me are not doing over our computers right now are cooking and taking a shower. but i guess that's just a matter of time...

but his most defining qualities are that he's so very "bio" and an active member of greenpeace. to my clueless american audience; being "bio" means you only eat groceries which have the word "bio" printed on the wrapping. and you lecture other people about the potential damages that can be done to your body by consuming groceries that are not "bio". he's also against microwaves and has posted a "radioactive"-sign in our hallway which was probably stolen from a power plant during some greenpeace mission. now every time i enter our apartment i'm wondering, what is actually radioactive? the wallpaper in our hallway? japanese roommate and me, because we eat food that isn't "bio"? or the whole city of berlin? i don't even wanna think about all the environmental sins those communists committed. or is it even my whole vaterland? are we all gonna implode one day in a giant teutonic nuclear mushroom? that can give a girl some nightmares :(

and don't get me wrong, i haven't used a microwave in years and i'm all for recycling and saving our environment. but where it really gets me is that we've got an original greenpeace calendar in our kitchen which depicts a dead whale. charming, right?

i can only warn any women to stay away from those alternative german men. although i've got to admit, they do seem to try their best to give "bio" a sexy face. jan-michael proudly told me of a greenpeace stunt where he and a bunch of other guys stood in front of the chancellory to demonstrate against chemicals that attack the male sperm. butt-naked they were, save for some made-up fig leaves which had their protest slogans written on them. i'm all for saving the male sperm. pictures of the stunt are floating somewhere on the internet.