I mentioned in my last post that “two weeks to find a rare book and to have it delivered from over 4000 miles away isn’t too bad at all!” I still stand by that. However, it’s even better for it to only take 8 days total to go from looking for a rare book to having it arrive at your house; my copy of Russisch ohne Mühe arrived today, and I’m ecstatic. It does indeed seem far superior to the “new and improved” Russisch ohne Mühe Heute, just as I’ve read in language learning forums.
I’m quite ecstatic about the book, as well as the quick delivery. While I touted the wonders of the internet (which I still hold to be true, mind you), I was secretly concerned about something more “worldly”: international shipping hell. I’ve heard my fair share of horror stories about packages that were supposed to hop the pond, and I was really hoping that my book’s voyage didn’t become one of those stories. Obviously, it didn’t.
Lastly, my family thinks I’m a total geek (which I agree with), and perhaps mildly insane (which I can’t totally argue with, at least not all of the time). There’s something über-geeky about excitedly saying, “Excellent! My German-based Russian text has arrived!” Oh well. 
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April 9, 2008 at 10:57 am
Joshua J. Slone
Probably the geekiest international-shipping thing I’ve done is when I got a GameCube controller from Japan before it launched in the US to check it out and show it off.
April 10, 2008 at 7:50 am
Josh
Joshua: That’s pretty geeky. Especially the “show it off” bit.
How much did you spend on the controller?
April 12, 2008 at 8:05 am
Joshua J. Slone
Oh, I don’t know. It wasn’t like it was double or anything. I was going to need a second controller anyway, so a 50% tax for early bragging rights was fair.
I’m sure I’d have done this with Wii, too, but that they launched it in the US first.
April 13, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Josh
How did you go about bragging? “Hey guys, look what I’ve got! I can’t use it yet, but check out these buttons!”