There should be a special portion of hell reserved for people who park their cars outside your house at 5am with their stereos blaring. Especially when your windows are shut, their windows are shut, and you factor earplugs into the equation. It's just not right.

I have no idea if they're doing it on purpose, or if they just don't realise. I'm thinking about leaving a note on their windscreen (very politely, I don't think passive-aggressive BS will get me anywhere), as they may just not know that their doof-doof really is that loud.

I mean, come on. If you have to be at work at that hour, that really sucks... but we don't all have to join in, you know?

In other news, I have the opportunity to go to Buenos Aires for four weeks' exchange in January, and whilst the cost of living and exchange rate is in my favour, the price of plane tickets is not (in excess of $3K to go at that time of year). Conversely, I have the opportunity to go study in Alcalá de Henares, just outside of Madrid, but whilst the airfare is cheaper (than to Buenos Aires), the cost of living (especially when factoring in the Euro) is threatening to rule that out too.

Of course, I have to decide this week if I want to be able to apply for a grant from the university to go.

*sigh*