Posted in Expat Antics: Life in Germany on May 9th, 2006 5 Comments »
Last night Robbie brought home the information for her end of the school year (7th grade) class trip. I was expecting that maybe they’d go to Berlin for the day, or possibly across the border into Prague. What I wasn’t expecting was a week-long trip to some vacation spot in Deutschland.
Yep, Robbie’s class [...]
Posted in Same Shit, Different Day on May 7th, 2006 5 Comments »
Just had my first run-in with the next door neighbors since… you know, the whole ‘nudity’ thing. Turns out they have the rather unfortunate last name of ’schittenhelm’ (snicker). It was awkward. Mr. Schittenhelm didn’t say much… just stood there with a schittenhelm-eating grin on his face. Mrs. Schittenhelm made a [...]
Posted in Expat Antics: Life in Germany on May 6th, 2006 4 Comments »
I’m really beginning to dig this weekly fest thing. Which is good because I hear there’s something going on pretty much every weekend now that the weather’s nice. Even better, each fest seems to contain two of my favorite things… fresh pretzels & live bands!
Today’s band did mostly barenaked ladies covers… pretty entertaining [...]
Posted in Expat Antics: Life in Germany on May 6th, 2006 4 Comments »
My german teacher is mean! This morning she yelled at me to pay attention to pronunciation… no one yells at me unless it’s during sex, damn it.
Posted in Same Shit, Different Day on May 5th, 2006 12 Comments »
In an unparalleled (at least it’s unparalleled in my mind) act of camaraderie, I’m going to take some time to share with you… my intrepid readers… a little something about each of the bloggers I have in my blog role. If you haven’t checked them out yet, maybe this will inspire you to. [...]
Posted in Same Shit, Different Day on May 5th, 2006 5 Comments »
To the crazy bitch who had the audacity to yell & throw coffee at an elderly woman who accidently walked out in front of you when you were biking to somewhere I’m sure you thought was very important… yes, I am the one who rolled down the window of my car, flipped you off, [...]
Posted in Expat Antics: Life in Germany on May 4th, 2006 6 Comments »
Ok, not really, but I’m thinking about embracing it.
Living in germany & being a non-drinker is turning out to be difficult. Try telling a determined german you don’t like beer… it’s a challenge. “You just haven’t had the right beer” they say “you need a fine german lager instead of that piss-water most [...]
Posted in Expat Antics: Life in Germany on May 4th, 2006 4 Comments »
I just realized today that since moving here I have yet to see a pickup truck or gigantic suv. nice!
I also realized that the only t-shirts I see women wearing around here are from ‘esprit’. not so nice…
Posted in Same Shit, Different Day on May 3rd, 2006 1 Comment »
Margon Apfelschorle Lieblich… where have you been all my life?
Also, a quick update on yesterday’s capers:
~ Met with my german teacher… who immediately started talking to me only in german. the nerve. Anyway, ye old confidence was shattered early on and my ’snappy repartee’ was reduced to “me want talk to german goodly [...]
Posted in Expat Antics: Life in Germany on May 2nd, 2006 9 Comments »
Today should be interesting to say the least. My new german language teacher arrives in a few hours to properly verse me on sentence structure and give me a formal introduction to run-on word formation. I’ve rehearsed my greeting so I can… you know… ‘wow’ her with some snappy repartee. Let the [...]
Former supermodel turned brain surgeon leaves behind successful career in America to try her hand at hausfraudom in the lovely Saxon city of Dresden, Germany.
Some days are good, some are bad... all are opportunities to learn & grow.
With my sunny disposition and can-do attitude, what could possibly go wrong?
None
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky