March 2011
59 posts
Bonne Nuit!
Couldn’t fall asleep this early so I’m utilizing my roommates laptop for a while….Internet 1, Anna 0. Paris is beautiful, surreal, and just about everything else you would expect it to be. Everything looks, sounds, and smells gorgeous. My camera is continually confirmed as a worthwhile investment this semester, but definitely again on this trip. Madeline and I sat by the Palais...
February 2011
68 posts
Finished this paper. Leaving for Paris in 7 minutes. Peace out computer.
Wir gehen in einem Taxi nach Paris!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-pJ3-Ozwbo
pianos filled with flames →
alittleboyinspain:
because i missed this somehow, this forcing of writing in to a small white box, and because somehow returning feels natural, and i’ll do this for myself anyway this time around.
but also because someone needs to remember when a hundred cows stampede your car in the middle of a virginia road at night. because someone needs to write down all the things you said while you were...
You know when you suddenly start loving music all...
Really loving on: The Tallest Man On Earth, Andrew Bird, City and Colour, The National, Adele, Ray LaMontagne
I was about to make that list go on forever but restrained myself to artists I have bought in the past 10 minutes.
I blame Maryland friends for this. You guys introduced me to half of those and gave me this habit in the first place.
Good News: Found a new cafe with Emma and Amira to shelter us from this brutal cold but still escape sitting in the IES Center all day. I don’t think I failed my Gender Studies Exam. My new computer battery came!
Bad News: I must now choose between two evils. Writing an “Econ Paper” (I put that in quotes because it is neither a real econ class nor will it be a real term paper)...
"YOU Who cares about midterms, you are going to...
-Ladies and Gentleman, my friend Sasha Nader. As our wonderful penpall-ing continues via google mail, this line made me laugh out loud.
Loved getting so messages and what not today and last night, it always puts me in a good mood. Today is already way better….probs because all my actual exams are done (just have an Econ paper left).
NOTHING MAKES MY NIGHT WORSE THAN HEARING PEOPLE...
Last night. SUCKED. And it was totally my fault. Listen to me complain, it will be fun:
I have a teensy problem with not turning my brain off. I am a pro at running over a situation in my head over and over again until I give it unnecessary significance and dwell in regret over something that may not even be true. (Over analyzing has turned into a way of life for me the past couple months) Last...
Productive day FTW:
Woke up at 12
Went on a “run” (that’s not happening again till it’s above 25 degrees and my throat stops burning in the cold. Clearly this year has taught me I’m only a gym-rat in the summer)
Met Madeline and Jessica for Lunch
Mailed my postcards
Started studying for tomorrow’s midterm
And it’s just 4 o’clock! Now if I could just find a...
Libya is scaring the crap out of me.
Oh my gosh. It’s almost March. And I have applied to ZERO internships.
SCHEIßEEEEEEE
I have so much crap to do with the internet but all I end up doing is chilling on facebook, Tumblr, and Skype.
Zach, send me spaghetti. I'm starving. and I want...
Also. Eff Sunday night boredom. It leads to extreme obnoxiousness on my part. Sorry.
Cincinnati? You're just jealous.
Last night Julia and her friend Gabrielle cooked me dinner. They were asking how I have to fly home. She laughed when I said I hadn’t bought a ticket yet. Half the people in this program are staying longer and talking about their exciting plans afterwards and what not. I’m pretty sure I’m just going home May 1st like a boring person.
Whatever, they can suck it. They can spend...
Midterm week and the randomness that follows
My thoughts are far too random to be anything but bullet points.
IT IS COLD AS SCHEIßE!! The only word to describe today and the next few days is “bitter”. Today after church with Holly, we met Lauren for crepes and went to the Markt in Charlottenburg and walked around. I only got a little lost on the way home, but the biting cold made all the difference to my mood. Friday my feet...
Missed the first train to meet Holly for church, so I’m standing on the platform stealing wifi to read tumblr and listening to my iPod. Suddenly Lil Wayne “no ceilings” comes on. So not appropriate right now, but I can’t stop….
Generally I would outwardly pretend this isn't...
Sometimes you get bored even though you’re studying abroad.
SHHHHHHHHHHHH
Oslo (a week later) and other news...
Alright, well in keeping with the travel journal aspect of this Tumblr, I am now obliged to dedicate at least part of a post to my Oslo trip. First off, Oslo was wonderful for multiple reasons. It’s really exciting to add another country to my list even if I was only there for a weekend. But while experiencing a new place is awesome, the best part was spending time with Thea and the Lunde...
CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAP
I have no idea if I just fixed my computer or just broke it. Tried to follow directions, but well, I’m an idiot.
….Why are all my desktop shortcuts missing?
CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAP
Special props to Zach for always managing to be on...
Daily conversations = daily procrastination
Learning knows no boundaries but it sure as hell...
Just went on an “excursion” for MetDev class. My boots are unavailable and put on my flats today without thinking. HUGE MISTAKE. Walked/Stood around for 2 hours in 20 something degree weather with everyone giving me sad looks, looking at my extremely red feet and telling me they can’t imagine how cold I am. Because pointing it out always helps.
I’ve never had the cold...
I need to work on NOT laughing uncontrollably in...
especially since they seem to define my life.
Fun fact: There is no word for “awkward” in German that applies to how we use it. Same with the word “annoying”. Guess what words I use a lot?
I feel amazing!! So happy to be in class!!
FALSE IN EVERY WAY
I’m starting to think my host’s polish accent is normal for understanding german. Probably going to be an issue.
Whatever, Tuesdays at Tuffstein for double birthday party. Excellence.
My computer fan never shuts up, the battery drains suspiciously fast and now it only barely recognizes the charger.
Help please.
Just made a date with Madeline to go to HM...
I have lost all monetary self control.
But I already knew that…..seeing as in theory it costs 3 Euro to post this right now in the first place.
But holler for a fun week ahead!
Nothing says “Happy Valentine’s Day!” like a visit to the main Stasi torture prison of former East Berlin.
Hey remember that time I was really really bored...
Yeah me too. Can’t get into my book, my postcard list is as at home and I still have a half hour to burn.
BUT a definite win for Rygge Airport being the only one thus far to have free WiFi.
I guess I’ll just catch up on the weekends tumblr posts instead of reading some fine literature.
Yay for the Internet generation!
Nørwegiæn keybøårds årë wæird
The waitress at Restaurant Toronto needs to stop giving me looks for still sitting here after finishing my soup like an hour ago. I’m extremely busy wasting money on crappy music. I hate when my iPod gets boring.
Clearly she doesn’t know I’m a regular at night.
rude, imma give you money in aminute.
It just isn’t a night out in Berlin unless Madeline, Jessica and I get lost trying to get home.
