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Berlin Redux
They said the magic words: "Visa", and "Tax Documentation". This means the school is willing to sponsor me for a freelance work visa, something very rare in this economic climate ( Read more... ) -
ScaredExcitedNervousWheeee
My former company in Santa Cruz has said they will let me 'volunteer' part-time (ie: work without pay until they get funding, at which point they may or may not hire me) from Berlin ( Read more... ) -
What year is this?
Today I'm making bread from scratch, planning a vegetable garden, finishing my duct-tape-double dress-form, and starting to sew a linen suit from a 1948 Vogue pattern.
Sometimes I think I was born in the wrong era. Except I couldn't live without computers, modern birth-control, and synthesizers.
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The Universe is very generous
Slight backstory: my cat Ariel was adopted by my ex's girlfriend, K, while I was living in Europe last year. Ariel was unhappy with the other 2 cats in the house and she just adored him, so I decided to let her adopt him. It worked out well for everyone involved - I was sad to see him go, but life is all about making the cats happy & he was much ( Read more... ) -
Goodbye Ariel
2/13/96 - 3/23/09 ( Read more... ) -
a very scandinavian day
I have a lot of time on my hands at the moment and I'm trying to save money so i've been making most of my meals from scratch and enjoying the leftovers for days. (that old money vs. slack dilemma) Funny how I'm eating much healthier too.
Today I revisited one of the recipes I learned to make when I first became a vegetarian about a million years ( Read more... ) -
It is natural but the color comes from a bottle
Rant about sexism in the tech field follows. Please stop reading now if you're sensitive ( Read more... ) -
Looking for a job in the US
Alas this whole working/living in Germany thing hasn't worked out for various reasons ( Read more... )