I am very much enjoying my time off. Today I decided I must live in Berlin, however brief. Every time I visit, it ends up being for two days or something. Enough! I don't care if I'm a tour guide or a wienerfrau, I want to spend more time in that city. I love it ( Read more... )

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone. I love you all. You're fabulous! Like many other holidays, it really isn't such a big deal here. It's just another day, really. However, I have celebrated by buying myself ticktes to see Interpol and Wilco, in Cologne and Paris respectively. There is also a mystery package with my name on it, that will be returned ( Read more... )

Presentation is done, one smaller project left. I honestly have no idea how to do it, but it will get done. I celebrated by letting myself sleep in until 9. Tonight I will go clubbing. I plan to get very drunk and dance all night. This weekend I will be celebrating Carneval in Cologne ( Read more... )

It's been "one-of-those-days" for a couple weeks now. My semester project is due Tuesday. I have to give a short presentation in front of many Germans. I'm fully expecting it to go horribly - I won't be able to speak, they'll critique me for things I know nothing about, and all I'll be able to say is "I didn't know." I'll just be glad when it's ( Read more... )

Yesterday I arrived in Berlin at 1pm. I left before 9 this morning. The appearance of my coat would suggest that I rolled in mud. My shoes and socks are soaking wet. My hair and sweater smell of fireworks. I am still covered in the remaining film from sweating for many hours. I had the best night in months ( Read more... )

It's almost a new year, and that inevitably means, for me, going through a period of self-reflection and promises to self-improvement. #1 resolution: learn the language of the country in which I am living! Scheisse! These past few months have been wildly different from my projections, for better and worse. I think I've grown numb to some stimuli ( Read more... )

A moment of silence for a fine piece of music memorabilia that is forever lost ( Read more... )

I recieved an email yesterday in German. From jillallenfanclub@yahoo.de, the subject line read "Party with Jill in Germany!". The body of the letter invited me to join others is honoring myself. Attached was a photo of several people I don't know huddled and drunkenly smiling, with me photoshopped into the corner. The caption in the photo reads " ( Read more... )

Just like old times, I am delaying working on architecture stuff by playing on the net. I have shut myself in almost all weekend to get this stuff done. Well, not really, I went out both nights, but not very late ( Read more... )

As I sit in my room, listening to German hip-hop, finishing off a bag of tortilla chips, I find myself mistyping letters on every other word. I finally fucking have internet, meaning a computer in my room with a good old American keyboard. I like to think of myself as someone who doesn't need many posessions, but God do I need internet access. No ( Read more... )