1. Berlin is awesome.
2. Berlin's zoo is the best zoo of my life.
a. I saw Knut!
b. I saw polar bears on parade.
c. Howling arctic wolves!
d. Sand cats! Are! My! Favorite! Wildcats! And I didn't expect to walk past the lions and see them.
e. Kangaroo hares and bush babies hopping around in infrared light!
f. zooooos!
3. My scary presentation is over!
4. I'm ( Read more... )

What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?

Downhill skiing. Dec. 31, 2008.

Happy New Year!

( Year in Review. )

( The year on fast-forward. )

On Thursday I hated my life as I walked home in the rain-snow (maybe this is called sleet. but I think it's just very wet snow) because I missed the Straßenbahn and my paper felt impossible and I feel like most of my classes are pointless right now ( Read more... )

Last night I dreamed a lot. I woke up four or five times in the morning and went back to sleep every time. I think I woke up because my heat was on too high, to encourage the bowl of water I'd put on my heater to evaporate and make my room less dry ( Read more... )

"My throoooooaaaaaaaat hurts ( Read more... )

It's 2 in the morning in Germany and I would just like to say, that I am currently of the opinion, that the best essay I ever wrote was where I claimed the Medea was a comedy. Two years ago ( Read more... )

Less than half an hour ago, Maraia decided to focus, so I decided to focus. I put up this away message up ( Read more... )

Follow a policy of increased irrationally fierce procrastination and paralyzing fear.

Check!

The irony is that I have accomplished something this morning in one hour that I thought would take like five. Just think of how great it could have been if I had done it on Sunday night!