It's the end of November and the weather is still hovering around 50 degrees Fahrenheit (that's 10 Celcius) with sunshine most of the time. I love the idea of living in a mediterranean climate, but Berlin is about 1200 kilometres North of the Mediterranean, so it's spooky. Christmas season has announced itself, and I'm not turned off by it at all ( Read more... )

Well, things are changing once again...who knows how things will turn out, but at the moment I could not be more amped. Reason number one: the girl. A few months ago, I went out for drinks with my best friend Nicola. We met up with some friends of mine who were going to go dancing, and at that table sat Kathrin. I noticed her in the corner of ( Read more... )

A picture heavy entry, for the visual folks among you...

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Vacation officially ends on Tuesday, and I will be beginning what I sincerely hope is my last semester of school ever. There's nothing wrong with thraining your brain, or learning something new, but I want to be done chasing little pieces of paper. Now that I take stock of this little seminar-free time frame I can report the following ( Read more... )

uffda, the semester is over. One more to go. Thought I had worked out the details of my Spring teaching internship at my old highschool. It was an easy pick since I wanted experience teaching English as a mother tongue, and a foot in the door of the international school system. It would be interesting observing some of my old mentors and ( Read more... )

2006 is starting off well. I have high hopes for this year. If all goes well, 2006 will be the year I pass my state exams, begin my internship, discover an ingenious way to become filthy rich, travel once around the globe and fall in love. Am I being greedy? Well, I think I could settle for one or two of the afore-mentioned successes and be ( Read more... )

You know I love Christmas, but the fact that I am the worst moneymanager on the planet does make it a little stressful. Despite all me well intentioned preparations, I allways end up having to go on some kind of craft binge to satisfy the gift needs of my loved ones. Not that that's a bad thing. In the end, I allways feel like I put way more ( Read more... )

My uncle was in town for a visit this week, and we made lots of music together - he on his cello, and me on my vocal chords with a little bit of crappy guitar thrown in. We talked about our family, and music and literature and women. Marta the beautiful couchsurfer charmed us all to pieces over walks, talks, beers and thai food and is now ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was strolling through the park at dusk with my best buddy Nicola and realized that the sun had started to set before 6PM. The approach of winter shoves me into a dreary, broody space, especially after the last two winters were so awful and difficult. So I am preparing by lighting candles, drinking hot tea and cozying up to my cat. I ( Read more... )

This week is the first week of classes for the Winter semester. Classes run until February, then there's a bit of a break until mid-April. If everything goes as planned, I will have all my little bits of paper by then, and can concentrate on preparing my last two internships before I take my state exams. I am scouring the globe for internship ( Read more... )