Hey all... I'm currently in the middle of my crazy spring break adventures. I've already done Paris, Budapest, Prague, Colonge, and am finishing up in Berlin. Tomorrow I'll be in Hamburg. I've written two journal entries, which I'll copy and paste below now... I'm also working on some crazy videos which should be available soon. I haven't ( Read more... )

Who just aced his first oral exam at a German university?

If you guessed me, you would be correct.

Now it's time for INSANE packing/preparing before I leave for Paris in a few hours... I have no idea how much I'll update during my trip, but I'll try to do SOMETHING.

CIAO!

Seriously, HOW am I expected to concentrate on studying for this test that I have at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow when I know that in less than 24 hours from now, I'm going to be in Paris?

It's good to have a Valentine this year. It makes me very happy.

In other news, I have an Italian test tomorrow that I really should study for, so instead I'm updating my journal.

I also have an oral exam and I have no idea when it will be because the professor never emailed me back, but it has to be before Friday because on Friday night I'll be in ( Read more... )

I got my first grade! It's for my Masculinity concepts class, and it's a 2,3. In American grades, I think that's about a B. It's not the best, but it's in a real German class with other real German students! Which means that I was held to their same standards, even though I can't speak German. And I even wrote a paper and made a presentation ( Read more... )

I never update enough. I'm sorry. Usually, as I go through my days, I always think to myself: "Wow! This would make a great LiveJournal entry!" But I never get around to writing it. So I'm sorry ( Read more... )

Two papers (in German!) finished. Still to do: Study for test on Wednesday, give presentation on Thursday, study for Italian test the next Wednesday, figure out when I'm taking my Women's Movements test ( Read more... )

Flights have been booked and paid for...

Hotels and hostels are reserved...

Fasten your seatbelts...

It's time for:

John Freml's Absolutely Fabulous Spring Break European Adventure: Part One

• Friday, February 17: The last day of the semester.  John takes his suitcase, wishes farewell to his room and to his crazy neighbor Dinah, and takes a bus to ( Read more... )

I'm just TOTALLY excited because I have actually started some hard-core planning for the "John Freml Hard-Core Extreme Action Double-the-Pleasure-Double-the-Fun European Extravaganza Trip ( Read more... )

Earlier this month, Walmart.com issued a public apology and took down its entire cross-selling recommendation system when customers who looked at a boxed set of movies that included "Martin Luther King: I Have a Dream" and "Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson" were told they might also appreciate a "Planet of the Apes" DVD ( Read more... )