I'm soooooooo excited! After having lived Starbucks-abstinetly for about two years now, we are FINAAAAAAAAAAALY getting a Starbucks in a town near the one I live in ( Read more... )

Perhaps I shouldn't have taken History as one of my priority classes. I now have to summarize 5 years of German history (from 1866 to 1871), which are elaborated on in 90 pages of text, and cut it down to 5 pages. Peachy, eh? I still don't quite know how the hell I'm going to do this, but trust me, I will! .... or not ( Read more... )

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We recently read an article in class, which I thought showed an interesting point, though at some points it wasn't well thought out. I'll share it with you, asking you to please keep in mind that this is the opinion of Rev. Dr. Leslie Weatherhead and not my own! I think it's a very difficult subject which none the less needs to be thought and ( Read more... )

Today was horrid! It was so hot that I almost passed out on stage during our choir concert, so I ended up leaving the room in the middle of the concert to prevent myself from either passing out or puking in my director's face. I think he's pretty pissed, since I've missed a whole bunch of rehearsals because I've been sick so much. To top it all off ( Read more... )

Yesterday was awesome! I got to talk to Van Anh and Jeremy, both of whom I hadn't talked to in ages. Ok, Jer I talked to the day before yesterday, when I also got to talk to Deanne and Chris, all people whom I miss very much and love dearly ( Read more... )

It is a little sad that yesterday was my 18th birthday, my entry into andulthood so to speak, and none of my friends in America remembered....

"All around me are familiar faces(traces?), worn out faces ( Read more... )

So for all of you who've always wanted to know what it looks like in my hometown, I've got the perfect solution for you!
http://www.tuebingen.de/index_webcam.html

That's the link to a webcam which shows our townsquare. Enjoy!

Quick Update:

Last two performances went pretty well. My voice is still squeaky, so the songs obviously weren't as good as I'd like them to be. Got many compliments on my acting. Two down, two to go.