Ok guys, I just finished season 1, and I'd like to see season 2 if only for the continuations of the fabulous cliffhangers. Is it worth it? I heard season 2's supposed to suck and trust that you guys have the most worthwhile opinions on the matter.

After so many years of being berated by my film snob friends for never having seen any of the fruits of David Lynch's labor, I finally have a couchsurfer this weekend who has the first season of Twin Peaks on her laptop, which we have been watching.

I was always a bit leery of watching David Lynch stuff because I just thought it'd be purely weird ( Read more... )

You have to be pretty fucked up to shoot Unitarians.

To celebrate, I will be once again heading to Cologne for Gay Pride, which has inspired me to post this picture:


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I cannot get enough of this town!!!!!! There are several aspects of this trip to Belgrade that were extremely different from my last trip. Maybe you can only claim to know a place if you see it multiple times, always with considerable intervals in between.

It was a very hot few days. On Saturday, it was a huge relief when temps went below 30 C (86 F ( Read more... )

I was forced to watch the Italy vs. Spain game yesterday with my Italian couchsurfer. He's great fun, but the game was so not. Once again I was reminded that Italy is the absolute most boring soccer team to watch.

Thank God I won't be forced to sit through any more Azzuri games for another 2 joyous years. They couldn't even get me hot and bothered  ( Read more... )

Ok Germans, let's make one already abundantly clear thing abundantly clearer ( Read more... )

Christ, people, my life is kind of awesome and kind of scary. But mostly awesome.

Two very cool couchsurfers this weekend, L and P, from Germany (but currently living in France) and Canada (but currently a nomad), respectively. L came on Thursday and, after watching Germany lose spectacularly to Croatia, we went out with some other CSers and then ( Read more... )

The new group I started on facebook, "Get to come visit her daughter in Germany", proves that my mother has reached cult status among my friends here. Any of you on facebook that I have neglected to invite are welcome to join.

First of all,  YAY FOR THE STANLEY CUP!!!!!!!!!!!

Just in case you didn't believe in Detroit's sheer and utter bad-assedness, allow me to relate the following:

I was on the night bus with K and L one Friday, when we started getting pestered by Turkish hooligan youth. Once K and L got off the bus, the pestering escalated, they demanded I perform ( Read more... )