February 2012
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It’s not as if I’m likely to melt away into nothingness from missing a few meals, but after three solid days of not being hungry / not wanting to force food into my obviously disinterested body, this pasta feels incredibly heavy.
Be good to your bodies, kids!
I have 36 books on my ‘to-read’ list at Goodreads, and am currently reading six, however I’ve kind of given up on the six that I’m reading and nothing from my to-read list is really screaming ‘READ ME’.
Let’s be friends, yeah?
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Things I am in love with
My German dictionary, and by that I don’t mean my German-English dictionary, I mean my German dictionary that defines the words in German because I’m that legitimate.
When people like Buddy and Jeremy talk to me because they really don’t have to
Carl Craig’s Throw
Salt water but not sand
Mimosas, Bloody Marys
Aleppo and Odessa and the aversive case in Australian aboriginal languages,...
“There’s been time this whole time. You can’t kill time with your heart....”
– David Foster Wallace’s Forever Overhead (in BIwHM)
I'm over Berlin.
It’s a weird feeling.
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Temperaturrekord: Kälteste Nacht des Jahres seit... →
So Berlin just had its coldest night in 25 years, with temperatures under -20°C (that’s -4°F) and it’s really chilly even right now with the sun out.
As such, I feel it is my duty to let everyone know that there is currently a 40% off sale at The North Face Store (Kudamm 219, U-Bahnhof Uhlandstr). Everything isn’t on sale, but long underwear is - which brings it down to an...
I have snotsicles.
Don’t know whether to be proud or crawl into a hole for six months.
Going with proud.
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January 2012
24 posts
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J does this thing where he speaks loudly and deliberately in his sleep but has no recollection of the things he said once he’s awake. I have a note on my phone and a text file on my computer and random scribbles in notebooks to keep track of the utterances so I can tell him in the morning about how he demanded I get out of bed because of a spoon and other nonsensicals.
It just happened. I...
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Today, I prepared 200 pork and shrimp dumplings.
Tomorrow, I’m making bagels.
My freezer is going to be full of awesome.
I want french fries so badly right now, but there aren’t any in the freezer and I don’t have any potatoes. There are two Burger Kings four blocks away from my apartment, however Burger King fries taste like shit and I’m not getting on the subway to satisfy my hangover’s needs when even the thought of leaving my bed is daunting.
Do you ever have those nights where you’re really exhausted but your mind is wide awake and you just can’t sleep? Before you know it, it’s 5 AM and you’re finding yourself hungry since you last ate sometime around 8 PM and there’s really nothing snacky or quick around the house so you end up microwaving frozen spinach and eating it out of tupperware in the kitchen...
Today was rough, but I’m in my bed and drinking tea so I’ve calmed down a bit but I’m still really out of it and in need of a hug or seven.
I’m going to make soup tomorrow, and go to work, and go to the movies, and think through the shit that’s floating around my head. Let’s hope it all works out.
New glasses are on the way to me!
I remembered to get the anti-glare coating this time.
I just paid €6 for 250 ml (8.5 oz) of maple syrup.
:( miss u north america
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Lactobacillus Acidophilus is sold under the name...
Perhaps my favorite German word of the month. So many giggles.
Between the ages of 12 and 15, I read Catcher in the Rye upwards of 25 times. I idolized Holden Caulfield. He got it, he understood, and therefore Salinger had to get it and understand.
Sometime during the summer I was 15, that all went away. Holden was no longer someone to idolize, he was an angst-ridden teenager and pretty much an asshole.
Somedays, I wish I could still have my caustic hero....
Actually, I really should find out why I’ve been getting pneumonia so often (like, 4 times in the past 15 months?) but it isn’t an issue when it isn’t an issue, so I haven’t.
NEW YEAR, NEW YOU?
Growing up in a small town in the middle of New England, you would have thought it incredibly strange to spend Christmas away from your family.
They showered you with gifts - there were always flannel pajamas on Christmas Eve, and books or computer games or a new camera sitting under the tree in the early hours when you got out of bed with your sister and came running down the stairs on Christmas...
Oh man, Downton Abbey
How did I miss this train for so long?
December 2011
25 posts
Because of a communication mixup, I ended up having latkes for dinner on Christmas Eve.
My friends are the greatest.
Johnny Flynn - Amazon Love
If you do nothing else...
Yesterday I turned 22 and it was one of the best and weirdest days of my life.
First world problems
I paid for expedited shipping for my cape from ASOS and it was supposed to be here yesterday at the latest. It did not arrive yesterday and is still at the destination parcel center (as in, not on a truck to my apartment) which makes me doubt it will get here today.
I just want my fabulous cape. Geeez. But I’ll sit here sipping my lactose free toffee nut latte, go to the book store to...
I just got new pages added to my passport and now the thing will barely close.
But, my gosh, Zehlendorf is stunning at Christmas.
I feel like I’m absolutely not allowed to say “no, I’m not okay” even though everyone keeps asking and it’s the worst fucking feeling in the world.
But then I’d have to explain why I’m not okay and that won’t help anyone and I’m not even sure I can verbalize it.
Me: The ones that aren't done by Stephen Fry, but the other English guy.
Jeff: David Attenborough?
Me: Yes, precisely, the only two English men you need to know.
Jeff: I think Jeremy Clarkson probably falls into that category, too.
Being crazy at 18 is endearing. Being crazy at 21 is just crazy.
I managed to send my back into muscle spasms this morning. Benzodiazepine plus ibuprofen plus heat plus massage managed to get me standing and to class, but now I feel myself drifting off in the classroom and I can’t drink caffeine because I’m pretty sure that would just make my back worse.