Herzlichen Danke Day <3 and a bit of holiday cheer

With all the hustle and bustle of life, I almost forgot to write about the American's first Thanksgiving in Germany!
Since the beginning of time... ok, Summer Academy, we were talking about how great this Thanksgiving is going to be. Yes, indeed. And some party it was!

Complete with Stove Top stuffing and Turkey that was cooked to Golden Brown Perfection. Oh yes. Our families will be proud one day. The homemade mashed potatoes were cooked to a fantastic consistency, and the homemade apple pie melted in your mouth, with just the right sized scoop of ice cream. It kind of made me want to jump a banana boat back to the U.s.
George was here spending the Thanksgiving Weekend with me.. I can't believe it was only last week! Getting all the American's together was fun. We got to speak English! Teach a swedish how to play flip cup, and even got in a game or two of beer pong. American beer games are sooooo fun! But the Europeans don't play with their food...

Overall, I think the pictures speak for themselves.

The day after we got to go ice skating infront of the Schwetzingen Castle. That was awesome! I had never ice skated before (only with shoes... but I have rollerbladed before. Psh Ice skating? piece of cake!
At the end of the few hours ice skating I was doing pirouettes and tricks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The only time I fell ( I only fell twice) Was because I was trying a new trick!!! Ice skating is so much fun that I can't wait to go again!!!!!!
Pictures also to follow.

The best part about the winters here is the Glühwine... Its hot apple cider.. but its wine!
I love the holidays <3

By the way GLoria! You did NOT warn me that we would have to take out the neck of the turkey! That was not in my life manual.....

3rd floor himmel

I should have known that the library was NOT a good place to come study, especially during finals week. There is absolutely NO place to study!! Now, if you've ever seen my library you wouldn't know where to start looking. Nestled in between shelves of books are long tables for students to work. Its the greatest study set up in the world. Complete with personal reading lamp, an electrical outlet of all your own, and if you need it, a place for your ethernet cable. Well... all of these seats were taken, as well as the standing tables, as WELL as the quite comfy chairs. I was like... what the hell? I have a law final in an hour.. where the hell am i gona sit? So I sat down in a random chair and looked up to answer my prayers. ALAS! A hidden floor, looking down over the mass studiers. This place was heaven. I get my own little table, my own desk, and my own garbage can! No one will bother me, and I don't have other people to distract me! The only other people that are up here are my fellow mac users. Oh I love this library.

Good luck to me!

And I got the greatest news ever!!!!

The United States is up for a case infront of the WTO doher rounds. Apparently they thought it would be ok to break anti-dumping laws... silly americans. But they decided to open the case for public viewing! AND GUESS WHO GETS A SEAT!!! If all goes well with finals and other things, I will get to go to Geneva Switzerland on December 12 to hear the WTO! JA WOHL!
Thats soo cool!

Shake your teather fail- and I'll have an Eternal bliss straight up with a shot of pure neuroticism

I was talking to a good friend today and he told me a story that really made me think. He asked me to write about what I thought.

You think you know someone and it turns out you really didn't know them at all. You can spend your whole life learning about someone, but it turns out that they're really not who they say they are. The mind and body are two separate entities. Most peoples behaviors are determined by actions and motivations deep within. Thats why the balance between a healthy mind and a healthy body are very important. The ability of people to metamorph into a completely different person is incredible, which surprises those around them. The phrase "but i never saw it coming," is not really naivety at all its sheer obliviousness. Didn't you see the signs? We all ignore the warnings, we are all wrapped up in commercialism, expensive gym memberships, fancy clothes and tricked out cars. The transition from the life of commodities to a life of simplicity is never an easy one, but ridding yourself of tangible objects will improve the mind greatly. Exercising the mind as well as the body is the most important thing you can invest in. Without all these *things* around you to mask the unhappiness, warning signs can be more easily detected and treated.

To those that don't know I can't really explain, but to those who do: This is my answer.

I think a vacation is needed, but not to a fancy country with a nice hostel bed. But a vacation to the Heimatland. aka the U.S.A
I can't wait to go home and see my family. It sucks for those people who don't get to go home for the holidays, but i could never stay away that long. Holidays are for family time. Plus, its my birthday :-) Its not that I don't like Germany for what it is. The Germans are happy .... 12 days out of the year. Too drunk to enjoy the other 353. It is never sunny, and It is always dreary and sad. Sydney got yelled at for coughing in a shop yesterday.. that should tell you something. I was thinking maybe it was just us that had the bad luck with the Germans, but even the Germans at school agree that this is a weird semester for everyone... they said that normally exchange students have the times of their lives, but this semester is different and people can't wait to take a one way ticket out of here. Yet, they can't offer an explanation as to why.... Strange

This weekend started off as a honeymoon that I never wanted to end. I can't offer much more to the story, but lets say that i found myself in a whirlwind of unnecessary-ness. I shouldn't really be dealing with this. But as most people say, You put yourself in these situations. I can honestly say, despite preceded warning... I never saw this one coming. I'm not a hypocrite, I might be naive... whatever the antecedents-Depression and heartbrokenness are the results. It sucks to say that the person there for me most while I was here is gone now. Don't know if he'll ever be back. This new years I vow that the resolutions should be to tame the mind and the body. Putting mental health on the top list of priorities, and trying to stop masking what's behind the mirror.

ES KOMMT DIE ZEIT

Fatty Bread and some Dead pants.

well.. its been about a week and I think i've done pretty well.
I've been on this crazy binge of running everyday and eating right, haven't been drinking. Actually, haven't even been out lately...
Studying for finals have pretty much consumed most of my time, and I spend hours on end locked away either at home or in the Eo café or the library studying grammar and Handelsbezogene Aspekte der Rechte des Geistigen Eigentums... HELL.
I'm starting to get lonely. Its that time of year in Mannheim where as soon as I wake up I have an hour of daytime, then it becomes dark. I live in the warmest state of Germany, but its still blistering cold at times. I talk to David the white tiger when I get lonely, if im lucky I bother Gillian on Skype. I get to talk to Adam for a while everynight. its nice to see him, but I still feel lonely.
Thankfully I get to go home in a few weeks. I can't believe time is going by so quickly. When i sat down with Renatte and discussed how long I should stay over here, I thought that one semester would be enough.. she said to me, that it takes one semester to get used to it, then the 2nd semester I can relax and enjoy it. I'm sure she's right, but its such a long time..

This week was concert week. This week was the week that Gillian and I looked forward to for quite some months. Two concerts, from two of the most favorite bands in all of Germany, and we were going to be there!!!!!!!!!!!
FETTES BROT AND TOTEN HOSEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fettes Brot was on Monday, we even had döner. Whats a concert if you don't eat Döner to get strength??!
We got their relatively early and got all the way in the front :-) Thats how we roll. We moshed with the best of em, and I even had my hair in a female mohawk!!! Its was awesomley classy. They put on such an amazing concert, i sung along and felt extremely German.
For the rest of the week nothing went on... I mean NOTHING... and I studied most of the time. Its scary that all my professors say that their exams, even to those who are most prepared, are extremely difficult. It's scary to think that I could fail even if I was prepared.... I hope i do well :-(

Friday was the TOTEN HOSEN CONCERTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!! Fettes brot was just a warm up for what was about to come...
think about 20,000 people in a huge SAP Arena, with the most popular band in Germany. People of all ages came out to see the Band. If you heard the music you would understand why. A really awesome band opened for them called Arbeitslösigkeit, they were this wicked cool 80's hair band. Complete with white skinny jeans and triangle shaped guitars. The moshing was intense, and the crowd was nuts. The toten hosen concert was the livest concert I have ever been to in my life, the crowd was wild. We actually didn't get to be on the floor, we were up in the sitzplätze, but even up there the crowd was intense. Im kind of glad that I wasn't on the floor because I would have been squished... next time! And next time I will crowd surf :-)
Today I studied ALL day I learned lots, and tomorrow will be the same. I really only have 3 days to cram and study before Adam gets here for the weekend, and then I have two German exams on Monday. Grammar and allgemeine Sprachkurs. I've covered the majority of the German language, and i talk with people to reinforce it and to use what i've learned. I feel ok with it.... we'll see. I take German tests and my hands get clammy. I always walk in prepared, and tell myself to breathe, and really look at the sentences and to not freak out and take my time... but i still choke. Dan, i've tried everything!! Any sugestions, because it's really starting to get frustrating!

I hear about things that are happening at home and I worry. I feel like in a way the world is crashing down. I like to think that things get worse before they get better? I feel like the weight of the world is on my shoulders, and no matter where i go I can't escape. I try and try, but I still don't get the credit i deserve. People still think that i'm partying and wasting my life away, but damn you all i'm doing the best I could. Higher education is very important to me, and i'm going places. So screw you all. I mean it. Gloria. I heard you told Ms. Zern that you worry about me drinking and partying. You don't know me. youre own daughter. Don't assume. (insert acronym here).

A wise student of mine once said " Don't carry the weight of the world upon your shoulders. For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool by making his world a little colder."

means a lot doesn't it. Its really funny because we call this student TRIPS, its her last name... but its also the acronym of what I was studying when she told me this. Abkommen über handelsbezogene Aspekte der Rechte des Geistigen Eigentums.

So this week Thanksgiving dinner is at my house :-) I'm really excited because I am hosting my very first thanksgiving dinner for all of my American friends! I dubbed it: DANKE DAY!
We have turkey and stuffing, and its going to be great! Brians parents sent over some thanksgiving table clothes and Gillians mom sent Paper turkeys to decorate the table!!! It started off as an intimate 8 person sit down dinner, and quickly grew to an 18 person sit down dinner. Don't worry, we will make it work! So instead of having it in the large kitchen/living room, I got Almir to give me the keys to the party room. it has a convenient patio for the smokers, a HUGE kitchen portion with 2 stoves! A large refrigerator, couches tables and everything else we'll need to have a great meal. I felt bad not being able to invite alllll the Americans, so I decided to hostess a party afterwards! We have the party room, might as well use it. So I invited all the friends, american and non. We are going to have a great time! The best part is that Adam comes from America to spend the weekend :-) I've been looking forward to this for a long time!!!!! I can't believe its finally here!!!!!!!!
I have such a great weekend planned for us!
He comes here thursday and we get to spend the day together and then at night have thanksgiving dinner and then a party.
Friday I'm going to show him my town, which is beautiful, and he came at a great time because the Weinachtsfest is in town (winter festival) and those are great fun! Its at the wasserturm, which is the main attraction for my city. Later that night VISUM organized an ice skating trip to go ice skating infront of Schwetzingen castle!!!!!!! Then we will go to the winterfestival in that town and have some hot glühwine! Its so delicious, tastes just like warm apple cider!!! after that I'm making him Maultaschen!
He gets to have his first döner for lunch then too!!!!!
Saturday Im taking him to Heidelberg for the day :-) Heidelberg is beautiful because its where all the mountains are. Im going to take him up the mountain to the schloss, and have a picnic lunch there. Then walk down the hill to Bismarks platz, where there is ANOTHER christmas fest. Im taking him to the brewery where they make the most alcoholic beer, then to the absinthe shop, then to have some schnitzel at the schnitzel house! Schnitzel is so good!!! Then im taking him to drink beer out of horns! Gillian is going to meet up with us and its going to be awesome :-)
Sunday, is going to be spectacular. Adam has this dream of saying he went to france for lunch, and was back by 3... so thats what were going to do!!!! I plan on taking him to Wissenboug (france) for lunch, and make it back by 3. France is only an hour away, and I can get there on my semester ticket. I should go to france more often.......
Sadly, monday he leaves. and thats when my finals are. Im going to be prepared for them before he gets here, but study flashcards when i have down time. he's going to help me study.

So I think thats it for now. I have alot of work to do, but alot to look forward to!


OH!!!! I was in bed last night and I heard immense screaming from the backyard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT WAS SNOWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There was about half the building in the backyard playing. It was so cool to see :-) It snows here in mannheim, but because its so warm it never sticks. I was pleasantly surprised to see some snow still on the ground when I woke up.
My first snowfall in Mannheim


You shall hear of more adventures soon!

<3

Team Tisch Tennis at the Tun/Turm/Turn Halle with Timmy, Hat parties and other Dings

I can't believe it's been almost 2 weeks!! What have I been doing that i couldn't blog!?!?!

Well.. Lets start where I left off... I think Dem Franchize Boys concert?

Ill pick up on November 4, 2008. The day that changed the course of history.
Yea Obama!
I think I speak for the majority of people in Europe when I say that Obama is the man. Europeans love him! The students here follow the election more closely than most americans... I had an opportunity to meet people at the VISUM farewell party... that were wearing Obama o8' Shirts... Kindof weird... Speaking of which, election day was on the day of the Farewell party. Thats why most Americans missed the party because they were watching the results of the election come in. I was keeping track on CNN and underground democratic (awesome site for political buffs). In any case, we went to the party to say *farewell*. This wasn't one of the larger parties, which was at Zapatto and NOT Zimmer because Zimmer sucks. We had a few drinks and actually went home rather early. (which is NOT surprising for us).
I saw the current results as soon as I walked in the door from the party and I knew right away that when I woke up the next morning Obama would be the next president of the United States.

Rosa Sat so Martin could Walk, so Obama could Run, so Children could fly.

Thats all I have to say about that.

I was looking forward to the coming week because I had 3 other parties lined up. The Ulmenweg party, the Hafenstraße party, and the Hans Sachs Ring Party. These were the last parties of the semester so of course they were going to the be loudest, the craziest (although nothing could beat the Mafia party in my building).
Ya know what?
I skipped all of them.

Well... Kindof. A friend of mine had a Hat party, where you go and wear a funny hat! Well.. I didn't want to wear a fedora and be typical.. so I made a paper hat and colored HUGE flowers and put them on my hat and made a bonnet! It was the most creative hat at the party :-)


HA.
Fooled you all into thinking that I mostly spend my time partying.
No. I was studying, doing case research, and learning Passiv tense in German.
Which I used by accident in conversation the other day without realizing it...
But don't tell Dan.




I really want to talk about the next week.
I was so stressed that I couldn't focus.. That was an issue.
My final exam in my doing business in Germany class was that week and I had been preparing it since the day he told us. It was an hour long. The catch was, it was a group project. I thought this would be easy/fun because Americans have alot of experience in doing presentations and public speaking and preparing for presentation finals. It would be easy right?
Wrong. Group project? What group... I was the only one consistently working on this hour long presentation and frankly, I was pissed. While the excuses kept ringing in about picking up Ipods in the middle of nowhere and traveling to Scotland and other random Bullshit excuses i was there. I did an amazing job. I planned who would present which part, even down to the comical commentary and funny slides. It was an A presentation. All they had to was show up and speak. The Audacity of one of the group members to question *....aaaaannnd what does this slide represent?* WELLLL If you had been in class you would know. he showed us this slide and suggested indirectly that we use it... if you had gone to class you would know.
Ouch. I patted myself on the back.
Ok. So the day of the presentation comes and I was prepared!
I was honestly surprised that the rest of the group showed up early as did I to class. We tried to set up the screen for the powerpoint but apparently the German technology doesn't like american computers. I didn't have the cord for my Mac so we couldn't use that either... So the professor had to run home (down the street a bit) and grab his computer. I was sure he hated us even more. Well we finally got set up and instead of showing the video on the projector like I had planned we split the class up, synchronized the computers and showed the video. It was a hit.
Then the powerpoint began...
Rob was first and stopped 5 times to tell the class that he had lost his place.. stumbling... it wasn't even a nervous thing... he just didn't know what he was talking about. Ok. So here I begin to get pissed off. I said to him... incase of emergency... read the slide... The professors commentary to him at the end was that he tried to deviate and freespeech most of the time... which was why he was getting lost. Caught out.
Ok then it was my turn. I rocked the house!!!!!!!!! I was clear and friendly and funny!!!
Jackie..... Oh ... my .... God.... Never looked at the class and at the end the Norwegians said to me... how could she do that during a presentation?? That was awful.... she couldn't even laugh at herself...
So I was standing against the white board trying not to sweat a storm because of nerves and overall anxiety because of how awful and NOT how I planned that I was quietly banging my head against the wall and it accidentally made a noise...
the Norwegians turned to me and gave me looks of pity. The window was nearby and I had opened it... wannted to jump out it was that awful.
So the professor looked like he wanted to gouge his eyeballs out when the two were talking and when I was up there he was smiling and interactive with the class. But alas... there is no I in Team.
So At the end when I was only 2 slides into the conclusion we had to stop because of time.. Because time was wasted in setting up the technology. I almost lost it at that point. I had only gotten to present once. So the professor was rapping things up with class and asking questions and quickly summing it up and telling us random pieces of information and my hand kept shooting up with the answers and other bits of information that I was going to say in the end (but didn't have time). So he complimented me for being so prepared.
But I was still pissed.
moral of the story: At the end of class when he was giving us commentary on how we did he told me that he had realized that I did the majority of the work and that the outline was excellent, and MY presentation was excellent and that I would receive a grade of excellent.
This goes to show you that hard work pays off, however, I hate group assignments that only one person carries the rest on their back. SUCKS. So I rewarded myself and bought myself a pair of nice warm knee socks :-)

Law class was good the next day I gave some really good answers to critical thinking case questions. And I even taught my professor a new english word.. Legitimacy. He had a funny time trying to say it. hehe.

Another good thing this week !! at the Deutsche Bank they have these machines where you can print your account summary, transfer money, deposit money, and all other banking needs. Well. i figured out how to fill out the slip all by myself and transfer money :-) and in German. It was cool!

Wednesday night was awesome! (after my presentation) because Gillian came to Mannheim and we bitched about our days, the fact that German people are extremely rude! drank wine, made maultaschen, and watched our favorite American Tv show 90210!!! Then, in a buzzed state we went and slid on the slides and did pirouettes on the table tennis tisch! It may not sound like it. But it was a very relaxing night.

The next day was Thursday.. nothing much... as usual...

Friday was an interesting day. Gillian and I decided that we needed a mini Urlaub. and wheres the best place to rest and relax? Nicks house (thats right... an actual house!) In stuttgart. We always seem to eat the best food and have the comfiest beds, and nick is always the most amusing. Well we headed to Stuttgart (took the ICE of course) and had a riot on the train. We get to stuttgart and head to the Tun halle...like so viel zu Tun? No, Kathleen, Turn... like the TuRM halle? Like Wasserturm? No, Kathleen, the TURN halle... like tournament... OHHHHHHH.
Here we watched nick play Team Tisch table tennis! It was actually really good!! They had cute little uniforms and shorts and everything!!! Everyone was staring at the only two spectators in the place... Gillian and I... and Nick. The playboy that had 2 girls come to watch him play....table tennis?! hahahaha
Then we went back to nicks house and had some wine and pregamed. Then he took us ALL over Stuttgart! There were some yuppy bars that if I were home I would have loved... but here i hated... Its weird like that..
Then we went to this "Alternative music" club... Called the Beat. It had a disco ball and looked like a bunch of ska kids moving around... but surprisingly... don't judge a book by it's cover. It was the best club!!! The music was from the 60's and I loved it. I danced like I didn't have a care in the world. Met some really awesome people.. and ya know what? No, mom. I didn't have one drink that night.
We get back to Nicks house about 5 that morning, passed out and took a really early ICE back to Mannheim.

I get back to Mannheim. Did some running (i've been running here alot lately) and then took a nap.
Later that night I felt like I needed to get out of the house so The crew came over and we played beer pong! My game was so on!!!!!!!!!! It was a good game, and I needed to relax.

This week is crunch week because Adam <3 comes to Germany on the 27th for Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is at my house this year :-) I am making a turkey with Adam, and Sydney and Gillian are making a Turkey. We have 20 guests coming this year :-) This will be my first Thanksgiving where I am the hostess and i'm sure it will be amazing :-) <3 Everyone is looking forward to it and I know we will have alot of fun. People are bringing really great food and I can't wait for real American stovetop stuffing!

Today was a great day interms of studying. I was scared at first because I woke up later than expected. However, I realized that in order for me to pass my finals its not about the quantity of study time, but how efficiently I study. ( This is the economist in me talking). So I started at the beginning and worked my way through the German language. I started with Gender hints for determining word articles. Then I moved on to Adjectiv Deklinations. Which are getting so simple! But don't tell Dan...
Then I moved on to präpositions and learning which verbs have certain prepositions that come attached. Then I worked on Relativ sätze... then finally worked on Passiv.
I learned alot today, so Im going to watch a movie and review my flashcards.
I figure if I study a bit everyday then Come the day of the finals (dec 1.) The two hardest finals! I will be all set.
I was supposed to go hiking with Harold today and take a ride on the harley, but had to decline because I wanted to study.

I'm really looking forward to tomorrow because its the FETTES BROT CONCERT!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHH!!!!!!! IM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!so super excited!

WEll I think thats it for now. This week is alot of studying. trying to remain calm, getting ready for Adam to come, thanksgiving, and then the TOTEN HOSEN CONCERT SUNDAY!!!!!!!

Don't laugh at me. I've been listening to an insane amount of German music lately because it helps to keep up with speeds of the German language, to learn vocabulary, and its enjoyable. Toten Hosen (dead Pants) and Fettes Brot (Rotten Bread) are very popular bands :-)

I think this is all for now. I will post some pictures


I have to tell you about the Pink picture... Thats me...
Gillian and I have Southpark characters that look like us. We made them because it represents how we feel. We are wearing a helmet because were ready to go out to the battlefield known as German civilization. We feel like we need to put on battle gear just to get ready for the day. The numchucks represent the squashing of any D that gets in our way of successes in the future. I never leave home without my IPOD. And the hawaiian shirt represents a tribute to herr Professor Dan, and Our Held Ross who says you should always wear a hawaiian shirt atleast once a week. Its like me and the red shoes... you just need to add a little character and pizzaz to the day...
<3

Frankenstein and some Gin and Juice

Halloween finally rolled around and let me tell you what I did!


We all thought it would be super cool to go to Frankensteins castle for Halloween! Apparently it's really popular because everyone in Germany decided to go. Halloween in Germany is a relatively new thing for them... but they did quite well.
Frankensteins castle is in Darmstadt. It was only about an hour away from us, and in a different state.
Brian, Sydney and I decided to go, even though others thought it was corny, they saw the pictures after and envied us!
The castle itself was kinda spooky, it even sprinkled rain a little. It set the mood for eery thats for sure.
We waited in line for a while because everyone was there. But it was worth it. There wasn't much to do, persay. We missed all the shows but we still got to walk around the castle grounds ( at 11 at night) and see all the set ups and scary people that tried to scare us. I thought it was hilarious. So... thats it.. sorry I don't have some crazy stories to tell. but really it was very cool. They even played the monster mash.

The next day VISUM had a breakfast and movie planned for 11. well... it was a long night for us. but we decided to go in our pajamas to the event. The breakfast was great, but then we realized that the movie that was *supposed* to have subtitles, didn't. and the movie.. was all in french. So instead we went home and.... slept.

Until that night... hehe the story you've all been waiting for.

DEM FRANCHIZE BOYS CONCERT!!!!!!!

This was the concert i had been waiting for since I saw it advertised on the website. It was at the Orange club, which is in Mannheim (BOONDOCKS MANNHEIM) . For those that don't know Dem Franchize Boys come from Atlanta and (lean wit it rock wit it). So we thought it would be cool to see in Germany. Before we left, sydney and I made signs...
My sign said: I'M REPPIN NYC and hers said: MIAMI U REPRESENT. We figured if they saw our American signs we would be more likely to see them.

So we get to the club rather early and got riiiight up front :-) ... (skipping an hour) Time for the concert!!! Well they started singing. and it wasn't a very large stage so we were righttttt there. I held up my signs and sure enough he read my sign... SMILED... reached out..grabbed my hand... and wouldn't let go!!!!!!!!!!!! <3 Buddie!
The rest of the concert was good... however we didn't stay that long. The guys started getting rowdy and all the girls were like... Have you ever heard ...germans....speak ghetto? I couldn't help but burst out laughing. overall the evening was quite good. They even had Gin and juice advertised.
So the trip home was eventful... Apparently there was 3 hours before the train came and we were in the middle of NOWHERE! So we decided to walk the train track to the other haltestelle because that one came earlier....well.. we walked along the train tracks in the ghetto (don't tell mama) realized that we were wrong.. and walked back. Well... at the train stop we had to sit next to bag lady. I wish I had a picture of bag lady. This lady was wearing a jacket that went whooshwhoosh when she moved. hehe and she REEKED OF ALCOHOL. She had consumed so much alcohol that I felt drunk, and I felt like I would have a hangover. She kept running out into the middle of the street to try and hitchhike. well it didn't work for her. Finally bag lady got a taxi before us! A taxi finally called us over and offered us to take us home for 6 Euro.. thats really all we had so ... we took it.
Got home. and the rest is history.

So im on this great diet and i go running everyday!!! I ran 3 miles yesterday and it felt great!!!!! Tomorrow is another running day. I alternate.

so this election eh?? STOP, BARACK, AND ROLL OUT MCCAIN! Its time for change!!!!!

Seriously.. I have nothing else really to write. I've had a hard last few days because of studying for finals and learning German, and then combining the two... but this weekend should be quite interesting :-) Enjoy the pictures !