In a place where the icecream truck plays "La Cucaracha", what can you do but laugh?

I was in a ghettoish/barrioish place this morning, for an errand at the DMV, oh joy! The lines are always shorter there than at any other office I've been so that's where I go and yes, apparently I'm still alive. It's a longer drive and people look at me like I'm ( Read more... )

I was going to post My Favorite Movies Vol. 1 but it messes with the layout and I don't feel like fixing code. I'm in lazy mode. Other than yesterday with partying and all-around wheeness, this was a rather uneventful day. I slept till noon and needed it. Watched a movie that was mediocre at best, "The History Boys", then started on a new book. It' ( Read more... )

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I'm laughing my butt off. This is the height of stupidity and a brilliant example for all that is wrong here. The "apartment manager" story. I must write it down, just not now. This shall serve as a reminder.

I want to do this someday.


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Bin gerade mal wieder in die Welt des Deutschseins eingetaucht... Und hab viele deutsche Communities geaddet. Als ob ich nicht schon genug Communities auf der Liste hab mit meinen mehr als 200, hihi. Ich fuehle mich dem "Deutschsein" sehr verbunden im Moment. Was, wie vieles andere auch, auf irgendeiner Weise mit der Jahreszeit zu tun haben mag, ( Read more... )

"Bring cheese and leave the kids at home."

I came across this picture while browsing and liked it to the point where I feel like building a story around it. So, for inspiration's sake, it shall have a place here.

Her name is Julia.
She lives in Germany.
She summons thunder and lighting. At will.


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I've been having these grand ideas in the last days on how to restart my writing. It's like everything points in that direction, as if the world has conspired to give me the motivation to start. It's been a long time since I really tried, so many things floating around in my head, so much to say but how do you get it out; where do you start. I feel ( Read more... )