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I just updated my German journal in the first time for forever. I will try to be more diligent there, too...

http://community.livejournal.com/nicht_anfassen/2540.html

Okay, popping my head in for two seconds to say hello! I actually haven’t been checking LJ for a few days, so I hope you are all surviving if not blissfully happy. I just want to point some of you in the direction a personal community I’ve created for blabbering in German. Essentially, if I am ever going to get out of this job, my German needs to ( Read more... )

In more gender stereotype swapping in this marriage, my husband just accused me of being a lesbian because I was "doing my own plumbing." Now while taking apart the bathroom sink pipes might look like plumbing, it's really just advanced cleaning, which means of course it is something he'd never think of, even though the water was quite clearly ( Read more... )

2009 was a shit year. I'm not a superstitious person, but I swear 2009 was cursed. Cleanse me now in the fire of fireworks. This will be a better year ( Read more... )

Super quick football update

Remember how I said that we'd so far only scored 7 goals for the entire season, out of 16 games?

We just won 3:0. In blinding snow. Merry Christmas!

Oh and for anyone who cares about the silly game with a round balll ( Read more... )

It is shiting down snow out there. This has easily got to be the heaviest single fall of snow I've seen since living here. We went out traipsing in it and got a couple of Glühwein at the relatively empty Christmas markets, plus through the gardens with the lakes rapidly freezing over. I haven't downloaded the pictures yet (I'll do a huge pic ( Read more... )

Sorry for the post spam today guys, but this is TOO GOOD - or at least real evidence to explain why I never watch German television. Sing along now!

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Flash Mobs Confront Merkel With Sarcastic 'Yeah!' CampaignThis is the sort of thing that makes me feel old. If I was 18, I probably thought this was hilarious and subverting the system or some such bollocks. Now, I'm just thinking what an irritating way to conduct yourself. If I was voting, I wouldn't be voting for Merkel, but just turning up to ( Read more... )