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Felicity gave me five words that she associates with me, and now I have to talk about them a little bit. If you want to get words from me, comment!

germanI think that deciding to take German at UCSC was one of the best decisions I've ever made. Not only have I come to love the language -- the sound of it, and the grammar puzzle of it, and the way ( Read more... )

I found this today on a website much like Craigslist's "missed connections" maintained by the Berlin public trasnportation company.

18.05.2008 16:00
Umarmung Da stand ich Gesundbrunnen, schon etwas zu spät für meinen Termin losgegangen.... doch nicht zu spät, um dich zu sehen....plötzlich standest du da und ich sah,wie dir die Tränen im Gesicht ( Read more... )

This morning at about 6:40 I was lying on my bed thinking about things and I realized that linguistic skill is, for me, very strongly associated with the outward measure of intelligence ( Read more... )

The wall, by Reiner Kunze, 1997
translated by me to the best of my ability

When we razed it, we did not suspect
how high it is
in us

we had become accustomed
to your horizon

And to the calm

In your shadow
no-one cast a shadow

Now we stand naked
Of any excuse

( in the original German )