February 2012
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Overheard on the U1 at 1am (aka The Drunk Train:...
1. Teenager: Also ehrlich gesagt seid ihr mir alle Spießer außer dem hier... Wie heißt du noch mal? Floh?
2. Teenager: Fridolin.
1. Teenager: Also Frodo...
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New Digs
Those of you who have been keeping up with the happenings in my life outside of this blog know that this post is about three weeks late. Then again, you’re probably also aware that I’ve been in a motivation crater recently, so you’re lucky to be getting a post at all.
At the beginning of February, I moved out of my flat share in Charlottenburg into my own apartment in...
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“Youth’s the most unfaithful mistress; still we forge ahead to miss her.”
– There was a transit strike in Berlin today, so I spent the afternoon cleaning my apartment and singing along to Dashboard Confessional, the musical equivalent of my high school sweetheart. Though I’ll always have a soft spot for them, I’ve gained enough perspective to admit that most of...
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Berlin Bingo
Today I felt:
Erich Honecker roll in his grave as I visited three separate, giant shopping centers at Alexanderplatz, former center of East Germany.
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Berlin Bingo
Today I saw:
Sauerkraut juice. Packaged to look just like apple juice. WHY IS THE UNIVERSE TRYING TO MAKE ME VOMIT.
“Diese Beschleunigung verlangt einen neuen Typus von Schauspieler, nämlich einen...”
– I ask you, what actor wouldn’t want their virtuosity and speed compared to that of an American hardcore band?
I May Have a Problem...
Something weird happened to me on the internet today.
One minute I was studying for my Berlin theater class and looking at this:
The next minute, I was in the throes of a full-on fangirl moment and looking at this:
with no real memory of how I got from point A to point B. Honestly, I’m not sure which is more troubling: that my Pentatonix obsession has progressed to the point that...
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Berlin Bingo
Today I heard:
A soft-jazz rendition of Madonna’s “Like a Virgin.” Almost as bizarre as watching Haddaway’s “What Is Love” (you know, the song from A Night at the Roxbury) performed as an emotional ballad on the German X Factor. Clearly, musical genres are very easily lost in translation. See also: German radio stations that think it’s appropriate to play...
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