Made in America, British parts, German engineering. Art historian. Aspiring novelist. Germanophile. Discworld junkie. Likes old stuff, cats, beer. Married, two children (one human, one dog). Moving to London, UK in September 2013. Novel stuff is tagged as "An Unfamiliar Winter".
Update!
Work/My Knee: I had my knee evaluated again last Tuesday, and the official verdict on the injury is that I don’t need surgery, but the joint is still going to be getting inflamed and hurting so long as I keep valeting. Since I can’t quit my job (as no one else will hire me for only three months), I basically just have to suck it up and deal with the pain until September. It’s not too bad, but my knee starts to hurt after about 4-5 hours of work, which makes me pretty useless for the last few hours of a 6-8 hour shift. I wasn’t a fast runner to begin with, but now I’m downright slow. Still, it beats not having a job at all. :)
London: I’m freaking out. I need to find flatmates/roommates, and a flat, and I have no idea how to go about it. I am the only person in my program on the incoming postgrad FB group, so I don’t have anyone to really talk to; I talked to one kid from Michigan who is going into the MARS program but he quit replying after a few messages (and I swear that we were having a nice conversation and I wasn’t being a total creepshow). I know I have a couple British followers who live in/around London—someone give me some advice? Please? I’ll love you forever.
Novel: I haven’t gotten to work on my novel is forever. It makes me sad. I wanted to try and finish it this summer, but now that I’m working full-time, I barely have time for anything else! Either my kid is awake and needs my attention, or I have something to do (yard/house work, errands) that has to get done before/after work. Rest assured, though, I will finish it.
German: Now that I don’t have to go to German class 3x a week, I need to find some way to keep my skills up… any suggestions?
You know those annoying ads on the side of your Facebook?
Facebook just offered me a free online English language course for German speakers… in German.
Uh… what?
Also, I promise I’ll write a real blog soon and update you on what’s going on with my life, London, and the novel. Promise.
You guys.
I… I don’t like ST:ID.
I need to go cry in a corner over J.J. Abrams mistreating my baby.
Boo. I really wanted to like it, too.
I hate everything.
I needed a 4.0 semester GPA to get my cumulative GPA to a 3.6 and graduate magna cum laude.
My grades came in this morning. Three As, and one A-… which makes my semester GPA a 3.98, and my cumulative GPA a 3.58.
I LITERALLY MISSED GRADUATING MAGNA CUM LAUDE BY TWO-TENTHS OF A GODDAMN GRADE POINT. WHAT THE FUCK DID I DO WRONG?! WHY DID I GET A FUCKING A-?! I DON’T FUCKING UNDERSTAND I AM A GIANT FUCKING GODDAMN DISAPPOINTMENT EVERYTHING IS AWFUL I LITERALLY MUST HAVE GOTTEN A FEW POINTS OFF ON A TEST SOMEWHERE TO GET AN A- SERIOUSLY JUST A FEW FUCKING POINTS AND NOW I HAVE RUINED MY ENTIRE LIFE GODDAMMIT AUGH AUGH AUGH AUGH AUGH
Ich denke, dass diesen mir mehr Spaß als mein Kind macht.
Also 100% sure that sentence doesn’t make sense.
It’s official!
Also: I always wanted to play in that obnoxious fountain—so, why the hell not?
Things I am doing in my official commencement photos:
-standing awkwardly
-flirting with the college Dean
-hugging the university President
-throwing the horns
The alumni sticker makes it more official than graduation does. Also, DAMN my car is filthy. My baby needs a wash.
My professor wanted press thumbs with me for luck in grad school
what is my life right now
also I think I got like maybe a B on that final which is not bad but ugh I don’t fucking know German wtf why is it so hard
in germany we don’t say “let me hug you” we say “lass mich deine seele dem herrscher der finsternis opfern” which translates to “i never want to let you go” and i think thats beautiful.
(via sorrel-ly)
