playing catch up

backtracking quite some bit...
on the train to DC with fouaddi,
missing germany and my gang overseas,
enjoying the time with a touch of sadness!


it's been a battle of reverse culture shock,
(i forgot about EZpass!)
and i go from sobbing on the phone,
overwhelmed and home(?)sick,
to being fascinated with the number of
loud, english-speaking fatties.


the shock will continue, no doubt!
a few more posts should wrap up the year perhaps.

murders and executions

i've decided to make a photo book to culminate the year.
it'd be a shame if i didn't, and expect it to be amazing.
end year thoughts coming soon...

Oomph!

i ate 3 chicken döners in 1 day... a new personal record!
some fatlings could eat that in one sitting for an appetizer. one day!


beer pong in treptower park turned out the be really fun,
as well as volleyball with some guy who licked mayo off the ball at one point.
very delicious overall!


jessica can braid some ukranian president-inspired hair!
candice and i became hair twins (we were already sickness twins).


jessica mixes up the gene pool and we become triplets!
the styles unfortunately didn't last forever.
perfection is temporary, i suppose.


smashed bike on street mirrored my smashed bike in potsdam.
angry drunks are the worst for beautiful wheel craftsmanship.


more jumping in the streets of berlin leads to
convulsions in the sky. i like!

scrawled on walls

this past weekend was amazing!
jessica visited, we drank kräuter likör,
shoved shit into a washing machine for fun,
duck walked out of a bakery at 6 am,
shoved more shit into a washing machine for its actual purpose,
and enjoyed the beautiful weather thoroughly.


we found this amazing indian place with food and atmosphere
comparable to Buy Buy in Cologne. the chili chicken was delicious.


daniel and jessica expressed their joy over the indian food
through an impromptu shoot outside a berlin porn shop.


mm hot stuff! not creepy at all. no, definitely not.


we enjoyed fresh lebanese falafel 2 days in a row,
confused the falafel-maker in our german/english gibberish,
and got free tea and scharfe soße to boot! good stuff.


moments after being used this toilet becomes a work of art.
thanks, disgusting smokers for drunkenly scribbling this shit!


see you soon (in your nightmares) :)

Electronic Town

the C/O Gallery was such a sanctuary
in opposition to the (still) disgustingly cold and rainy berlin weather.
our tutor mel invited us, but later ditched us at the coffee shop afterwards.
i don't think she likes ginger tea.

pretty amazing photography in some cases.
the photos really make me want to travel
and take more photographs while i'm here.
my favorites are below:


Anne Schönharting (Auroville, India)


Sibylle Bergemann (Berlin, Germany)


Heinrich Völkel (Gaza City, Palestinian territories)


Pepa Hristova - "Electronic Town" (Tokyo, Japan)


MORE INFO::
http://www.co-berlin.info/

backtrack: one month!

wow.
can't believe it's been one full month since my mom visited!
time to update.


we toured potsdam, spent obligatory time with the host family,
and wandered the berlin streets in the last days of collld.
i oftentimes fell asleep on her bed,
stole breakfast from her hotel's breakfast buffet
(pictured above),
went to work and never went 'home' !!!


we also ate an excessive amount
including this pile of meat dinner from schögls
whatever we didn't finish we packed up
and ate later in her hotel room
after stealing plates and silverware from the hotel kitchen.


my mama knows how much i love almdudler.
also that's the last i'll see of my winter jacket for awhile
(she took it with her with the assumption the weather would soon be nice)
((she was wrong!))


i just think she's so cute.


it was a great trip overall and i miss her a lot!
i've kept myself busy since,
but i'll be seeing her again soon enough :)

sanderstr5

got these photos via konrad and his Dropbox.
(if you don't know Dropbox get it NOW!)
we use it at work, but it's amazing as a personal tool as well.
between last.fm and dropbox, i barely have time for looking up
bizarre insertions on the internet ;)
anyway...



...looking at these photos,
listening to the Berlin Calling soundtrack,
and thinking of the great meals shared,
really makes me miss Germany already.
two and a half more months before the end!

shit. day.

fuck bike sellers here.
the third one told me my bike was a piece of shit,
that the front tire looked like a banana,
that i should just throw it away
before i end up in the hospital.
asshole!
the other two at least told me that
the only problem was with the back wheel
which i knew and
despite their vastly varying prices
agreed on the misalignment problem.
it's raining too
and i had to share the bus with 3 baby carriages
and a shit load of people
with my bike in hand, back and forth.

counteractive measure to my overwhelming depression include:
crepes, indian food, antm / true blood, and not doing my homework
i can't wait to be in berlin!

oh, and i had a dream last night about how frau beerbaum
ran a prostitution ring, and in my dream i lay next to her in bed
while she got fucked by an old man for 739 euros.
disgusting.