here are more good news of this week:
1. i am moving after winter break. at this point, i have probably complained to everybody about how passionately i hate my student housing apartment. it's dark, it's ugly, it doesn't have a kitchen, and it doesn't even have a proper big bed. and even though it's near campus, the neighborhood absolutely sucks.
but, fortunately it turned out that my very nice co-student geoff needs a new roommate in pasadena, and that new roommate will be me!
2. i just learned that i was able to get out of the basic logic course requirement of my grad program, because i've done enough logic in berlin (anyone who seriously doubts that, please step forward).
which means i can take way more exciting courses next semester. high five! and special thanks to uwe for writing the crucial letter!
Samstag, 24. November 2007
Dienstag, 20. November 2007
Juhu!
Hurra! I passed my behind-the-wheel driving exam this morning. Which means that I am now the proud owner of a california driver's license.
Sonntag, 11. November 2007
always wanted to talk to your dead loved ones?
i should have thought of this, what a brilliant idea: you tell a dead sick person your message and they deliver it after they've passed away.
http://www.afterlifetelegrams.com/AFTERLIFE/
it's just five dollars a word. so "hey grandma, hope you're well, you've always been my favorite" is only 50 bucks. however, more elaborate messages are a little more expensive: for example "hey x, i'm sorry you died in that car accident, but i just wanted to let you know that i'm over you. i would have broken up with you pretty soon anyway, since you really sucked in bed" is 190 bucks, so you should really think about whether it's that important that your ex knows that.
http://www.afterlifetelegrams.com/AFTERLIFE/
it's just five dollars a word. so "hey grandma, hope you're well, you've always been my favorite" is only 50 bucks. however, more elaborate messages are a little more expensive: for example "hey x, i'm sorry you died in that car accident, but i just wanted to let you know that i'm over you. i would have broken up with you pretty soon anyway, since you really sucked in bed" is 190 bucks, so you should really think about whether it's that important that your ex knows that.
i never thought i needed one, but how wrong i was
i found something absolutely magnificent, yes, mind-blowing on the internet today. if you're a woman, you know how hard it can be to find the matching purse that goes with your favorite outfit. but now, that's all in the past. a purse that is shaped like a vagina obviously goes with everything...
http://www.artgoddess.com/purses.htm
http://www.artgoddess.com/purses.htm
Mittwoch, 7. November 2007
food, japanese, korean
i had some interesting food experiences lately that i want to share with you, few but dear readers of my blog.
first: japanese
my old friend joe is in town at the moment, which is very exciting, since i only see him about once a year. for those of you who don't know the story: i used to work in a souvenir shop in berlin and joe, who works as a drumtech for the band tool, was one of my customers, in fact he bought postcard and then came back later because "he had forgotten to buy stamps". anyway, he took me out to a very fancy japanese restaurant in hollywood (on sunset/la cienega), which was indeed so fancy that the valet parking of the restaurant alone cost me $18. but dinner was on joe, and he did his best to please my palate. the restaurant does sushi, but their specialty is little skewers with all kinds of stuff cooked on a charcoal grill. amazing. and i had the best eggplant in my entire life, cooked to perfection with some sweetish japanese sauce on it (the stuff that you also sometimes get on unagi). so that was definitely good.
now: korean
strangely enough, although i'm dating a native southern californian guy, my sweet brian, i get lot's of korean associations when i think of him. on the day when he first kissed me, we had been to a great korean bar in koreatown (where smoking is permitted!!! or at least everybdy does it). the bar is actually so korean that they don't have an english menu, so without brian i wouldn't even have been able to order. (brian lived in korea for a year and therefore speaks some korean). and yesterday, he cooked me a surprise korean dinner, which was very good but also very spicy. it was pancakes with red peppers and scallions, a soy-sauce-sesame-dip, cucumber salad, radish and eggplant. very impressive, expecially since my asian cooking skills don't reach further than the indian subcontinent. we conclude: at least in terms of cooking skills we're a good match!
first: japanese
my old friend joe is in town at the moment, which is very exciting, since i only see him about once a year. for those of you who don't know the story: i used to work in a souvenir shop in berlin and joe, who works as a drumtech for the band tool, was one of my customers, in fact he bought postcard and then came back later because "he had forgotten to buy stamps". anyway, he took me out to a very fancy japanese restaurant in hollywood (on sunset/la cienega), which was indeed so fancy that the valet parking of the restaurant alone cost me $18. but dinner was on joe, and he did his best to please my palate. the restaurant does sushi, but their specialty is little skewers with all kinds of stuff cooked on a charcoal grill. amazing. and i had the best eggplant in my entire life, cooked to perfection with some sweetish japanese sauce on it (the stuff that you also sometimes get on unagi). so that was definitely good.
now: korean
strangely enough, although i'm dating a native southern californian guy, my sweet brian, i get lot's of korean associations when i think of him. on the day when he first kissed me, we had been to a great korean bar in koreatown (where smoking is permitted!!! or at least everybdy does it). the bar is actually so korean that they don't have an english menu, so without brian i wouldn't even have been able to order. (brian lived in korea for a year and therefore speaks some korean). and yesterday, he cooked me a surprise korean dinner, which was very good but also very spicy. it was pancakes with red peppers and scallions, a soy-sauce-sesame-dip, cucumber salad, radish and eggplant. very impressive, expecially since my asian cooking skills don't reach further than the indian subcontinent. we conclude: at least in terms of cooking skills we're a good match!
Freitag, 2. November 2007
will it blend?
having got my paycheck for november, i bought myself something very magnificent: a black&decker blender. i have wanted to own a blender for the last 1.5 years, but knowing that i would leave germany it would have been stupid. and now my little household dream has finally come true. now i can make soups, frozen margaritas, and other creamy things. if you don't get how exciting blenders can be, go to youtube and type in "will it blend". it turns out, if you have a good blender (better than mine), you can actually blend an iphone.
another quite wonderful thing: i found out at yoga today that i am able to do feathered peacock pose (a forearmstand). which means you clasp your hands, put your forearms on the ground, clasped hands close to the wall, and then you kick up and just stand on the forearms, head off the ground. looks very cool, and much more difficult than it actually is.
i also passed my written driving exam, by the way. and it turns out, you probably can't get a job at the dmv unless you're a black woman and at least 40 pounds overweight...
another quite wonderful thing: i found out at yoga today that i am able to do feathered peacock pose (a forearmstand). which means you clasp your hands, put your forearms on the ground, clasped hands close to the wall, and then you kick up and just stand on the forearms, head off the ground. looks very cool, and much more difficult than it actually is.
i also passed my written driving exam, by the way. and it turns out, you probably can't get a job at the dmv unless you're a black woman and at least 40 pounds overweight...
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