week of special accomplishments

the last week was very exciting, which is why i feel somewhat exhausted now, even though there is still one day left. the first really exciting thing that happened was that i got invited to give a talk in frankfurt, at the linguistics department. i had given a talk on predicates of personal taste at a graduate conference in berlin last summer, and obviously one of the professors from frankfurt liked my talk enough to want to hear it again. my first real talk, with a hotel and a dinner and all that stuff. that's so exciting!!! so if you happen to be in frankfurt on january 10, 2008, come by!
the second really exciting this was that i finally got my car yesterday. i already drove it on the freeway and through the mountains today, and it's great, although i'm still a bit scared of l.a. traffic. the freeway has exits on the left and on the right, that's just crazy. but for today, i'm still alive and the car is, too.
third exciting thing: obviously i can do a handstand and also elephant pose, which i found out during yoga this week. very unexpected.
and, last but not least: i can't complain about lack of excitement concerning my love-and-emotional-live, though that's more luck than an accomplishment. hmmm...