...again with the Klingons!

I've returned from my trip to Germany and Holland. It was the first time I'd been to continental Europe in about 12 years. I mostly just spent all my time there visiting family and friends, which was sort of nice but it would have been cool to see some more sights. That's ok! Loafing and eating is a nice way to spent a few weeks, especially because it meant a whole lot of hagelslag, stroopwafels, krokets, various types of cheese, brötchen... all sorts of stuff. Mmmmhmmmmm. I think my brain has started to rot a little, though, because I can't think of anything interesting to say at all. That being said, German television is amazing because every show seems to have musical interludes. I was watching this cooking show that kept taking breaks for bad music videos (sort of) with this woman singing to mustachioed gentlemen. When she wasn't singing she seemed to be sampling food. Patrick Lindner (this German folk singer guy) was on this show also. Yeah. I was also watching this show called "Verstehen Sie Spaß" which basically seems to be a German version of candid camera, also with musical interludes. I wish I had something enlightened to say, but I think I just need some sleep instead. First, here are some good things that happened today:

- Got my 14g nose ring back in without having to stretch it again. Nice and pain-free!

- Saw Star Trek again! And then had lunch with Amy and her mom.

- Watched some Simpsons for the first time in weeks. Weeks.

Also:

auf Deutsch:

cockroach = Kakerlake.

Wir fangen mit unserer Intrige an.

I had a really awkward and unpleasant experience this morning and it has been haunting me all day. I don't necessary want to go into the details, but know that it left me feeling rejected and burned. However, while doing my German homework this evening I've managed to channel some of these negative emotions into really passive-aggressive sentences about people who don't know how to behave themselves in polite society that are allegedly helping me learn to correctly use verb and prepositions in the proper combinations. By far my favorite is, "Ich glaube nicht an Karma, sondern ich glaube an Rache." That is, "I don't believe in karma, but I believe in revenge." I feel sort of clever.

Erlebnisse

Happy birthday, Dad!

Happy deathday, John Lennon!

P.S.

I've tried to avoid titling posts here with German words and phrases because I don't like it when people try to alienate other people with their tenuous grasp of foreign languages. For the record, my German isn't that good, and I was just not creative enough to think of another title. This one more or less means "memorable experiences."

money money money money

A few weeks ago I had to submit a grant proposal to fund my thesis. I aimed pretty low, honestly, because I didn't really expect to get any money from it. I didn't work very hard on it and I didn't ask for much money. Anyway, I just received an email saying that they are going to fund me in the full amount I requested. Which means I'm going to probably buy about $300 or more in music in the coming weeks. It's going to be great.

Also. German slang is one of the most hilarious things I can think of:
cocaine = Nuttendiesel = hooker fuel.