first, it’s memorial day. i don’t feel at all like it’s a holiday or very patriotic right now, but i guess that’s what happens when you’re so distant from american culture.
and my new favorite song is Sweet Pea by Amos Lee. it makes me smile. really, it does.
but onto the real post (warning: very long [...]
Archive > May 2007
“goes on for an eternity” entry
travels
i’m getting everything ready. tomorrow i go to italy for a few days to see her and i shall be bringing a friend along.
and then upon getting back i’ll have approximately five hours at school to take the dirty clothes out of my bag and put clean clothes in and then, with my team this [...]
pictures
a few photos to show you what life is like here in Germany and as part of the staff here at Bodenseehof:
like i said, the garbage system is incredible.
there is nothing like a walk along the wall.
and nothing like sitting on the wall.
and more sitting.
empty flip-flops.
half-on flip-flops.
full flip-flops.
and then there’s the new sport here at [...]
me
i’m here – really, i am. i’m just busy and when i’m not busy i’m just tired. right now i’m not busy so i’m just tired and really can’t think very well right now, but here, it’s an update on me. ready?
i like to be right. i like going into something knowing that i’m right and the [...]
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we decided to sit down and learn some new songs today. after all, we play lots of music and have quickly gotten bored with our selection of the same twenty songs. after listening to one song using an iPod or MP3 player or some such electronic gadget that is so popular right now, i was handed the [...]
another weekend done. the double-decker bus left our small parking lot this morning. many hands were waving and a few tears were being shed by those departing and the small group huddled on the parking lot in the damp gray day laughed and made jokes — something that you probably shouldn’t do when there are [...]
super-duper long update
i know, it’s been a little while since i last wrote. i suppose you deserve a rather long and solid post telling you of everything i’ve been keeping busy with and all the young people i’ve come in contact with, but that means that really, for once, you should be able to read about what i’m exactly [...]