i have a sinus infection. it’s gross.
i think the blog, as most blogs do, will be dead for a bit. i’ve been struggling to come up with interesting things to say, and am tired of self censoring. once i figure out the aim of the blog, i’ll start posting again. but until then… i can’t recommend anything better.
i started getting sick in london, and i’m still sick. blech. it’s making all this really difficult. i don’t want to pack. i don’t want to clean. i don’t want to think about family drama. i just want to enjoy the next week and then magically be home.
that’s not how life is.
on to the show…
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i came back to my room in göttingen tonight, and it felt like i just moved in despite being a mess. it’s weird like that.
i’ll post more about london later. it was sad leaving, but i couldn’t stay there for ever.
right now i’m a minor hero on moyles world, because i met aled. hahahaha!!!
ok. i’m sleepy now.
good song. i like the version the who do especially.
speaking of the who… i’m going to london!!!. today. so…. see ya suckers!!!!
hello. my name is kendra and i have a problem… i need to get over myself! seriously!!! gahhhhh!!!!
i know i’ve discussed this here before, but i really need to learn to deal with people better. the funny thing is, this latest episode is brought about my excitment over “chick’n nuggets”. i am the fakemeat expert in town, and i don’t feel like i should share the spoils of 4 months of searching with lazy asses who never did it. true, my consumption of fake meat has been pretty low (i eat mostly tofu or seitan), point is, i know what’s good/bad and where to buy it.
oh, and i feel like being a bitch/snob vegan. it’s a messy thing i got going on here.
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i had crazy shit to blog about earlier, but i’ve been busy. wednesday, we talked about how to describe metorsexuals in laguages with gender and how your ears reflect your intelligence and emotional stability. that afternoon, german mormons came over to see if i’d help an english bible study group. weird indeed.
papers keep rolling.
joe was talking about his old friend keith, and wondered what keith was up to. well… keith’s done well for himself. so i started to look into my past. none of my elementary school friends have web presence except for one of my good friends sean.
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the göttingen bitches, aka göttingen blue, are on the street! baby and navy are ready to rumble!!! man, street gangs are fun!
anyhow… i have an ass load of work, which has been keeping being busy. next wednesday is the end for me, and i have to finish 2 papers and a klausur before that. then i can fly to london with a clear conscience. of course, i’m really working hard so i can go to bremen this weekend to see naes. i’ve been dying to go to bremen (one of the three cities that are their own bundesland) and decided to wait till naes was there. must work lightning quick!
oh… and i could bitch about people bitching about people in their blogs/livejournals, but what’s to say. don’t talk shit about people on the internet unless you’re ready to do it to their face. yeah… i’ve been pretty harsh on here, but i know, i would tell the person to their face (if they’d listen, but that’s a whole other story). i really despise people who are fake nice in person and vent in a completely obvious manner online. i’m sorry, if you have a problem with me, be a jerk to me, let me know you’re not happy with me. i try to be honest like that- i’ll be bitchy and distant, i’ll try to tactfully give you the hint to buzz off. i won’t call you up one minute trying to be concerned or your best friend, and then the next talk about how you’re such a fool/stupid/insane/ugly. wait- i will call you a fool if you truly are being one, and most likely i’ll just say this to your face. (i really hate standing by and letting my friends act like fools.)
i could also post a sad rant about alcohol depressing me, but i won’t. i should get back to reading about jews exiled in palestine during wwII.
damn. my cherry juice seperated.
this is for joe, because he demanded more blog.
today i went to hameln with some kids. you might know it as hamlin, as in the pied piper of hamlin. there were rats all over the place. big fiber glass colourfully painted rats. that seems to be a trend in german cities. the town was small and quaint. pretty nice, but i was knackered. i just wanted coffee or a nap. i didn’t get either. oh well. such is life.
then i got back here and dozed off on alex’s bed. we had a dance party with jessica, and now i’m home to sleep off this headache. man. i need to sleep more regularly.
that is my story. don’t wear it out.
i don’t always feel like a real linguist. yeah, i’ve taken ling classes, but really i’m just a german/history student- not a linguist. but frankly, i’m apalled at the lack of linguistic knowledge some of these so called linguists here have. case in point- me vs. the crazy lady:
i know i’ve said the crazy lady is actually nice, which is true, but she doesn’t know anything about phonetics/phonology. we got into an argument once about fricatives vs. affricates. our latest fight was about sonorants. she was asking why vowells aren’t sonorants, and i told her they were. lather, rinse, repeat, and you get a 15 minute argument that was really pointless. i tried to figure out if she was talking about sonorants’ foil, obstruent, but no- she meant sonorant. i understand she didn’t know the answer, but come on! even when the pofessor agrees with me, it’s time to stop lady.
the sad thing is, i’ve made up a whole worksheet/handout to give to her on tuesday explaining all the different classifications for sounds- in german no less! i doubt she’ll read it.
yeah, it’s been a while. i should update but… meh…
here’s an amusing story about me being an idiot:
yesterday i was riding my bike out of the campus when the arm of a traffic gate was up. for some reason i thought i could scoot under it. yeah, right! the thing hit me on the head and then stopped. i fell off my bike. a bunch of people saw this. i just hopped on my bike and hurried off before i could get caught. so today rolls around, and i’m riding my bike out of the same gate and again i thought i could make it under the arm before it lowered all the way, and again it hit me. this time i didn’t fall off. it just grazed me. i still made a speedy getaway. my head was hurting, but not as much as my ego. i’m fine now and i promise not to try that again. it’s not worth it. it’s not checkpoint charlie.
i’m blogging from berlin because i can. i got a free half hour from the hostel, and i intend to use it! ha! (especially since my internet at home might be shut off tomorrow.)
fuck parade was awesome.
berlin is a very odd city. i told the canadians staying with us, “don’t think that this is like germany, it’s not.” well… it’s not like podunk göttingen or my beloved hamburg.
i smell bad. matt and i agreed to not pack clothes, but the ho packed a tshirt! oh well. i smell, but not as bad as his leather pants! such is life.
sp tp all you suckers out there- i’m in berlin!!!
so, i am going to london after all. i was thinking i wouldn’t be able to, but i’m just going to do it. the upside is that i get to see thee larry, who will have just returned from the us. good fortune for me! i also hope to see the british museum and read a few pages of der heliand on display. i need to start getting some of the moving out stuff taken care of, but oh well. i’m going to berlin tomorrow for fuck parade with matt. fuck parade was traditionally the alternative for love parade, but that’s been cancelled this year. oh well. i’m not excited about berlin, but i’m sure i’ll love it when i get there. i feel like such the stereotypical american study abroad student- i need to go to all the beautiful cities and be seen by the beautiful people. i’ll be sure to wear my st. pauli shirt to make insta-friends with all the drunks and the punks.
in other more personal news, joe started moving into our new apartment. part of me feels bad for not helping, but oh well. he’s the sucker!!! i know he couldn’t come visit me because of the move, and it’ll be worth it when i get back, but in the mean time, it’s slightly assy. everybody has had their share of visitors it seems. oh well. i’m seeing larry- and that’s almost equal to a would be visit from joe. no foolin’! so when i get back, y’all must come over for dinner and pie. or we can all walk to cha-ya for msg laden vegan treats. i’ll even wear my new pink skirt!!!!
