Okey, this will be my last blog this week, cos I’m bound for Prague! A weekend away from all the tedium here in Munich (ignore my last few blogs, I assure we weren’t having any form of fun…) and better yet, something to recharge my batteries, which truly needs a bit of a leg …
Monthly Archives: February 2002
Glitter
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I look at this photo of Mariah Carey from last year, when she had her breakdown. She looked so vulnerable, crammed into her limo, the utter anguish on her face and her hands crossed against the tabloid onslaught. Or was she holding them up in frail prayer? A sparkling belt buckle across her belly screams …
The Walk
This is for a dear friend who lost a job recently.
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Open the door.
Walk new roads. Don’t take a taxi. They always cost too much and conversations with someone who recycles his or her tales to every passenger will bore you. There’s a leaf on the ground. Step on it. It should crunch beautifully. There’s a …
All You Can Eat
It’s always fascinating seeing Michael using German in public.
Last night, we happened to be dining at Pizza Hut (“The American Way of Pizza”, which is hilarious because we had two Italians with us) so every other sentence of his was peppered with stuff like “All You Can Eat!” and “Eat It Crust First!” He had …
Used Conditions
Gewohnte verhältnisse?
That’s what’s staring back at me as I open the Tangram 2A Kursbuch & Arbeitsbuch I borrowed from Manuel. My translator interprets it as “Used Conditions”, which may be a bit off. First day of my Basic German class, Level 3. I’m of course skipping a level, being the ass that I am, and …
Crepés and Cidre
Re: Saturday.
Braille and buzz in the morning. Shifted like a wraith between bedroom and shower. Bed looked real good, even after noon. Decided to watch Hannibal instead (Tobias lent me the Special Edition DVD last night; Special Edition of course simply means there’s another 155 minutes disc’s worth of trailers, “Making of” specials and Hidden …


