25 Random Things About Me

Cross-posted from Facebook : 1. With each passing year, I find myself becoming more and more sensitive to the sight of blood and guts (even, and perhaps especially, the fake variety). This is kind of weird to me because for a long time wanted to be a doctor and had no …

Life Recapped: Inauguration

Life Recapped: Inauguration
Frosty made this Obamaicon for me earlier this week to celebrate the inauguration. Also because I've long since recruited him for my revolution (whether or not he knew it at the time): Also, I like this video from the Almost Twins (because this is a very funny c…

The New Year's Story Part 8

The New Year's Story Part 8
The rest of the Cologne trip was pretty uneventful. We slept in on New Year's Day, ate breakfast and relaxed. Eventually, we all went outside to take the traditional New Year's Day stroll. Actually, I don't even know if this is a tradition. However, walking…

The New Year's Story Part 7

After our power nap, I felt completely refreshed. It was amazing, it's like we got a completely fresh start. LF offered to drive us to the store for supplies (like new toothbrushes) and I offered to pay for the groceries, since he now had two extra people in the a…

The New Year's Story Part 6

Keep in mind Parts 3,4,5 and now 6 are pretty much all from the same damn day and, as our group split up, it was just barely sundown. Also it's winter in Germany, so the sun goes down ridiculously early. We had the whole evening ahead of us. Frosty and I headed to…

The New Year's Story Part 5

5D sharks and feeding frenzies are all well and good and entertaining -- in their own way, I suppose – but after the movie let out we picked right back up on a conversation that had started before the film (and which we had visited several times during the past 3 days)…

The New Year's Story Part 4

The New Year's Story Part 4
Christine and Courtney (remember them from Part 1?) were due to arrive around 6pm on Day 3 (December 30th). This would complete our group. Conni was already there and was getting settled in. He brought Frosty a giant foxtail, meant to be worn as kind of an anti-blin…