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Get 'er done!

I’ve been in Berlin for exactly one week, so I figured I should document it. I’ve been wanting to write about everything that I’m experiencing, but it has been…

July 19, 2011 · 2 min read

Emotional realities.

And now, it is July, which means the reality of what I’m about to do is sinking in. In the logistical sense, I am so underprepared. I have hardly packed, but…

July 5, 2011 · 3 min read

Everything is falling into place...

It’s June 10, which means that in 33 days I will be setting foot in Berlin once again. This time, it’s for good. When I first made this somewhat reckless and…

June 10, 2011 · 3 min read

Fotos: "it sounds really 80s"

A few months back, I posted something about discovering a new (to me) German band known as Fotos, whose music video featured a “long-haired, dreamy-eyed toothy…

March 30, 2011 · 11 min read

Eisbär Knut ist tot :(

For those of you who haven’t yet heard the news, the beloved Knut of the Berlin Zoo died earlier this week. He was only four, which in the polar bear world, is…

March 24, 2011 · 3 min read

Let the freaking out stage commence.

……….annnndddddddd GO.

March 1, 2011 · 1 min read

Home.

So. I’m back. Home. Wherever that is, right? At the moment: California. Nestled up warmly with my cats and some kind of flu bug (the former welcomed, the…

January 21, 2011 · 4 min read

Date with IKEA*

Considering I am in Sweden, and considering that IKEA is pretty much the most modern widespread Swedish pop culture reference, and considering that there is an…

January 13, 2011 · 3 min read

Snowy Sverige

January 9, 2011 · 1 min read

Downtown Göteborg

January 8, 2011 · 1 min read

Swedish Music

Swedish radio is a bit of an anomaly to me. Not only is the programming quite different from how it is in the states (stations that play songs our mainstream…

January 7, 2011 · 2 min read

Fun with the kids

I woke up this morning to the sounds of a lot of xylophone and a little harmonica. Which, I must admit, was quite nice, compared to the usual morning screaming…

January 7, 2011 · 4 min read