I didn't lose my mind - It was mine to give away

Poem of the day, or sex in 4 lines

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:13:35 GMT

GIVE way, and be ye ravish'd by the sun,
And hang the head whenas the act is done,
Spread as he spreads, wax less as he does wane ;
And as he shuts, close up to maids again.

"To Marygolds"
- R. Herrick

Deutsch ist ne geniale Sprache

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:56:11 GMT

"verrückt" bedeutet, wenn man es genau nimmt, dass etwas (ein Gegenstand?) von Punkt A nach Punkt B bewegt wurde. Wobei die Bewegung genauer gesagt das über den boden schleifen/schieben meint.
Wenn man sich das mal so bildlich auf die anderer Bedeutung, also "irre" überträgt...

Poem of the day

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:36:14 GMT

The Scrutiny
by Richard Lovelace

Why should you swear I am forsworn,
Since thine I vowed to be?
Lady, it is already morn,
And 'twas last night I swore to thee
That fond impossibility.

Have I not loved thee much and long,
A tedious twelve hours' space?
I must all other beauties wrong,
And rob thee of a new embrace,
Could I still dote upon thy face.

Not but all joy in thy brown hair
By others may be found; -
But I must search the black and fair,
Like skilful mineralists that sound
For treasure in unploughed-up ground.

Then if, when I have loved my round,
Thou prov'st the pleasant she,
With spoils of meaner beauties crowned
I laden will return to thee,
Ev'n sated with variety.

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:57:01 GMT

It should be socially, culturally, and economically acceptable to spend the winter-months hibernating.

I'm free!

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:20:11 GMT

So hell week is finally over and done with. Application should be in their postbox now, since I send it in on Sunday. My report was finished and printed two hours ago and I delivered it to my Profs postbox myself. Yay me!
Now I'll eat my lasagna, finally start on that book my sister send me ages ago and than I will sleep for at least 8 hours through.

I'm so fucking stupid

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:33:10 GMT

Want to apply for teaching assistent. Deadline is December 1. I'm slowly gathering all the documents I need. Phone the Prüfungsamt today to order my watchamacallit. The oficial paper that tells my grades and Creditpoints. Guy is nice and all than tells me "But you didn't hand in any Scheine."
Me:"I thought you don't need them for this. The Profs give you my grades"
He:"But we need to know how much each grade is worth. Right now you don't have anything"
Me"Arg! Help! No!"

Spend 10 min. freaking out than made list what I had done, printed out the scheine for History. Printer jammed -of course!- 5 times or so.
Went to the Hist. dep. and found a)the secretary I need to talk to is sick until Nov. 23.
b) Prof M. who needs to sign one schein is sick until Nov 13. and her office hours are monday.
c)Prof A's office hours are today -> wait an hour. He signs, but the other schein I hoped he could sign, well he couldn't.
because d)the schein from 3 semesters ago got lost, Prof who signed it is no longer part of my uni, now I need to talk with other Prof. Who wasn't there.

Then went to English hoping to collect my scheine. office hours for SP are Wednesday, the others tomorrow, but 1) Secretary who hands them out was sick today, I fear she will be sick tomorrow, too.
and 2)the office hours are during my seminares. So I hope I can get them during my very short break.
This is soo not my day. Or month.

And now fo something different

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:53:42 GMT

Finals are over.
Medieval History: 1,7
Psychology:
Erziehwi:
American Literary History:

Now I've got two weeks or so to write the term paper for Canadian Women Writers, and two optional History papers a due whenever I want to hand them in.

To Do:
- english term paper
- history paper one
- history paper two
- clean up my room
- prepare for vacation

Poem of the day

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:57:02 GMT

Her Lips Are Copper Wire

whisper of yellow globes
gleaming on lamp-posts that sway
like bootleg licker drinkers in the fog

and let your breath be moist against me
like bright beads on yellow globes

telephone the power-house
that the main wires are insulate

(her words play softly up and down
dewy corridors of billboards)

then with your tongue remove the tape
and press your lips to mine
till they are incandescent
-Jean Toomer

Help! Please somebody, anybody!

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:30:44 GMT

Finals started today, Erziehungswissenschaften was today and I think I at least managed to pass.
Psychology is due tomorrow. *shiver* Multiple choice is soo not my kind of exam.
And I'm constantly distracting myself (or get distracted by evil author-persons and room-mates).

So, wish me luck tomorrow.

Motivational quotes of the day:

“Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin. Once the battle is startled, all that is within and without you will come to your assistance.”
Robert Collier

“I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious”

Vince Lombardi quotes (American Football Coach, national symbol of single-minded determination to win.1913-1970)

Poem of the day

Thu, 21 May 2009 18:31:22 GMT

If we must die, let it not be like hogs
Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,
While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs,
Making their mock at our accursed lot.
If we must die, O let us nobly die,
So that our precious blood may not be shed
In vain; then even the monsters we defy
Shall be constrained to honor us though dead!
O kinsmen! we must meet the common foe!
Though far outnumbered let us show us brave,
And for their thousand blows deal one deathblow!
What though before us lies the open grave?
Like men we'll face the murderous, cowardly pack,
Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!

~Claude McKay

Yummy

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:20:10 GMT

T bought an ice machine!

I came home and A and T were just putting strawberry sorbet in the fridge.
It's delicious.

So, first night in the new flat

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:42:02 GMT

My room is great (will be even better once the rest of my furniture gets here).
My roomates are very nice. T even made me dinner. And A's mother comes for breakfast tomorrow.

Meme

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:24:27 GMT

Snatched from tygati.

If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now,(even if we don't speak often or ever) please post a comment with a COMPLETELY MADE UP AND FICTIONAL memory of you and me.

It can be anything you want - good or bad - BUT IT HAS TO BE FAKE.

When you're finished, post this little paragraph in your LJ and see what your friends come up with.

Quote of the day

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:13:10 GMT

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
~by Maryanne Williamson
Used by Nelson Mandela in his 1994 inaugural speech

I need more space, or less books...

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:22:34 GMT

So, term's over, exams all written and I think I only failed Linguistics II. Will know for certain at the end of August.
Anyway, I had time today and started The Big Cleaning I promised myself to do once I had some time.
Rooms mostly clean now, still have about 3 basket full of stuff to sort trough, my old school things to throw out and the university stuff to sort in.
Over the term I couldn't restist and bought books, that I mostly put aside for reading during the break and so on. Now I have the problem of a Big box full of books and I only have two already full bookshelves.
Means I get to, once again, sort my books to make some room. Already got 2 boxes in Opa's attic and another one her... I need more space. Maybe I can get my parents to pu some more bookshelves up? On the stairs maybe? There is no more space in the hallway, thanks to the 3 shelves my sis and I filled up there...

Ju's bithday is coming up. Party is next friday.
My family is going on vacation from wednesday to monday, I get to care for Oma. No problem, she's rather self-sufficiant. Needs just some help wíth the leg from and to bed.
Still got no feedback about bbq at my place on thursday. Have to mail the others to ask again if Toby can make it (poor man has to get up at 4am the next day...).

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:33:05 GMT

Dear brain,
either explode or shut off!
Having a constant headache for three days - days where I had to hold a presentation and wrote a test - is not my idea of fun.
'specially not, when I have an exam in two days, and still need to study.
Seriously pissed of,
Me

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:38:38 GMT

So, my parents are on a 3 days vacation in Sylt. Great, means my sis and I have the house.
Not so great, I have to care for Gran (helping with her leg each morning which is too fucking early 'cause she thinks it's a wonderful idea to get up at 7. when I have a free weekend. cooking and helping her to bed (which I should get to soon...)) and being there for Oma and Opa. Was grocerie-shopping this afternoon because neither of them is able to drive a car anymore. Love them all dearly, just sometimes they are getting on my last nerve.

My Oma loves flowers. Especially the blooming ones, and roses. No kidding, she has at least 52 rosebushes in her garden; ranging in colors from white, to yellow, to two-toned yellow-orange, over pink to purple and red. Looks so great! Love it. Maybe I'll get some cuttings for my room...

CONGRATULATION to the Netherlands!The game was great! 4:1 against France with some realy wonderful plays. Way better than the Germans yesterday.

Hopefully my sis has nothing planned for tomorrow evening. I'll meet with some friends and someone has to stay with Gran... ah well, we'll see.

Tue, 20 May 2008 12:05:08 GMT

can you imagine being married (to the same person) for 50 years? I don't know what they call that anniversary in English, but we call it Goldene Hochzeit. Anyone up for giving me the translation?
My grandparents had theirs last Saturday. It was awesome! 'specially since my granpa had a stroke last year and it's kind of miraculous the way he is recovering.
So spend the day meeting the extended family and it's kind of sad that my sister and I are about half (or even less than a third) the age of everyone else. No-one to share those parties with... I mean it's nice to see them all but most of them I see maybe 2-3 times a year and there is not all that much we can talk about.

In other news, I'm really busy with university. My 10 page essay for History is due on Monday and I have problems with formulation and quoting (and getting the required number of pages).
So I'll be a nervous wreck for the next few days...
And my English paper is due on Thursday. Damn.

new york new york

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:13:52 GMT

so, the vacation we had planned for next wednesday had to be cancelled.
But we got another one on short notic. We, mom, sis, and I are flying to New York next Tuesday.
This means 4 days there.
Anyone with some ideas (or tips, if someone has been there before) what to see, or do, where to buy books (cheap (thanks to the dollar exchance rate right now) english books without having to pay for atlantic shipping! Yay!) or clothes?

This one book said that it's unusual to pay cash. Really? Cause that's rather normal here (at least for things up to 200€).

an intersting way to put it:

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:40:16 GMT

"A sex scene aka a device used to make readers think the story is progressing at a good rate while the author tries frantically to come up with the next plot twist." (by baseballhockeywriter)

lol, never thought of it that way...

What should be vs. what is

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:06:18 GMT

Seriously. I *should* be lerning for my up-coming exams, cause I'm so gonna fail Linguistic and Literary Analysis. But I found this quiz. And now I'm trying to solve it. 'Trying' being the main word. Anyone willing to help me?
As I understand it, if you go here:

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=bagbaaaaaaaaabacaaaaaaaaaaabaaaaaeabaaaabaabaeaaaaaaaaaiacaaaaaaaoliaaaeibaaeaaaaaaaaaaobaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=zwawwsxrzxsrtlqyqwoyoiquwabyzzgbzsxvsxxebtbxzvayuswtvrsgasbavqnewzvfcyha&i=1&j=3&cmd=guess&guess=+

you can see how far I've gotten and help me out.

On another note, anyone not from Germany heard anything about the author strike in LA? Because our media tell us nothing. There was something (for about 2 days) about the Golden Globe Awards, but that was all. And I want to know more.

Wir rocken!

Sat, 08 Sep 2007 09:40:06 GMT

My birthday-party was last night.
My friends are crazy.
We, as a group, love to make presents (or at least a very interesting package for the presents). I mean we once made a pirate ship for the DVD and a poster for PotC.
Now this year I got a quilt. Seems like my friends (Chrissie, ACH, Ju, joschi, wolfskind, and timoria) each got several cloth-squares to decorate. One stitched a SGA logo, one drew a Hufflepuff-sign... you get the idea. There are also several quotes that mean something to us from the 7? years that we've known each other as a group, and so much more. It's awesome!

ETA: joschi made a pic of the quilt here.

falls over dead

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:13:53 GMT

So, a while back I filled out my applications to the universities.
And send a mail th the CDC that they should send my IELTS-score to said universities, because I need them to be acepted.
Now I just got a phone-call from the TU-BS that they I didn't register for their english-test and that they didn't get any notic that I've done another test.
Me, of course is close to panic, get directions on what to do (send a copy of my test-score to the "englisches Seminare" asap). Will make a copy today and send it.
Had to call the CDC if they even send out my scores, 'cause if not, I don't get in any of my chosen Us. Fortunately they said that they send them (and at least 5 days before "application-time" ended). So it's the fault of the fricking German Post?! Arg.
Can only hope the other universities got the scores. Because TU-BS is the one I want to go to the least.

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:13:07 GMT

Dear me,
get your shit together and start posting again.
And start with finding out how to post pics so you can show off your nice vacation-pictures.
Self

Dear kaygrr
It's entirely your fault that I actually watched the Tour de France today.
Yours, Yolinare

Surprise, surprise!

Sun, 13 May 2007 13:47:31 GMT

This "town" has an Internet-café, and I have time to spend.
This is were I am now.
My day is very organized and filled.
7:30-8:00 Breakfast
8:00-8.30 on Fridays and Tuesdays Therapy in small groups.
8:30-10:00 Training time (you got a list of exercises you should do each day on your own
10:00-10:30 break ("eat-some-fruit-break")
11:00-12:30 Therapy in groups
12:00-13:00 lunch
13:00-14:00 Time to rest ("go and lie on your back to ease the strain")
14:00-15:30 Training time
15:30-17:00 Therapy in groups
18:00-18:30 lunch

So you got lots to do, but after that you do not know what to do with yourself.
There is nothing interesting in this "town" (to big to be a village and to small to be a town or city...)
Sundays are the worst. If you have no visitors there is very little you can do. Well I finally have the time to read. Am already trough 2 books and well on my way trough my third.
If you want to write me a letter - don't hesistate!
I'm in Room 382.