September 2010
9 posts
Running up that hill
Rode my bike to the market today, it has been a dark gray, wet gloom outside for the past week or so. The rain held back for a couple hours, so I took the chance to pick up some tomatoes, grapes, orange juice, crackers, and cake. I realized on the ride home that I’m 22 years old and I still don’t really know how to grocery shop. It’s no ones fault but my own, I’ve...
Across grey oceans
Well, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t hit a minor rough patch last week. As Zach put it, the “honeymoon” phase of my trip was over, and the gravity of being so far from home seemed to settle in almost over night. The result was a handful of tearful Skype conversations, a lot of bad drawings, and several trips to the grocery store to self-medicate with...
'Allo Leipzig!
Somehow almost a week has gone by since my arrival to the Spinnerai. There has been an awful lot of tea/wine/bier/Vodka drinking, wandering through old factories, dark hallways and up winding stairs only to discover huge bright galleries filled with art. Also many group dinners with my fellow LIA residents, including a young married Ukrainian couple (hence the Vodka), a Slovenian...
WatchGoodbye for now, familiar things!
Joe, one of the smarty-pants developers working behind the scenes for Vimeo, also happens to be an incredibly generous pal of mine. He is letting me borrow his beautiful Nikon D90 for my trip to Germany (I’m leaving in 24 hours)! This is the first time I’ve ever used a DSLR for video, and it definitely shows. But! I’m excited to get to...
WatchI now have one of those fancy computers with one of those newfangled cameras built in! This is the first video I’ve recorded on this fine piece of machinery. (Notice how I ended the video mid sentence.) I suppose it’s probably very uninteresting to anyone else. Erin is a total babe though, which helps.
In other news, I bought a fanny pack today. I’m leaving for Germany in 4...
