Blondad

Midlife crisis much?

Skyping

It's more effective than yelling 2 rooms over.

Romantic

Dennis is a sucker for romantic gestures.

Cupcake

Thesaurus

Ain't no party like a thesaurus-readin' party. Hey, ho!

Curly

All right, so I might have a soft spot for boys with curly hair . . .

Reinfeiern

I don't think I remember doing this in the US, Canada, or Japan, whereas the majority of birthday parties I've been to in Germany are of this kind. Does anyone else do this?

Visual puns

Runners up are "cat-astrophe" and "panda-monium".

Möpse

And the stupid words are the ones you never forget.

Friendly

Living in Europe, I always forget how super-friendly and talkative some Americans can be, and it somehow always surprises me . . .

Video

*smash!*

Universal "We"

I like to freak G out with (not-so) ambiguous pronouns.

Asparagus Season

Bridal Party on Wheels

The entire bridal party cycled to the Standesamt (civil registry office) on awesome decked-out bikes, which was superfun! (G biked in style with hiked-up suit pants.)

Wedding!

G's brother J and his girlfriend N got married today! Here's a little update before the evening festivities begin...!

Single friends

Break-ups are sad, but it's less sad if you think about it this way: the hot-singles population of Copenhagen just increased by two.

Relatively nice

Bremen is a beautiful city, but weather-wise, keep your expectations low, low low. (Oh, and the wedding is G's brother's! woo woo! (not ours))

Snot Pump

My body is like a snot-producing machine.

Stay away from the news

I'm not that much of a hypochondriac but the news and WebMD are terrible things when you're feeling sick and vulnerable. La la la I can't hear you la la la.

Blaw blaw blaw

G picked the title today.

Hourly Comic 2013

Phew. So there it is, my first ever hourly comic! Sorry for the weird images sizes, but I hope you enjoy it!

Matches

If you've never heard of this before, I kid you not, it works like magic. We always keep a box of matches in the bathroom and never have to buy toilet deo!

*edit*
Sorry, more precisely, I meant lighting a few matches (1-3 or so) and blowing them out!

Fizzy

I've been living here for nearly 3 years now, but it kind of occurred to me today how obsessive Germans are about fizzy water and how they mix fizzy water with everything, which makes me wonder why other countries don't do it because it's awesome. Especially Apfelschorle (or Apfelsaftschorle). Our friend Adam put the Germans' love for Apfelschorle really well in his article How to be German:

"You know in movies when people go to therapy and then the therapist asks them to create a happy place. A safe, tranquil spot they can turn to when the world gets too big and scary. Usually it’s a beach, or a rocking chair on the front porch of an idyllic childhood home? For Germans, that happy place is swimming naked in a lake of Apfelsaftschorle."

I would also happily swim in a lake of Apfelschorle. Probably not naked, though, because I'm not quite that German yet.

Weirdness

mid-afternoon doodle

Little Things

I drew this 2 hours ago. One gin-n-tonic with G at our neighborhood bar later, I think my day is looking up.

Loud

I may be getting old, but I'm getting pretty good at the nod-and-smile/laugh routine.

Ultimate Commute

I've done jogged back home from school and work a few times now, and I've found that it's a handy way to squeeze a run into a busy schedule. It does have its disadvantages (traffic lights, occasionally running through crowded areas etc.), but so far it's been great.

Katamari-speak

Woo! Meh Blog's Tze came for a visit this weekend and we chatted about my all-time favorite game, Katamari damacy...while G looked on.

German Sixth Sense

It's like having some kind of a boring super power.

Quiet is relative

I guess "quiet" is relative when it comes to the notorious 1st of May in Berlin.

Broccoli

I missed it, but it gave me a cute picture in my head and I was happy.

Silly babies

Babies cry their hearts out about the most random things.