The festival we never went to

G finished his exams and no longer needs to study 7 hours a day (for now), so we spent Saturday together just hanging around and relaxing. There were also lots of film festivals going on, one of which we didn't make it to:

G had suggested to me because he thought "it might give me something interesting to blog about." Alas, we didn't go, but it still gave me something (interesting?) to blog about. I sense a beginning of a series. "The Time I Almost Went Skydiving But Didn't." "The Time I Thought About Punching a Dolphin in the Face." "The Day I Tried to Buy Jeans (But Failed)." So on and so forth.

I'll tell you what I did do this weekend, though. We carved pumpkins!

Oooh! Spooky!

"They turned out brain mush into delicious soup."

Photo credit: G

I'm a day early, but here's a terrible (and the only) Halloween joke I know:

Why couldn't the boy bat get laid?
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Because he had a hollow weenie.

Badum'ch.

If you work harder, you'll get it done faster.

I stole my friend K's FB status and turned it into a comic. Not original, I know, but I couldn't not illustrate it. Too cute.

Kettle, Law, and Marketa

Okay, so I did want a toy vacuum cleaner when I was a kid, but still.

Speaking of toys, something I recently seriously considered buying is a plush roast chicken.

SO squee!

Oh, and slightly unrelated (but not entirely unrelated), but I have a friend whose last name is Kettle. Cutest last name ever!

And last but not least: G finished his written state judicial exams today! Yay! Well done, G! Par-tay! We're going out to see the talented Marketa Irglova (of the band The Swell Season from the film Once) in concert tonight! Can't wait!

The Vicious Noodle Cycle

Whoopsa. Sorry for missing Tuesday! Here's one that gets me every time . . . I never learn.

Btw, G and I signed up for another run---this time for a relay marathon in November. Basically it's running the full-length marathon with a team of five people . . . should be fun! We also had to come up with a team name to register, and we decided to go with the faux-German Tom Waits song, "Kommienezuspadt."

Sei pünktlich! Sei pünktlich!

Trusted News Source

I do read the news, but this happens to me as well (and way too often).

Nuts

Yeah, I know this was a play and all, but Germans are very open about nudity in general. G wants to take me to a coed sauna when he's done with this exams, and as much as I'm curious to experience it (at least once), I'm slightly intimidated. Just slightly.

Speaking of nuts, M, Mama, and I drew faces on nuts last night.

Featuring Maki's Chestnut hedgie, my old man Walnut and Chestnutman. 

Thanks for a fun visit, M! See you again soon!

Happy 1st Birthday Bonsai!

OMG Bonsai is 1 year old! A lot has happened in the last year, but I'm proud to have been able to stick with this blog for an entire year! Yay!

Yeah yeah, whoop whoop!

And here's a freaky dream I had the other day. Come to think of it, I don't seem to have anything but freaky dreams. 

It all made sense in the dream.

X-Mas is Inching Near

Noooooh! Christmas season strikes AGAIN!

Brr, shiver. Why does it start so early in Germany? At least the Halloween hubbub keeps it at bay until November in North America. If you need me, I'll be hiding under my blanket until the first week of January, thanks.

Beardless

Bedroom Slippers

I did this back when I was living in a dorm in Toronto. Fortunately I was only going to a subway party, but I was pretty shocked at the whole new level of stupid that I'd achieved.

d'oh.