Insulation

I didn't think it was going to make much of a difference, but boy, was I wrong.

Heating

Hat Hair

'Tis hat hair season.

Hoover

I bet someone's already thought of something like that...

Winter Run

We've started to hit the negatives in Berlin. Brr! Winter really isn't the best season for bespectacled runners. (ps. The featured scarf is the one that my Asian head is too big for...)

Computer as Human

Creepy thoughts.

PDA

Coming to you once again from Izmit, Turkey. I seem to have caught a cold on the airplane or something and so my entire face has been stuffy and I've been coughing on everybody (which I'm sure everyone has been enjoying). Ahem. But aside from that, Turkey has been amazing. I fulfilled my dream of seeing Hagia Sophia, which was really quite awesome. Ever since I answered the question about the Hagia Sophia incorrectly on my first year art history finals, I'd felt bad about it and have been meaning to see it in person. So yes. I won't mix you up for another Byzantine-church-turned-Catholic-church-turned-mosque anymore, HS.

Anyway. Here's another Facebook pet peeve:

I promise I'm not bitter. At all.

colder and darker

Zane and Mehrdad are here! Yay!

The days are getting colder, shorter, and darker in Berlin, and it makes me want to go into hibernation. Back in Tokyo, when I was too cheap to pay for my heating in my apartment, I would often translate like this:

Definitely one of the perks of working from home.