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My Cat Wears Lederhosen: October 2005
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My Cat Wears Lederhosen. Sunday, October 16, 2005. So, I was in an English bookshop Friday, when a man came in, and asked the clerk for assistance finding the book What Color is my Elephant? The clerk was quiet for a minute, and I was eavesdropping and nearly pissing myself in the corner. You mean, What Color is my Parachute? Ja, ja. Parachute. Nicht Elephant. Whatever. We chatted for a while, and he asked where we were from. I told him San Francisco. Those ho-mo-sexuals. I say just leave me alone! Last ...
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My Cat Wears Lederhosen: February 2006
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My Cat Wears Lederhosen. Thursday, February 09, 2006. No city like the city. Speaking of illness, some of you are aware of my proclivity to stiff necks and muscle spasms. Well, in December my problems started acting up again. I eventually went to my doctor to try and fill a prescription that has worked for me back in the states. She gave me Ibuprofen. Ibuprofen! Sigh Then she told me to make sure I avoid getting drafts on my neck at night. 1) the fact that the city is in fact sinking, and. Oh, ‘The City’?
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My Cat Wears Lederhosen: July 2005
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My Cat Wears Lederhosen. Friday, July 22, 2005. So, I hear ‘The Germans’ are kinky. I heard this statement in one form or another many times prior to my move here. OK, at least two. I am sorry to report, that I have discovered no such kink. Then again, I am probably going to the wrong Biergartens, mountains, produce markets, churches, what have you. But enough about JoJo. In the last two weeks (or so), I saw Heather and Abby off. On their last day here, we went to Schloss Neuschwanstein. We rente...In Mu...
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My Cat Wears Lederhosen: November 2005
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My Cat Wears Lederhosen. Tuesday, November 01, 2005. Das ist nicht lustig! Hmmm Maybe I will start every entry with new favorite German vocabulary words. Or maybe not, that is a lot of pressure after all. Anyway, today’s word is Schadenfreude. Do you know this one (because my Microsoft Word spellchecker apparently does)? Literally translated, the compound word (of course) is damage delight . The noun means delight in the misfortunes of others. I fucking love that there is a word for this! This is a cat.
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My Cat Wears Lederhosen: August 2005
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My Cat Wears Lederhosen. Friday, August 26, 2005. What to do when a Schwartzkatze crosses your path. One speeding ticket, one dead cat (not ours), one car accident, and we are back from Basque Country! The beach was great, though I especially enjoy just wandering around new cities to see how days are spent, what food is eaten, what clothes are worn (or not). Most of our time was spent in Biarritz, which is a beach/family resort type town on the Southwest coast of France a Cadillac was named in its honor.
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My Cat Wears Lederhosen: June 2005
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My Cat Wears Lederhosen. Monday, June 27, 2005. Anyway, we parted ways near the start as he locked up his bike, and I wandered around a bit trying to find the starting line. Eventually, I figured it out, and held my ground. During races there is usually an MC blathering on about something over the loud speaker until the race begins- the Stadtlauf was no exception. I understood exactly two parts of the announcement:. Everyone speaks English, but English is verboten! The entire class is held in Deutsch....
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My Cat Wears Lederhosen: January 2006
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My Cat Wears Lederhosen. Friday, January 20, 2006. Greetings, and please accept my belated New Year wishes to you and yours. Yes, it has been a while since I have updated, but, let’s face it, after living in Munich for over 7 months now, the place gradually gets less interesting; therefore, I get less interesting. Impossible, you say? Well, at least I like to pretend you say that. So I will. You can reply: Raaah-tha . Try it! You can reply: Whatevs. It’s a beautiful thing. Rather. Posted by mel at 7:01 PM.
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My Cat Wears Lederhosen: September 2005
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My Cat Wears Lederhosen. Friday, September 30, 2005. So, my favorite German word, up until last week, was Krankenschwester. A Krankenschwester is a LONG word that means nurse. Literally translated, it means sick sister. Apparently, here in Germany, men can be nurses as well, but they are not Krankenschwesters, or even Krankenbruders, for that matter. They are something else. In the spirit of things that are LONG, I have some photos to share from the last few weeks. Hey Todd, why the LONG face? Lisa and F...
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My Cat Wears Lederhosen: March 2006
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My Cat Wears Lederhosen. Tuesday, March 28, 2006. The tale goes something like this, a young and lovely Jackie Kennedy mischievously told her husband to say Ich bin ein Berliner, during his famous speech in West Berlin. The punch line is, of course, that to the fine people of Berlin, a Berliner is actually a jelly doughnut, and not a person from Berlin. Well, this is falsch, President Kennedy did not mince his words, but the story is cute regardless. You can read about it here. And just so you can sleep ...
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My Cat Wears Lederhosen: December 2005
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My Cat Wears Lederhosen. Wednesday, December 07, 2005. I take it Schwarze, like my Herren. Greetings people. Long time- no update. Well, I have an excuse. I just finished my thesis! Anyway, I’m glad to be moving on from my seeming perpetual Studentinismus (yes, I get to make up German words now), it has been a long haul. Lucky for me, the whole process did not cause too much pain or Kummerspeck. Wouldn’t that be a fun ad campaign to work on? Posted by mel at 3:25 PM. View my complete profile.
