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[24 Nov 2008|11:44pm] |
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Ugh.
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[26 Jun 2008|01:37pm] |
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Guys are weird. I'm perplexed.
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[23 Jun 2008|01:12am] |
I don't want to live with strangers - wish we had known our living arrangements sooner so we could've moved out. Boo! I think there are four or five strangers sleeping in my house right now - including some random guy on the couch. What is going on?
I miss Prague. But I'm glad to be home.
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[10 Jun 2008|04:52pm] |
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In Slovakia. Happy but homesick. 5 days!
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[20 May 2008|08:37pm] |
Prague is an amazing city and I often walk around it feeling very lucky for the opportunity to temporarily live here. Sometimes I see kids walking around by the Old Town Square, or see someone walking their dog by a cathedral, and I can't believe that ordinary people live here - particularly because it is jampacked with tourists in the spring, and everywhere I go, I hear another language. I like that my apartment is outside of the city center because it's quiet, and there's not all that much English, although plenty to get by. I spent the weekend in Bratislava and didn't hear much English at all, which was nice, but overwhelming at the same time.
I love this city, mostly when the sun comes out, and I recently met some really nice Czech guys - for awhile I thought Czechs were kind of reserved but then again, I guess I wouldn't be particularly welcoming to foreigners in Seattle. I mean, I wouldn't be rude to them, but I probably wouldn't go up and strike up a random conversation with them (like these Czech guys did. . . alcohol helped). But I would smile more. Maybe everyone was just experiencing S.A.D. and now that it's sunny, people are friendlier.
We have classes for one more week, and then we spend a few days in a little historical town called Cesky Krumlov to end our program. I come home in a little less than a month. In that time, I will visit Budapest, maaaaaybe Poland, Berlin, and I will traverse Slovakia. I am lucky. I am not taking it for granted, although there are plenty of times I stay in my apartment instead of going out, but I don't think I've wasted my time in this city, in this country, in this continent. I was growing tired of Seattle and now I am excited to return. Granted, it won't be as beautiful as this one, but it will be home.
Random:
1. Yesterday in class I wasn't paying attention, and I was tipping my chair back, and I was trying to get something I dropped on the ground, and I toppled over backwards. And everyone laughed and I was upset for awhile but then I decided it was funny. My professor said "I haven't seen that since the 2nd grade!" which was embarrassing but whatever!
2. I was in Slovakia last weekend and on Saturday I had to speak 75% in Czech with family who were speaking Slovak to me, which is similar but different enough to be confusing, but I survived and it helped and I wish I'd been immersing myself in the Czech language this whole time.
3. They play Sinatra and Dean Martin in the internet cafe I'm in, and every once in awhile a Christmas song comes on and it's awesome.
4. I smashed my head on a cupboard door in my kitchen yesterday because our kitchen is so damn tiny. Can't wait for my Seattle kitchen.
5. I decided I'm going to run a marathon in November. I'm currently watching this triathalon on TV and it looks so hard. I bet running a marathon is really hard, too. Oh well.
6. I don't know what I'm going to do this summer - job or class? Both? What?
7. It's hard to buy souvenirs for people. And for myself.
8. I miss American pizza.
9. I have a farmer tan again, dang.
10. I see my best friend in 3 days!!!!!!!!!!
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[02 May 2008|10:01pm] |
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Berlin is awesome.
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[26 Apr 2008|07:03pm] |
Bleh homesickness. Caught in between feeling like my presence is unnoticed here and my absence is unnoticed at home. Which, I know is false, but still the feeling. Mostly brought on by spending the last 36 hours almost entirely alone, which I have appreciated and enjoyed, but which have also put me into a very strange mood. Plus this really petty thing that I will not elaborate upon for fear of sounding like a five year old.
In any case. We are going to Berlin this week and I am addicted to the TV show Weeds but have unfortunately finished it. I need to call the airline and change a flight but I don't have a phone. I need some new jeans very, very badly. I crave candy and junk food all the time because my appetite is not properly met by the foods I desire because they do not exist in this country. Or are at least in hiding.
I am using internet in a cafe where you're supposed to get a drink in order to compensate for the free wifi, but the bartender has two friends with her and I don't speak Czech well and I am too embarrassed to go up and interrupt. Le sigh. Sometimes I get very, very tired of feeling strange and out of place and home is a wonderful place.
P.S. I got thirsty so I had to do it. Fortunately her friends had left and saying "Excuse me, I'll have a beer, please" is rather easy.
P.P.S. Her friends came back and she forgot to bring me my beer for about ten minutes. Unfortunately, I don't know how to say "Excuse me, but you didn't bring me my beer." Fortunately, she just brought it.
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[15 Apr 2008|11:44pm] |
Not missing home in an urgent way anymore. I want it but I don't need it. I'm comfortable here but it's more comfortable there. I like Prague but I wish Czechs were more friendly - haven't met any locals yet. Seems like the only people in our group that have are the guys, who are meeting locals in order to get laid. Not really interested in acquiring an STD from a European boy, however hot he might be.
Drank my first latte ever today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That plus beer and wine has left me feeling very strange. I have a really short paper I need to write but I don't want to.
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[07 Apr 2008|05:17pm] |
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Yeah, kinda miss home. Also my skin is really dry here, wtf.
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[03 Apr 2008|09:49pm] |
Hi, I'm in Prague. I'm in a cafe/bar that is playing crazy techno music. I'm supposed to go to a 5 story dance club with my roommates tonight, oh my. Mostly I've been tired. Czech people are kind of cranky and mean.
I'm kind of into this guy who has a girlfriend and who I won't see until the end of June. I have been considering just telling him that I'm into him but a) I'm shy, b) what good would it do? c) what if he was weirded out and then I couldn't hang out with him again when I return to Seattle? Sigh.
Not sure if I like it here but I'm not necessarily homesick. I mean, it's pretty cool. I could kind of go either way, though.
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[15 Mar 2008|02:47pm] |
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Last night was good. Včera večer byl dobře.
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[12 Mar 2008|11:09pm] |
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I'm leaving for Europe in two weeks. WTF!
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[20 Feb 2008|10:25pm] |
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Some days I am so excited to go to Prague. Other days I regret that I ever applied.
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[22 Dec 2007|10:17pm] |
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Sometimes I can't tell if my brain ("heart") is telling the truth or if it's just trying to trick me. I'd prefer manual controls.
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[10 Nov 2007|07:26pm] |
I used to be a lot better at being by myself.
Life update:
I am still working at the bookstore and going to school. I don't like school very much but I am doing alright. I love my housemates but lately I have been feeling as though my social life has been collapsing. Part of this, as silly as it is, is the constant deflation/inflation of a particular friendship/ex-boyfriend. That is where you (and I) say "What the hell is wrong with you? Aren't you done with that yet?" Well, the answer is yes. Check back in two weeks to see if it's changed.
Anyways. I've officially turned in my application to study abroad in Prague in spring quarter. I'm almost positive that I need this. I need change. And space.
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[19 Oct 2007|10:33pm] |
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Today fucking sucks. I'm going to bed so the day will be over sooner.
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[17 Sep 2007|12:06am] |
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It's starting to rain. :)
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[22 Aug 2007|04:49pm] |
We didn't start the fiiiiiiiiiire;
It was always burning since the world's been turning.
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[11 Jul 2007|05:14pm] |
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Summer is summer. I know I'm supposed to love and appreciate the summer and the sun and the break from school, but frankly, I like it better when everyone is here. And my break from school won't be here until mid-August, not that it matters much, I don't really mind. My classes are extremely boring but that's because I let them be. And my finals are in exactly one week so I can't complain for too much longer.
Today is hot. I need more skirts. And a sundress.
My new job is going well. The people I work with are alright. I know I'm new and it takes awhile to fit in, but they could stand to be a little more friendly. Maybe it just takes a little time. I just hate the feeling of having to impress. I wish meeting new people was easier. We are a ridiculous species. On the plus side, on the weekends I do work with an old man named Pete who has a lot of stories to share. He is like a wannabe-still pretty cool-from the Beat Generation-old man. Sometimes he talks too much but there are worse things.
That's life. It goes. I go with it.
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[08 Jul 2007|12:28am] |
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Weird, when you're reading Post Secret secrets and your first name is on one of them! Even if it's not about me. Gave me a jolt to see it there. I like that website. /End.
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