written September 23rd, 2009 ·
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I am so excited to go to the US in 3 weeks with my boyfriend who hasn’t been there with me in almost 4 years. Crazy how time flies. We are excited to do some shopping, eat some Philly cheesesteaks, hoagies and crabs down in Maryland. And definitely a good burger somewhere! Basically, we will be eating pretty unhealthy for 2 weeks. I can’t wait to go to some crazy huge supermarket (well, they are all crazy huge compared to the stores here) and buy stuff I can’t get here. Recently the names of candy that I have totally forgotten about keep popping into my head and I think, oh I have to buy that in the States! Like York peppermint patties:) Or Reeses PB cups. And most definitely chocolate covered caramels. They don’t do hard caramel here. How I miss good caramel! Now that I think of it, I’ll probably buy everything I see in Trader Joes. Oh the millions of food choices in America…how I miss them!
Posted in Random
written June 2nd, 2009 ·
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I just listened to the BBC’s World Have Your Say podcast from yesterday, June 1st. They were discussing whether it was fair that the judges on the TV program Britian’s Got Talent completely and obviously prejudged a contestant Susan Boyle as having no talent based solely on her looks. I watched a clip of her singing before I listened to the podcast to see what all the fuss was about and I was really shocked at the way the judges looked at her in disbelief when she came on stage and also how the audience members looked around as if, how on earth could she have any talent. It was almost like these clips were purposely thrown together to increase the drama and push viewers to question her talent as well.
I think it is horrible how we judge people based on looks, but I also think it is in our nature to do so, unfortunately. This, however, does not make it right and we, as morally decent human beings, should strive to overthrow these inclinations as best we can. We should only look to our own friends and coworkers to see that people are varied in appearances and talent. read more…
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written May 18th, 2009 ·
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I have noticed lately that many sellers on Etsy.com are emphasizing their use of recycled materials in their work (be it scrap sterling silver, metals or paper). There are also many calling their designs green. Not to criticize the artists that call their designs green, but how much of their designs are green and aren’t we all just jumping on the band wagon here?
What is green? How can one truly know and trust that all our materials (unless completey handmade) are green? What materials are we left with, if we as artists, want to be green? It is great that we are all aware of our greenness and how our lives can be more ecologically friendly, but where will it end? read more…
Posted in Art, Random
written April 1st, 2009 ·
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I am torn between wanting to get more active and involved with things like Twitter, Flickr, Facebook, etc. and just going on with my work and life without trying so hard to connect with people. I want more people to see my website (my design work) and I want to generate interest in this blog of mine . . . but it isn’t THAT important that I have tons of followers or subscribers. In short, I am not doing this for social connections, (however, collaborations would be cool). It is more about having an outlet for my thoughts. Is this the case for everyone? Is this why blogs are so popular? Are there those that write blogs and those that read them? Or does it overlap? I find it hard to do both. How does one find the time! read more…
Posted in Life in Berlin, Random
written March 25th, 2009 ·
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I don’t like getting myself down about the economy. Instead, I like trying to understand what is happening. But I came across this Big Picture photo stream when I was reading the Planet Money blog and couldn’t resist sharing. Reality is a bitch.
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written March 3rd, 2009 ·
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I was just listening to All Songs Considered and they were beginning an interesting discussion on their Blog about why we listen to the music we do. I read through the comments and found that most people were writing about specific examples of what they did and did not like, but not why this was, and many others wrote about associating music with past experiences, making certain music significant for them. I wanted to add my 2 cents. read more…
Posted in Music, Random
