How the hell am I going to keep up two blogs? What was I thinking? I know that I intended to use my other blog mostly for information about translating and related things. But it’s already clear that I want to put some of my personal stuff up there, too. So, how will I decide […]

I started a new blog documenting my aspirations of becoming a translator. Unfortunately for some of you, it’s in German. This has several reasons, one of them being my wanting to write in my native tongue for a change1. Besides, since – if all goes well – I will be writing about school and translating […]

The story goes: I sat on the couch and wondered whether I had locked the car. I figured I hadn’t since I couldn’t remember doing it. So I got up, put my shoes on, my coat and my scarf, too. I went out in the cold and walked all the way to the car. And […]

Monday evening my grandfather died. Now it happened. It’s strange. In a way I guess we’ve been waiting for it to happen. It was clear that he wouldn’t live a lot longer, so it surely wasn’t a surprise. Still, when my mother told me it came as a shock. I guess it always does. There’s […]

So, if I’m going back to school, I plan on taking at least beginner’s courses in at least three of the following languages: Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese, Swedish and some eastern european language (preferably Czech or Polish). Finnish is always an option, but it might be hard to find good language courses. I hope I can […]

I don’t believe the last two days actually were a weekend. I spent around 5 hours at my grandfather’s, one to two hours cooking, about one hour grocery shopping, another half hour bringing my husband to work on Saturday and fetching him later, about two hours helping my husband with some things for work, about […]

First of all, we have a winner at the German Idol and I’m happy with the results. The finale actually was pretty boring, considering that both guys could really sing. I’m watching for snark, not talent. Anyway, here’s one advice I’m giving to all past, present and future contestants: Don’t ever ever ever sing Robbie […]

I just came home after spending four hours with my grandfather. Or rather, my family and my grandfather. I couldn’t spend time there alone, but I’m always grateful of someone else is there and if I have the time I will come, too. It’s strange to see how much he has changed since last year. […]

In case you were wondering if I am joking about thinking of going back to school to become a translator in any way… No, I’m not. The rest will be left for the husband and I to figure out.

I wanted Kevin on the show. So sue me. I love him. I know his voice isn’t really great, but he’s so damn cool. Also, he reminds me a lot of my cousin, so I would have hated to see him go. I bet he’ll be one of the first to go, but he’s so […]