Obligatorischer Freitag Lagebericht

[uberreiniger]

If you're wondering why I keep titling posts in German it's part of my effort to improve my knowledge of the language. For one thing, I just want to speak it well and for another, it will be necessary for my university program. It's mostly for my own benefit and I hope it doesn't bother anyone.

Valentine's Day was wonderful. I surprised Mel with roses and we watched this week's Lost followed by the short anime horror film Kakurenbo: Hide and Seek. Even if you're not a fan of anime or horror I suggest you watch this film just for the breathtaking piece of art that it is. It's twenty-five minutes of animation that looks like it cost $25 million. Horror isn't really the right word for it: there's no gore at all. But it's still intense and disturbing.

I've got the news on in the background as I always do at work and they're talking about the Dekalb, Illinois college shooting. They just had a man on whom they identified as a "campus shooting expert." What does it say when campus shootings happen often enough for there to be "experts" on the phenomenon? What does it say about said "expert" when the best he can do is caustically blame video games?

Four Things You May or May Not Know About Me

Four jobs I have had in my life:

1. Short order cook
2. Video arcade manager
3. Sub sandwich delivery driver
4. Pharmacy store manager

Four movies I would watch over and over:

1. Pulp Fiction
2. Aliens
3. Legend
4. Serenity

Four places I have lived:

1. McPherson, KS.
2. Manhattan, KS.
3. Independence, MO.
4. Gladstone, MO.

Four TV Shows that I watch:

1. Lost
2. Law & Order SVU
3. The Office (although I only catch it sporadically)
4. South Park

Four places I have been:

1. Indianapolis, Indiana
2. Galveston, Texas
3. Mobile, Alabama
4. Albequrque, New Mexico

Four people who e-mail me and message (regularly):

1. Lesley
2. Nikki W.
3. Adrianne
4. Carol Anne

Four of my favourite foods: (at the moment)

1. Spaghetti
2. The BMT sandwich from Subway
3. Pizza
4. California roll sushi

Four places I would rather be right now:

1. Germany
2. England
3. Oregon
4. Mobile, AL (to visit my in-laws).

Four friends I think will respond:

Doesn't really matter, it's all good fun =)

Four things I am looking forward to this year:

1. Finding a new publisher for Apocalypse Woman
2. Going back to school
3. Buying a laptop, or at least saving a little money toward that end.
4. Hopefully getting some bills paid.

Comments

[ravenbrenna.livejournal.com]

Kakurenbo: Hide and Seek

I will add that to my list. :D It sounds cool.

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

I assure you it is :)

[flame-song.livejournal.com]

A tad of german grammar (don't want to sound like a wse-ass....)
"Obligatorisch" is the right word, but in German, the adjective has to be adjusted to the noun, according to the gender of the latter.
Since LAgebericht is male, it's "Obligatorischer".

With female nouns, it's "obligatorische", and for neutral nouns, it's "obligatorisches".

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I am aware of this rule but it's very easy to forget about.

[watersaredeep.livejournal.com]

I want you to know that I will forgive you for listing Oregon just third. ;-)

It was fun to read and learn new things about you!

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

My choices were just in the order I thought of them, not the actual order of preference :)

[watersaredeep.livejournal.com]

Well then, I'll let you off the hook. Good save. ;-)

[rustie25.livejournal.com]

If you can figure out this school shooting trend, let me know. I keep reading things about how he was off his meds and was unstable. Very scary. I worry that my students will end up like that shooter...off their meds and unstable.

Ack!

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

Even spookier, he and the West Virginia Tech shooter purchased their weapons from the exact same gun dealer.