so many things!

well, to begin with, i'm in the usa. temporarily, of course, for lovely allie's wedding. we flew first class (again!!!!) thanks to dana, which rocked. they have really nice blankets. and cookies. and sleep!
since i last posted, we went to berlin once again, where i had two job interviews, to frankfurt, and to braunschweig.
berlin was nice: this time we got to see a little bit more of the history: we walked really quickly past the berlin wall. we stayed in an even less expensive hotel (we're getting good at this!). my job interviews went ok. the first one was for a call center operator, which seemed boring, and they were not too happy that i couldn't start november first, so i think that was pretty much a no. the second one was for a really awesome kid's language school, and i loved it. the lady is super nice. she said that she cannot write me a visa letter but that she will definately give me work, and so i am going to apply for a special freelance english visa when i get back to germany- i finally got information about how to apply. i'd been trying to call their offices for weeks to figure out if this mysterious freelance visa (that i read about on the internet all the time) actually existed. it turns out that their offices have been on strike for weeks. alas. anyway, it's a special visa for english teachers and artists and it's apparently very easy to get if you are an american with experience teaching. we'll see what happens.
frankfurt was pretty cool: we saw crystal castles, along with two other groups (one of them was not good. i think they were called shitdisco: the second was called metronomy and i really liked them. they had lights stuck to their shirts and one of them danced like a robot.) phil was all starryeyed over alice glass, and i met some nice kids from frankfurt.
braunschweig was awesome! we went to the international world championship breakdancing competition. practically all the kids in the audience breakdanced like crazy and everyone was so super excited. before the stage show, there were circles of kids breakdancing all over the place. there were these really cute 3 and 4 year old kids that would breakdance in the circles, too. it was excellent. the us team performed very poorly. however, practically everyone else was all stylish. after the show was over, we went back to the train station to wait (braunschweig is kind of a smaller town, and there's not too much going on normally at 1 in the morning, and the next train to solingen left at 6:40 am). there were breakdance kids everywhere! at the train station, a dj had set up tables and this guy was playing the drums and there were breakdance circles and it was really wild. there was an 'official' afterparty at some bar that we didn't go to: however, i cannot imagine that it was very interesting compared to the train station. at about four in the morning we took a small nap (all these very smart kids had brought sleeping bags and were sleeping all over the place) and then we went back to solingen. we got home at around noon.
well. that's all i can add for the moment, as i'm sort of hungry and i want to eat breakfast.
xoxo to everyone!

birthdae!!!

hello everyone! thanks so much for all the birthdae wishes. it was really lovely. i got to have turkish falafel for lunch and then i got: one very good ice cream sundae (chocolate, of course) and a book (my two very favorite things; books and chocolate ice cream) and i got cards from all over the planet and telephone transmissions and phil made me dinner (which was very good and included broccoli, which i love) and it was altogether the best perfect sort of birthdae.
i am feeling sort of aged, but i suppose that happens and i will attempt to get used to it. it is slow going. alas, 25!
tommorrow we are going to berlin for more job interviews, in which i will know more grammar!! and hopefully be more sucessful. and employed. !?!?!?
xoxo & love