Open mic night

On Friday night we had another open mic night. It was great. Because we weren't given a lot of notice there were a lot of funny acts, but they were still entertaining. There is so much musical talent here, it blows my mind.

Here are just a few photos. (Yeah, I don't really know what the deal is with the creepy face but...whatever.)




Included in these photos are my fiends: Rachel and Becky Hill, Beccy Funk, and Rebekah Funk, Kelsey, Luke, Lindsey, and me, of course.

Bingo!

Last week for a social event we had Bingo night. We were encouraged to dress up like old people and we defintely took the invitation seriously. It was a riot, everyone was in character from an hour before until an hour after.

one more thing

I forgot to tell you but I am currently reading the book Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis and it is very good and I recommend you all read it.

Here is a soon to be famous quote, generated by yours truly, and inspired by the book Mere Christianity:

If you can accept the impossibility of this life, why would you ever doubt the possibility of the next?
-K.L. Dunham

not a lot to say

I thought, because it has been a while, I should update you all. However, there is not much to say. We are back in the swing of school and it is flying by...again. I cannot believe it is almost Feb. Soon travel weekend will be here and then March will sneak up. It is a weird feeling knowing that going back to the states is in the near, sort of, future. I say back to the states and not home because, well, it feels like home here.

Anyhow, the cold and flu are passing through Bodenseehof currently, and at the moment I am taking my turn, but I am only suffering from a stuffed up nose and a bit of a head ache, so I consider myself fortunate, I could be barfing all over the place.

Well folks, that is pretty much all I have to say at the moment. Things are good here, besides the snot, and I am looking forward to the next couple of weeks.

The illist claymation man in da bizz

Before reading this, please open this page (http://www.mrwiggles.biz/ghetto_slang.htm) in a window to help you through language barrier!


I've come to the conclusion that Bible school is a four step front. I don't claim this to be drop science for all the busta's in this joint, but for this baller, this the dilly. (Bible school is much more dope than this hard core gully gives credit fo but I ain't fakin' jacks):

1. On my own: I was all jacked up 'cause I insisted on being my own claymation hustler and I ain't skilled nough for a job like dis. So I formed my life and it was jacked cause the Main Man wasn't part of it and I thought I knew the ledge.

2. Turning point: At a point I realized that I was straight flawed, and I had to admit that God was the only G for the job. And I wasn't given Him props 'nough. So I decided to murk cross da pond to the Bode and shape up...literally, hypothetically, metaphorically... just straight changes were needed...Squash Beef!

3. Progress: The last three months God has been throwin' down new mad forms in me('forms' in this case means: beliefs, knowledge, ways, paradigms...my identity). He straight wrecked (in a good way) my ways.

4. Straight solidifying: Kiln-ing time! I have three months ahead of me for some intense baking. I still be learning and the Lord funna bless me wit new most excellent goods, but this be the time for proofing...making sure that all this new stuff funsta withstand in the hood.

I'm no finished product nor do I think that I ever will be...but I do know that we are clay and God is the illist claymation man in da bizz and if you allow Him, He can work a mad number in yo life too. The thing is, this G ain't comin' to tax you, He's not after the dead presidents, He just wants yo love.

Budapest?

Yes, Budapest.

During February we have our sencond travel weekend and today I, along with Kristi and Beckah, purchased a plane ticket to Budapest. We will be there from the 12 to the 15. A few of my friends went there over Christmas break and they said it was one of their favorite places so...we are going.

I am not really sure what to expect, but I do know that I have never been to Hungary and that makes me very excited!

Dresden

Here are some photos from our trip to Dresden:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2036525&l=54900&id=184702617


It was really cold, to the point of being unpleasant, but we survived! We spent three and a half days there, staying with a couple that we found on couchsurfers.com, and it was a really cool experience, and it was free.

We are now back in Chemnitz and tomorrow we take an eight hour train ride back to school....second semester, here we come! The first half went super fast and they say time just speeds up in the second semester, I think it will be over before we know it and then it will be back to the harsh, hurting, and hectic real world, oh joy!

For those of you not on Facebook...

Here are links to the other albums that I have created while at Bodenseehof:

Bodenseehof Part I:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2035816&l=553d1&id=184702617

Part II:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2035857&l=46af8&id=184702617

Part III:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2035886&l=113f7&id=184702617

Check them out!

Berlin Photos

This link will take you to my facebook photo album from my time in Berlin:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2036196&l=7d566&id=184702617

Quick update

I am back from Berlin! Wow. What a city?! It was awesome there but it was a lot to take in in just a few days. There is so much history there it is insane. I think the coolest part was the East Side Gallery, which is the longest stretch of the wall still remaining. I have some sweet photos that I will get online soon. New Year's in Berlin was probably the weirdest and one of the craziest things I have ever encountered. I will explain in more detail a little later.

We, Stefie and me, are back in Chemnitz and we will spend the next couple of days here doing who knows what, and then we are off to Dresden where we will spend the remainder of our break.

Happy 2009!