http://hughelentripod.blogdrive.com/ if life was like a lemon italian ice-cream on a hot day... Wed, 22 Mar 2006 07:30:01 PST http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2006. http://hughelentripod.blogdrive.com/archive/37.html Sun, 18 Dec 2005 00:25:15 GMT Hard to believe it's winter again already. The last seven months have been so busy that I haven't managed to update my site since...May. In the past seven months, I had an awesome time finishing my last months in Germany. It is hard to believe that I'm not there anymore, in fact. I traveled straight from Germany to my brother's wedding at the end of July. The wedding was beautiful (pictures on my photo pages!). From there, I traveled to my parents' new house, where I enjoyed my two and a half weeks of... (more) http://hughelentripod.blogdrive.com/comments?id=37 http://hughelentripod.blogdrive.com/archive/36.html Sun, 17 Jul 2005 16:37:26 GMT Hello to all! It has been a busy semester since I wrote my last update, which, as far as I can remember, was sometime in late April. At that time, I would have been in only the second or third week of classes in my summer semester here in Germany; now I am done. There is such finality in those words. I leave on Thursday for the States, and it is a gross understatement to say that I'm not ready. Not only did the summer semester fly by much faster than the winter semester, it was amazing, and I'm not ready for it to end. While the winter semester started for me with my month-long... (more) http://hughelentripod.blogdrive.com/comments?id=36 http://hughelentripod.blogdrive.com/archive/35.html Tue, 10 May 2005 10:18:59 GMT I can only say that I used to be a much better correspondent but that the last two years seem to have gotten busier and busier, and when life's not busy, it's dramatic. Quite frankly, I'm not really a drama person, but I seem to get more than my share of it these last couple years, so I'll just stock all of it up as stories to tell when I'm old and gray to make me sound wise and understanding. Anyhow, I believe the last time I actually sent out a mass update was...sometime around Thanksgiving. So I'll start there. Our international student colony organized our own Thanksgiving out here in... (more) http://hughelentripod.blogdrive.com/comments?id=35 http://hughelentripod.blogdrive.com/archive/34.html Fri, 15 Apr 2005 01:38:31 GMT some days are easier than others. some days are harder than others. some days require a few extra tears and a few extra deep breaths. some days require a few extra smiles and a few extra jumps for joy. some days need a couple extra friends. some days one special friend is enough. some days are easier than others. some days are harder than others. some days are cloudier than others. some days have an extra ray of sunshine. some days are made just for me. some days were made just to spite me. some days fly on the wings of eagles. some days crawl in the tracks of garden snails. some days are... (more) http://hughelentripod.blogdrive.com/comments?id=34 http://hughelentripod.blogdrive.com/archive/33.html Fri, 19 Nov 2004 22:59:28 GMT Well, I survived the month of September. Orientation was pretty intense, with 30 hours a week of language instruction and homework on top of that. I have a feeling that the only things I did during September were eat, sleep and learn. However, it proved to be very good for my German because I have found myself using a lot of the things that we learned in my course in the past month and a half since the course ended. We also had some interesting regional fieldtrips as part of the course, including a week-long stay at a study/retreat center in the Schwabian Alb (the local-range of flat-topped... (more) http://hughelentripod.blogdrive.com/comments?id=33 http://hughelentripod.blogdrive.com/archive/32.html Sat, 25 Sep 2004 21:38:41 GMT *wasting two hours in bed after waking up earlier than you expected to *wandering around the city in the afternoon, forgetting to buy your groceries for sunday but then remembering that the doener stand is always open and that you've been there so much that they have your order memorized *trying to decide whether to buy a german dictionary for foreigners or another german-english dictionary and in the end buying a german thesaurus and Bible instead and finding yourself much more satisfied because the thesaurus came with a cd-rom for only 4 euros more *eating breakfast twice and then having... (more) http://hughelentripod.blogdrive.com/comments?id=32 http://hughelentripod.blogdrive.com/archive/31.html Sat, 25 Sep 2004 10:35:04 GMT and how my day went from normal to fabulous between 22:40 and midnight so we went to lake constance today, all the little deutsch kompakt kids and our teachers. we had to be at the bus stop at 8 a.m. this morning and didn't get back until 22:30 tonight. we went first to an incredibly ugly roccoco church. waking up to a pink church with wood painted with a marble texture instead of real marble is, um, tacky. then we had a 50 minute drive to friedrichshafen, home of the zeppelin makers. we went to a zeppelin museum, which we were actually excited about until we went on the tour. it is... (more) http://hughelentripod.blogdrive.com/comments?id=31 http://hughelentripod.blogdrive.com/archive/30.html Fri, 17 Sep 2004 19:03:36 GMT no, not for me. don't get all worried yet. i've still got two years of college ahead of me :-). some congratulations are in order: my big brother asked megan to marry him this week, and she accepted! they want to get married in may; this conflicts with my school schedule, but it's do-able if i'm willing to spend 2 out of 5 days on a plane. which i am of course willing to do, since your big brother only gets married once...we pray! so lots of congratulations, and lots of prayers! http://hughelentripod.blogdrive.com/comments?id=30 http://hughelentripod.blogdrive.com/archive/29.html Thu, 02 Sep 2004 18:58:20 GMT *first, i would like to introduce hai tian. hai tian was erin's suitcase that she bought on her trip to china last year. however, he decided to be a rebel during his journey to europe and broke down completely before we managed to get to my apartment when i picked up erin the other day, which meant that we had to share the responsibility of hauling her 45 pound suitcase across the city in our arms; my arms are still sore. however, last night, in a moment of inspiration, erin and i wrote this obituary* Hai Tian was a lovely suitcase. He was born in China, with lowly roots. His proudest... (more) http://hughelentripod.blogdrive.com/comments?id=29 http://hughelentripod.blogdrive.com/archive/28.html Wed, 01 Sep 2004 18:56:41 GMT well, erin arrived safely yesterday morning, and i went and met her at the stuttgart airport. we somehow managed to get her quality (please sense the extreme sarcasm here) chinese suitcase and her other two better-functioning suitcases out to my apartment, where we looked up the 'open' hours for the student housing office for her to get her key and move into her apartment. 'open' is not the way to describe this office: the lady works 2 hours a day! and of course, she was already closed at 11:30, and we didn't get settled, etc. until past 14:00, so erin and i had a nice little slumber party... (more) http://hughelentripod.blogdrive.com/comments?id=28