Drei Jahreszeiten
>> 21.9.11
This post covers January through September and in Word, it's 18 pages long...So have fun reading and write me a comment if you find time. At least you know I'm not dead...
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A New Job, A New Year, A New Hope It's A Trap!
>> 2.1.11
Winter is here. It's cold and white and unforgiving. But somewhere in there, there's the holidays...
Sommer wird Herbst
>> 9.10.10
The most chaotic/stressful summer of my life is over. It sucked every penny out of me that I had but I guess I'm still doing alright and can now look forward to other things. Hit the jump to read more...
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What I've been up to
>> 6.8.10
I feel like a failure because I haven’t updated my blog in so long but I’ve finally found the time to do so, so prepare for a long entry.
Sorry
>> 12.4.10
An apology for not writing in a month and a quick look at what I've been up to here since then.
Greetings from the Other Side of the World
>> 6.3.10
I unplugged myself from the matrix and joined the rest of society on the other side of the world.
Anxious heißt nicht Angst
>> 16.2.10
Anxious can mean really excited in a positive sense or a more negative sense of distress and worry. This is quite a paradox but for once I realize how one could feel both emotions about something.
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In Defense of Mr. Gore
>> 11.2.10
I go on a little rant about the idiots that seem to be attempting to use the current weather situation to disprove global warming.
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Budgeting
>> 4.2.10
I booked a flight and figured out some budget figures. Looks like more bad weather is on the way but things are looking up.
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I became very interested in my German heritage and German culture, history and eventually the language. I took four years of German in High School but sadly never practiced with my father. In college I found my passion in History. I loved learning history at the collegiate level. I found it so awesome I wanted to tell other people about the stuff I was learning. I decided I wanted to teach history. This double-major of History and Secondary Education which I took on, often led to me having to fill out paperwork to allow me to take more than the maximum number of credit hours each semester, in order to graduate in even five years. This unfortunately left no room for German and I only took one semester of it in college. I quickly, however, directed my entire focus on European History. I learned a great deal about Germany as well as the rest of Europe and I imagined myself later in life, traveling Europe and doing historical research. There was only one problem: I was imaging something that I hadn't actually experienced yet. It was clear to me then: I needed to get to Europe to figure this out for real. In my last year as an undergraduate, I was given the opportunity to finally study abroad. Germany was of course my first choice but I was open to all possibilities. I almost ended up in Estonia, actually. I dare you Americans to find Estonia on an unlabeled map. But as I thought more about it, I grew apprehensive. Everything I wanted in life hinged on this starting point and I feared I would fail in Europe. I felt I needed to go to Germany where I at least stood a chance because of my background knowledge in the culture and most importantly the language, which I had always struggled with by the way. I looked at the list of cities available to study and found Dortmund among them. The professional soccer team from Dortmund had always been my favorite because when I was younger I liked their black and yellow color scheme. I spent almost six months of 2009 in Dortmund as an exchange student and cataloged the time in another blog entitled Püde Abroad. While I was there, I met Anne, my amazing girlfriend. She is from a small town in the mountains about two hours east of Dortmund that reminds me of where I grew up. She is also studying at the university to be a teacher and we simply understood each other very well and began to hang out. She informally taught me the vast majority of my language skills. By the end of the semester, I was one of the two Americans that had found a significant other in Germany and I really, really didn't want to go back to North Carolina. From August 2009 until March 2010, I spent most of my time talking to Anne per Skype or ICQ and putting in a lot of hours at Ardenwoods, the retirement community I work at. I also used this time to slowly come to terms and prepare myself for the inevitable life alteration that had been looming since I got on a plane to leave Germany that August. I had to go back. This time for good. I decided to return to Dortmund to study History and English at a post-graduate level and earn a degree with which I could teach those subjects.