Month: October 2014

I’ve lived in Germany for eight years now. Some of the German mysteries have unfurled in front of me. I know why “Schmetterling” is the cutest word in the world. I know why vampires should turn me on. And I even kind of know why Hitler jokes aren’t really funny.

But here’s something I don’t get: When and how is it okay for one dude to hug another dude?

Seriously, guys, if you’re gonna make dudes hugging into a regular thing, you’ve got to lay down some ground rules so things don’t get messy. The system you’ve got in place is chaotisch, unüberschaubar and inkonsistent – in general: very undeutsch!

For instance: Do we use the ritual shaking-of-hands before we pull each other in? Or do we not use said shake and create momentum out of nowhere? Do we pat each other on the back or not? And if do we, are we talking about a pat as in what we do to babies to make them burp or are we talking more about a pat as in what the doctor does when you’ve got a cold?

Do doctors actually do that in Germany?

Fuck. I can never get a cold.

Sometimes I think I should do a vlog on Youtube.

I mean I have stuff to say. Things to talk about. Opinions and such.

But then I look at my face as I talk into the webcam and think

nope!

“Just update a lot. If you update a lot, you’ll have lots of visitors.”
— Random Friend

“No visitors today”
— My blog

Just a quick head’s up: There’s things currently on my mind. As always, one half is writing-related while the the other involves teaching. Both these things require my full attention at the moment, and I seem to jump through mental hoops on a daily basis getting everything done.

I’d like to be a pro and tease my next awesome next project, but unfortunately that only works for well-known people who keep getting money thrown at them and know their projects will end up getting made. I am not one of these people. Yet?

So let’s just leave it at a tease for a tease – a metatease: Yes, I am working on something awesome. And then I’m working on something else that’s really awesome. And then there’s something awesome I should be working on but I’m drawing a blank.

It is during this time I play World of Warcraft.