book hiding and pod listening.

Because I haven't had a chance to keep up with my German (read: I'm lazy and feel weird talking to myself) since I'm living in the US again, I recently subscribed to a few German podcasts. One of the is called "German Grammar Pod" which I mainly chose because of the cute name. It's taught by a British lady who speaks very, very deliberately. It's nice to have a refresher course in the grammar and I know it will help if I keep listening to it. Right now it's kind of boring. So is the second one I've listened to. That one goes through scenarios one might encounter in Germany. The episode I just listened to was "How to reserve a hotel room." The good thing about this is the host is German and sometimes slips into German speaking when he is explaining the situations. I think it's just nice to listen to German often. I haven't listened to the third one yet but it's from Deutsche Welle and is mostly news. I think (hope) I'll like that one better because I will have to listen really closely to understand what they say. My biggest problem right now is my ipod. It doesn't seem to want to stay charged for very long. I'll listen to it for about two hours and then the battery is low. Is this normal? I want to get a new one anyway, but can't exactly justify buying a new one until the summer. I want to get a new computer, too. We'll see what happens with grad schools before that becomes a real idea.

I joined this website today calle BookCrossing.com. Basically, you register your books and hide them around your town, country, whatever so that others may find them and read them. I figure it's a creative way of getting rid of the books I don't want anymore. I'll have to find a way to print off labels. And where to hide the books. Although that can be almost anywhere.

let's see how this goes, shall we?

This is a new... "project" I've decided to take on. I used to post stuff about my happenings while I studied abroad. It's been almost two years and I'm not in Germany anymore. I wanted a place to write often (daily might be asking too much right now) so this is it. I can't promise there will be great literature on here but I may post poems on occasion. Hopefully this will entertain someone.