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German, lesson III
I was thinking of doing a highly philosophical blog post about the random crap that goes through your head when you’re home and isolating because you and the rest of the family managed to catch the damned virus everybody’s been … Continue reading
Posted in Learn German With Me
Tagged cartoon, English, German, Language fun, nerd humor
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Learn German with me, lesson II
And it only took me like two weeks to come up with the second lesson! See, I’m not entirely unreliable. PS: In case you’re wondering if I’m doing anything rather more useful these days… well, yes. Still trying my hand … Continue reading
Posted in Learn German With Me, Random Facts
Tagged dad jokes, English, German, Language fun, nerd humor, puns, spelling
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Learn German with me…
Just don’t expect me to teach you anything useful. But let’s start at the beginning. Like probably a lot of people out there, I really would love to be able to draw. Not to produce an oil painting worthy of … Continue reading
Posted in Learn German With Me
Tagged badly drawn cartoons, Language fun, nerd humor
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Boom Goes The Head
And I never really sleep anymore… It’s been two years. And I always get those dangerous dreamsAnd I never get a minute of peace… Two years with this weird, vague pressure on all of us. Two years of complete inability … Continue reading
Posted in Ramblings
Tagged anxiety, depression, EHS, Exploding Head Syndrome, pandemic, pressure, stress
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Don’t invite me to your fancy party
I will come but I don’t know how to do fancy Look, I’ll make an effort Mom-in-law gave me this pullover cashmere, elegant and black (It’s just that the cat crept into my closet and half an hour of brushing … Continue reading
Posted in Poems that won't change the world
Tagged awkward, coping mechanisms, dress-up, fancy dress, social anxiety
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Out now: Send in the Clowns
Aaaaand here we go. The fifth book in my Resident Witch series is out and available. Why should you read it, or any book in the series? Let’s see… Maybe you like Young Adult books in general. Or Urban Fantasy. … Continue reading
Posted in Shameless Self-Promotion
Tagged book, ebook, fantasy, girlpower, Kindle, new release, urban fantasy, witch, YAlit
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Sometimes Stories Grow
Once upon a time, in 2014, to be exact, I found one of those newsletter thingies in my inbox, listing short story competitions and anthologies open for submissions. Usually, I delete stuff like that unread, or after a very cursory … Continue reading
Posted in Shameless Self-Promotion
Tagged book, ebook, fantasy, new release, Resident Witch, urban fantasy, Wonderland, YA, YAlit
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Between the Years
I run into Vicky sometime during those limbo days between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, the time Germans so aptly call between the years – the old one all but over, the new one not yet begun. I don’t know … Continue reading
New Year’s Day
Lilly texts me on New Year’s Day. “He’s hungover like shit, and god knows what else,” she tells me. “I sat in the car this morning, wanting nothing more than to go home to my mom, and the darkness was … Continue reading
The Book Was Better (and other reasons why Hollywood sucks)
Right. I may be extremely late to the party, since the movie this rant is centering around came out in 2010, but for all I know nothing has changed much since then. It’s Percy Jackson, and if you haven’t read … Continue reading
Posted in Ramblings
Tagged books, Hollywood, movie adaptations, political correctness, review
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