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The Italian restaurant and creperie down below has put out the tables so people can eat outside and it’s above freezing…It’s spring!!!

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On TV Monde (French TV channel) they’re showing some show honouring Dustin Hoffman. They showed clips from all his films (clips in english of course because the french think that the voice has something to do with acting…pfffftttt. bloody french), and I realize that I have never liked any movie he’s ever been in except ‘All the presidnents men’ which I liked in spite…I really can’t stand him. In the last three roles I saw him in he was just bad…the ‘Meet the parents’ sequel and ‘I heart huckabees’ (J’adore Huckabees), and ‘Perfume’ he was just playing a sort of smarmy, annoying dude that I’ve suddenly decided he was just playing himself and he’s just not likeable.

…and since I’m on the topic of acting I have to mention that I’ve seen two Brad Pitt movies this week and I recall that I’m always impressed with him in spite of all the ‘celebrity’ that surrounds him (turn off). ‘Snatch’ and ‘Burn after reading’ were great because of Pitt.

…and off to Italy in a month…yay!

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after a particularly difficult work week I took today off…I have no plans, but to visit the new Saturn (an electronics store), and possibly visit the wine market this afternoon. Going to be a nice relaxing day!!!

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yes,  try the flammkuchen tessina…it’s good!!!

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I guess it’s Fasching this week…some states in Germany (and Russia) get a holiday. The police are already blocking off the street here so I assume there will be a parade. I’m going to take pictures! Costumes are cool!

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I just came from the Rewe (a grocery store) in Sachsenhausen. While wandering through the meat section I for whatever reason remembered how strange I thought the meat selection was when I arrived in Deutschland. I don’t really notice anymore, but the grocery foods are one of the funny things that differ from culture to culture.

anyways I saw some weird meat in it’s own weird juices that got me thinking about this again.
I can’t wait to get to Italy and experience shopping in a strange place all over again…

I’m l istening to Son House right now…wiki page. Fascinating life story and great music. I think my dad gave me a double CD of his about 15 years ago (I still have it). The music is great…

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It was filmed in Oregon…I can hear the seagulls…

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I always fantasize that my german neighbors (ok on my floor I have two german gay dudes, an asian lady, and an italian dude) scratch thier collective heads when they walk by my apartment door and hear the music I’m playing. (sidebar – the flats here are built so much better than in the states. You rarely hear any noise from the neighbors except when you’re in the stairwell/hallway when the noise sneaks out the front door).
I’m sure it’s mostly music they’re not heard of before (lately it’s a lot of folk music from various cultures, american, irish, eastern european). I’m doing my part to bust american stereotypes…if I had thought this whole line of blabbering through I could tie this into a point about how it seems americas main export is music/tv/film and that is the reason people have opinions on the usofa. Cuz at this point I’m not sure what else america is leading the world in/on…
segue…segue…segue…

I got nothin…

Today I downloaded Odetta, Son House, The Pack A.D., and Doomtree…which one of these 4 is not like the other???

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Every day is Valentines day!

I’m so used to putting three exclamation points on everything that seeing only one in the line above somehow doesn’t seem to convey my excitement…It’s like I’m cheating Valentine himself.

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