Pictures finally.

So... many things have happened since my last post. I'm not going to try to write about all of them, because... well, I'm too lazy. Instead I finally have some pictures for you. 

This is my room. My room is always clean. Not kidding.

My dear friend Lucy took Stuart, Pablo and me to the first Husker game of the season. It was very red and very awesome.

When you go into the stadium you get a red balloon and when the Huskers score the first touch down you let it go.

From right to left: Stuart, Lucy, Pablo, Marie

Nebraska. Gotta love it.

Two weeks ago a bunch of us went to Omaha. This is at the old market. Almost as pretty as Bielefeld. :)

In the back: Zach
In the middle from left to right: Ally, Lucy, Said, Marie
Front from left to right: Stuart, Jacky, Ellen, Pablo, Christian

There is a store in omaha that sells everything that was ever made. True story.

We liked some things more than others...

Just like Dad Candy Cigarettes.

Bacon soap.

When we got home. We were tired.

But then we got cake. The best cake in the entire world (except for Oma's cheesecake).

On Friday I went to a Nerd Party at one of the fraternity Houses. I was excited!

So were the others there. From left to right: Emma, Marie, Rachel, Blake.

Soooo pictures. Hope you like them. 

I don't know if you want to know who everybody is, but I feel like I might be writing about some of these people, so knowing what they look like might be helpful. I don't expect anybody to remember names, I still have trouble... There are so many people named Alex, it's not even funny... I've met seven so far...

Alright. I can't think. It's late.

Classes

I'm half way through my second week of classes and I can't remember the last time I read so much in so little time. Just over the weekend I read The Three Sisters, A Streetcar Named Desire and Agamemnon. But let's do this in order.

Costume Construction
My first class of the week. 8:30am on Tuesday. I love this class, even though we haven't actually started sewing yet. But The teacher is so funny, and she has a dog that wears a super-dog cape and hangs out with us. His name is Henry. Over the course of this semester we will do a number of projects. The first of which is an apron with pockets to keep all our things in. Like the awesome scissors I bought. They were expensive, but soooo nice. I want to cut fabric all day. The last project will be a pair of pants. Intimidating. Between those two we'll work on costumes for the shows at the theater. I will be in the costume crew for Medea (I think they're trying to turn it into a musical. Scary.) which I'm excited about.

Play Reading
Do I have to explain what we do in this class? Yes? Okay, so we read plays. And then we talk about them in class. So that's where Agamemnon comes in. I know this shouldn't be a big deal, but I actually made it through the entire play on time. And I wrote he response paper and everything.

Acting III
The best class of all of them. We'll work on scenes and monologues (doing Masha from Three Sisters) throughout the semester. I'm so glad to be back on stage. Last week we had a guest in class, a director from Florida, and our teacher wanted to show him what we were working on, but since it's so early in the year there wasn't much to show. So she asked us to do monologues we had worked on outside of class. And all the American students did their stuff, but I didn't have anything yet. I said that I could try a German monologue, not thinking that they would actually go for it. But they did. So I got up on stage in front of everybody for the first time since I got here and I did Lena's Tagtraum monologue from Atlas. You won't believe how good that felt. Somebody actually guessed what it was about. I was very pleased with myself and got some great feedback. I can't wait to start working on my first monologue for real.

Advanced Topic in Fiction Writing
This class is the deadline I need to keep writing and I'll actually have to do some editing. I have to hand in my first draft for my first short story (10-20 pages) next Tuesday and so far I have nothing. So if you have any ideas (and I mean real ideas) then please let me know. I'm desperate.


I have one other class, Young Adult Literature, but I can't really say anything about that yet, because we've only had one session. I'll know more come Thursday. Speaking of Thursday. Thursday is my BIRTHDAY! We'll probably go to see a play, then go to dinner off campus, and then go to a club. I do wish I could have all my Bielefeld people with me and my family...
Skype, people! Find me on skype!

It's late. I have to go to bed. More later.

The first week

I've been here a week now and so much stuff has happened that there is no way I can possibly tell you about all of it. There are a few things that I want to get into though.

1. Alone Time.
I need it. That's why I'm up at 1am writing this. There is so much going on all the time. Orientation meetings, picnics, parties. And you know how excited I get. I'm afraid I'll miss out something, so I do everything. And it's fun, don't get me wrong, but I'm now at a point where I don't need to get to know more people. I've met so many in last few days and I can hardly remember any of their names. (Which I do feel bad about, believe me.) I need to digest what I've been fed. So I'm glad to have tomorrow off, while others have classes. Which brings me to my next point:

2. Classes
I pretty much got all the classes I wanted. Even Acting III. Very exciting. I'm also taking Play reading, Advanced topics in fiction writing, Costume construction and Literature for young adults. All these classes meet on Tuesday and Thursday only, which means I have no classes on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. That should give me plenty of time to do my homework during the week and do whatever I want on the weekends. Which brings me to my next point:

3. Parties
I'm not sure if I can even write about the parties I went to without getting people in trouble... Not that I've done anything that I wasn't supposed to do, but I think others have. I feels like everybody has these crazy expectations when it comes to college parties, but the truth is they're just regular parties. Maybe things will get crazier further into the year. We'll see. The only thing I expected really where the red cups and bear pong and I've encountered both of those things, so I'm good. Expectation is the root of all heart ache.


That's it for now I guess. As soon as my classes start I'll write about the theatre. Look forward to that, Wesleyan's theatre is amazing. And as soon as get my hands on a cable to attach my camera to the computer, I'll get some pictures up too. Yay.

I made it.

I arrived at Nebraska Wesleyan on Monday night. Since then I've been incredibly busy.

I met the other international students, went to orientation meetings, bought a cell phone and ate. It seems like every activity the university has planned for us involves eating. Before I left I was so nervous I couldn't eat, nothing but "Buchstabensuppe" which I miss already. Luckily that has changed. So far I'm really impressed by the cafeteria. They have fresh salad and brownies for every meal, so I'm all set.

I live in a single room on campus in a dorm, Centennial Hall, which I'm told is the place to be. The rooms are tiny and kind of plain, but I already put up the picture I brought with me and decorated a little bit. I'm sure it won't take long for my room to become my room. I'm glad to have a single. First I was afraid that I'd be lonely, but let's face it, I have no trouble meeting people and there's so much going on that I'm glad to have a place to hide if that's what I need.

Tomorrow morning I'll register for all my classes. I'm really excited for that, because even though I filled out a registration form in advance, I'm not sure if I actually got a place in the classes I want. So we'll see about that.

The weather is amazing. I'm absolutely in love with it. It's hot, but not too hot and a little humid. The only thing that really annoys me is the air conditioning. It's everywhere. I have to put on a sweater every time I enter a building and it's irritating my eyes. I look like I've been smoking pot. My eyes are so red. I hope it'll get better soon...

Writing all this down makes it sound really boring, but it isn't. Actually I'm so excited all the time I can barely sit still and sleeping isn't even an option. Last night I stayed up really late talking to the people from my dorm and at 1am we got hungry so I went to McDonald's in a truck full of football players... that was... let's say interesting.
It is so good to meet so many new people, the other international students are amazing and is my I-pal. I'm a little proud actually, because I've been told that I don't have much of an accent. Makes me so happy! :D

And now I'll go to my first frat party. Awesome.

Tomorrow

I'm done packing. Almost. The suitcase is full, 22,8kg. And I feel great. No I don't. I have no idea how I feel.

23 kg isn't much, but that's all I'm allowed to take. And from what I've seen of the dorm rooms online, I won't have room for much more anyway. I packed my favourite sweater, my favourite shoes, my teddy bear and some other stuff. No books. Books are heavy.
Now all I have to do is pack everything I'm leaving at home in boxes and put those boxes in the basement.
I feel a little homeless right now. Weird. I'm writing this on my former roomies notebook, at my old place. Two weeks ago I moved back in with my mom so I wouldn't have to pay rent for August, but I don't feel at home in the guest room. And my old place isn't "my place" anymore either. So now I'm ready to have a new home on the other side of th world. Tomorrow.

The last two weeks consisted entirely of goobyes and until tonight I didn't cry. I just couldn't. I had this big fat knot in my stomach, I couldn't eat and had crazy nightmares, but I didn't cry. So tonight, when the suitcase was full, I came here to freak out a little and cry a little. Now that I've done that I feel a lot better and ready to leave.

Now I'll ride my bike home for the last time. Pack the last boxes and spend the last night in Germany. For one year. Every now and then I have to remind myself, that it's only a year. And let's face it, thanks to facebook I'll know what everybody is up to anyway an the other way around.

So that's it. The next time you'll here from me I will be very far away. And I'll be good!

5 days.

Five days. Time for a first post.

I'm still not sure about this blog thing. I don't know, if I want this to be in German or in English and I don't know what to write, but five days from today I'm going away. For one year. And I know I won't send regular emails to all the important people in my life. I'm too lazy for that (sorry). So here you have it. A blog. I'm a hipster now...

On Monday I'm leaving for Lincoln, Nebraska where I'll go to college for the next two semesters. Here's how I feel about that at the moment: AAAAAAAAHOHMYGODHELP!!!

I'm nervous. Not scared really, more impatient. I want to be there already. All this packing and planning and saying goodbye is not good for me. When I think about everything that needs to be done I get dizzy... That's why I've been putting off starting this thing here. (Procrastination is an art.)

I hate this weird in between stage I'm in. I can't really make any plans. Not here, because I'll be gone soon and not there because I have no idea what's waiting for me. I want to see all my friends before I go, but when I'm with them I can't even sit still, because I keep thinking about how many pairs of shoes I can fit in my suitcase... That makes me sound girlier than I am. I'm rambling. Sorry. My point is I feel like part of me is already gone and I find it extremely annoying to deal with all the "here-stuff", but at the same time I want to pretend that I'm not going away at all...

That's it for now I guess... I promise I'll get better at blogging.