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Family Weekend, yet again
May. 15th, 2006 08:59 pmFamily celebration #24601 went better than expected. Beate actually behaved like a friendly human being (and admitted to having read Inkspell and watched The Thief Lord O_o), my godchild Sabrina was adorable, and the service was nicely organized. The people could even sing! The only problem was that it was a Catholic service, but held in a Protestant church due to the fact that the tiny Catholic church in Jena wouldn't have sufficed for all the kids and their extended families. Protestant churches, unfortunately, don't have these neat little cushioned kneeling-benches. Thankfully, they decided to scrap the kneeling altogether and have people stand at the kneeling parts, which, however, meant that we were pretty much standing all the time. Oh, us mollycoddled modern-day couch potatoes.
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That, and that the program sheet we all got wasn't altogether helpful. My brother commented that the presentation was excellent, but the hand-out was lacking, which our uncle Gerhard, Sabrina's dad, found hilarious. (He's professor of chemistry at the University of Jena.)
Also, I finished Outbound Flight in one go (you have to do something on these 4-hour trips). I must admit that I found it a really intense, gripping and well-written novel. And it all suddenly made sense! Also, I fangirl Thrawn like a pathetic little fangirl. I really shouldn't enjoy reading glorified fanfic that much, should I; but it's good!
I also made a start into Sir Gawain, which we'll be reading in Middle English and Medieval English Literature the next weeks. It takes me longer, though, because my Middle English isn't that fluent, and anyway I like to mouth the words whilst reading, which slows me down but is sooo enjoyable. (You just can't read alliterative poems without at least mouthing the words.)
And my brother and I invented the Jedi linguists. What, you don't know Jedi linguists? They're the class that carries orange lightsabres. No, really! Don't piss them off, or they'll break into hour-long lectures. - I forgot the exact circumstances, which is a pity because I do remember that they were hilarious. Oh well.
Also, all of Jena seems to be preparing for celebrating the 200-year anniversary of the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt. Erm. Vive Bonaparte? *ducks*
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Karate practice was exhausting but fun. I haven't forgotten quite as much as I did in Kendô, there, apparently. But then, I'd been doing Kendô for two years before my half-year break, wherehas I've been practicing Karate for 9 years, so it figures that those movements have sunk in deeper...
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That, and that the program sheet we all got wasn't altogether helpful. My brother commented that the presentation was excellent, but the hand-out was lacking, which our uncle Gerhard, Sabrina's dad, found hilarious. (He's professor of chemistry at the University of Jena.)
Also, I finished Outbound Flight in one go (you have to do something on these 4-hour trips). I must admit that I found it a really intense, gripping and well-written novel. And it all suddenly made sense! Also, I fangirl Thrawn like a pathetic little fangirl. I really shouldn't enjoy reading glorified fanfic that much, should I; but it's good!
I also made a start into Sir Gawain, which we'll be reading in Middle English and Medieval English Literature the next weeks. It takes me longer, though, because my Middle English isn't that fluent, and anyway I like to mouth the words whilst reading, which slows me down but is sooo enjoyable. (You just can't read alliterative poems without at least mouthing the words.)
And my brother and I invented the Jedi linguists. What, you don't know Jedi linguists? They're the class that carries orange lightsabres. No, really! Don't piss them off, or they'll break into hour-long lectures. - I forgot the exact circumstances, which is a pity because I do remember that they were hilarious. Oh well.
Also, all of Jena seems to be preparing for celebrating the 200-year anniversary of the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt. Erm. Vive Bonaparte? *ducks*
...
Karate practice was exhausting but fun. I haven't forgotten quite as much as I did in Kendô, there, apparently. But then, I'd been doing Kendô for two years before my half-year break, wherehas I've been practicing Karate for 9 years, so it figures that those movements have sunk in deeper...
