Journeyings

[oloriel]

I found a reason to make the stuffed pumpkin again after all. (After my lovely pumpkin plant, let's call it Míriel, the Great Pumpkin rest her leafy little soul, produced one perfect pumpkin only to die as soon as the pumpkin began to ripen, I've been waiting for an excuse.) There's little point in making stuffed pumpkin (and we're talking about 7 kg of pumpkin here) for two people and two kittens. But coincidentally, Jörg's Hawai'ian cousin Kurt and his boyfriend and an elderly ladyfriend of theirs happen to be in Germany just now, and after we met them in Cologne on Sunday, we invited them to take a look at our lovely construction site and have dinner with us, and adding Jörg's mother, we were enough to dare battle the pumpkin. Richy - that's the boyfriend - fell ill, unfortunately, but we were still five people, so only half the dish ended up as leftovers (well, at least now Jörg has something to warm up while I'm at Ring*Con!). And they liked it (or were polite enough to feign enthusiasm, at any rate). Everyone was very friendly and relaxed, and between two people who travel so much as Joy and Kurt do, there were a lot of exciting and funny stories. Joy - that's the ladyfriend - asked for the pumpkin recipe in the end and offered me (in return?) to stay at her house should I happen to fly to Tôkyô via New York.

Which is, I suppose, the other news. It's official now: I shall be in Tôkyô from the beginning of December until early March.
PANIKU.
I mean, YAY.
*deep breath*

Comments

[elfy.livejournal.com]

Which is, I suppose, the other news. It's official now: I shall be in Tôkyô from the beginning of December until early March.

What?! Oh, wow!!! Very cool!!! :DDDDD
*applause*

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

I shall be in Tôkyô from the beginning of December until early March.

*CLINGU!* Und yay, natürlich! *hugs* Das schaffst du!

[fuchs.livejournal.com]

Manchmal hab ich echt das Gefühl, ich kriege nichts mit bei dir. -_-

Wie kommt denn das, ich meine, hast du ein Stipendium gekriegt? Wenn ja welches? Care to elaborate a bit, EH?!

[meril.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on going to Japan! (And if you need advice on living there, I can point you to ...a load of people on my flist who are friendly and helpful, etc.)

[gaharr.livejournal.com]

WOW *Faenchenschwenk*

I have to admit that I wouldn`t dare going to Tokyo, you are a braver man than I am ;)

[degu-aus-stahl.livejournal.com]

Glückwunsch!
Und viele Einträge! *schon mal vorbestell* ;)

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Ich hab's auch ziemlich geheim gehalten, manchmal kann ich ja furchtbar abergläubisch sein, drum hab ich nicht so wirklich was gesagt, bis es jetzt sicher war, um es nicht zu jinxen. >_>

Nee, für ein Stipendium fehlen mir ja sowohl Talent als auch Fleiß. Ist ein Praktikum mit vorhergehendem Sprachkurs und Homestay. Wird sicher spannend und ein ziemlicher Sprung ins Eiswasser, aber das ist so was ja irgendwo immer. *wibbel*

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

No mortal man am I! Mwahahah.

Actually I'm terrified, and if the program offered any place but Tôkyô (I mean, in Japan), I'd have preferred that indefinitely. Kyôto or something on Hokkaido would have been so much nicer. But, well, at least I'm going! *brave grin*

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Besten Dank!
Ich werd mir Mühe geben, muss nur bis dahin irgendwie ein Schlepptop organisieren... :)