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Emily · Quoth Gwen Stefani (sort of), "I'm just a girl in the world studying Soviet-era legal dissidence in Bremen, Germany"

Posts tagged chatterbox

May 20 '13

Time Well, Or At Least Just As Poorly, Spent

  • Me: Sometimes I think about all of the things I could have been doing with my time if I weren't blogging.
  • Indian student: You wouldn't have been doing anything better with it.

1 note Tags: chatterbox

May 17 '13

We Have Klas

  • French girl: What is your name?
  • German guy: Klas.
  • Other French girl: Klas?
  • Me: Klas!
  • Two French girls and me: Klaaaaas? Klasssss. Klas! Klas!
  • Original French girl: Sorry. This must happen to you all the time.
  • German guy: What?
  • OFG: People saying your name over and over when they learn it!
  • German guy: Nope. Never.

Tags: chatterbox german germany

May 14 '13

Read All About THAT

  • Man who made me sign up for a free trial to subscription to "Die Zeit" before he gave me a copy of this week's paper: What do you study?
  • Me: I'm doing a research project on the Soviet Union.
  • MWMMSUFAFTTSTDZBHGMACOTWP: Oh. ...Normally they just say "political science" or "business."
  • Me: I know.

1 note Tags: chatterbox germany german soviet union this life

Apr 29 '13

A Good Bet

  • Me, on the reception of a joke: Nobody laughed, but I thought I was funny!
  • Paul: I bet that happens to you a lot.

2 notes Tags: chatterbox

Apr 18 '13

Schooled

  • Me: I just want to be done with school.
  • My mother: ...You love school.

1 note Tags: chatterbox hi mom!

Apr 10 '13

Heartbreakers and Neck-achers

  • Male Slovak student: Do Americans like English accents?
  • Me: Yes.
  • MSS: That's like Slovak in Czech. When I go to Czech, everyone says I sound like—what is, like song?
  • Me: Like music?
  • MSS: Yes, like music.
  • Me: But do you like Czech girls' accents?
  • MSS: Well, Slovak girls are better. Sometimes, you are looking at them, and your—what is this?
  • Me: Your neck? You break your neck?
  • MSS: No, not break. But it aches. From looking at them. And they are everywhere. And sometimes, you are talking to one, and you must look behind her, because there is another one there! And with Czech girls, you must look harder. But there are still some. But maybe you are not so interested in this?
  • Me: Well...I had asked if you like the Czech accent.
  • MSS: Oh! No.
  • MSS: ...I am sorry.

2 notes Tags: what no why would that have been my question chatterbox europe East Europe Bremen

Apr 4 '13

Other Questions I Shouldn't Bother Asking

  • Me: Are you okay?
  • Justyna, who is from Poland: ...Yeah....I just drank some Jägermeister.
  • Me: Why did you do that?
  • Justyna: I am Polish.

2 notes Tags: chatterbox Bremen Polish

Apr 2 '13

I Don't Know Why I Asked, Either

  • Seminar Professor: Are there any questions on the syllabus?
  • Me: Yes, I have a question. The three written excerpts—is that three per week?
  • Seminar Professor: ...No. We're in Germany.
  • Everyone Else: (Merciless laughter.)

1 note Tags: chatterbox Bremen germany

Mar 31 '13

Abnormal American

  • Slovak student: People treat you differently because you're American. From New York.
  • Me: Um...I don't really think that's true.
  • Slovak student: Nope, it is. They're not normal with you.
  • Me: Oh, gosh. They treat me abnormally?!
  • Slovak student: Yes.

1 note Tags: chatterbox europe i quit

Mar 30 '13

I Turned Him Into a Newt! (He Got Better...)

  • Italian student: I think the three sexiest languages are French, Italian, and English spoken in a British accent.
  • Me, because this is who I am now, apparently: I hear that American English is sexier than British English.
  • Italian student: You are a heretic, and if this were the 16th century you'd be tried and burnt.

Tags: chatterbox europe USA