December 2011
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Three countries in two days!
You’d think I was a world traveller or something.
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We just got yelled at by security in the Köln...
Because we weren’t supposed to be in an area until an hour before our flight.
We got yelled at by the same guy who checked our tickets and let us in not 20 minutes before.
Mister, I think the problem here is you.
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I drew the short straw
Our hotel tonight oddly has 3 normal sized beds and a wee bitty one. Guess where I am?
It’s like I’m Goldilocks and baby bear’s bed is just too small, except that I didn’t get the joy of snacking on any porridge first.
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Back in München for one more day
Then off to London tomorrow!
Going back to real life is going to be hard, y’all.
Christopher Plummer was so dreamy
But this movie looks completely bonkers in hi-def. It’s too shiny. I’m used to it on cruddy VHS. All the sharp definition is kind of throwing me for a loop.
They play Sound of Music every Sunday AND...
We have front row seats and pizza. It’s pretty excellent.
Apparently it's a 1938 FDA law
That says all foodstuffs must contain only food, which is why the eggs (which have a toy in the middle) are not readily sold. I’m sure the law is a bit flexible now, especially since nothing we eat is actually all food.
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I can't reply or apparently ask box things from...
So bear with me a second.
Chiara - my mom had the overpriced strudel! It wasn’t very good. I think it’s so fun you ran that tour, but I think I’d probably hate the world after a couple of weeks.
Mel - I don’t know what his enthusiasm was either, but it was a lot of fun. Got to go down a couple slides that nearly gave me a heart attack, and there was a disco boat ride on...
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Hey Mel,
Tell Alex he can rest easy. We went to the salt mines today.
:)
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We went on The Sound of Music tour today.
Our guide’s name was Gary. I’m still trying to work that one out. He was hilarious.
Do you remember in the movie how terribly gaudy the wedding chapel interior was? It’s just as terrible in real life. I mean, it’s very impressive and imposing, and it was beyond amazing to be standing in the same spot, but goodness is that place hideous.
We saw a lot of the other...
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They're playing The Sound of Music in the hotel...
In Salzburg. How quaint.
The words are in English, and there are karoke subtitles on the songs, and no one is singing along. Buzzkills.
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Liebe Grüße aus Österreich!
We’re in Salzburg now, and it is so pretty. It’s significantly colder than Munich, but I’ve only complained once.
The 24th is the official Christmas holiday in this part of the world, so little is open. All I’ve eaten today is chocolate torte and hot chocolate with a shot of rum. I am not complaining.
Our hotel is so hip I can barely stand it. I actually like it a lot....
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Oh hai people
I am writing to you from an iPad from a kitchen in Munich.
My brother has couchsurfing friends, and one of them tried to poison me with 8 shots. I only took 3. Am still alive.
Got a wee bit lost finding the hotel, but still found it before everyone else. Parents are in Chicago at the moment which I don’t understand but whatever.
You guys, this place is magical. Everyone is super...
Hope you don't mind that this has turned into a...
When I locate my family and have stuff to do, you probably won’t hear from me any more. But until then you’re stuck with me.
I’m sitting on the floor at the Munich airport charging my phone. I’ll leave when it’s got a charge of more than 15%, though what’s the point since I can’t actually use it to phone anyone. Thanks, Verizon.
Still in my flip flops....
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Manchester, here I come!
Don’t ask.
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You guys are awesome
Thanks for the kind words. I know I’ll be ok but it’s still a bit weird.
Though at this rate, I might be on the damn Heathrow plane with them anyway, who the hell knows!
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I just might be in Munich by myself for 7 hours...
My parents are supposed to be on the same plane out of Philly, but they are delayed too and might have to take a different flight through Heathrow.
Great.
I mean, I know I can handle it and all, but it was going to be nice to at least have some English speakers with me.
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Fuckin' tourists. Oughta be a law.
I can at least amuse myself at Dulles by quoting Die Hard 2 to myself and giggling in the corner.
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Now I'm at Dulles
If you were keeping track, I’m supposed to be in Philly.
We were holding for so long we started to run out of fuel. Instead of just moving us to the front of the queue, they sent us to DC.
I’m not worried, because there’s plenty of time to catch my connection, and there’s a solid probability that one will be late too.
I’m just annoyed we’re stuck at the Z...
Haven't even got off the ground yet and already...
Got “randomly selected for further screening” at the airport and got to stand in a glass box until someone got around to me. That was the worst part. All they did was swab my flip flops and run them through a terrorist detecting machine and let me go.
Now I’m sitting with my traditional pre-flight breakfast of diet coke and combos, awaiting the first leg. Anyone have any lunch...
I had truffle macaroni and cheese for the first...
This is probably a sacrilege to say on Tumblr, but I was not impressed. I really didn’t like it at all.
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Wizard's Duel in finally working over at...
I’m challenging every last one of you broads. LET’S FIGHT!
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Real excited that my cat decided to wait until 1am...
She has fits, you see. Where she sprints around for 10 steps at a time, pauses, and then sprints back in the other direction. This apartment is so small, and she is so chubby, that the whole place practically shakes as she runs. Times like these I wish they made over the counter tranquilizer darts.
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This evening's to-do list
sotheresthat:
I have to write this down or I’ll forget to do them all and then tomorrow I’ll be in trouble
laundry (totally cheated on this because it was already done)
Locate chargers for various electronic gadgets (MOSTLY. got to find the iPod one)
open Tumblr Buddy gifts
charge and load up Kindle I added 15 books on there. Should get me through, right?
finish leftover gouda & bacon...
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Sweet fanciful Jesus
Because I’m a complete moron, I just sheared the topskin layer of my half-healed blister. Sons of fucking bitches that hurts.
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This evening's to-do list
I have to write this down or I’ll forget to do them all and then tomorrow I’ll be in trouble
laundry (totally cheated on this because it was already done)
Locate chargers for various electronic gadgets (MOSTLY. got to find the iPod one)
open Tumblr Buddy gifts
charge and load up Kindle I added 15 books on there. Should get me through, right?
finish leftover gouda & bacon mac...
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I'm going to slaughter him this time.
Second round, four words in, I’m up 107-26. THE GLOVES ARE OFF, CIA MAN.
Ok, I now know how to get from various airports...
That’s a start.
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He only beat me by 15 points!
I feel like that’s a victory.
I am so unprepared to be leaving for Europe in...
Like super crazy amounts of unprepared. I was prepared in October. I was raring to go in October. Now not so much.
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P.S. Thank y'all for all the kind words earlier
I just posted the picture because you’d all helped me put myself together, I didn’t expect such praise. I’ve never had so many people tell me I looked good all at once in my life! You’re way too kind.
Now I’ve de-bitched and I’m watching the Futurama Atlanta episode. “I think it was just an airport.”
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Coworker won a trip to Vegas at our holiday party!
And she’s not taking me, even though I was her date to the party. RUDE.
I managed to last until the end of the party, though my shoes didn’t. They started cutting into my toes like crazy so I ditched those fuckers. We got a gift bag that had two martini glasses in it, which is hilarious and awesome. All in all it was a good time.
My finger didn’t hurt a bit all night, and when...
Apparently I got home just a bit too late for all...
Because all I’ve seen so far is awful.
Coworker and I just embarrassed the whole table...
People are confused as to why I know this music because I’m so young. I’m confused as to why they don’t know it because they’re so old.
Also, I worked the stage crew for Guys & Dolls.
You guys, they have rat pack impersonators
This is going to be fucking hilarious.
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You know the saying "go big or go home"?
That’s my hair, y’all. It’s ENORMOUS.
Whatever, it’s just the office party that I don’t even want to go to.
Thanks for all your help, ladies. I at least look presentable, which is something new and different for me.
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No, YOU just burned the hell out of your right...
This is why they don’t let me out of the house.