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[sisabet]

For those of you keeping track and playing the home game I am now only 9/17th. I am severely demoralized at this point. I think I work for Wolfram & Hart.

I don't want to do this for the next 25-30 years. I really, really don't. But I like money. Money is nice. It buys happiness. Beg to differ with me? Try to be unhappy sitting on your boat. It is just not possible. Well, unless you are being murdered by some random drifter at sea - then I guess money really can't buy your happiness. But, it probably makes everthing else up to that point much more easily bearable. Those Perfect Storm guys didn't end up so happy either. Probably because they didn't have money. That and the giant tidal wave.

I should probably rethink the whole boat hypothesis.

Argghhhh. I hate this, I really hate my job and it is pulling teeth anymore to force myself to do it and I'm gonna stop right now cause this is pointless. I'm an adult and I have responsibilities and it is a decent job and I just need to concentrate. And I'm not. Focus is not my friend or even a minor aquaintance anymore.

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[wrenlet.livejournal.com]

Money may not buy happiness, but poverty is pretty fucking miserable. So, if you've got money, you are less likely to be crushingly unhappy.

*sigh*

But I like your boat thing...

[josselin.livejournal.com]

I am sad because I cannot focus on my homework at all, so I know I will be staying up pulling all nighters next week trying to finish the homework then, and that will be miserable.

Also, next weekend I am going to Berlin and this is really frikkin scary 'cause I don't speak German and I'm positive I'm going to get kidnapped by somebody evil. Or, at least, I'll have problems ordering food in a foreign language and will have to eat snails or something.

Plus, while I am in Berlin, there will be no computer. I shall suffer internet withdrawl. I am suffering just anticipating it.

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

I am suffering contemplating you with no computer as well.

Snails aren't so bad. They are actually tasty in a white wine and butter sauce.

I'm perking up - I had a moment and closed the gap so now I am 11/17ths of the way finished. Go Austria!

[wolflady26.livejournal.com]

Lots and lots of people in Berlin speak English. Plus, there is a very strong Italian influence, so you can probably get away with pizza and rigatoni, if you get nervous.

If you like, I could probably type up a list of common German food words....

[wolflady26.livejournal.com]

Those Perfect Storm guys wouldn't have had to go after those last couple of tuna or whatever if they had money, so they could have been happily at home getting drunk in the little bar instead of meeting bloody huge waves. So your hypothesis holds ;)

[josselin.livejournal.com]

Lots and lots of people in Berlin speak English.

Well, that's good. I am still frightened, though. I have never been to a non-English speaking country.

If you like, I could probably type up a list of common German food words....

You are very kind to offer, but I think I am going to buy a German guide book or phrase book or something and then it'll have a list in it. So no need to bother, but thanks anyway.

[jackiekjono.livejournal.com]

Just think of all of the cool dvd's and equipment upgrades you can buy with all of the money you are making.

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

Yeah - cause I sure as hell ain't buying a boat. Those things are dangerous.

[wolflady26.livejournal.com]

I am still frightened, though. I have never been to a non-English speaking country.

The nice thing is, people around here are really used to dealing with people who can't speak German. I mean, it only takes a couple of hours to cross Germany west to east, and there are people on all sides whose native language isn't German. So they are quite friendly, even when communication is difficult.

When I moved to Germany, food words were the first things I picked up ;) I can still read a menu better than a book, heh.

I know exactly what you mean, though, I went to Italy last year with a group of people who didn't speak any Italian, which ended up being fun but was a little scary to contemplate. And I had to make a phone call yesterday to Brazil, and I don't know one single tiny little word of Portuguese, and that was terrifying :D

[elke-tanzer.livejournal.com]

Focus is not my friend or even a minor aquaintance

I think that's been in the air lately or something... me, too.

{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}

[jackiekjono.livejournal.com]

Besides, all of the best fishing happens in the winter when it's too cold to put the boat out.

Yep, nothing like taking out that auger and cutting a hole in the ice when it's 30 below.Now that's good fishin'.