kebology
An American in Austria.
A student (again).
Future teacher.
Klutz.
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Another late one. These last couple of weeks have been pretty tiring.
- Another public holiday, another free day for me. Not used to this.
- Got myself out of my room on the free day. Took a long (but kinda painful run) outside and later went and sat in the sun in the park. Tried to study, but didn’t work.
- Random dude on Flickr messaged me and said he misses my photos. Nice to know… I really should get back into it. If only my camera weren’t such a piece of crap.
- Bought and managed to eat a whole kilo of asparagus.
- Finally had a video chat with Ernst after he was away.
- Had some relatively successful lessons in the elementary school.
- This past week at work was also relatively less busy.
- Managed to get myself to the gym on a few days when I was feeling particularly unmotivated
- I think I have staved off a cold!
- Just glad the week is over… I’m exhausted.
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Photo reblogged from it was a dark and stormy night;
Yesterday my mom posted a picture on Facebook of my 5 year old brother Sam wearing a pair of shoes he picked out for his first day of preschool.
She explained to him in the store that they were really made for girls. Sam then told her that he didn’t care and that “ninjas can wear pink shoes too.”
Sam went to preschool and got several compliments on his new shoes. Not one kid said anything negative toward him about it.However, my mom received about 20 comments on the photo from various family members saying how “wrong” it is and how “things like this will affect him socially” and, put most eloquently by my great aunt, “that shit will turn him gay.”
My mom then deleted the photo and told Sam that he can wear whatever he wants to preschool, that it’s his decision. If he wants to wear pink shoes, he can wear pink shoes.
Sam then explained to her that he didn’t like them because they were pink, he liked them because they were “made out of zebras” and zebras are his favorite animal :)
What does it say about society when a group of adults could stand to take a lesson in humanity from a class of preschoolers?
Words cannot express how happy this makes me. -
A little late, but nonetheless.
- I had 2 whole days off. TWO. Like a normal person.
- The old dead plants left by the girl who was living in this room before me have finally been discarded.
- Bought myself a few plastic bins and am a teeny tiny bit more organized.
- Got to hang out with Pam outside of work. Also meant an evening not working/procrastinating in my room. Also meant wine. :)
- Haven’t been feeling very motivated to workout lately, but have at least done something most days.
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Photoset reblogged from The Cake Bar
Fruit & Herbs Flavored Water Tutorials
- For best flavor let ingredients sit for a few hours before serving.
- I make these on large water bottles for the gym
- You can serve this for outdoor summer parties (picnics, fourth of july, garden weddings etc)
- This is significantly lower in calories than juices, soda
- Adding a bit of flavor to water can make it easier to drink more water than usual (sometimes it’s hard to drink 8 glasses of plain water a day)
- I *think* if you are on the Weight Watchers Program fruits & herbs have 0 points (so it’ll count as if you’re drinking plain water) *I don’t know if they changed this points rule…please double check :)
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Drawing a blank at the moment when I think about the past week, but here’s what I can dig up.
- I have one test and one presentation behind me. Weren’t horrendous.
- Beer. Was good.
- Another yay for spring!
- Made some baby steps in making my living arrangements more comfortable.
- Had a random and somewhat amusing (but lonnnnng) interaction with a Welshman at the tea house.
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Photo reblogged from Weapon Bearing Savage Angels
What cucumbers are called across Europe (and a bit of Africa and Asia), in a convenient map format.
While I appreciate this really random map - cucumbers/Gurken/etc are one of my most favorite things to munch on - I am a little disappointed that Austria is ignored on this map. So the language is German and the word is the same as in Germany, but to someone who is not sure what language is spoken in Austria (something I have been asked personally by several Americans), it isn’t so clear.
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Photoset reblogged from rosemary mosco birdandmoon.com
Happy spring, nature lovers! Here’s this comic on my site.
Edit: lots of discussion on my Facebook Page about whether actinomycetes are fungi or bacteria. Actinomycetes are now classified as gram-positive bacteria, though they have fungus-like characteristics. I highly recommend this book for the budding (or zoosporulating?) bacteriophile!
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The last few days have been quite crappy and I’m not looking forward to the next few days either, and I’m not really in the mood to list 5 positive things…so I do this begrudgingly.
- The trees are really beginning to get color and we had some more nice spring weather. I even enjoyed the cooler, overcast, partially rainy days.
- Finished at least half of my observation hours for PäP
- Got in a nice long 9km run. The run itself wasn’t great - too many people out and about and my back felt like it was trying to sabotage me. But, I did it.
- Made a quiche. Satisfied my asparagus craving. Was pretty good.
- I am going to bed right now.
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Photo reblogged from It's Okay To Be Smart
A healthy dose of inspiring reality, courtesy of Science:
The nearest star to the Moon (other than the Sun), Proxima Centauri, is 4.3 light years away from us. It marks the beginning of what astronomers would call the “stars” beyond our solar system. Miss the Moon, you will be relegated to floating around in the infinite blackness until you quickly succumb to the vacuum and frigidity of space and die. Consider yourself inspired!
Have a great day!
(via Science-Based Life)
Oh, this should so be on a greeting card.
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First week back from vacation and it went by so so slowly. It hardly feels like I was away. Despite that, this week…
- we had gorgeous spring weather! A few days were rather cloudy and there were a few drops of rain, but it was always mild and mostly sunny.
- I found out I didn’t gain any weight over the Easter break, despite lots of eating and not so much exercise.
- I got back to the gym this week, slowly, after my nasty cold finally let up.
- I cancelled lessons to give myself an extra day of rest - something that I normally feel guilty doing.
- cooking in the kitchen with a very big reservation at the cafe went rather smoothly! It was absolutely exhausting, but somewhat fun.
