You’ll never guess what I did on Monday. My co-worker and I bought a commuter sticker. I found out that I can ride the bus to campus for $10/semester with my Campus ID card. The bus leaves one block from my house, drops me off on the opposite site of...
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I walked into the Java City Coffeeshop in my work building this morning, when I smelled something that took me right back to where I was 15 years ago. I was staying in Boston, attending a 4-weeks language summer class in Medford, at Tufts University to be precise, and the smell...
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I got tagged by lovely Kim this morning and therefore I have to participate in this little meme:  Here are the rules: * Link to the person who tagged you – go blame Kim. * Post the rules here – DONE! * Share 7 random or weird facts about yourself – see below....
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Seen at Kerri‘s blog: I want to: make a difference in people’s lives. do something meaningful. help people that are less fortunate than I am. carve out time for myself, daily. stand up for what I believe.… Read more
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… always wanted to live in CA, I believe. Earthquakes have strangely fascinated me since my first geography class in 5th grade, so I chose Geography as my Leistungskurs in 12th grade and later went on to University to study Geography. By lucky coincidence, and I say that with still...
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This is the official term of my legal status in the US. Sounds lovely, huh? It always makes me think of little green men [or women] and X-Files :) Due to the Thanksgiving-weekend-with-Kim-excitement, I totally forgot that November, 22nd marked the first anniversary of my immigrating to the US and...
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I always thought I had a pretty ordinary name. It’s not that I dislike it per se, but “Sandra” was a very common first name in the seventies and with a somewhat “ordinary”, typical German last name, I wasn’t particularly happy with it. There was another girl with the same name at...
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A big plus when moving in with my fabulous roomate was the fact that she had cats :) I love cats. My sister and I were never allowed to have pets when were little. Except for two budgies that one of our great-aunts gave us for our 6th birthday, no...
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