I feel the urgent need to post something in English here. Since I commented on someone else's blog I experience an unexpected increase in hits on my site, but since my blog is in German, I feel bad for all these people who come here, expect something interesting and then get disappointed. However, there is not much I can write about right now, because this week is quiz week and all I am doing is correcting exams. So, I found these two old memes, made one out of them, and decided to do it in ENGLISH, because I always meant to introduce myself a little more, besides what I wrote in the blogger profile.
BTW, keep on sending in the answers to last post's quiz. I am going to wait a couple more days and then I'll post the results.
40 (really weird) facts about me
1. first name? Nici
2. were you named after anyone? no
3. piercings? 3: both ears and right ear twice
4. do you like your handwriting? Kinda. When I find the time to write neatly, but I wish I could do this nice American cursive script.
5. ever been to Africa? no
6. do you have a journal? Yes, I do, but I don't really write a lot into it. I have this blog, though.
7. ever been toilet papering? Up until four years ago I did not even know what that is. (crazy American customs!!!)
8. do you still have your tonsils? Yes, and also everything else I was born with.
9. would you bungee jump? No. Never. Under no circumstances whatsoever. But I would love to try paragliding.
10. what is your favorite cereal? Oh, what's its name? Something like Maple Walnut Crunch from Post.
11. loved someone so much it made you cry? I am a girl. I think this answers the question. It’s not me, it’s my hormones.
12. do you think you are strong? Yes very! But people don't seem to notice that.
13. favorite ice cream flavor? One Sweet Whirled from Ben and Jerry's. I love coffee ice cream with chocolate chips, too. Or Vanilla - I like to keep it simple sometimes.
14. shoe size? 38 or 5 1/2
15. been in a car accident? twice (I don’t know why these trucks didn’t see my red Fiesta.)
16. favorite flower? The flower does not matter. What matters is who gives it to you. (However, I hate carnations.)
17. last thing you ate? half a bagel for breakfast
18. what are you listening to right now? Dave Matthews
19. if you were a crayon, what color would you be? Raspberry
20. favorite smell? Eternity. That's a parfume that reminds me of home.
21. who was the last person you talked to on the phone? My mother.
22. the first thing you notice about people you are attracted to? The EYES, definitely the eyes.
23. favorite drink? Chai Tea Latte in Winter or some flavored coffee. In summer, I love diet Mountain Dew - yes, it's not good for you, but that was not the question. I am already americanized.
24. eye color? dark DARK brown.
25. do you wear contacts? No and I never have. I've got perfect eye sight and that's the one and only thing that is perfect about me.
26. favorite food? I love Musamun from the Thai place across the street, I really like all kinds of salads and I cannot live without chocolate. It's physically impossible for me to live without chocolate, because my brain does not work without chocolate.
27. scary movies or happy endings? Definitely happy endings. I hate scary movies with a passion.
28. hugs or kisses? Hugs and lots and lots of them. However, I am really picky about who is allowed to hug me. I only let people hug me that really mean something to me.
29. favorite dessert? ice cream or Weincreme
30. what books are you reading? Currently everything on motivation I can get my hands on. Everything I am reading right now is about motivation, learner identity or strategy use. The last non-academic book I read was "Die fuenf Sprachen der Liebe".
31. what's on your mouse pad? nothing. I don't have a mouse.
32. what did you watch last night on tv? a report about a gay couple who tried to find a surrogate mother. Very interesting.
33. which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Probably a good bookstore (Poertgen und Herder in Münster, Mayersche Buchhandlung in DO or any good American bookstore)
34. what do you do most often when you are bored? Bored - what’s that? I am in grad school.
35. favorite sounds? Friends calling me on the phone.
36. what's your special talent? Making people smile just by looking at them.
37. lake, ocean or river? Ocean
38. how many tattoos do you have? 0
39. what is your favorite color? Blue or as I call it: Pö-lau
40. favorite day of the week? saturday mornings, reading in bed before getting up and starting the day
5 Kommentare:
Hee hee... what a fun list! Thanks for the English post! :) I have fun trying to figure out a wee bit of our posts in German. Ich spreche ein BISSCHEN Deutch. EIN BISSCHEN. As you can probably tell from the errors that sentence is riddled with! :)
Where are you from?
PS. Does your English blog still exist? I'm curious to go to it and see if I remember it! :) What was it called? I'm just trying to make the connection :P
Hi Hillary,
your German is great!!! I love it. I think it is so great that you try to figure out my German.
Yes, my English blog is still out there... somewhere. However, I definitely did not put as many emotions, as much effort and time into it as I do with this one. I am not really proud of it and should have deleted a while ago. Anyway, since it is still out there: The posts you commented on are this one http://promisering.blogspot.com/2006/03/super-powers.html
and this one http://promisering.blogspot.com/2006/03/love-love-love.html.
I think I might post more in English here in the future, because it is really hard to always think back and forth between two languages and it is not so easy to write about things in German that you experience in English. Besides, I think all my readers know at least some English and half of them are Americans anyway. I'll try.
Kannst Du uns unkultivierten Europäern Punkt 7 bitte etwas ausführlicher erläutern???
Tjaaa, "Toilet Papering" müsste euch eigentlich ein Ami erklären, weil ich das ja auch noch nie gemacht habe. Also so verstehe ich das:
Man nimmt Toilettenpapierrollen (logisch)und man schmeisst das Papier wie Luftschlangen in Bäume oder über Häuser etc., bis dann das Haus oder der Baum ganz voller Papier ist. Die ganze Geschichte ist eine ziemliche Sauerei, denn es ist nicht so leicht, das Toilettenpapier wieder aus den Bäumen oder von dem Haus zu bekommen, besonders nicht, wenn es regnet und alles feucht wird.
Ich glaube, das ist so eine Art Streich, den man Leuten spielt, die man ärgern will, aber auch wenn man irgendwas feiert, z.B. den Sieg des Highschool Football Teams machen das wohl manche Amis. Wie gesagt: Strange American customs. Vielleicht kann ein Ami, der dies liest, es noch etwas erläutern.
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