zwei tage in Berlin und mein deutsch wird schon viel besser. aber nur langsam.
total brötchen count so far: 6.
great film gestern gesehen. it should be playing in the US at least in two years. keep an eye out for it.

hello from the Amsterdam airport!
only 4 minutes left of internet time...
this place is great. I just got a twenty minute chair massage and am feeling almost like new, despite almost no sleep on the first part of my trip. losing nine hours is very strange. will be in Berlin in three hours, hurrah!
now, to find a cup of coffee...

leaving in an hour!
frantic.
will post if I can.
back on 30th.

-the weather here is gorgeously summery, which isn't helping to prepare me for the blistering cold of Berlin in March.
despite my fear of the cold, this is roughly how excited I am to go.

-Dervala wins me over, again, with this:
The Gentleman's Entrance

-Nancy says:
"And there's some personal growth for you: I just wished for the deaths of over six billion people so I could have a cigarette."
yeah.

-spam this morning:
Let us match you with a REAL person!
um... as opposed to...

-if you live in SF, don't miss Piccadilly.

-and don't forget:
Happy International Women's Day!
(if we were elsewhere in the world, I'd get flowers and a nice card, maybe even dinner, but don't worry, this isn't a competition...)

Mark Morford asks:
"Where is my raging apocalypse?

Over 3,500 gay marriages and, what, no hellfire? I was promised hellfire. And riots. What gives?

worth the pop-up windows:
Photos of Chernobyl's "Dead Zone"

Donate to my sister's Peace Corps Project!

Chaldovar School Resource Center

"The community of Ming Bulak lacks a working library, which is necessary to disseminate the reading resources it wants to acquire. Without access to books, teachers and students lack the essential tools of education. In addition, the community lacks a microphone system, which is necessary to hold concerts and competitions. These concerts and events are part of a school tradition that was established during the Soviet Union, yet they are fundamentally important to the life of the community. School events like these provide opportunities for the community to strengthen its bonds, identify problems, and mobilize to find solutions. These school events also provide community members with the opportunity to celebrate holidays and achievements, and provide a rare diversion from the daily struggle to make ends meet. The proposed Partnership project aims to improve the quality of the reading resources that are available to teachers and students in the subjects of Russian and Kyrgyz literature and English as a foreign language and improve the community's ability to mobilize skills and resources. To accomplish this the community will remodel the existing library and will hold two fundraising events to raise money and awareness for the project. Partnership funds are needed to purchase a microphone system and various books in the Russian, Kyrgyz and English languages."

Every few bucks help! it's easy as pie.