Catching up with...

So I think it's time to briefly write about *real life* in Berlin for this post.

*yawn*

Boring, right?  I'll try to make it interesting.  ;)

Well, I've recently finished my 4th level German, yet I still feel like a 7 year old when speaking/listening to Deutsch.  I have to skillz to survive, just not the conversational to chat with German friends in their language, as I would of course with friends in Vancouver.  Makes me sad, but my Deutsch friends are wonderful and understanding.  Sometimes they quiz me and I actually understand, and sometimes I've had enough gin/wine/beer to have the courage to actually attempt to use it.  Ask me to write something?  No problem!!!  :D  Unfortunately I have now run out of money to continue my education so that's it for this year.  Hopefully upon my return to Berlin in July I can continue my studies.

Oh yes, I have booked my return flight home.  I leave Berlin March 15th for Londontown to visit with my darling friend Jennifer, Jack & Lyle and also hopefully Larissa & William too! With a quick trip over to Dublin for St. Patty's Day and then I'm home on March 22nd.  (more on this later)

I've also recently finished working on a short film titled "Aufzug" ("Elevator").  We shot it in 6 days with about 2 months of prep/post production.  It's a wonderful 15 minute piece about people's emotions and coping mechanisms to deal with the apocalyptic, dystopian-esque state of the world as it crumbles around them...  all of these stories are told in an elevator.  The company was under a deadline for submission to the Berlin Film Fest...  they made it.  :)

In December I have a trip to Vienna planned with a few friends.  Always wanted to go there and what better time than for all the Weihnachten Märkte!!!?  (Christmas Markets)  Plus I will get to visit with a DJ/Promoter friend Michael who puts on a great monthly Minimal Synth Wave event called Future Echo.  I am also lucky enough to have been invited to DJ this time around so I've been busy the past few days re-organizing my music for the event.

I'm really looking forward to it!

I have also moved out of Neukölln and into Mitte with my friend Anne.  It's really wonderful to be here.  She's a good friend and I am lucky she's offered up not only her flat to share, but *given* me her bedroom for the next 5 months.  It's great to be in the city center for the tail end of my year here.  Different sights, new habits to form and further understanding of how the city is laid out and connected.  I'm now very close to the Neue Synagoge, Museum Insel, Fernseheturm and my favorite falafel spot, Dada Falafel!!!  Thanks Hilda and Mr. Sly for an awesome 7 months!!!

I'm going to stop here for today as I have to eat and get ready for a gig at the King Kong Klub featuring Xeno & Oaklander and Martial Canterel.

Schönen Abend!