Dear musicians, band managers and English-lyric writers, Please (PLEASE) help me. I have colleagues who listen to the radio. Even though there are several German bands, most of the music on the radio is currently sung in English. As the only “native-English-speaker” in the place, it’s my job to tell them what’s being sung. I […]
Good afternoon, and welcome to a brave new EU-free world…Just to recap: the UK has voted to leave the European Union in a result that came down to just 1.39m votes.
Holes punched on the wrong side of the page and therefore filed upside down.
Papers filed in chronological order, except when they aren’t
Apparently someone’s been counting something…
My bag is in the process of losing a strap, and I am in the process of coming to terms with the fact that I will need to mend it.
It seems I don’t know how to party. (Especially when I don’t know anyone.)
That’s more embarrassing than I expected.
I have a problem with grinding my teeth.
I missed what happened, I just saw the aftermath – a million (more or less) shiny red hearts. I don’t know why they were there, but it made an otherwise unmemorable platform a little bit more special. Do people get engaged on platforms of busy stations? Married? Set off on their honeymoon? Are some people […]
“You know what? It sounds like you’re a perfectionist…”
…should I be worried? Was nice knowing you all! (Just in case) Update: I got there, and back again, in one piece 🙂
Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness.
It does not believe that I do not want it.
Isn’t that good?!
Isn’t it also good that I got to a red traffic light in time to catch it 🙂
DB: what time do you want to get up tomorrow? Me: thinks mid-afternoon would be nice. Around 8? DB, half an hour later: I’ve set the alarm for 7. You can sleep in the car.
Me: (out of breath) “Good morning, name’s Jesska, I’m so sorry I’m late! (Draws breath) I got lost on the way…. Should I make a new appointment? (Breathes)” Secretary: (blank look) “tell me who you are again” Me: “Jesska” Secretary: (Alternately clicking away at the computer and flicking through the appointment book) “…but you don’t […]
The radio comes on loudly, waking us up the way it does every morning. DB sits up and looks across at the dog (C) we’re looking after, who’s sleeping on the floor next to his side of the bed. DB: (excited) Good morning C! It’s time to get up! Yup yup yup! It really is! […]