tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675785862152144030.post3968806212867664296..comments2023-11-28T04:26:08.162-06:00Comments on Ravens and Writing Desks: 20 Things You (Possibly) Didn't Know About MeSophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113180708896008365noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675785862152144030.post-71815735377702544212016-02-24T15:19:08.117-06:002016-02-24T15:19:08.117-06:00I think even at those times when she worked part-t...I think even at those times when she worked part-time and didn't work in her home office it would have been difficult. I think it's getting better with part-time jobs in Germany and that they're easy to find. Less paid and mostly, surprise surprise, women with children...<br />The German school system is crazy. I think despite Germany being so proud about our education standards, I think it's the worst in the world, because every tiny thing has standards and rules and bureaucracy. Also, it's exhausting. There used to be times, when we had no afternoon school in this country, then somebody had the glorious idea that we needed this too, but he I think that idea was executed very bad. We really get stuffed with information and skills, but we're STUFFED so we don't really learn better. And then they tell you it's at least better than the Asian system where pressure is higher, but I think it isn't much better here. Okay, I'll stop about it. I think I'm currently too often hating my school system. I can't change anything yet anyway.<br /><br />Museums are awesome. Agree :D<br /><br />Oh well. Belated. I think that sounds definitely better and less scientific and dissecting than "subsequently". Much better :Dwindspritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06478484772242332262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675785862152144030.post-25787558681694083232016-02-16T06:38:32.290-06:002016-02-16T06:38:32.290-06:00Being homeschooled was a lot of fun, but it defini...Being homeschooled was a lot of fun, but it definitely would be hard to do if my mother didn't work just part time. I know in Denmark it's hard to get part time jobs - is it the same in Germany? The school system in Europe seems a little more strict than in the states (at least than in Illinois where I live).<br /><br />Orange is good. It comes in a solid second place, I think. I like it lots. <br /><br />Aww that's annoying that you don't get the chance to study Chinese. :/ But museums instead are awesome?<br /><br />Oh we say Happy Belated Birthday, like Happy "late" birthday. :-) And thank you!Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00113180708896008365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675785862152144030.post-55469481541587432002016-02-16T06:34:39.539-06:002016-02-16T06:34:39.539-06:00OH I WILL JOIN YOUR FEBRUARY TEAM! (And HAPPY LATE...OH I WILL JOIN YOUR FEBRUARY TEAM! (And HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY TOO) My mother is on the 14th, so you almost share a birthday?<br /><br />(Also did you know that in The Count of Monte Cristo someone gets murdered on February 5th? O.o)<br /><br />One of these days I will come! I PROMISE!Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00113180708896008365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675785862152144030.post-52042019053986575562016-02-16T06:32:17.310-06:002016-02-16T06:32:17.310-06:00Thanks! And yay for short tall-people :-)Thanks! And yay for short tall-people :-)Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00113180708896008365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675785862152144030.post-42757581655998879172016-02-16T06:31:43.967-06:002016-02-16T06:31:43.967-06:00Thank you! I had an excellent time - my host famil...Thank you! I had an excellent time - my host family took me to a THAI RESTAURANT of all places!<br /><br />Ahaha but of course! How could I have forgotten Sir Conan Doyle! There's actually a ginormous wikepedia list of Physician-authors including Chekhov and Alexander McCall Smith. I am in EXCELLENT company. Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00113180708896008365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675785862152144030.post-61383570710067757992016-02-16T06:28:19.822-06:002016-02-16T06:28:19.822-06:00"Verbing weirds language," as said in Ca..."Verbing weirds language," as said in Calvin and Hobbes. :-)<br />And that's a pretty nice job to have! An excellent arrangement. Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00113180708896008365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675785862152144030.post-52305159827725896562016-02-10T05:07:33.591-06:002016-02-10T05:07:33.591-06:00Being homeschooled sounds pretty cool... in German...Being homeschooled sounds pretty cool... in Germany this wouldn't be allowed. You can choose the school you want to go to, but not choose to to be taught at home. Every once in a while there are stories of kids who are homeschooled illegally and it's always awkward and sad, when you see that they're forced to go to some regular comprehensive school, even though they're smart enough to go to a "Gymnasium" (which would be like a grammar school or something" but Germany is ridiculous when it comes to accepting alternative forms of education. Sometimes I wish I could be homeschooled to. But on the other hand, my parents both work, so this wouldn't work out well :D<br /><br />OMG I clicked to your sisters blog and it's so amazing and cool! Follow, follow :D<br /><br />What? I have waaaay more books I did not finish. This is amazing! I wonder how this would work for me. Though, I believe many books I've picked from the library weren't actually worth finishing. SO.<br /><br />That color palate could <i>almost</i> be mine. Though, in mine, I would rather go for the darker, greenish tones and I'd also add some orange for complementary reasons :D<br /><br />Some weirdness. I'm half Chinese and I've been there so many times, but I'm ashamed to tell, that I only speak tidbits of the language. The only possibility of learning it would mean to drive an hour to Stuttgart every Saturday and already the first time was exhausting and sucked so much that our father instead went to a science museum with us. (Ha! Even though I wasn't homeschooled. And it was still empty ;-) )<br /><br />I don't know if the sky makes me happy. But just love watching it all the time out of my window. So many different cloud formations, so many colors. Fabulous :-)<br /><br />Oh, and Happy Birthday subsequently, or is that the right word to say this in English? I had to use a dictionary for "subsequently" :'D but in Germany that's how we say Happy Birthday a few days afterwards :-)<br /><br />lg Mulanwindspritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06478484772242332262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675785862152144030.post-73969205502091551862016-02-08T04:53:09.584-06:002016-02-08T04:53:09.584-06:00YOU'RE BIRTHDAY IS FEBRUARY 5???
THIS MAKES ME...YOU'RE BIRTHDAY IS FEBRUARY 5???<br />THIS MAKES ME IRRATIONALLY EXCITED!!!<br /><br />See, in my family, we have this thing with February birthdays...my dog's birthday's on the 10th, mine is on the 15th, my Nan's is on the 20th and my Mum's is the 25th.<br />I have been looking for someone born on the 5th for YEARS.<br /><br />Sorry, I'm just very excited.<br /><br />And HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!<br /><br />And YES! Come to Australia! Come to Sydney! Then I can meet you!!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675785862152144030.post-17159786769263063122016-02-07T16:31:59.518-06:002016-02-07T16:31:59.518-06:00Happy birthday!! :) I'm tall, but the shortest...Happy birthday!! :) I'm tall, but the shortest in my family as well. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675785862152144030.post-9861793471216570262016-02-07T12:48:39.028-06:002016-02-07T12:48:39.028-06:00Happy birthday!!! Hope you had a great celebration...Happy birthday!!! Hope you had a great celebration in Denmark!!!<br /><br />1. Pad thai is the best fast food there is. I refuse to compromise.<br /><br />2. I'm very tiny (5'2''), yet I'm the tallest woman in my nearest family.<br /><br />8. See: Arthur Conan Doyle. You'll be in great company :)<br /><br />14. I think it's very cool that all of you speak Ukrainian without knowing the country! You'll just have to go to test your skills :pMasanobuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00128039987943942637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675785862152144030.post-26633770220643689232016-02-07T06:00:45.610-06:002016-02-07T06:00:45.610-06:00so next year add #21. Capable of turning any noun ...so next year add #21. Capable of turning any noun (Hermione) into a verb. Just one thing about me...Every day at work I am guarded by armed United States Marines...that's job security. (not guarded as in they are watching me, but rather they are watching out for me)Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466108789532345790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675785862152144030.post-52875750637296141992016-02-07T04:00:55.479-06:002016-02-07T04:00:55.479-06:00THANK YOU CAIIIT!! *eats hair*
We have step stools...THANK YOU CAIIIT!! *eats hair*<br />We have step stools in our house for me to use so you can borrow one and pretend. :-)<br /><br />Oh. That's true that secondary characters seems to die. Not good. Maybe I'd be a secondary character in a contemporary since there's less death that way? (Unless it's John Green.) I'm not sure if my life is interesting enough for me to be a protagonist. :-P<br /><br />The 100% chocolate my sister eats is pure baker's chocolate. She had to find the best brand though, apparently they have levels of quality. Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00113180708896008365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675785862152144030.post-75287570292767961952016-02-07T03:56:20.952-06:002016-02-07T03:56:20.952-06:00Old Curiosity Shop was possibly my least favorite ...Old Curiosity Shop was possibly my least favorite Dickens I have ever read, and out of those four DNF'd books I listed, the least likely for me to return to. I think it has the least plot for the most amount of pages. Usually, serialization doesn't really hinder Dickens, but I think in this case it was kind of problematic. Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00113180708896008365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675785862152144030.post-52624252179292465372016-02-07T03:54:37.252-06:002016-02-07T03:54:37.252-06:00Oh I haven't had sea urchin yet but it doesn&#...Oh I haven't had sea urchin yet but it doesn't sound that appetizing. ANTS! That is so weird, and I'm not sure I could eat them. Segmented might be a little better, but still! I have never yet eaten any sort of insect but my mother's coworker once ate cicadas and said they seriously tasted like chicken. Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00113180708896008365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675785862152144030.post-51059563756836193962016-02-07T03:52:28.868-06:002016-02-07T03:52:28.868-06:00Oh that's awesome! I hope to travel after my s...Oh that's awesome! I hope to travel after my semester ends, and Lviv is one of the places on my list of places to go then! So maybe by the end of the summer I will be able to say that I've finally been to Ukraine. :-)<br /><br />Once I did my homework outside during a summer morning in a lawn chair with a lemonade and it was perfect.Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00113180708896008365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675785862152144030.post-69499063162664551382016-02-06T15:54:58.521-06:002016-02-06T15:54:58.521-06:00HAAAAPPPY BIRTHDAY!! *sprinkles cake in your hair*...HAAAAPPPY BIRTHDAY!! *sprinkles cake in your hair* And these are all such awesome facts and I'm like 99% sure you're entirely fabulous right now. The 1% is only because you're tall and since I'm like 5'1, I feel like I shall never ever stand next to you because would probably <i>literally</i> be a shrimp. ugh. Not kind, Sophia, not kind. <br />AHEM.<br />I LOVE YOUR COLOUR PALETTE. ALSO HOMESCHOOL WAS THE BEST. Also Ukraine!!! SQUEAK. That is so awesome. And green eyes are particularly fabulous too, but you'd best be a protagonist because the secondary characters always seem to die. #awkward <br />ALSO I APPROVE OF THE INCLUSION OF FACT #18. Important fact that. <br />100% dark chocolate even exists???? OMGGGGG. I love 85%. It is my favourite. I could literally eat it all the time, but I resist, because I'm so restrained.<br />Ahem. Least to say this post was so much fun. XDXDCG @ Paper Furyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14954615708675952085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675785862152144030.post-84310406109825192922016-02-06T14:23:59.478-06:002016-02-06T14:23:59.478-06:00That's funny... I'm reading The Old Curios...That's funny... I'm reading The Old Curiosity Shop right now... I'm finding it more tedious than most Dickens... which is saying a lot because.... Dickens! ;) Lois Tinúvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01113667315479652015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675785862152144030.post-7089196194796218432016-02-06T12:21:19.492-06:002016-02-06T12:21:19.492-06:00Happy birthday, Sophia! I have eaten eel sushi, a...Happy birthday, Sophia! I have eaten eel sushi, and enjoyed it but I really hate the sea urchin. Ugh! My most unique food experience was when my Mexican friend gave me ants. Apparently they come out after heavy rain in the south and people collect them and dry them because they're high in protein. They were very crunchy, but there was certainly a mental block to get past before eating them. They were segmented though; if they hadn't been, I doubt I could have eaten them ..... :=Z<br /><br />Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675785862152144030.post-59416867366433635062016-02-06T11:26:04.631-06:002016-02-06T11:26:04.631-06:00It's funny I have been to the Ukraine, it has ...It's funny I have been to the Ukraine, it has some beautiful sites, and lovely coffee shops, and the sunflower fields are exquisite. I was homeschooled as well, nothing better than being able to graduate a year early and do your homework in pajamas while drinking cocoa.Skye Hofferthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02385765274513034927noreply@blogger.com