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Doch als die Blockade 1949 zu Ende war, gab es zwei souveräne deutsche Staaten: die Bundesrepublick Deutschland mit der provisorischen Haupstadt Bonn und die Deutsche Demokratische Republik mit der Hauptstadt Ost-Berlin. Der Kalte Krieg hatte begonnen. Die neuen Fronten waren der Ostblock und der Westblock. Die neue Grenze hieß "der Eiserne Vorhang." Nicht alle Ostdeutschen waren für den Kommunismus. Da es dem Westen auch wirtschaftlich besser ging als dem Osten, versuchten viele Ostdeutsche nun ihr Land zu verlassen. Um den Exodus zu beenden baute die DDR-Regierung 1961 die Mauer. Als John F Kennedy 1963 die geteilte Stadt besuchte, demonstrierte er mit dem Worten "Ich bin ein Berliner" die Solidarität des Westens mit den Berlinern.

But as the 1949 blockade was to end (?), it gave two sovereign German states: the ??Republic of Germany with the provisional capital Bonn and the German Democratic Republic with the capital East Berlin. The Cold War had begun. The new fronts were the East Block and the West Block. The new limit/barrier was called "the Iron Curtain." Not all East Germans were Communists. In the west also the economy was better than the east, [something] tunnel many East Germans now fled/left their land. From the exodus to [something something]. As John F Kennedy in 1963 went to the divided states, he demonstrated with the words "Ich bin ein Berliner" the solidarity of the West with Berlin.


I am way, way too asleep for more than that paragraph. Slept like crap last night and it seems to be taking its toll. On the plus side, I am not digging into the still somewhat massive bag of peanut M&Ms, but am having a nice healthy small cup of vanilla greek yogurt and some craisins and walnuts. Go me. Can I have my nap yet?

No word from the plumbers today which, given that I'm guessing it's a multi-day job, they might not have started till this morning, and they've got my phone number to call me if there's any problems, I'm taking that as a good sign. Hopefully I'll know more tomorrow or Thursday. I have to say, it's kind of fun to be slowly developing a network of home repair contractors. So far I have a hardwood flooring guy, a plumber (or two, really), and the plumber knows an electrician who can help with the mass of twisty wires all alike in the garage and utility room. I'm actually getting to the point where this is even relevant, too. Which is amazing. It's a really good feeling. I'm going to be spending so much money at Home Depot you guys I cannot even. I will also be writing a nasty letter to Lowes saying "Dude, I have this ginormous project of ginormousness and BECAUSE YOU SUCK AND CAVE TO HATE GROUPS YOU WILL NOT BE GETTING ANY OF MY MONEY. No love, me."

For those of you who have been following my Sasha Roiz crush, I bring you dancing. O Captain my Captain. Oh Sasha. I love you. Come live under my bed. (Actually, don't, it might be cramped under there for you Mr. Tree Man.)

Right. I have Shit To Do. Finishing yogurt and this post, and then working on at least the first chunk of writing down sentences to practice in Japanese because I need to get my ass moving on that. Then checking in. Then Japanese, writing, and packing tonight. This seems like a solid plan of things I can actually get done today. Plus there will be Chinese buffet at that not really new but they renovated it and slapped a new name on it place. That ought to be nice.

Oh, now I'm awake again. And possibly hyper.

Oh. And in the category of there are only 500 people in the world, I just discovered that Maurice Sendak was the uncle of one of my aunts' childhood friends she still keeps in touch with. Suddenly I have a plethora of stories I'm not sure I wanted. Oops.