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[kittydesade]

Der Austauschstudent Peter Clasen studiert seit drei Monaten an der FU in Berlin. Dieses Wochenende ist er nach München gekommen, wo er seine Freundin Christine trifft. Er hat sie letztes Jahr an seiner Uni in Amerika kennen gelernt. CHristine war dort für ein Jahr als Austauschstudentin und sie studiert jetzt in München. Peter und Christine sitzen in einem Straßencafe in der Fußgängerzone und Christine möchte wissen, wie es Peter in Deutschland gefällt. Sie fragt ihn, Sag mal, Peter, wie findest du das Leben in Deutschland? Was ist für dich anders hier als in Amerika?

The exchange student Peter Clasen studies for three months at the [wtf?] in Berlin. This weekend he is coming to Munich, where he meets his friend Christine. He got to know her last year at his University in America. Christine was there for a year as a foreign exchange student and now she studies in Munich. Peter and Christine sit in a street cafe in the [[brickbat ratcatcher]] and Christine wants to know [fell]came to Germany. She asks him, Tell me, Peter, how do you find life in Germany? What is different for you here from in America?

PETER: Vieles ist ja genauso wie in Amerika. Aber vieles ist doch auch anders. Da war zum Beispiel meine erste Fahrt auf der Autobahn. Furchtbar, sag' ich dir. Die fahren wie die Wilden, hab' ich gedacht. Seitdem fahr' ich richtig gern mit dem Zug. Außerdem hat fast jede größere Stadt einen Bahnhof und es gibt genug Züge. Sie sind sauber. Sie fahren meistens pünktlich ab und kommen pünktlich an. Überhaupt funktioniert alles.

PETER: Much is exactly how it is in America. But much is different, also. There was for example my first ride on the Autobahn. Terrible, I tell you. They drive like [crazy people?], I thought. Since then I gladly travel by train [??]. Besides that almost every major city has a train depot and sufficient trains [running]. They're clean. They are most of the time punctual coming and going. [erk]. Generally everything works.

CHRISTINE: Ja, das habe ich in Amerika vermisst -- die öffentlichen Verkehrsmittel. Es gibt zwar Busse, aber die fahren nicht so oft. Alles ist auch so weit auseinander. Deswegen braucht man wirklich ein Auto. Aber Peter, es tut mir Leid, ich habe dich unterbrochen. Was ist sonst noch anders in Deutschland?

CHRISTINE: Yes, I missed that in America -- the public transportation. There were indeed busses, but they don't run so often. Everything is so far apart. Therefore one really needs a car -- But Peter, I'm sorry, I interrupted you. What is something else different in Germany?


Seen around the interwebs: "If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach." -- Alfred Hitchcock, 1899-1980

So, if I wrote Cinderella, or any other fairy tale, what would you look for?


Oof. Yep, sleepy again. I really need to quit this. I also need to step up my superhero training a bit because I'm not panting and sweating nearly as much as I used to, which means my body's getting more used to what I'm doing. One thing I'm going to do, though, is add weights to some of my yoga poses, and since I'm already doing sun salutations to stretch for running, maybe swap those out for more reps of other stuff.

Long Road Progress: Imported everything into a Word doc so I can read it all at once. Because right now I've divided it into sections and that makes it easier for googledocs to manage, yes, but it also makes it really hard for me to keep track of what I'm doing where and when. So now it's all in one doc, in one file, and I can go through and read over it when I need.

My Horror Big Bang is 10,600 words already. And it needs a title. It's about ... something. Magical love bonds between a fairly cynical EMT and a demon biker and the trouble it causes both of them. Haven't decided yet on the ending. Right now it's just That Demon Biker story. Starring Kim Coates because this all started with Sons of Anarchy. Any ideas? Anyone? Bueller? I am pleased to note, at least, that Novel BigBang is coming along reasonably well and on time, and by on time I mean I should have the damn draft done in time for people to go over it and poke it at least a little bit for edits. Go go Beta team of awesome! I don't even know what to do with Original Big Bang, except that it, too, needs a title and I need to start kicking my own ass on it. At least the dates have all been pushed back some. And I'm pretty familiar with the world, too. Thank you, Nameless.

Someone remind me to go hunt monofilament thread at the bead store down the road a bit tomorrow. Otherwise it's going to be sewing the lightwire on with black thread and I don't know how well that's going to work. Possibly better than I think it will because it'll be thinner than great gobs of thread in certain places, but maybe not. Debate. Debate debate. And possibly sewing shit on... not tonight. Tomorrow night, when the boy's home.

Sad news, though. That was a cute whale.

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[clockwork_girl]

"The Demon Biker story" has a nice - if a tad over explanatory - ring to it.

Titles, though. They seem to be these weird, elusive creatures that have to be lured out with great cunning and skill. Alas, I can be no help here except to wish you well.

[kittydesade]

For ... well, I guess self-explanatory reasons it keeps reminding me of the old cartoon Biker Mice from Mars.

They are. They are evil, infuriating things that never appear when you want them and always pop up when not only do you not have anything to go with them, but you usually can't write them down either. Thank you. :D

[clockwork_girl]

I used to watch that! In fact I think I had one of the action figures - the white mouse with the metal plate thing over it's face.

Well, it could be worse I'm sure. In this case I suppose keeping it simple may work to your advantage.

[kittydesade]

I have a vague memory of watching it while doing stuff around the house, but that's about it. But enough to know which one that was!

It could be. Probably, yes, keeping it simple, and poking and prodding the overall themes of the thing which are... mm, choice vs fate, how sucky pre-ordained pre-destined True Love would actually be, star-crossed, being a pawn in a great game, etc etc.

[clockwork_girl]

That sounds very interesting, actually. I know this whole "special destiny" thing has become sort of a staple, particularly in the fantasy genre, but it would be interesting to have a more...realistic? look at the subject.