Friday, March 30, 2007
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I am not sure, but I think I just agreed to let google put ads on my blog because they said they'd give me money, I may not have, but I don't know.
day 31
Cool, I mean, seriously, you guys. Today was excellent, though kind of sad in a way. At school we had an assembly and I got up on stage with the rest of my class and said some poem thing that I think was about Jesus, as Christ appeared a lot in the text. It was Teddy's last day at school here, and he was called up onstage and given gifts and said his farewells to people (that's the sad part, Teddy and I have become much closer friends lately and he'll never get to interact with me or me with him in a school setting again. Unless I go to the same college, which I doubt).
When I got back to the Schlerf's I went for a long walk in town. It's very sunny and warm here, so I went in a store and got ice cream (choclate in flavor) I was very successful at speaking to the creamer (person serving me ice cream, is there an official term for that occupation, or is it just ice cream man?) in fact, the creamer didn't even realize that I wasn't (and still am not, actually) a native in German. That was up lifting.
School ended for me today, and will not start again untill the 16th of april, then I go on a two week field trip with my class to the Czech Republic (I think I spelled that incorrectly, so Mother, if you're reading this and I did mess up, I want you to know I know I made a mistake. I am just to lazy to fix it).I will not have access to a computer for my two weeks on the field trip, so this is a warning that I will not be posting on my blog or e-mailing anyone during that time.
Well, that's all I got for today,
Brendan, he who has got all that for today
WARNING: IF YOU GET AN E-MAIL FROM ME INVOLVING PENISES, THAT IS CALUM'S DOING; HE KNOWS MY PASSWORD, BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE CHANGING IT. THERE HAVE BEEN TWO INCIDENTS ALREADY, AND I APOLOGIZE IF YOU ARE THIS DEVIL'S NEXT VICTIM.
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When I got back to the Schlerf's I went for a long walk in town. It's very sunny and warm here, so I went in a store and got ice cream (choclate in flavor) I was very successful at speaking to the creamer (person serving me ice cream, is there an official term for that occupation, or is it just ice cream man?) in fact, the creamer didn't even realize that I wasn't (and still am not, actually) a native in German. That was up lifting.
School ended for me today, and will not start again untill the 16th of april, then I go on a two week field trip with my class to the Czech Republic (I think I spelled that incorrectly, so Mother, if you're reading this and I did mess up, I want you to know I know I made a mistake. I am just to lazy to fix it).I will not have access to a computer for my two weeks on the field trip, so this is a warning that I will not be posting on my blog or e-mailing anyone during that time.
Well, that's all I got for today,
Brendan, he who has got all that for today
WARNING: IF YOU GET AN E-MAIL FROM ME INVOLVING PENISES, THAT IS CALUM'S DOING; HE KNOWS MY PASSWORD, BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE CHANGING IT. THERE HAVE BEEN TWO INCIDENTS ALREADY, AND I APOLOGIZE IF YOU ARE THIS DEVIL'S NEXT VICTIM.
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Thursday, March 29, 2007
day 30
Well, first of all I'd like to say happy birthday to Dad, because I forgot to post it yesterday. Nothing much is happening, though at school today the only class I had was Main Lesson, because our teachers were sick and stuff. I played my first game of Magic in Germany, but was incapable of finishing it because I had a meeting with my advisor. After tomorrow spring break starts, that's going to be fun, I think, though Teddy is leaving, and that's bad.
Well, folks, write Tomorrow!
Brendan
Well, folks, write Tomorrow!
Brendan
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
day 29
Tosay was a normal, uneventful day at school. Really nice weather, and that about sums it all up.... Wow, that was a lame post.
Brendan, poster of lameness
Brendan, poster of lameness
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
day 28
Hey Folks,
It's day twenty eight, and it was basically the same as yesterday, though I had sports today and played soccer, that was fun. I had a few conversations in German, though I flounder the kids here help me out. The good news is that I was not accused of vandalism today. Oh yeah, I also made a crossword puzzle which is awesome.
Well, that's all for today,
Brendan
P.S. I've been in Germany fo a month now, already 1/5 done with the trip!
It's day twenty eight, and it was basically the same as yesterday, though I had sports today and played soccer, that was fun. I had a few conversations in German, though I flounder the kids here help me out. The good news is that I was not accused of vandalism today. Oh yeah, I also made a crossword puzzle which is awesome.
Well, that's all for today,
Brendan
P.S. I've been in Germany fo a month now, already 1/5 done with the trip!
Monday, March 26, 2007
day 27
Today was really, really good. I had several successful conversations in German, the most important one being about Spongebob Squarepants, which a lot of my classmates seem to like. I'm actually starting to really enjoy myself, and have cut down on the English. I think I am getting much better, and Teddy said that I'm at the point where I'm going to learn a lot really quickly and start to really enjoy it.
It was a nice day, the sun was shining brightly and I decided to take a walk, off into the country in my slippers. That was very relaxing. There was a bad part of my day, you see, the students here tend to write on the desks. A teacher saw me fiddling with my pen on the desk, and as the writing on the desk was in English (it said "Piss Off") it was assumed that had done it. When trying to explain that I didn't in fact do that, and that if the teacher checked the color of my pen's ink or compared the hand writing I would be found innocent, I was screemed at to clean the table, so I was never heard. However, as the rest of the day was exeptionally pleasent, I'll let that slide.
I did some of my homework, which is good, because without staedy work I have re-developed my old tendency of slacking off. However, I noticed this an d am trying to rectify the situation.
Go ahead, have a nice day, and crucify a cow.
Brendan, he who can have basic German conversations and speak well very very badly.
It was a nice day, the sun was shining brightly and I decided to take a walk, off into the country in my slippers. That was very relaxing. There was a bad part of my day, you see, the students here tend to write on the desks. A teacher saw me fiddling with my pen on the desk, and as the writing on the desk was in English (it said "Piss Off") it was assumed that had done it. When trying to explain that I didn't in fact do that, and that if the teacher checked the color of my pen's ink or compared the hand writing I would be found innocent, I was screemed at to clean the table, so I was never heard. However, as the rest of the day was exeptionally pleasent, I'll let that slide.
I did some of my homework, which is good, because without staedy work I have re-developed my old tendency of slacking off. However, I noticed this an d am trying to rectify the situation.
Go ahead, have a nice day, and crucify a cow.
Brendan, he who can have basic German conversations and speak well very very badly.
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Saturday, March 24, 2007
day 25
well, not too much happened today. I woke up at 1:30, effectivly missing lunch and went about my day. I did some stuff online, not very much. I also spoke to Isolde (my host mother) and her mother, had a little conversation. Then I listened to music and read. Really quiet day where nothing really happened. Oh! Of course, I started writing a short story. It is about a fight between the father and the mother of a child. I tell the same story, once from the child's point of view, once from the mother's, and once from the father's.
Well, that's all folks!
Brendan
Well, that's all folks!
Brendan
Friday, March 23, 2007
just another day in Germany
Well, it is another day in Germany, and not a bad one at that. School was interesting, on main lesson we're learning about the Greeks. More specifically, the battle of Thermopolaye (I'm aware of the fact that that is misspelled, don't blsme me, blsme the fool who gave it such a difficult name) of which I know a lot, due to my paper on the Spartans. From what I can glean from the lessons I know that if I could speak German fluently, I could teach it better that our teacher. Then I had social studies, and that class was an interview of me, in an attempt to learn about America from a Native. My classmates asked me questions and I answered to the best of my ability in German. I checked out the English section of the library (I know, I'm in Germany to learn German, but as English literature is pretty much my favorite thing, I could not resist the tremptation) and was impresser with it. It gad many excellent novels, among the 1984, by George Orwell, Hucklebury Finn, by Mark Twain, and many others. They also had Shakespeare's plays, and then some fun, but not so great books, such as Harry Potter, books 1-4, and the Shining, by Stephen King. I also was drawn to one of the books, Stupid White Men, by Micheal Moore, Solely because of it's title. It is rather interesting, however, it's not brilliant.
I have started to like Germany for being Germany, rather than hate in for not being Vermont, and that's good, I suppose. Although I think that that can be partially contributed to the fact that I've found other people who play Magic the Gathering. That is nice.
I also, started looking things up about the American public school system, just out of interest, and I will say that it is a rather depressing topipc. I have started doing some research and will write an essay and post it here, then my readers can correct it or comment or whatever.
Well, the pizza's done and I'm hungry,
So bye!
Brendan, the guy feeling slightly better but not so much.
I have started to like Germany for being Germany, rather than hate in for not being Vermont, and that's good, I suppose. Although I think that that can be partially contributed to the fact that I've found other people who play Magic the Gathering. That is nice.
I also, started looking things up about the American public school system, just out of interest, and I will say that it is a rather depressing topipc. I have started doing some research and will write an essay and post it here, then my readers can correct it or comment or whatever.
Well, the pizza's done and I'm hungry,
So bye!
Brendan, the guy feeling slightly better but not so much.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
I don't even know...
Sorry I havn't been posting lately, I've been feeling very ill, and I still am. Oh well. Things are going better, I'm learning German, slowly, but I am. Well, since I've been ill I've been in bed, and there's nothing really to say. I'll post daily again, but it may not all be interesting.
Bye
Brendan the Sick
Bye
Brendan the Sick
Sunday, March 18, 2007
days 18 and 19
Sorry about not posting yesterday, I was in a place with no internet. But these two days were so slurred together it doesn't make a difference anyway.
Starting with yesterday... I woke up in Lorenz's house, which seemed pretty resonable as that's where I had gone to sleep. I worked with Lorenz and Christian for a long time, and then read. I departed from Lorenz's house to Christian's house, where I was to be picked up. I watched Teddy writing some of his novel, and ate a berliner doughnut while doing so. That was interesting, especially when Teddy started telling me about his novel. It's very good. I aws picked up by my host family and taken to Patrick's house for his birthday party. I, Andi, and Christoph were the guests. We went out to a pub where an Irish folk musician, named Pat Cookksey was plying, for about 5-6 hours, I had some Bailey's Irush cream with whipped cream on top, and a lot of coke. We played a lot of poker. I wanted to actually bet but the others were scared about losing money. I taught them how to play crypto, which they abrubtly stopped when I wrecked them a few times. We went back to patrick's house and hung out in the celler room, which has all these awesome historical arifacts in it, because Patrick's Dad is a history loving guy. He has suits that Napoleon used, sword, guns from the seventeen hundreds and so many awesome things. He, Patrick's Dad, or more specifically Thomas, is one of the nicest people I've ever met. He gave me an awesome Guiness novelty hat, a mug, and a cd. We then took a walk (this is about at 2:30. or 3:00 in the morning) and were stopped by two police women who tried to get us into falsely accusing ourselves on vandelism charges. I had to show them my ID and stuff, it was pretty freaky at first, but they seemed cool. Then they smoked with my friends and that was that. We got back, and went to sleep. I woke up this afternoon in Patrick's house, which also seemed resonable, so I got up and ate breaklunch. I was picked up, with Andi, by my host family and transported back to my host home. Then I did basically nothing the rest of the day.
Well, guten nacht (or whatever time of day it is at which you're reading this)!
Brendan the Wise (not really)
Starting with yesterday... I woke up in Lorenz's house, which seemed pretty resonable as that's where I had gone to sleep. I worked with Lorenz and Christian for a long time, and then read. I departed from Lorenz's house to Christian's house, where I was to be picked up. I watched Teddy writing some of his novel, and ate a berliner doughnut while doing so. That was interesting, especially when Teddy started telling me about his novel. It's very good. I aws picked up by my host family and taken to Patrick's house for his birthday party. I, Andi, and Christoph were the guests. We went out to a pub where an Irish folk musician, named Pat Cookksey was plying, for about 5-6 hours, I had some Bailey's Irush cream with whipped cream on top, and a lot of coke. We played a lot of poker. I wanted to actually bet but the others were scared about losing money. I taught them how to play crypto, which they abrubtly stopped when I wrecked them a few times. We went back to patrick's house and hung out in the celler room, which has all these awesome historical arifacts in it, because Patrick's Dad is a history loving guy. He has suits that Napoleon used, sword, guns from the seventeen hundreds and so many awesome things. He, Patrick's Dad, or more specifically Thomas, is one of the nicest people I've ever met. He gave me an awesome Guiness novelty hat, a mug, and a cd. We then took a walk (this is about at 2:30. or 3:00 in the morning) and were stopped by two police women who tried to get us into falsely accusing ourselves on vandelism charges. I had to show them my ID and stuff, it was pretty freaky at first, but they seemed cool. Then they smoked with my friends and that was that. We got back, and went to sleep. I woke up this afternoon in Patrick's house, which also seemed resonable, so I got up and ate breaklunch. I was picked up, with Andi, by my host family and transported back to my host home. Then I did basically nothing the rest of the day.
Well, guten nacht (or whatever time of day it is at which you're reading this)!
Brendan the Wise (not really)
Friday, March 16, 2007
day seventeen
Today was cool, school was good, and all of that. Afterwards I went to the Flegler dwelling, which was fun. We then went ot work for a bit at the horse place where the fleglers have a lot of horses. I don't really like horses that much but I didn't complain... difficult for me to do that. I got a mocha out of a machine at the horse place, and it was better than any American mocha I've ever encoutered. I had three. After that we went to Nurnburg, to hang out, go shopping, and of course, go to the movie theaters. I finally found German magic cards, an dthey cost a ridiculas amount here, I think I'll be getting cards offline if I buy them here again. I did get a German serendib sorcerer (Serendib-Hexenmeister), and that made me happy, and I got a German Fungal Behemoth (Pilzbehemoth) in that pack as well. For those of you who don't know magic, that's a very good pack.
Now I'm at Lorenz's house, and I just finished a rather pleasent chat with Tom (Miller) over google-chat.
Well, toodle-loo!
Brendan, buyer of over-priced foriegn cards.
Now I'm at Lorenz's house, and I just finished a rather pleasent chat with Tom (Miller) over google-chat.
Well, toodle-loo!
Brendan, buyer of over-priced foriegn cards.
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Hey everyone!!
How's it going my chums? I hope well. Today was interesting, rather fun, I might add. I went to school, then went to the Flegler's house for lunch, then went back to school after playing couterstrike with Christian. I read some of the Shining, by Steven King, which is pretty good. I also hung out with Andi, and aczually still am. Oh, yeah, I watched spngebob in German, funnier, if possible, than in English. The weather today was incredible, very sunny andit got up to 17 degrees celsius. I talked to one of Chrisina's friends on the bus, actually, she talked to me because "I looked lonely". She wants to learn English, so she spoke to me in German and I responded in English. It was a mutually bi-lingual conversation. We talked about books, because she was reading, LIFE, THE UNIVERSE, AND EVRYTHING. The third book of the Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy series, in German, of course. That was pretty cool.
Turns out I'm going to the theater tomorrow, with Andi, Teddy, Christian, Corbi, and Lorenz, whom I haven't seen since I was in seventh grade.
Well, I'm busy watching boxing with Andi (boxing is the most ungraceful thing ever).
so I'll say bye 'till tomorrow!
Brendan
Turns out I'm going to the theater tomorrow, with Andi, Teddy, Christian, Corbi, and Lorenz, whom I haven't seen since I was in seventh grade.
Well, I'm busy watching boxing with Andi (boxing is the most ungraceful thing ever).
so I'll say bye 'till tomorrow!
Brendan
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
day fifteen
Well, it's the fifteenth day...cool. More about my trip, well, anything I do here in Germany is inevitably part of my trip, so anything I write, even about reading, will be about my trip. I got €50 out of ein Geldautomat(ATM) today, because I had just about run out of cash. Please put more in my account Mom. I did a lot today, I hung out with Nina and her boyfriend, he wants to learn English and I want to learn German so he speaks German to me and I speak to him in English.
I have made many arrangements for doing social things. On saturday I'm going to a birthday partry, on sunday I'm going to theaters with Teddy, Christian, Corbi, and Lorenz. (this is a maybe, will probably happen but may not). Then on wednesday, in a week, I'm going to a shooting range with Christina's boyfriend. I think that'll be fun, he's a nice guy.
I did a bunch of German work today, looking things up in my dictionary, and working on the coursebook I was given. I also watched THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS in german. Not nearly as good, oh yeah, I also watched cartoons in German. Well, until I have more time differences will be in a simple list.
TODAY'S: The Germans have many cobblestone streets in their towns.
Well, POST, YOU FOOLISH MORTALS!!!(please?)
Brendan
I have made many arrangements for doing social things. On saturday I'm going to a birthday partry, on sunday I'm going to theaters with Teddy, Christian, Corbi, and Lorenz. (this is a maybe, will probably happen but may not). Then on wednesday, in a week, I'm going to a shooting range with Christina's boyfriend. I think that'll be fun, he's a nice guy.
I did a bunch of German work today, looking things up in my dictionary, and working on the coursebook I was given. I also watched THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS in german. Not nearly as good, oh yeah, I also watched cartoons in German. Well, until I have more time differences will be in a simple list.
TODAY'S: The Germans have many cobblestone streets in their towns.
Well, POST, YOU FOOLISH MORTALS!!!(please?)
Brendan
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
day fourteen
Hey people, how's it going? Things over here are going rather well, I am starting to adjust and therefore feel substantially better. I had a good day today, went to school and all that. I read the entirety of THE STRANGER, by Albert Camus for the second time. It is a life-changing book and I believe that everybody must read it.
We had sport class today, in which we played soccer, which isn't as much fun here because everybody is better than me. Oh well, guess I'll have to deal with it. It is now the 21st day of my trip, though only 14 have been in Germany. It feels like only a week ago I waved good-bye to my family in the airport, funny how these things work.
I spent a long time today trying to find an ATM, and after a while managed to convey what that is. I am going to it tomorrow, and I shall withdraw another €60. I am still not quite done with the first sixty but I think sixty every three weeks sounds fairly reasonable.
I also watched German TV today, advice given by Teddy. I watched Spongebob Squarepants, which was even funnier in German.
I have been asked to make cultural observations, so I shall make one a day.
TODAY'S: The German's never drink plain water, it is always carbonated.
Well, that's about it. I'd appreciate more posts, it's pretty lonely without your comments.
Brendan, or, to these people, He Who Is An American.
We had sport class today, in which we played soccer, which isn't as much fun here because everybody is better than me. Oh well, guess I'll have to deal with it. It is now the 21st day of my trip, though only 14 have been in Germany. It feels like only a week ago I waved good-bye to my family in the airport, funny how these things work.
I spent a long time today trying to find an ATM, and after a while managed to convey what that is. I am going to it tomorrow, and I shall withdraw another €60. I am still not quite done with the first sixty but I think sixty every three weeks sounds fairly reasonable.
I also watched German TV today, advice given by Teddy. I watched Spongebob Squarepants, which was even funnier in German.
I have been asked to make cultural observations, so I shall make one a day.
TODAY'S: The German's never drink plain water, it is always carbonated.
Well, that's about it. I'd appreciate more posts, it's pretty lonely without your comments.
Brendan, or, to these people, He Who Is An American.
Monday, March 12, 2007
lucky day thirteen
Hi everybody, so, as you all know today was the thriteenth day of my trip, and it all went rather well. I went to school, which was rather nice. People try to speak English to me, but today Teddy caught them and gave them a stern talking-to. I have finally been given homework, I was given a German textbook and have to do a chapter of that a week, to improve my vocab and grammer.
I have been invited to go to the movies with Teddy, Lorenz (those in my class may remember Lorenz), Christian and Corbi. I have also been invited to Patrick's party on saturday, as it is his birthday. On the topic of going out and doing things, apperently I am going to see THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO in july, which will be cool I guess.
I also watched THE PIRATES OF THE CARRIBIAN in German, with English subtitles. Then I watched V for VENDETTA on my Ipod.
Well, that's about it. Apart from I'd like to say "Happy birthday Aidan"!
Your host 'N' stuff
Brendan
I have been invited to go to the movies with Teddy, Lorenz (those in my class may remember Lorenz), Christian and Corbi. I have also been invited to Patrick's party on saturday, as it is his birthday. On the topic of going out and doing things, apperently I am going to see THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO in july, which will be cool I guess.
I also watched THE PIRATES OF THE CARRIBIAN in German, with English subtitles. Then I watched V for VENDETTA on my Ipod.
Well, that's about it. Apart from I'd like to say "Happy birthday Aidan"!
Your host 'N' stuff
Brendan
Sunday, March 11, 2007
day twelve
Well, it's day twelve, and it has gone pretty well. I didn't do much today though, I wanted to have a quite kind of relaxing day, so I stayed mostly to myself. I Know that some people (Mom) think I should socialize more but, whatever.
I mainly read today, in both German and English. I read something that our teacher gave us to read, and I read basically, actually all of, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. A very good book which I advise all who have not read to do so, preferably promptly.
I also watched The Patriot today, auf Deutsch. It is a very good movie, also very bloody, but that is partz of its great appeal.
Well, it's nearly midnight and I tired, so bye-bye.
Brendan
I mainly read today, in both German and English. I read something that our teacher gave us to read, and I read basically, actually all of, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. A very good book which I advise all who have not read to do so, preferably promptly.
I also watched The Patriot today, auf Deutsch. It is a very good movie, also very bloody, but that is partz of its great appeal.
Well, it's nearly midnight and I tired, so bye-bye.
Brendan
Saturday, March 10, 2007
day eleven
Hi everybody! IT's day eleven, and the evleventh day is one that has gone well. This morning Teddy and I got up early to make pancakes, for it was AMERICAN DAY. The pancake project was tedious because we had to convert cups, teaspoons, tablespoon, etc. into milligarms, and all those other weird German mesurments. The pancakes turned out great, everyone liked them. Everyone means me, Teddy, Cristoph (Anna's brother) Christiaan, Corbi, and Johannes, another friend.
Then I hung out with Teddy, went online a bit, and played halo on his computer. Those were all great. Then we went to the store to get some stuff for our American lunch. We got some really bad American pre-sliced bread, because German bread is to nice to pass as American, and ham, chips, you know. We ended up having ham sandwiches. They were pretty good as well.
When I got back home I called a few peopple, and went online, downloaded AIM (my screen name is jugglerofgeese@gmail.com. Then I watched Gladiator for the first time ever and I will say that that is a very good movie.
Bye-bye
Brendan
Then I hung out with Teddy, went online a bit, and played halo on his computer. Those were all great. Then we went to the store to get some stuff for our American lunch. We got some really bad American pre-sliced bread, because German bread is to nice to pass as American, and ham, chips, you know. We ended up having ham sandwiches. They were pretty good as well.
When I got back home I called a few peopple, and went online, downloaded AIM (my screen name is jugglerofgeese@gmail.com. Then I watched Gladiator for the first time ever and I will say that that is a very good movie.
Bye-bye
Brendan
Friday, March 9, 2007
day ten
Hi Everyone, it's day ten and I accidentally deleted my other blog!! DAMN! DAMN! DAMN! I am very frustrated. However, the blogging must continue.
Today was pretty good, as was school. Of course, by school being good I mean that in the way that it ended at 1:25. Then I went home with Teddy, Christian, and Corbi. I hung out at their house fo awhile, then went shopping with Teddy and Corbi. We shopped for food for AMERICAN DAY tomorrow, and Teddy and I will cook. That's gonna be rather fun. When we got back Teddy and I spoke much of sci-fi, and went online to look at Battlestar Galactica stuff. I then read some of Teddy's book, which is very good.
We were then called to go play soccer. We picked up a couple other people and played three on three. My team won, seven to six. I scored six of my team's points and that was fun. When we got back Teddy made us dinner, which was very good, and very sausagey.
Well, that's about it, and I am very frustrated that I deleted my blog, so CIAO.
Brendan
Today was pretty good, as was school. Of course, by school being good I mean that in the way that it ended at 1:25. Then I went home with Teddy, Christian, and Corbi. I hung out at their house fo awhile, then went shopping with Teddy and Corbi. We shopped for food for AMERICAN DAY tomorrow, and Teddy and I will cook. That's gonna be rather fun. When we got back Teddy and I spoke much of sci-fi, and went online to look at Battlestar Galactica stuff. I then read some of Teddy's book, which is very good.
We were then called to go play soccer. We picked up a couple other people and played three on three. My team won, seven to six. I scored six of my team's points and that was fun. When we got back Teddy made us dinner, which was very good, and very sausagey.
Well, that's about it, and I am very frustrated that I deleted my blog, so CIAO.
Brendan
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