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Eleonore

About Me

Young at heart, wise beyond my years. Procrastinating perfectionist; gets a high off stress. Overly verbose. "Snarky."

My Blog

Ireland trip and more

Last weekend, I hopped a plane and spent 3 days, 2 nights in Dublin, Ireland.  It was my first time to the "motherland," and it was a lot of fun.  Dublin city (where girls are so pretty) was...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:01:00 GMT

Now Winter Comes Again...

Since July, I've seen London, I've seen France, but I've not quite seen as much as I'd have liked of Nijmegen Guy.  I was busy with the Good Argument's visit (which went well, if uneventful), th...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:11:00 GMT

Nijmegen, etc. Notes

So I have officially the completed all 100 miles of the Nijmegen Four Day (Vierdaagse) walk in Nijmegen, Holland.  It was aweseome.  I walked with a team, and they are truly the reason I wa...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:51:00 GMT

Those silly Germans

From my brief observances in Germany, after living here one month.Germans like:Lots and lots of shiny things in their gardens.  This includes gnomes, concrete frogs, glass balls, glinting flowerp...
Posted by on Thu, 01 May 2008 11:29:00 GMT

Germany is cold and grey

I hit Germany about 6 hours after I should have, and as a result, my bags were still in Chicago.  On the other hand, I spent a free night in the Frankfurt Sheraton.  Nice. The next morning, ...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:03:00 GMT

Here we go again...

For my next trick, on Tuesday I will fly to Germany and stay there for three years. The last few days, I have been living in my neighbor’s room until he had to move out for his next job.  I...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:02:00 GMT

Finally

2007 was perhaps the most stressful year of my life, rivaling only (possibly)1998. In the last year, I have: 1. Graduated2. Got a new job/station in life (lazy college student to productive membe...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 20:38:00 GMT

Midwest Winter

Back in central Missouri, and I have to admit I'm (pathetically) completely thrilled to be here. As mentioned once or twice, Georgia blew the proverbial fat monkey chunks the whole 7 weeks I was there...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 01:48:00 GMT

Life is Peachy

I'm in Georgia.  No joke. I'm working here for the next 5 weeks or so, then back to Missouri (I tried to write a blog last time I was there, but it got deleted and by then my patience was complet...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:13:00 GMT

Tea break!

This may or may not be up here for any amount of time, it's pretty off the cuff and I may decide to scrap it after a week.  I'm writing on a whim, taking a break from an English paper (fuck you, ...
Posted by on Thu, 31 May 2007 15:09:00 GMT