logan607 ([info]logan607) wrote,
@ 2007-09-13 00:21:00
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Three



I went on three dates in one day today.

Crazy, yeah? I think so.

One was sad. Berlingirl showed up unexpectedly - a nice surprise. I spent some time with her before she had to catch her flight. She said, I wish you a wonderful fall. (Ich wunsche dir einen wunderschonen Herbst).

I don't think she knows how much that meant to me.

One was random. She gave me her digits and said, It was nice meeting you (Wo hen gaoxing renshi ni).

I've already lost the piece of paper - of course.

The last?

It was sad in a completely different way. She said, May you have a good year (L'shanah tovah tikatev v'taihatem).

She said once that she hated the disappointments. Tonight, she said, in a manner of speaking, I'm working through a few things.

Funny, it sounds different on the other end. She put on her blue jacket. Gave me a red kiss. Hopped into a yellow cab. And was gone in a green light.

Why, look at that. The weekend's almost here.

Music: Then she said, Don't get cute
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[info]aranka
2007-09-13 07:45 am UTC (link)
Yo merot kivanok.

Good god man, are you C3PO? How many languages do you speak?

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[info]logan607
2007-09-13 03:29 pm UTC (link)
hahahahahaha - hey there!

I only speak three and two of those, not so well. The Hebrew was only because I wished her a Happy New Year and she laughed and told me how to say it.

How's Chinese treating you? Hao bu hao?

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[info]aranka
2007-09-14 12:53 am UTC (link)
Bu hao. It's a bitch. Pronunciation is insane, and I've done opera so . . . At this point I'm relatively convinced that all of China and most of Taiwan knows exactly who I am and how to piss me off.

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[info]logan607
2007-09-14 02:54 am UTC (link)
Yes, we had a meeting and was debating adding a fifth tone just to screw with you.

I'm tone deaf myself so I hear ya. At least the grammar is fairly similar to English (subject verb object) as opposed to Japanese or German.

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[info]aranka
2007-09-14 05:08 am UTC (link)
I knew it! I'm gettin' ma horse. (no pun intended)

The best part is - I think - I kinda sorta if you squint speak some Japanese, and the characters . . . aren't entirely the same. It's not even just a difference between simplified and traditional. I could blame it on the Japanese for changing the characters they stole or not changing them or whatever it is they did, but I'm Hungarian, so I'm blaming you.

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[info]logan607
2007-09-14 05:42 am UTC (link)
hahahahaha - of course you're blaming me.

You should get on line on the left. That's the line of women that blame me for ruining their lives.

No worries, it's long but it moves fast.

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[info]lucky_phu
2007-09-13 08:43 am UTC (link)
a beautiful entry

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[info]logan607
2007-09-13 03:34 pm UTC (link)
Thank you. I often wonder who in my friends list actually still read me. It's nice to get a comment to see that some people still do.

=)

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[info]sabatoa
2007-09-13 11:09 am UTC (link)
Dang, Mr. Linguist.

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[info]logan607
2007-09-13 03:34 pm UTC (link)
It's only three, but I found it interesting that in each date, we conversed in slightly different languages.

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[info]benlbr
2007-09-13 12:05 pm UTC (link)
that would make you a "cunning linguist!"

*hello hello? is this thing on?*

I really wished I had dated a german girl during my Uni days there...I lived in a boarding house with THREE GIRLS, and even shared a shower with them (not simultaneously...and it's not as sexy as it sounds).

I remember multiple dates during my serial dating phase, lol. But I'm not as bold as you. I spaced my 4 out through the entire weekend ;). The closest call I had was starting brunch at 10 with #3, while #4 texted to confirm our coffee date at 12, haha.

As fun as it was, I don't miss my single days.

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[info]logan607
2007-09-13 03:35 pm UTC (link)
ouch!

As for not dating a German chick, where did you go to University?

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[info]benlbr
2007-09-13 03:41 pm UTC (link)
I went to school up north, Carl von Ossietzky Universitat in Oldenburg...which is somewhere in the neighborhood of Bremen.

But during my stays (i've been/lived in germany 3x's), I've spent most of my time in Frankfurt am Main. Bavaria is my home away from home :)

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[info]logan607
2007-09-13 04:10 pm UTC (link)
Also, sind Sie Deutscher? Und koennen Sie auch chinesisch sprechen oder...

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[info]benlbr
2007-09-13 04:21 pm UTC (link)
ja, beide kann ich sprechen :)

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[info]logan607
2007-09-13 04:37 pm UTC (link)
Putong hua huozi guangdong hua?

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[info]benlbr
2007-09-13 05:17 pm UTC (link)
Putong...if you're saying what i'm thinking you're saying, lol. guangdong too i guess. i speak cantonese, but i was raised by my grandma (on my mom's side) who's Toi-San, and my aunts (who are Tai-Pan).

I'm actually not full chinese either. I'm also mixed with Vietnamese and Portuguese (can't you tell? lol). And I wanted to make a correction to my above-comment, I'm actually american born from NYC, lol. Went to HS and college in Maryland, and now I'm back up here, slowly learning the ropes of the family business. I went over to Germany in my youth cuz there was a time when I wanted to do international law :). I studied German, English and Int'l business, and was on my way to law school but instead became an Investment advisor for 6-7 years :). Was noch, mein deutsch habe ich fast alles vergessen :).

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[info]in_a_silver_bag
2007-09-13 02:00 pm UTC (link)
Das ist... hmm, du hast es ja bereits geschrieben.

2. Versuch: Das ist... wie speed dating!

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[info]logan607
2007-09-13 03:37 pm UTC (link)
Ja, es ist zwar speed dating - und auch speed disappointing.

Verdammt...

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[info]in_a_silver_bag
2007-09-13 03:41 pm UTC (link)
Tja, vielleicht gibt's einen Grund, weshalb ich nicht sooo viele Dates plane.

Kopf hoch - kommt schon gut!!

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[info]logan607
2007-09-13 04:11 pm UTC (link)
To be honest, two out of the three just sorta happened.

I was really looking forward to the last one though.

But yes, good advice.

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[info]kastinkerbell
2007-09-13 03:31 pm UTC (link)
Not to be totally off topic, but I learned how to conjugate the reflexive "wunschen" while playing a game of "Uno" in Bavaria.


Glad you saw Berlingirl again!

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[info]logan607
2007-09-13 03:38 pm UTC (link)
I have the worst time with werden, wunschen und wurden.

In fact right now, I'm trying to do it in my head and hating that I can't.

Yes, I am too. She's should be back home by now...

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[info]kastinkerbell
2007-09-13 03:41 pm UTC (link)
Don't you have the 500 German Verbs book? Everybody needs a refresher on some of those sometimes (even had instructors grabbing for one...and one of them was *from* Germany).

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[info]logan607
2007-09-13 04:11 pm UTC (link)
To be honest, I actually learned German on my own (which explains a lot) with just two books. I have a third but I've not had time to really get into it.

I should - no excuse.

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[info]daiseefut
2007-09-14 07:30 am UTC (link)
She put on her blue jacket. Gave me a red kiss. Hopped into a yellow cab. And was gone in a green light.

I really liked that part for some reason.

Again, I always look forward to your posts. ;)

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[info]logan607
2007-09-18 06:32 am UTC (link)
Thanks - I'm glad someone enjoys them.

Otherwise, I'm just writing them for me.

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