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I have two little things I would like to comment on today. The first is that age descrimination sucks. I don't know if I've ever mentioned this before, but in Germany, you generally don't start working until you are 25 or so. Well, I'm not 25. In fact, I'm much less than 25. I have been told at work once or twice now that I am too young for certain positions. I get really angry about this because it's total bullshit. I have completed all the qualifications just like the others. I can do the job. But they think that being 22 is too young. ARRG. Makes me so angry.

Second thing: Spontenaity. Someone called me at work today and asked me if I wanted to go to Croatia in a couple weeks. I thought about it for about 20 seconds. Asked him about 3 questions. Agreed to go. I now have tickets to go to Croatia. I'm pretty excited about that.

I took some photos today so hopefully some of them will turn out alright and I will be able to post them on ohyeahphotos.

In other news: Marlo is coming to Paris next weekend.
I say it like she's coming anywhere close to me. Lets compare. The distance between my location and Paris is nearly the same distance between Detroit and Nashville, between Phoenix and Los Angeles, or between Indianapolis and Kansas City (Kansas). I'm going to go see her anyway. Why? Because she's coming to Europe and everything in Europe is 'near me' for the purpose of visiting friends. In other words. If you're coming to Europe. Let me know. I'll come see you where you are. If I can.

Peace out homies.

I am beginning to question my persistence. The amount of effort put in is starting to make me worry about the fall when I fail. What a horrible thought. I'm glad that I am putting it here in words because the more I look at it, the more I realize it is ridiculous, the more empassioned I become to continue persisting. I think you call that, continuing to persist, just persisting.

I'm a moron.

"The worst thing about Europe is that you can't go out in the middle of the night and get a Slurpee." -Tellis Frank

The last couple weeks, I have felt sick with worry. The worst part is that it is worry over the stupidest of things. I wish I felt the confidence here that I felt when I was finishing up at Rose. Building myself up in new territory, I guess. It's always been a good feeling once I finally achieve that comfidence level.

Enough wagueness. There are several things going on lately that have been stressing me out. Actually, I think it's just two, maybe three, but they are pretty much my entire life lately. I'm stressed about work. I was told there is a chance I will not get a job after the trainee pool ends and that really frustrates me because I want to stay in Germany for a while longer. Work itself has been really stressful as we finish up all of our assignments and get ready to present them to top management. I have been really stressed about my personal life as well, both because I don't seem to have any time for what I enjoy (Photography) and because of personal social reasons.

On a plus side, I and two of my colleagues established ourselves as regulars at a local bar. When we left last night, the bartender said 'Bis nächste Woche' which means 'until next week.' It feels good to be a regular.

It's been cold as crap lately...still! Stu told me that it is 70F in St. Louis. The high this week is 0C. 0C is less than 70F for those of you not good with temperature conversions.

Peace out, and Happy Lent.