Hi guys. I'm sure you've noticed that I've been pretty inactive lately, and I'm sorry about that, but I've been kinda busy. And lazy. But mostly busy. Anyway, I suppose it's time to tell you a little bit about what's been going on.

So. Last Tuesday was the premier of our play, "Zeit der Schuldlosen". It was nerve wrecking, but we left the stage while our audience bid us farewell with a loud round of applause. Everything went well, despite the fact that I nearly threw up before we went on stage and the staff in our tech department fired my gunshot at the wrong time... Ah well. All is good. Our second performance was rubbish, and we had about 20 people in the audience. And when I finally shot myself on stage, I skidded across a metal foot of a wall which we had on the scene. Now I have this ugly red stripe across my back, and it feels like someone tried to butcher my back in my sleep. Hm.

Aaaand on Thursday we packed our bags and left for New York to perform at the DSNY (Deutsche Schule New York). The stage was 186213987 times smaller, and we couldn't manage to bring all of our props to NY, so that was pretty problematic, but other than that... Our performance wasn't bad. I only screwed up on my third line, and it wasn't a big screw up. We did a pretty damn awesome job. Then we had lunch and drove into NYC, where my shopaholic friends insisted we we walk to the nearest Abercrombie, which wasn't really 'near' at all. *grumble* I was less than fascinated. After my friends finally decided that all the hustle and bustle of the shop was enough for them (it was like a rave in there) I navigated us down to Broadway and we took our sweet time walking ten blocks down this beautifully busy avenue. Finally we arrived at 45th Street between 8th and 9th Avenue, where we waited for the rest of our crew to arrive aaaaaaaand then we watched 'Hair'. It was too sexual and, well, impulsive for my tastes, but the music was awesome. And now I'm back. Wee.

I've had the inexplicable urge to watch Star Trek this week. So I did. For hours on end. Because this week was boring boring boring and our grades were already decided, our teachers didn't give us any homework. It feels strange not having anything to do. It's nice. Anyway, Netflix has the first season of Star Trek for free, so I was plastered to my PC during my free time. My project group at school took a trip to the 'Air and Space Museum' at the Dulles Airport, and the gift-shop sold Star Trek merchandise. I was so close to buying a little Spock boggle-head. He was adorable. I also discovered that my IT teacher is a Trekkie. We had an awesome conversation and messed around with the goods at the shop. Good times. He's a great guy.

I got my report card back, and all I have to say is, 'HELL YEAH.' Cheers to being a nerd.

Okay, now comes the important part of this entry:

I'm going to Germany for 4 weeks. … Yeah. I'm going to be at the beach for the first part of it, but then it's back to Hondelage and Trogen to meet up with my family. I'm looking forward to it, but this time I'm flying alone with my brother, so I'm a bit worried. I've done it before, but I still don't feel quite as comfortable as I should be. Oh well, I'm sure everything will be fine. It always is. (WhatamIsayingI'msweatingbullets.)

Just so you guys know, I have no idea when I'm going to be able to be online again. It is very likely that the cabin which my grandparents have rented for our trip to the beach does not have an Internet connection, and unless I can have access to a LAN-connection, I'll probably be gone for a bit. Tsk. Inconvenient, but que sera sera, if you know what I mean. But luckily my grandpa is up to date in the computer world, so he has an awesome flat-rate-wireless-connection-cheers-for-grandpa-hurrah!

Alright, sorry that this entry looks so rushed; I'm leaving in an hour. I'll be back soon, you can count on it!
-Ploppers