February 2012
98 posts
“.اگر مرگ نبود همه ارزویش میکردند
If there was no death, everyone would wish...”
– Sadegh Hedayat
LOL it’s that time of the quarter
less papers that aren't in english
more american mac and cheese
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death
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Anonymous asked: Would you consider yourself a leftist?
two things i don't understand
how is mac and cheese a meal for just kids? that shit is gourmet for everybody of all ages ok
why don’t we have an entire course dedicated to goethe’s faust over here????? (brb gonna go overthrow the german department)
somewhat along the same lines of my last post (and...
claerwen:
the word for “German” in Russian is немецкий/немецкая (M/F)
it is derived from the word “немец” which roughly translates to “a stupid or dumb person”
“Germany” in Russian, however, is a normal Германия (Germania)
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metonymia asked: مشکوک و با احساس.
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“Zwei Seelen wohnen, ach! in meiner Brust,
Die eine will sich von der andern...”
– Goethe’s Faust
it's 1:55pm
i’m a little drunk
and have emotions
lol
I can’t tell if these are school feels
or real feels
S.O.S.
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why does my roommate
think it’s ok
to leave me alone with
girl scout cookies
doesn’t she
know who i am
i don’t even
chew my food
sometimes
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“Between me and the other world there is ever an unasked question: unasked by...”
– W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk
Everyone needs to read this.
this is typically how a persian mehmooni goes
all the persian people in my haus: Have you found a good husband yet at UCLA?
me: I've learned how to say I want to commit suicide in German, which is close enough.
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“The first lesson a revolutionary must learn is that he is a doomed man. Unless...”
– Huey P. Newton, Revolutionary Suicide, 1973
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gewehrfabrik asked: How much do you see yourself as an American?
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Anonymous asked: Where do you live?
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Anonymous asked: uhuh sprichst du deutsch ? How come?
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umkommen = ums Leben kommen = sterben (to die)
umbringen = jemanden ums Leben bringen = töten (to kill)
erwürgen (to choke, strangle)
did my professor pick these vocab words on purpose because she knows how i feel when it’s the 7th week of the quarter
??
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Anonymous asked: Are you a rainy weather kind of person or sunny?
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phredology asked: ugh ill ive had is a cookie and i dunno if i can finish this mac and cheese
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“das ist nicht gerade das Gelbe vom Ei”
literal translation: that’s not exactly the yellow of the egg
meaning: that’s not exactly brilliant
This is probably my favorite German expression. I’m not sure why. I don’t even like eggs.
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well, this week was really bad and messy and now my sleep is unorganized and because of school wanting me to die by keeping me constantly busy i haven’t been able to eat breakfast all week which makes me sad because after 20 years of me hating breakfast i’ve learned to really love it since this last january and you know what i’m also starting to like cats which is also weird...
paralytic stalks in my mailbox today
happiness
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mdkhoury asked: Pamuk and cat?
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bolour replied to your post: جگرت را بخورم (“jigareto bokhoram”) literal…
I’ll eat ur liver 2 azizam
I need everyone’s liver in my mailbox tomorrow morning.
جگرت را بخورم
(“jigareto bokhoram”)
literal translation= I’ll eat your liver.
meaning= I love you / You’re the cutest thing ever / I love you to pieces / You cute piece of cute omggg
Happy Valentine’s Day, tumblr. I will eat your liver.
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“Mit der Wahrheit ist es wie mit einer stadtbekannten Hure. Jeder kennt sie, aber...”
– Wolfgang Borchert, Draußen vor der Tür
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Anonymous asked: You smell nice....
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Anonymous asked: You are the funniest person I know.
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I’m trying really hard to like Lana Del Rey, but I just can’t do it.
doing school work actually means playing scrabble online against a friend and kicking their ass (sorry buddy)
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Hegel, Kant, and Herder paper can wait because Rihanna is performing ok.