Diane’s World

Hey world… ok you can have a real post

My song comes from the New Death Cab For Cutie CD “Narrow Stairs”. I never listen to the radio in Germany (something I really need to change)… but the first time I heard it in months, it was playing a song (”I will possess your heart”) from this CD. This CD is barely even a month old - WHAT? How did 1) Death Cab for Cutie hit the mainstream Radio??? and 2) How did it hit Germany so fast? We used to joke that all the music comes to Germany in a rowboat… maybe that isn’t so true anymore?

Anyways. Enough venting.

Today was my last day in Intermediate German class. Apparently I am now an Advanced German Student. Yes ladies and gentlemen, I have been approved to go on to the very scary class level of C1. (The levels go from beginner to advanced: A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2 -each level taking two months to complete)

I remember being in A1 and thinking “man… those C level students know so much German. I’ll never be that good.” But right next to me I have a paper that says that not only did I pass the B2 level… but I passed it with a good grade of 1,4 (An “A” or “sehr gut” ) They were broken down in five categories. 1=A/Very Good : 2=B/Good: 3=C/Sufficient : Here is how I did:

Listening: 1,5

Speaking: 2

Reading: 1

Writing: 1,5

Grammatic: 1

I had no idea that I would get that good of grades, so I am actually feeling confident. I never would have earlier considered myself good at Grammar, so that makes me smile.

In order to boost my lowest grade in Speaking, I have decided to not speak any English for the month of July. That means… Diane’s gonna have no friends! Haha just kidding… I really want to be able to speak well, and it’s my last month to do hard core practice so I can talk nothing BUT German with my dad when I get home… right dad?

Today in our last class, we had a little goodbye party. Everybody was supposed to bring something typical of their own land. Not really wanting to give up my Mac&Cheese just yet, I bought these suckers:

Yes, I am amazingly creative.

One of the other American girls made Guacamole. I am ever thankful… I LOVE GUACAMOLE. Yummmmy! (Look closely to see me sneaking a bite of it)

We also had lots of German, Swiss, Japanese… well, we had a lot of food. Another American girl brought Gushers and Fruit by the Foot… it made my day.

And speaking of which, if you are a lame American, you don’t know that the Europäische Weltmeistershaft is going on (FUßBALL! SOCCER!) But Germany is doing very well! We are in the semi finals along with Turkey, Russia and Spain!

Germany plays against Turkey tomorrow, and I am sooo pumped to see this game

It’s going to be awesome to see this in Berlin, because Berlin has the largest Turkish population outside of Turkey… so either way there is going to be a LOT of action in Berlin! It might get dangerous!

When Turkey won last Friday against Croatia, I went to the busiest part of the city and had fear for my life… the Turkish were so happy to win that there were crazy drunk Turkish people everywhere. So I have decided to watch the next game in the comfort of the Mormon church with my friends.

Here is me and one of my mormon friends, Kajsa. I like them, they are nice people. :

oh and last but not least, I dyed my hair. It’s now a great darker brown color. I decided that there are enough blond Americans… and Germans… so I decided to make change!

Here are the obligatory beauty shots:

Ok enough pictures of me!

Well I move away from Berlin on Sunday. It’s definitely a bitter sweet feeling - I am SOOO excited to go to Bremen, but i am SOOO sad to leave Berlin. I am going to do well with this change though, I know it.

Well have a wonderful week everybody! I am assuming my next post will be in Bremen… we will see!

Love, Deeds