Winter has... wintered.

That was supposed to be like a knock-off on the phrase "Spring has sprung." I know, not that funny, but I do try. :)

Yep, it's winter now. Below-freezing temperatures for the first time, I think since that little "November Snow" scare I had awhile ago. The nice, though strangely odd, dwelling in the 50's has come to an end, probably thanks to dear old Hurricane Kyrill. It was a beautiful sunny day today, but cold. I was outside around noon, and there were a few frozen puddles that were not melting despite the sunshine. Sigh...

Some pretty snow would be nice though! I've definitely had enough of this constant raining it does here. Snow would be a good alternative.

Other news? Not a whole lot. Plugging away on a presentation I have to give tomorrow about the Integration (or lack thereof) of Muslim Immigrants in Berlin. It is a very interesting topic (which is why I picked it, haha) but a little tough because I took a whole class about Immigrants in Germany (which was more or less a class about Muslim Immigrants in Germany) last year at Penn, which means I'm relatively well-informed on the topic for a non-German, but there are so many directions I could take this project that I just don't know what to pick. And, I'm annoyed that I don't have all the articles and notes I have from my class last year. Oh well.

Not too much else to report on... Oh yeah, on Friday I watched Finding Nemo in Germany with my friends Molly and Elizabeth. The characters are sooooooooo cute in German! Of course, they were cute anyway, but this was a new cuteness. The sea turtles even spoke German with Australian accents! We also rented The Incredibles (in German), but only Molly actually saw it because Elizabeth went home and I fell asleep. This Friday we plan to watch Monsters, Inc. in German.

That's all the news from here...