Stefan Heym, author of Schwarzenberg

Helmut Flieg (April 10, 1913 - December 16, 2001) was a German-Jewish writer, known by his pseudonym Stefan Heym. He lived in the United States (or served in its army abroad) between 1935 and 1952, before moving back to the part of his now-partitioned native Germany which was the German Democratic Republic (GDR, "East Germany"). He published works in English and German at home and abroad, and despite longstanding criticism of the GDR remained a committed socialist.Helmut Flieg (April 10, 1913 - December 16, 2001) was a German-Jewish writer, known by his pseudonym Stefan Heym. He lived in the United States (or served in its army abroad) between 1935 and 1952, before moving back to the part of his now-partitioned native Germany which was the German Democratic Republic (GDR, "East Germany"). He published works in English and German at home and abroad, and despite longstanding criticism of the GDR remained a committed socialist.

don't take life too seriously

bashing the candle,
Bleeding the weasel,
bleedin the weed,
buffing the banana,
bopping the baloney,
burping the worm,
choking the chicken,
cleaning your rifle,
corking the bat,
cranking the shank,
cuffing the carrot,
fisting your mister,
flogging your dog,
floggin the frog,
flogging the hog,
flogging the log,
flute solo,
jerkin'the gherkin,
looping the mule,
manual override,
painting the pickle,
pocket pinball,
pocket pool,
polishing the banister,
polishing the rocket,
pounding your flounder,
pumping the python,
roping the pony,
spanking the monkey,
teasing the weasel,
tossing the turkey,
walking the dog,
whipping the willy,
wonking your cronker,
yanking the crank.

The Philosophy of Time Travel by Roberta Ann Sparrow

The Tangent Universe
....The Primary Universe is fraught with great peril.
War, plague, famine and natural disaster are common.
Death comes to us all.
....The Fourth Dimension of Time is a stable construct,
though it is not impenetrable.
....Incidents when the fabric of the fourth dimension
becomes corrupted are incredibly rare.
....If a Tangent Universe occurs, it will be highly
unstable, sustaining itself for no longer than several
weeks.
....Eventually it will collapse upon itself, forming a
black hole within the Primary Universe capable of
destroying all existence.

3 methods by which we may learn wisdom

First by reflection which is the noblest,

second by imitation which is easiest,

and third by exerience which is the bitterest.

Phonetics of auld lang syne

This is the phonetic transcription of the song. I just started to learn symbols like this in German phonetics class last week! So I was pleasantly surprised to see it outside of the classroom. However to be honest..I can't say I can read it yet!

ʃɪd o̜ːld ə.kwɛn.təns bi fəɾ.ɡot,ən nɪ.vəɾ brɔxt tɪ məin ?ʃɪd o̜ːld ə.kwɛn.təns bi fəɾ.ɡot,ən o̜ːl lɑŋ səin ?
CHORUS:
fəɾ o̜ːl lɑŋ səin, mɑ diːɾ,
fəɾ o̜ːl lɑŋ səin,
wiːl tɑk ə kʌp ə kəin.nəs jɛt,
fəɾ o̜ːl lɑŋ səin.
ən ʃeːr.li jiːl bi juːɾ pəin.stʌup !ən ʃeːr.li ɑːl bi məin !ən wiːl tɑk ə kʌp ə kəin.nəs jɛt,fəɾ o̜ːl lɑŋ səin.
CHORUS
wi two̜̜ː heː rɪn ə.but ðə breːz,ən puːd ðə ɡʌu.ənz fəin ;bʌt wiːv wɑn.əɾt mʌ.ne ə wiːɾɪ fɪt,sɪn o̜ːl laŋ səin.
CHORUS
wi two̜̜ː heː pe.dlt ɪn ðə bʌɾn,freː moːɾ.nɪn sɪn tɪl dəin ;bʌt siːz ə.twin ʌs bred heː roːrdsɪn o̜lː laŋ səin.
CHORUS
ən ðeːrz ə ho̜ːn, mɑ trʌs.tɪ fi:ɾ !ən ɡiːz ə ho̜ːn ə ðəin !ən wiːl tak ə rɪxt ɡɪd wʌ.lɪ wo̜ːxt,fəɾ o̜lː laŋ səin.ʃɪd o̜ːld ə.kwɛn.təns bi fəɾ.ɡot,ən nɪ.vəɾ brɔxt tɪ məin ?ʃɪd o̜ːld ə.kwɛn.təns bi fəɾ.ɡot,ən o̜ːl lɑŋ səin ?
CHORUS:
fəɾ o̜ːl lɑŋ səin, mɑ diːɾ,
fəɾ o̜ːl lɑŋ səin,
wiːl tɑk ə kʌp ə kəin.nəs jɛt,
fəɾ o̜ːl lɑŋ səin.
ən ʃeːr.li jiːl bi juːɾ pəin.stʌup !ən ʃeːr.li ɑːl bi məin !ən wiːl tɑk ə kʌp ə kəin.nəs jɛt,fəɾ o̜ːl lɑŋ səin.
CHORUS
wi two̜̜ː heː rɪn ə.but ðə breːz,ən puːd ðə ɡʌu.ənz fəin ;bʌt wiːv wɑn.əɾt mʌ.ne ə wiːɾɪ fɪt,sɪn o̜ːl laŋ səin.
CHORUS
wi two̜̜ː heː pe.dlt ɪn ðə bʌɾn,freː moːɾ.nɪn sɪn tɪl dəin ;bʌt siːz ə.twin ʌs bred heː roːrdsɪn o̜lː laŋ səin.
CHORUS
ən ðeːrz ə ho̜ːn, mɑ trʌs.tɪ fi:ɾ !ən ɡiːz ə ho̜ːn ə ðəin !ən wiːl tak ə rɪxt ɡɪd wʌ.lɪ wo̜ːxt,fəɾ o̜lː laŋ səin.

Auld Lang Syne

I'm planning to celebrate New Year's Eve in Edinburgh with just myself and Neil. I think there will be something magical singing this in the place where it originated as the new year is rang in! :)

Should old acquaintance be forgot,and never brought to mind ?Should old acquaintance be forgot,and old lang syne ?
CHORUS:
For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we'll take a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
And surely you’ll buy your pint cup !And surely I’ll buy mine !And we'll take a cup o’ kindness yet,for auld lang syne.
CHORUS
We two have run about the slopes,and picked the daisies fine ;But we’ve wandered many a weary foot,since auld lang syne.
CHORUS
We two have paddled in the stream,from morning sun till dine† ;But seas between us broad have roaredsince auld lang syne.
CHORUS
And there’s a hand my trusty friend !And give us a hand o’ thine !And we’ll take a right good-will draught,for auld lang syne.
CHORUS

Heinrich Heine

Ein Kluger bemerkt alles,

ein Dummer macht ueber alles eine Bemerkung...

My favourite singer and song

There is fiction in the space between
The lines on your page of memories
Write it down but it doesn't mean
You're not just telling stories
There is fiction in the space between
You and reality
You will do and say anything
To make your everyday life
Seem less mundane
There is fiction in the space between
You and me
There's a science fictionin the space between
You and meA fabrication a grand scheme.
Where I am the scary monsterI eat the city and as I leave the scene

In my spaceship I am laughing

In your remembrance of your bad dream
There's no one but you standing
Leave the pity and the blame
For the ones who do not speak
You write the words to getrespect and compassion
And for posterity
Your write the words and make believe
There is truth in the space between
There is fiction in the space between
You and everybody
Give us all what we need
Give us one more sad sordid story
But in fiction of the space between
Sometimes a lie is the best thing
Sometimes a lie is the best thing
is the best thing
is the best thing...

Also

Es ist schon eine Woche als ich dies Blog angefangen habe. Es ware gut ein Zusammenfassung zu schreiben.

Es ist wie ein Fluss. Ich lass es fliessen. Nicht laenger ist es ein Aufgabe. Es ist nicht eckig sonst ohne Grenzen, ohne Regel. Einfach ist es ein BLOG. :) Ich finde das Wort blog ganz toll. Sag es- blog. blog blog bloggedy blog! Laecherlich... Es ist mein Tagesbuch. Ich finde es leicht zu schreiben als ich immer an Laptop bin.

Heute Abend hat Ali und ich ein Film namens 'A complete history of my sexual failures'. Es war ein Sundance Fesival Film und habe ich es sehr gut gefunden.

Ludwig van Beethoven, ever thine, ever mine, ever ours

Though still in bed, my thoughts go out to you, my Immortal Beloved, now and then joyfully, then sadly, waiting to learn whether or not fate will hear us - I can live only wholly with you or not at all - Yes, I am resolved to wander so long away from you until I can fly to your arms and say that I am really at home with you, and can send my soul enwrapped in you into the land of spirits - Yes, unhappily it must be so - You will be the more contained since you know my fidelity to you. No one else can ever possess my heart - never - never - Oh God, why must one be parted from one whom one so loves. And yet my life in V is now a wretched life - Your love makes me at once the happiest and the unhappiest of men - At my age I need a steady, quiet life - can that be so in our connection? My angel, I have just been told that the mailcoach goes every day - therefore I must close at once so that you may receive the letter at once - Be calm, only by a calm consideration of our existence can we achieve our purpose to live together - Be calm - love me - today - yesterday - what tearful longings for you - you - you - my life - my all - farewell. Oh continue to love me - never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved.

ever thine

ever mine

ever ours

It's from Sex and the city which I really like! It actually made me cry the two times I've watched it. Shush shush...

<3

I knew i loved you before I met you

Robert F Kennedy's eulogy by his brother Ted

Some see things as they are and ask why...

I dream things that never were and ask why not...

RIP Robert and John

President Obama

Yes we can! :)

Change has come.

Einstein Quote

We are all born mad, some of us remain so.

Example of English Romanticism

Daffodils" (1804)

I WANDER'D lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the Milky Way,

They stretch'd in never-ending line

Along the margin of a bay:Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced;

but theyOut-did the sparkling waves in glee:

A poet could not but be gay,

In such a jocund company:I gazed -- and gazed -- but little thought

What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils

Intro.

Hi there,

I study German in college which includes a lot of German literature.

At the moment I'm spending a semester in Potsdam university near Berlin.

I'm taking mostly German for foreigners classes including one on German literature. Besides these I'm taking Gothic Novels through English, simply because it sounded interesting and I was glad to have the opportunity to embrace a new exciting challenge!

I'm hoping to use this blog to keep track of poems and pieces of texts that I like. Maybe it'll help me be a better student and I'll have more to say when it comes to exams. :)

Well I'll give it a try anyway!