"I kissed a girl, and I liked it."

"I kissed a girl, and I liked it... the taste of her cherry chapstick. I kissed a girl, just to try it... I hope my boyfriend don't mind it."

Ah yes, the perfect song to hear at work at 10am. It has been stuck in my head all day, but in a good way. I am so painfully behind on American culture right now - this is the longest I've gone without reading People, US Weekly, or any of the other trashy celebrity culture magazines. Mags told me about this song awhile ago, but it is finally playing on the German radio. For some reason, I have the urge to add "... and I LIKED IT...!" to the end of every sentence. My common sense is telling me that would not be a good habit to get into.

Another somewhat related note - I love living alone. I don't have to worry about disturbing a roommate, I don't have to fight for the shower in the morning, and I can have naked time whenever. I can also have a glass of wine and a techno dance party on a thursday night and nobody can say anything bad about it. I have had some pretty awful living situations, so maybe this is my good karma catching up to me. I was due to have a good one at some point.

A not-at-all related note - every once in awhile, I have this urge to do something crazy and out of character. So far, these urges have manifested themselves in haircuts and piercings; I cut my hair pretty short (to my collarbone) twice, and have gotten a total of eight piercings. There hasn't been any lasting damage... hair grows back and I took out my cartiledge and nose piercings. Nevertheless, there's only so many inches of hair to cut off or so many (appropriate) body parts to pierce. It might be time to find a more constructive outlet for these feelings. Maybe I'll take up adventure sports. Next time I want to do something crazy, I'll go skydiving or cliff jumping. Sounds fun, but they're much more expensive activities than piercings and haircuts. The reason I bring this up - I had to take out my nose piercing (bummer), but I'm getting my hair cut today and want to do something different, something spunky. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if "spunky" translates and I'm terrified of German hairdressers. Whatever. Maybe I'll get a boring haircut and then go get something pierced.

I have nothing else to report except that today has been a fantastic day. It's Friday. I finished my project at work and actually got a genuine German compliment (big day for me). I'm leaving early from work today. Mags is coming soon.

Life is good. Das Leben ist gut.


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