tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52474092011-11-27T16:13:52.961-08:00Martin In GermanyMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.comBlogger1181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-36161141114965698052009-11-13T10:15:00.000-08:002009-11-13T10:15:00.286-08:00 Playing Catchup Last time I posted, I had not started university yet. Now I’m rounding the fourth week of classes. My schedule is finally set. I opted to take a competition law class on patents and trademark law. It is interesting, and the only textbooks I have are the Law. Everything else is from the lecture. The class is taught in the form of business school Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-2208018848707854442009-10-04T11:46:00.000-07:002009-10-04T11:46:00.223-07:00 Moving Day Perhaps the title gave it away. But after two months, it is time to move again. I already did a farewell to Köln post, so no need to rehash old things. Tomorrow, the house will be cleaned, the dishes put away, and flowers will be laid out for my gracious host-grandma when she Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-80226316657285026892009-08-24T04:00:00.000-07:002009-08-24T04:00:05.454-07:00So it has been a while since I’ve posted. All is going well! I went and saw a show by Christian (and his band Skouch). His younger brother Hendrik also played (in his band Zeit für Plan B). That was last weekend, and it was a really good show in a run down old train station. Pretty cool. Best of all, Wuppertalers love Zywiecz, it’s a Polish Beer that is SUPER good. Other than that, went toMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-19425400490581760032009-06-23T09:27:00.000-07:002009-06-23T09:29:04.953-07:00A foreigner in America would probably think that the entire nation suffers from a collective water deficiency. Water in bottles are sold everywhere. Water is a necessity at any dinner. Hard pressed is the person searching for a university student without a water bottle. Dehydration plagues the American, we all know this. Draft – of cold air – is the silent killer in Germany. When you think Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-57910836519701405822009-06-18T08:24:00.000-07:002009-06-18T08:32:20.032-07:00Lately my California instincts have been deceived by angles, axis and mysterious alignments, all contributing to Dämmerung, the German dusk. Something about equator-distance-relation causes a sunset around 7:00PM, but an ever longer lingering dusk – last night until around 10:30PM. But New York is calling and within 27 days I will be landing in America again, 30 days in California. I suppose Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-16601676179359579382009-06-08T11:31:00.000-07:002009-06-08T11:32:20.040-07:00Pictures up through the end of March are up! More to come soon!http://martybe.shutterfly.compassword: martybeMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-79021894245991104492009-06-06T06:02:00.000-07:002009-06-06T06:05:24.532-07:00Every language has individual idioms, which are not just language specific, but also serve to reflect cultural values and perceptions. A description like this is a fancy way of describing the function of a phrase like: go fly a kite or kick the bucket. Most people would understand what these phrases mean, however if they were translated into another language, they would be incomprehensible for Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-57927130079293453282009-06-02T23:21:00.000-07:002009-06-02T23:25:30.312-07:00In the last fortnight I have spent only three nights in my own bed. Under this, I have stayed in three different hostels in within two different cities. For any backpacker or zigzagger of the capitols of Europe, I merely leisurely visited cities. I am K.O. – knocked out – as the Germans say though. The first part of this post will be dedicated to the eternal city of Rome. Berlin is the Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-75007435982174738072009-05-21T11:53:00.000-07:002009-05-21T11:55:14.504-07:00Unlike Maccaully Caulkin, I don’t have a constant stream of robbers to keep me entertained while living alone. I also do not have internet either – bummer. But there are perks, beyond the fact that I go from bed to desk in three minutes flat. I am in the pulse of Wuppertal, which incidentally is not saying too much. Nobody gets antsy or offended when I walk around without my T-shirt on.Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-55604210877053830742009-05-08T08:31:00.001-07:002009-05-08T08:42:21.868-07:00Krakow, Cracovia, Cracow, however you want to spell it, was amazing. Christina had hyped it up so much though, that I actually had low expectations. In fact, I had low expectations all -around for everything Polish. It could never be as good as she had portrayed it, or at least, that was what I was still thinking whilst our little death-box came into intense turbulence while landing and nearlyMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-53104129161145281472009-04-22T12:55:00.000-07:002009-04-22T13:02:44.185-07:00Three Month HiatusIt seems every time I open a post, I am apologizing for not posting for a while. This time it was a bit extreme. In my defense, I have not had the internet for those last three months. The official URL is down until further notice, sorry for the inconvienence.Quick snapshot though: moved out of the Fischbach's house into a company apartment (first time living alone). StartedMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-65378436838017438892009-01-22T11:26:00.000-08:002009-04-22T12:52:09.671-07:00 Spent fireworks and snow are still on the ground January is almost over. Christmas and New Years was long ago. Time you all heard about a traditional German Christmas. Over here it is called Wiehnachten. First comes Heilige Abend (Holy night literally, but Christmas eve for you beyond the pond). I stayed with the Fischbach family for Heilige Abend. Andres and Manuel, Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-84471352084053638552008-12-13T12:01:00.000-08:002009-04-22T12:51:20.966-07:00 Deutschland ein Wintermärchen In the past three months I have only updated ya’ll two times. Sorry! Every time it seems appropriate to update (birthday or fun weekend) I never have pictures to support any of my stories. Take today as an example. We went to Essen (where the Zeppelin was invented, for those interested in history). There we visited the Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-32038232098453088672008-11-13T10:15:00.000-08:002009-04-22T12:50:38.845-07:00 Playing Catchup Last time I posted, I had not started university yet. Now I’m rounding the fourth week of classes. My schedule is finally set. I opted to take a competition law class on patents and trademark law. It is interesting, and the only textbooks I have are the Law. Everything else is from the lecture. The class is taught in the form of business school Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-65708479235168571552008-10-14T12:46:00.000-07:002009-04-22T12:49:45.088-07:00 Bergische Universität Wuppertal Some sentences from an email, because I’m too lazy to update lately. This week is welcome week at the University. I feel like a freshman. It sucks to have two bachelors, heck even one, and to feel like a complete newbie again. Sometimes we are humbled in the Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-82285060937589386452008-10-04T11:46:00.000-07:002009-04-22T12:49:00.716-07:00 Moving Day Perhaps the title gave it away. But after two months, it is time to move again. I already did a farewell to Köln post, so no need to rehash old things. Tomorrow, the house will be cleaned, the dishes put away, and flowers will be laid out for my gracious host-grandma when she Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-4260548538515143892008-09-30T05:31:00.000-07:002009-04-22T12:48:00.528-07:00 Last daze in Köln My last days in Cologne are winding down. Everybody left today for their ‘final’ placement. Basically language school is over, and we are all moving on. Not me, exactly. I have to wait until my next family gets home from a previously planned trip until I can go. Until then,Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-42099357463960108292008-09-25T01:06:00.000-07:002009-04-22T12:47:21.933-07:00 Z.O. C2 Prüfung I just finished the final day of the Zentrale Oberstufe Prüfung. It is the hardest German language test you can take. I did not do to well on it, but I passed, and that is enough.Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-71166403462270461742008-09-24T09:31:00.000-07:002009-04-22T12:46:41.530-07:00 Aufgestanden! Hingesetzt! Blockiert! On the 19th and 20th of September, over 40,000 people partook in an anti-pro-Köln sit in. Pro-Köln is a political group, which tried to hold a so called ‘anti-Islam Congress’. Well, that did not work. Köln is a city, which prides itself on being diverse, progressive, and relatively open minded. The Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-39584884573432168492008-09-15T04:22:00.000-07:002009-04-22T12:45:53.218-07:00“I have heard the argument that she is ‘real,’ that she is ‘just a normal American,’ that she isn’t ‘elitist’ like Barack Obama. People like the fact that Sarah Palin makes them feel that ‘anyone can be president.’ Once again I must ask, ‘Really?’ I for one do not want to think that just anyone can be president. I don’t think I am capable of running the United States and neither would I trust theMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-31691919417930800482008-09-11T09:25:00.000-07:002009-04-22T12:45:06.111-07:00 Photos, Links, and the Such So I posted some photos from August. I am using flickr, but might move to picasa, just because flickr is so cumbersome. Any other suggestions though for free internet albums? I also linked some friends Blogs. Still working on the HTML there (very perplexed why Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-13143250063359916252008-09-10T02:56:00.000-07:002009-04-22T12:44:13.048-07:00 Der Monat Almost 1.5 months have gone by. Where the heck did they go? I’m still working on the personal statment for law school. Still hanging out with Americans. And still not dreaming in German. Come 30. September, hopefully that all changes. Yesterday some friends from Wuppertal came to Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-24528546919214577522008-09-04T10:18:00.000-07:002009-04-22T12:43:29.104-07:00 Slowly working Ever so slowly the language is comming back to me. First arriving it was still hard to string sentences together without awkward pauses. People are starting to stare at me less, which makes me think I’m blending in well. And less people are trying to speak English to me, I Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-34644103937304883722008-09-01T09:44:00.000-07:002009-04-22T12:42:34.828-07:00Hopefully I’ll post pictures soon. I’m going to Remscheid, and will be going to the Uni Wuppertal. I’ll also be living with a host family!Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-85019776242082525572008-08-24T04:00:00.000-07:002009-04-22T12:42:10.559-07:00So it has been a while since I’ve posted. All is going well! I went and saw a show by Christian (and his band Skouch). His younger brother Hendrik also played (in his band Zeit für Plan B). That was last weekend, and it was a really good show in a run down old train station. Pretty cool. Best of all, Wuppertalers love Zywiecz, it’s a Polish Beer that is SUPER good. Other than that, went toMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-28429850608994946862008-08-16T16:58:00.000-07:002009-04-22T12:40:53.464-07:00 Wine-tasting Went to the best winery in Germany yesterday. Of course I forgot my camera. Dumb. I have the link here. The picture on the homepage is kind of creepy. We had really expensive wines paid by the Sprachschule (Language School). It is sunny, and not raining. Going to see Christan’Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-19007521828879791862008-08-09T23:58:00.000-07:002009-04-22T12:40:06.602-07:00 At the Hahn's I’m at the Hahn’s. It is great to see them. Had a shock yesterday about Krysia’s train, and we were very relieved to hear she was okay. It is raining in Wuppertal. I have still yet to take one picture in Germany.Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-72584418452978675262008-08-06T12:05:00.000-07:002009-04-22T12:38:32.811-07:00First day of class was hilarious. My instructor is great. Don't have much time (again) to post. I don't get internet a whole lot, but hopefully I can post some more information later. Off to meet Nils!Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-19041510480151478762008-08-05T00:06:00.000-07:002009-04-22T12:37:40.249-07:00Well, I arrived after cancelled Lufthansa flights and after staying in D.C. for a month. I’m living with an lady in Köln. Everything is great, more updates after more orientations!Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-84109283096410763502008-05-21T21:58:00.000-07:002009-04-22T12:36:43.233-07:00I'm going to Germany again! It will be an amazing opportunity to work in Germany, and I am sure to have a blast. I'm going to update this blog throughout the time, so stay posted! Also, I will be getting some new picture software going, for easier browsing and stuff.Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-21772263352315889552008-05-19T22:39:00.000-07:002009-04-22T12:35:51.268-07:00“A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.” — Franz Kafka Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-2481998076645460962008-05-07T09:20:00.000-07:002009-04-22T12:39:15.329-07:00 New Cellphone Number! It is free for me to receive calls! Feel free to call if you want. 0049 0151 23205129Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-89616872349192422872008-03-08T15:50:00.000-08:002008-03-08T15:53:54.727-08:00Great news! I'm going to Germany again. This program will be with CDS (American Side) and InWEnt (German Side). All the details about the program are here. I am very excited about this trip! It will be an amazing opportunity to work in Germany, and I am sure to have a blast. I'm going to update this blog throughout the time, so stay posted! Also, I will be getting some new picture softwareMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-108964449780802582004-07-12T08:00:00.000-07:002004-07-12T08:01:37.806-07:00Okay, the Last MiG just went out. I've also got the last photo's i plan to put up here in germany up... From Bremen and from Hamburg. ENJOY! 4 MORE DAYS LEFTMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1088512983593902492004-06-29T05:38:00.000-07:002004-06-29T05:43:03.593-07:00Jöran is back today. I have yet to meet him as they are picking him up from the airport right now, but Welcome Home Champ!
Othernews, sorry I have been slacking lately. But I was in Brememn with the family last weekend. I hope, planned, on an MIG this comming Sunday. It will be info and fun filled. Also, the Bremen photos will be up by Sunday as well. 2 weeks to and 2 days.... :(Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1087911773098975262004-06-22T06:41:00.000-07:002004-06-22T06:42:53.096-07:00Hey! Got EOS (end of stay) pictures up. Go check them out. Other news....
Please, start sending all of your e-mails, which you want directed twoards me, to: martin.behn@gmail.com
THAT INCLUDES FAMILY MEMBERS!
thansk :)Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1087636294101907962004-06-19T02:10:00.000-07:002004-06-20T09:36:40.660-07:00Hey Everybody! Was in Dortmund the whole week. Was totally awsome to hang out with tons of German Theater involved people. more info on Theater Dortmund at: www.theaterdo.deMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1087208775636017332004-06-14T03:25:00.001-07:002004-06-14T03:26:15.636-07:00New Feature! You can now leave comments on the new posts i put up here! I know it's a little late in the year, but I hope you all enjoy, and use, the feature!Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1087208095412511732004-06-14T03:08:00.000-07:002004-06-14T03:14:55.413-07:00Okay! Well, Stuttgart album number 2 is up! Also got TONS of videos up, from the soccer game and from amsterdam, and from stuttgart, those might not be quite yet ready, but enjoy! Today I'm going up to Dortmund for the week, so you probably won't hear anything from me until monday... Peace!Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1087129834224937622004-06-13T05:26:00.000-07:002004-06-13T05:30:34.226-07:00Hey! Back from Stuttgart! I'll get the photos up with comments (exciting huh?) when I get back from the EoS and Dortmund next week. HUGE THANKS to the Familie Volle! Awsome people and wonderful hosts!
Mit Liebe Familie Volle!Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1086631526222195782004-06-07T11:04:00.000-07:002004-06-07T11:05:26.223-07:00Hey! MiG issue 14 is in your mailboxes... so check it!Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1086604105742069492004-06-07T03:26:00.000-07:002004-06-07T03:28:25.743-07:00Well I just found out Regan died. The second president in my lifetime to die. Last one was Nixon in '94. I know he was my dad's favorite president. I wasn't really concience of when he was president, so no comment there. Pretty sad I guess, but Alzheimers is probably hard to live with. Besides that, he had a good LONG life. Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1086097826632040232004-06-01T06:49:00.000-07:002004-06-01T06:50:26.633-07:00Thanks for this one Uncle GP:
Some reasons to be grateful if you grew up speaking English;
1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1086097410190160052004-06-01T06:41:00.000-07:002004-06-01T06:43:30.190-07:00sorry! i really wanted to send out an MIG, but im having so much to do in these last 2 months... somehow i'll get it finished though!Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1085556812394537052004-05-26T00:30:00.000-07:002004-05-26T00:33:32.396-07:00hey! martin here! im in class right now on an apple computer, pretty cool if you ask me... i really like the apple laptops, even though this is just the ibook 2, its cool. i dont know what im going to be doing this weekend, but i will be going somewhere... either holland or the east. photos will deffinitly be there though! have fun! im planning an MIG soon, i know its needed. Ive also Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1085223503125871092004-05-22T03:53:00.000-07:002004-05-22T03:58:23.126-07:00Well, i'm back from Amsterdam. I bought tons of souvieners, saw a whole lot, and took tons of pictures. The pictures will probably be up by the end of the day (saturday) so if they arn't here already, just wait. We were there 3 nights and 2 days... let me tell you, that is really enough. Amsterdam is a city of only 750,000 residents, but i swear in the first day we saw way more people than Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1084965227850803372004-05-19T04:11:00.000-07:002004-05-19T04:13:47.850-07:00Well, today is a big day! We are going to Amsterdam. The plan was also to visit my parents who were planning on going to Paris, but something with the planes got messed up. Pretty dissapointed there, but on the otherhand... im STILL going to AMSTERDAM... it'll be fun. not sure if we really have a plan yet, but whatever. I'll take tons of fotos (planning on buying another memory card).
Later!Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1084694435364251672004-05-16T00:59:00.000-07:002004-05-16T01:00:35.366-07:00Grandpa Behn sent me this one. He was in the hospital for a short while and his almost daily letters went sorely missed in my mailbox. This one is definitly funny!
It is time to re-evaluate our involvement before more bad things happen.
Every day there are news reports about more deaths. Every night on TV
there are photos of death and destruction. Why are we still there?
We occupied this Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1084313517515554272004-05-11T15:11:00.000-07:002004-05-11T15:11:57.516-07:00Not another blogWell people, trying out this blog though email thing. If it worksout, could mean I'll update a whole lot more often. In other news, iwent to upload some photos to the gallery today, and found out: heymartin, you idiot, you forgot the password and login! haha, guessit'll just take a little longer now... unfortunatly for you all.other news, I may be travelling somewhere big :) I'm already Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1084265881630868672004-05-11T01:57:00.000-07:002004-05-11T01:58:01.630-07:00Okay, so whats going on, and why am i posting when i should be in school? We have no school today, it's great. no school on a tuesday morning, all alone, absolutly nothing to do, a little dark outside. I think i'm going to sleep and relax the whole day. the whole tuesday.
Then, tommorow i'm going to Köln. Not really anything big. But we got tickets to a play "ein schönes morgen im April" Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1083929769226619312004-05-07T04:36:00.000-07:002004-05-07T04:40:29.653-07:00People People People. I recived a disturbing e-mail today. Someone complained the pictures on the website don't print well. PLEASE LISTEN! If you want picutres, email me which ones and i will send them to you. The quality I have OFF of my website is amazing, but as they are to large for each one to be viewed by each individual, I make them somewhat (that is an understatement) smaller. Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1083272109493042152004-04-29T13:55:00.000-07:002004-04-29T13:59:20.763-07:00Google's buisness model, directly stated from their S-1 form to the SEC.... i suggest everybody buy this stock, then sell it after an initial bubble.... hot stock this one is going to be... HOT I tell you, especially with only 20,000 initial shares... GOOD LUCK!
We derive most of our net revenues from fees we receive from our advertisers.
Our original business model consisted of licensing Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1083067279353558022004-04-27T05:01:00.000-07:002004-04-27T05:05:27.090-07:00Here is somthing you probably did not know. Who said nothing even remotely exciting ever happens in SLO?
Alex Madonna died. He had a massive heart attack in his sleep and so he was healthy & kicking till the day he died. Last Thursday, I think.
Anyway, he is going to be getting the funeral he and his friend Mr. Reis always joked about. He is going down Higuera in a century-and-a-half-old horse Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1082917743186465982004-04-25T11:29:00.000-07:002004-04-25T11:33:08.233-07:00Martin has G-Mail! That's right. Have you heard about it? I get to use it because of the cool blogging software (how you're reading this atm) i've been using for over a year. Very sweet, i'll inform you all of how it goes! Google is cool :)Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1082575545248914682004-04-21T12:25:00.000-07:002004-04-21T12:29:45.123-07:00Hey! Got the new photopage up! go check it out! you can leave comments, pretty cool in my opninon. rate the photos you look at too :)Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1082102311097435832004-04-16T00:58:00.000-07:002004-04-17T01:55:35.856-07:00Martin is back. Expect a MiG in a while. Also, the picture redo page is almost finished... it's gonna be better :)Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1080913416570828692004-04-02T05:43:00.000-08:002004-04-02T05:47:10.733-08:00Hey! Martin signing out here. I'm going to be gone for 2 weeks. Ski Vacation over Spring Break (which started a few hours ago for me) in Bad Hofgastein (where the austrian photos are from). I doubt i'll post anything or add photos or answer emails, so, good luck trying to contact me :) Have fun and stay safe, as I will too!Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1080591848333354162004-03-29T12:24:00.000-08:002004-03-29T12:27:41.700-08:00Hey Guys! I'm going back to Bad Gastein this Sunday until over-next thrusday. We're gonna SKI! I'll probably have tons of photos and a whole lot to say. Hopefully I can get some pictures up before then though!Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1080469184114081182004-03-28T02:19:00.000-08:002004-03-28T02:23:11.793-08:00Hey, working hard on this new photo layout... im sure you'll all love it when im done :)Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1079902256457131992004-03-21T12:50:00.000-08:002004-03-21T12:54:15.076-08:00Wewh, long long week. I don't know if i'll be able to get all the photo's up by next sunday, but i'll definitly get an MiG out by then. The weekend was bitter sweet, but thats how it usually is. ... ugh, i can't think in german or english right now... GN :)Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1079781335937266702004-03-20T03:15:00.000-08:002004-03-20T03:18:53.186-08:00Well, I've been back for a week MIG readers. I have a TON of photos to add coments to (still about 100) and i don't want to make the pictures available until the MIG issue goes out... I'll probably have everything done next sunday, providing I get enough time to do it, i've just been out and about everyday this past week.Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1077830870756290462004-02-26T13:27:00.000-08:002004-02-26T13:30:38.106-08:00Yes! I will be going to Helmstedt tommorow morning. Then, on Sunday I will be going to Arneburg (direct on the Elbe). It is a small dorf. I will be staying with Familie Hertel. They have a son who is 4, Max, and their parents live with them, or something like that. I'm really stoked and excited! Wish me luck, and see all you www.martiningermany.com readers in 2 weeks!Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1077656222248104742004-02-24T12:57:00.000-08:002004-02-24T12:59:46.403-08:00National coverage is good, Right?
Hehe, Mardi Gras (it is Karneval, as it happens the same weekend here) was also pretty crazy here. 1.3 million in Colonia, 1 million in Dusseldorf!Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1077557923927357732004-02-23T09:38:00.000-08:002004-02-23T09:41:27.013-08:00Happy 15th Birthday Nils Hahn!
On othernews, MiG issue 11 is in your mailboxes. There are also tons of new photos and videos up. check them all out!Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1077472763338623352004-02-22T09:59:00.000-08:002004-02-22T10:02:05.496-08:00Hey! I was just checking out how late the schwebebahn ran tonight, and found this really cool flash video they made! It really is good! go here! http://195.8.232.220:2080/schwebebahn-de/Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1077197831498901392004-02-19T05:37:00.000-08:002004-02-19T05:39:48.950-08:00Totally messed up there. That Köln video, on the videos page, is actually in Düsseldorf. We were SUPPOSE to go to Köln that day, but it was to far too late. Sorry about the confustion there.Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1077197474237292992004-02-19T05:31:00.000-08:002004-02-19T05:33:51.763-08:00Well, this weekend is the big Karneval weekend. The biggest party happens I THINK in Mainz (Frankfurt am Mainz, Mainz being a town and a river). But that is far away. I will be going to Köln with AFS for the day. This means I will be dressing up like an idiot, with tons of other idiots, and having fun. I'm sure I'll take tons of photos. But otherwise there are tons of parties and things to Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1076967484862057522004-02-16T13:38:00.000-08:002004-02-16T13:40:38.936-08:00Hey cool news! I got a whole bunch of new videos on the site. Don't worry if they don't all work, I'm still not done uploading them all (it's appauling what these people stand for as it goes of upload times). Read the warning note on the videos page first though!Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1076532477707908522004-02-11T12:47:00.000-08:002004-02-11T12:50:25.030-08:00Doug was kind enough to write me a really long detailed letter on the 'water pipes'. Thought I'd share it with you all, really good history lesson.
Thanks Doug!
How about the water pipes? Actually, Nargile (hookah, hukka, or water pipe) came out of the middle east where it was and is a social tradition from the Ottoman Empire (that is in the middle east - Iran, Iraq, Turkey - Mesopotamia - Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1076077717671847032004-02-06T06:28:00.000-08:002004-02-06T06:30:58.106-08:00New MiG went out. here's a snippit of it, explaining what I did last night :)
"a Turkish... resturaunt we'll call it. However they didn't serve food there. You, and a group of friends, sit on the floor (with cushions of course) and there is a large pipe in the center of the table. The pipe has a little hose like to smoke from and burns flavored tobbaco. There is water in the bowl of the pipeMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1075921695023611572004-02-04T11:08:00.000-08:002004-02-04T11:41:29.140-08:00New layout. I had a voting in there, but it got messed up. Comming soon, the missing voting script, a forum, and perhaps a searchable photocatolouge. Thanks for keeping uptodate!Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1075743715283166922004-02-02T09:41:00.000-08:002004-02-02T09:44:10.326-08:00Thought I'd just update you all. I was sick this weekend, after an abschlussparty (i cant think of what that is in englsich atm) where two girls are going to brazil, the other to panama, for a year soon. Ive also joined a theater thingy (again, having problems thinking of the right words) and im going to be a schauspieler (i really think i should know that one, but you all are just going to Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1075236872706687612004-01-27T12:54:00.000-08:002004-01-27T12:56:39.826-08:00Woah... im looknig at the date. It doesnt feel like january anymore. It also doesn´t feel like i know english anymore either. Outside of writing here, and talking with Britta, i don´t really 'do much' english stuff anymore. that isn´t to say that my german is all that great, its not like a native speaker (and now, about half way through, im having doubts about it ever being that good). Alot Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1073081886874676852004-01-02T14:18:00.000-08:002004-01-02T14:19:41.653-08:00Martin IN Germany issue 9 is in your mailboxes :) it is about the new years. Issue 8 went out earlier this week, it was about a real german christmas.Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1072039606486662592003-12-21T12:46:00.000-08:002003-12-21T12:48:04.950-08:00Okay, well, I wasn't going to update again, but the Austrian Photos are FINALLY working! Great news isn't it? Tonight I was also at an AFS Christmas Party, it was pretty fun. I met a lot of new Hoppees, it's exciting to see people the way I was a year ago. Anywho, enjoy the pictures!Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1072038828940020792003-12-21T12:33:00.000-08:002003-12-21T12:35:07.560-08:00hey everybody! Another update! But no MIG today, mabye tommorow (i have no plans and no school). But other than that, i have A TON of new photos up as of today. You should all go take a look at them. Each page, more importantly, has a link back to my homepage. Now Mrs. Parker won't have to click the back button all the time! Have fun browsing!Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1071946217966712272003-12-20T10:50:00.000-08:002004-01-02T14:20:09.250-08:00Hi Everybody!
Well, today marks a GREAT day! GREAT! Many reasons why. Ute, Herbert, and I went to Aachen today. It is a wonderful, international city with tons and tons of history. There is a famous dome, and ther is also a very famous rathaus (city hall) where many international figures have been, like Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Winston Churchill etc...Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1071779320983664572003-12-18T12:28:00.000-08:002003-12-18T12:29:55.826-08:00Okay, well, guess who´s been REALLY lazy lately? ME!
There has been alot going on and it has all been really fun. i REALLY hope im able to get you a very good MIG before the christmas holidays, and i will DEFINITLY have one before school starts back up (yeah, tommorow is the last day of school for like 3 weeks!). Anywho, I´ll get pictures up over the break, so check back later!Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1070479335761019872003-12-03T11:22:00.000-08:002003-12-03T11:23:11.246-08:00Well, to be honost i felt like writing an update this week, but i kinda got lazy. I guess it just takes alot out of me to explain what comes to me here, what i experience, what i enjoy, what is hard for me. I dunno. send me an email though at YellaT1186@aol.com, i LOVE getting email and i´ll always respond. It really brightens up a cloudy (literally, not figuratively) day! Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1069608797814274422003-11-23T09:33:00.000-08:002003-11-23T09:33:58.513-08:00AHHH!!! applications for college! ive been buried in them all day...Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1069161057270983202003-11-18T05:10:00.000-08:002003-11-18T05:11:31.340-08:00Herzlich Gluckwünsch zum.... mich! Today is my birthday. It was a pretty good day. I still don´t feel 17 years old. When I was small I use to think of Ben Junvik (my cusion) and how cool and old he was. Even though I barely ever saw him I always thought that I would be this big out of life guy when i was his age... i guess it was just my youth speaking. Now that I´m this old I really don´t Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1068580659751756632003-11-11T11:57:00.000-08:002003-11-11T11:58:42.420-08:00wewh! Well I revised the site again. Less content this way, but I feel it better expresses my happenings here (I just took down a couple of sections). Also, the Austrian Photos still don´t work... im totally stummped as to why. I have also set up new bulliten boards, exactly like the old ones so now you don't have to go through the trouble of email to post your thoughts. AND, the subscribe Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1067769424708244492003-11-02T02:37:00.000-08:002003-11-02T02:37:17.403-08:00Well i got some videos up of when i was in Austria. I noticed a problem with the pictures, its because the ISP here, so hopefully i´ll have those up by tommorow night. School is about to begin again though. Im kinda glad because breaks are kind of boring...Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1067698337180389572003-11-01T06:52:00.000-08:002003-11-01T06:52:28.590-08:00Wewh... those SAT2's kicked my butt. anywho, site is fixed... but i think i accidentally deleted the mySQL database for them... so sorry all. hopefully the´ll return on their own (they seem to magically reappear sometimes). Expect an update tommorow!Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1067623165382437112003-10-31T09:59:00.000-08:002003-10-31T09:59:36.356-08:00Well the website rollout didn´t go as planned, or smothly. Hopefully it will be fixed by sunday... but tonight is friday night, so yeah.... laterMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1067283958835014412003-10-27T11:45:00.000-08:002003-10-27T11:46:04.013-08:00Cho-Cho! Trains here don´t actually make that noise, but that doesn´t mean they arn´t fun! My trip to Austria is complete, however I don´t have pictures up quite yet (I´m waiting until I fully roll out my new web design to do that). Sorry for the no updates in the past 4 weeks, I just have been practically out of internet for a long time, but expect them this comming weekend, MIG issue 4 will Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1066150470933906872003-10-14T09:54:00.000-07:002003-10-14T09:54:30.396-07:00MY PICTURES ARE UP! thats not all of them... but they´re up. gotta run though, im late for an AFS meetingMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1065701528983328742003-10-09T05:12:00.000-07:002003-10-09T05:12:09.026-07:00Sorry for the NO UPDATE this week. I have no internet at the moment (im at a cybercafe type thing). I hopefully will get ALL my pictures up on Tuesday, mabye Wendsday of next week. This week though, I´ve been studying my butt off for the SAT´s. I don´t know how I´ll do on them, but they won´t get off my mind... so it will be a relief when I´m done with that!Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1064766576974964462003-09-28T09:29:00.000-07:002003-09-28T09:29:36.863-07:00Well, sorry for the lack of updates, but I was at an orientation camp all weekend (thursday-sunday) so no internet, and just fun! My parents sprang the cash for a new camera! Thanks mom and dad! So yeah, the picutres that are going up soon, some will be in HIGH DEFINITION! Also, I just sent my e-mail of the week out, if you didn´t get it, and would like to, send me an E-Mail to YellaT1186@Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1064163908931172822003-09-21T10:05:00.000-07:002003-09-21T10:05:09.053-07:00Hey all! I just sent my e-mail of the week out, if you didn´t get it, and would like to, send me an E-Mail to YellaT1186@aol.comMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1063825608493623802003-09-17T12:06:00.000-07:002003-09-17T12:06:48.586-07:00Okay, I know its been a long time since I´ve updated my site, but life got busy. First, school is awsome and I´m making friends. In fact, with AFS students and some school friends we´re going to a disko-tek Friday. Anyway... I met a sehr shoenes maedchen on monday. She´s possibly the coolest girl I´ve met (although all the girls here are sehr heiss). She is a punker (by AMERICAN standards) Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1063624763131709112003-09-15T04:19:00.000-07:002003-09-15T04:19:23.123-07:00This weekend was quite...um... interesting. Saturday my host mother (Ute) hosted a singing party? at a friends barn. It was really weird and the food was awful. Germans don´t know what good party food is... cheese and crackers, it could have been that simple. I tried a couple of new beers there too. Advice: Herb in German means bitter, VERY bitter. But then I had this Dinkel stuff that Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1063400394605071782003-09-12T13:59:00.000-07:002003-09-12T13:59:54.416-07:00Okay... well I sent e-mails out. If you didn´t recive one, and would like to, pleas send me a zing at YellaT1186@aol.com I´ll have a new e-mail for ya´ll next week, after school starts....exciting!Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1063348337334954492003-09-11T23:32:00.000-07:002003-09-11T23:32:17.280-07:00BAH! Stupid Blogger software isn´t working again....i don´t know if ya´ll will be able to see my latest post, but whatever.Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1063347984658814792003-09-11T23:18:00.000-07:002003-09-11T23:33:32.540-07:00Wewt! This day will complete the first week in Deutschland for me. It has been a fun-filled week and I have learned much. Hopefully tonight I will also get an e-mail out to ya´ll. It´s kinda funny though, it feels like it has been more than a week. Anyway, an update on why I have not been online much. Here they have a cable modem, but it´s a pay-by-the-minute cable modem, so I don´t wanna Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1062929836764726192003-09-07T03:17:00.000-07:002003-09-07T03:17:16.763-07:00HERE IN DUTSCHLAND!!! Well it has been a long time comming but I am finally here. Right now I´m using Familie Hähn´s computer, with a german keyboard, so everything is all screwy, very strange. Life here is slow and I have yet to make a friend outside of the household. But today we will go to the zoo (after the FAR to long and FAR to large lunch that they eat here.) Last night we ate Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1062516365682162442003-09-02T08:26:00.000-07:002003-09-02T08:26:05.653-07:00Well, im off to Deutschland today. Even though I won't get there until the 5th of September I'm still very anxious. I'll be signing off for a while and don't expect many updates to my site until I can settle in. Thanks everybody for reading and stay tuned! Oh, if i don't get a chance to do so, my EMAIL is YellaT86@charter.net
Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1062396367833616092003-08-31T23:06:00.000-07:002003-08-31T23:06:07.773-07:00Well, there was a LAN today at Max's house. Even though only 10 people went it was one of the better parties. We played some MAD games of Generals, CS (ugh, this game is just getting to old) and some others I can't remember. I'll post some picture soon, right now I'm still looking for my M$ (microsoft) office cd's. Which brings me to my next exciting news! I got a laptop. More details and Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1061311723223969802003-08-19T09:48:00.000-07:002003-08-19T09:48:43.053-07:00Well I went to san francisco this weekend. Overall it was pretty cool. I got a pair of Birkenstocks (Deutsch made) for 50 bucks (normally 90). I drove up and down there in the Buick, freeway driving in SF is really fun! Tons of cool cars, and weird people. SF truely is the town of fruits and nuts. Anywho, I'll have the pictures I took there up in the Pictures section. People, if you have a Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247409.post-1060632811267229712003-08-11T13:13:00.000-07:002003-08-11T13:13:31.240-07:00Got the latest Lan-Party pics up finally! I added captions to these ones. Pretty good lan, but it missed Jesse, Pat, Jordon, Scott, and a bunch of others...but a new crowd of newbie freshman stopped by....so fragging was easy :)Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472517417110022949noreply@blogger.com0