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Introducing... LINDSAY, SIERRA, CLEO, JEFF, BRIGID, PETER, ADA.
Chris Still Exists Athena: This is that song I was thinking of. Not Donna Summers, but hella cheesy: endlesslove.mp3 / Chris Semple: You...you equate Donna Summers with cheesy?! / Chris Semple: You clearly must be confusing the superior and classy Donna Summers with the inferior Gloria Gaynor. / Athena: Ha ha, I knew...
Sample Size On Saturday I hung out with Sarah and her friend Tim and my friend Lindsay. / Despite lack of cellphones, and poor planning, Lindsay and I met up perfectly. [[Boddinstrasse subway station.]] / For lunch we ate delicious Turkish wraps in an outdoor market. / Later we ate hot waffles! Mine had cherries. / That...
T.M.I. Times Twenty-Five Everywhere I go in Berlin, there are beautiful men! / On the subway... / On the sidewalks... / In cafes... / In comic shops... / At my language school... / At my apartment... / In my room? / Athena: psh.
Haarschnitt Sketches done during German language school. Monsters and damsels and knights.
 
Holding Auditions Athena: I am the only recurring cast member in my life. / Athena: Maybe Semple could get a spin-off or something... / Athena: ...but in this series, I'm the only regular cast member. / Athena: I should hold auditions.
Boy Howdy Doody Friday Our Lone Hero: At first it was a good day. Seemed every pretty girl I passed looked me in the eye. / Our Lone Hero: On my way into town some boots started speakin' to me. So I got them for a party! / Our Lone Hero: Next I noticed an unbelievable sale on hair dye. On a whim, I bought a bottle. / Our...
Wir Gehen Jetzt Spazieren Life off of Boddinstrasse / [[Athena walks out of the Boddinstrasse subway station...]] / [[Past a daycare center...]] / [[Past a bakery...]] / [[Past an egg shop...]] / [[Past a playground...]] / [[Past a women's center...]] / [[And past an "art and action room."]]
Domestic, Frivolous, and Tawdry A sketch doodled during German Language School. A woman and man argue, their speech bubbles filled only with "!!!" The man gets bored, notices another woman... The fight circulates for all eternity.
Lindsay's Birthday Saw the WORST production of Faust / Athena: I'm fuckin' tired of virgins & whores! / We went out for a drink (thanks, Hampshire!) at an awesome old man bar. / Sophie: Be careful in Turkey! / Athena: nod nod / On the ride back, Lindsay and I made an emergency stop at Kottbusser Tor. / Lindsay: need to pee...
 
What's Goin' On Moved upstairs to a harder German class. / Got a library card at a German library. / Can satisfactorily read German comics and magazines. / Athena: It's a BEAUTIFUL language!
Campaign to Make Chris Grow Up Chris Semple: Did I tell you I'm growing out my hair? 10 inches. I'm donating it to Locks of Love. / Athena: NO CHRIS PLEASE. Really?? / Chris Semple: I'll keep it in a ponytail and tuck it back so it looks like it's short. But we'll see. I'm reserving the right to back out on cancer-ridden children...
GRAY. Athena: This city is so gray. it's SO gray. so fucking gray. Hey Berlin: where's the FUCKING SUN?! gray gray gray gray gray. it's SO FUCKING GRAY. GRAY. gray.
Matador Once a week, Sophie gives Turkish lessons at her apartment. / Since I'm supposedly going to Turkey in April, I figure I should learn a little. / Athena: iyi guglur hos bulduk / Last week her old dog Matador stopped by / (Matador advances on Athena.) / Matador: snortle / Somebody'd better a) buy me...
Kurt Severing Fan Club Each week, one group member picks a topic, which we discuss at Jeff Wallen's apartment. / This week it's me. I've assigned Jason Lutes' comic "Berlin." / (Plus some academic pieces on the Weimar Republic that Jeff recommended.) / I met Lutes briefly at a comic expo last fall. / Athena: yer pictures--that...
 
Tickets Tickets Tickets Sarah's making music in Vienna. / My cousin Ellen's learning medicine in Copenhagen. / Ben's at a film school in Prague. / Ashley and Alison are studying in Edinburgh. / I'm finally learning European capitals!
Whew. Athena: Look, the "Amerikaner" cookie. / Athena: Funny, I've never really seen them in the U.S. / Jeff: Yeah? I think it's a New York thing. They're everywhere there. / Athena: They're usually black & white though--right? / Jeff: Yeah, divided straight down the middle! / Athena: These ones are just...
Weekend Update Firday night, Peter, Ada and I went to a gallery opening. / At a bar next door, we drank Kreuzberg beer. / Back in Kottbusser Tor, Peter briefly excused himself. / Peter[[peeing]]: just a sec / KARAOKE! / Saturday afternoon we toured 8 art galleries with Nicole, a Hampshire alum. / [[A paper mache...
Happy Birthday Athena: Huh. / Athena: I've been posting comics about myself on the internet for a year now. / [[She puts on a party hat.]] / Athena [[with a party kazoo]]: PHOOooo
We Want Mo Doyle MAKIN' NOISES / [[Mike Doyle prances.]] / Mike Doyle: wahkawahkawah! / Mike Doyle: I like makin' noises! / Athena: You are so bouncing off the walls. / Mike Doyle: I KNOOOW. I'm--tonight's one of those energetic nights. 'Cause I went to the movie, and then we were tryin' to teach Daniel how to...
 
Saturday Night with Peter in Eight Panels SATURDAY NIGHT WITH PETER IN EIGHT PANELS / 1) KOTTBUSSER TOR / 2) Peter: opa! / 3) Peter: what / 4) fucking delicious falafel / 5) Peter: watch out for that third rail. / Athena: what! / 6) Peter: hang on! / 7) GOTH CLUB. / 8) Peter picking up glow stick from hulu-hooping goth girl.
Jeff Wallen Has All The Answers Lindsay: It's weird, y'know, I can't even remember what we did yesterday! / [[The entire Hampshire-in-Berlin group looks on in horror.]] / Jeff Wallen: You went to a concentration camp.
Preliminary Division III Proposals Are Due Today This is first year. / Drew, David, Me, Chris. / In our social group, the four of us were particularly fixated on creative aspirations. / What did we want to do? / All: MOVIES! / So we tried to make some. / Drew: This way. / David: THIS way. / Athena: MY way! / Chris Semple: la la da la dee / But it didn't...
Guess What I Am. The Answer is Tired. I Am Tired. I used to think that the point of life was to build something. / [[Image of my mom, powerful as Rosie the Riveter, in overalls, with hammer.]] / (The ultimate goal being to build something to completion.) / I didn't know then that everything is being constantly swept away. / What's built today, tomorrow...
What Happened in Weimar HEEEY...it's our WEEKEND TRIP TO WEIMAR! March 27-29 2009 / [[Athena spies on Professor Jeff Wallen as he selects music on his iPod.]] / [[Mozart 1, Mozart 2. Mozart 1, Mozart 2.]] / [[Jeff Wallen lives dangerously. He hits SHUFFLE.]] / Sophie: I'm gonna steal this girl's rabbit. / Jeff Wallen:...
 
Spring Break Woo SPRING BREAK! / [[Sarah Goldfeather and Athena look at one and another excitedly, suitcases in their hands. A giant map of Europe looms before them, with a dotted line stretching from Germany to the Czech Republic to Austria to Slovakia to Turkey.]]
Goodbye Marc This Morning: / Athena [[eating breakfast]]: mmm / Athena: hmm...ashtray, tobacco, nutella... / Athena: bag o' pot... / Athena: I'll miss ya, Marc.
April, April, Macht Was Er Will APRIL, APRIL, MACHT WAS ER WILL! / 9:30 / Athena: brrrrrrr! / 10:50 / Athena: raining...but not cold. / 11:15 / Athena: HAIL! / 11:45 / Athena: sun and mist! / 12:15 / Athena: lovely sun. / 1:00 / Athena: WIND! COLD! / 1:45 / Athena: SNOW? / 2:30 / Athena: bring it on, bitch.
The Show Is Called Skins Athena: ha ha this is pretty funny / Athena: wait--WHAT! WHAT ARE THEY DOING. THIS MAKES NO SENSE. / Athena: NO! Not him! WHY! WHY! / Athena: omigod, NO, no, no, this is just TOO crazy. I'm done. Oooh wait sex. / BRITISH TELEVISION, YOU FUCK WITH MY HEART.
Looks Like I Didn't Die! I'm drawing this on a train headed back to Berlin, my spring break adventures at an end. The last 10 days have been a blur of... / Buildings / Beaus / Turkish Man: ladies! yes? please? / Bikes / Baklava / Baths / [[Turkish ladies' boobz.]] / Bratislava / Airport Speaker: Flight nach Wien...4:40...
 

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