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Entschuldigung Ben Graham Smith: I went in to schedule a haircut the other day. / Ben Graham Smith: I can't speak Czech, and the woman there could barely speak English. / Ben Graham Smith: She asked where I was from. When I said, "U.S.," she went, "Ah! Obama! We like Obama!" / Ben Graham Smith: Then before I...
Shit Just Got Political If colleges are like mothers, protecting us from the real world, then Hampshire is a BIPOLAR POTHEAD BABY BOOMER! / Radical in her youth, her ideals have since mellowed into tame cliches. / Mother Hampshire: Radical...but sustainable...y'know? / Too busy with her own drama, her parenting skills are...
Rosenthalerstrasse as in Mitte as in Hipster Central Rosenthalerstrasse... / [[Athena and a dude walk past one another.]] / [[They notice one another and express shock.] / Athena: I think I just met my hipster male counterpart.
Tryin' a Feel My Hump, Hump Athena: I feel PRETTY today! / Dude with Child: Hey. I like your body. / Dude with Child: Hey, where you going? Let's get together. / Athena: Damnit, I knew I was gonna nip out in this. / Athena: I feel HOT tonight! / [[Athena dances with Sierra. A sketchy dude looks on greedily.]] / [[Sketchy...
Oops I Did It Again Athena: I have a house for next year. / Athena: And a committee. / Athena: And a project I'm excited about. / Athena: And I can buy booze while doin' it!
 
Schneewittchen Athena: There's a new poster up in the U-Bahn stations. / Athena: It's for a ballet. But who gives a fuck about THAT part? / Athena: I keep catching dudes staring at it, then looking away. / Athena: The best was this hipster in Mitte. He kept walking back to stare longingly--WOEFULLY. / Athena:...
The Last Straw German Professor: So when did God have to give up some of his powers? / French Student: When Nietsche wrote that He died? / [[German Professor stops and thinks.]] / German Professor: That was the last straw. / German Professor: Cogito Ergo Sum. Descartes.
KUNST Handmade Doll With Eyebrows: OMG!!! KUNST!!! UNGLAUBLICH!!! / Handmade Doll With Glasses: JA. KUNST IST MEIN LEBENSWERK. / Handmade Doll With Shawl: I'm wearing a pashmina.
B-Flat David Beecroft & His Band / Club B-Flat / Berlin / May 2, 2009
February Vs. May BERLIN: FEBRUARY / EIS CAFE / BERLIN: MAY / EIS CAFE
 
Hairy Dreams Athena: I can't tell you how many of my dreams are about hair. / Athena: Many are about spontaneously cutting my hair--then feeling my stomach sink as i realize how long it will take to grow out again. / Athena: Or I pass a mirror and notice my hair's MUCH shorter than I'd thought. / Athena: Still...
I Never Really Got Into Le Tigre Peter G: I high school, one by one, all of my female friends came out. / Peter G: It was great. I was really into Le Tigre then, so I was like, I need some lesbian friends! / Peter: Some of them switched back eventually, of course.
Poland Is Not Yet Lost Athena: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah / [[Athena stretches her arms over her head and clasps one hand around a wrist.]] / Athena: blah blah blah blah blah blah / [[A homeless guy comes over and grabs Athena's clasped hands.]] / Homeless Guy: ha! / [[Athena looks up at him, pissed. Sierra...
Ponies n' Magic n' Sparkles PMS: / I've never understood the stereotypes about PMS symptoms, becuase for me, it never happens that way at all. Rather... / It's as if the world turns up all its sounds and colors and smells. / Athena: Not to mention sense of touch! / Everything becomes so beautiful as to be slightly painful. / Babies,...
Robot Sex Contest [[Athena's entry into Jess Fink's contest for her comic Chester 5000 XYV.]] / [[Chester device illustrated: The Footsie. An attachable foot that's soft and squishy and squid-like.]] / [[Chest and Priscilla make eyes on a couch. Eventually Chester sticks the squid foot into Priscilla. An endless...
 
Stumbling Peter G: So I was stumbling yesterday, and-- / Ada: You were STUMBLING? / [[Peter glares at Ada.] / Peter G: I was stumbling, and it turns out there's a TERM for wind tunnels! / Athena: Is it "wind tunnel"? / [[Peter glares at Athena.]] / Peter G: NO. But I don't remember what it is.
Lifetime Television Athena: So how do the rest of those Nena lyrics go, exactly? "Hast do etwas--" / Peter G: HAST DO ETWAS ZEIT FUR MICH! / Peter G: DANN SINGE ICH EIN LIED FUR DICH! / Ada: I was gonna say, you really shouldn't get him started on this song. / Peter G: VON NEUN UND NEUNZIG LUFTBALONS!
Sharon Stone's Crotch My Favorite Fellow Travelers of Last Week: / The subway musician who softly sang "Love Me Tender" while waiting for an U-Bahn. He had an unlit cigarette in his mouth. He wasn't playing for money then, but it was beautiful. When we got on the U-Bahn, he played "Just a Gigolo." I gave him a Euro. / The...
Whiiiine About a month ago I was unlocking my door when I realized I had company. / Greyhound: WHINE / It was a beautiful, red/gold greyhound. / She smiled and wagged her tail for me, but left as soon as her owner called. / I was irrationally offended by her departure. / A week later, I had just sarted dinner...
Dreamy Fabian I had a dream that I had a new cat and I was shownig it to Phoebe. / Athena: But look, Phoebe, it's not really a cat, it's a magic cat, it's Fabian. / [[The cat becomes Fabian.]] / Phoebe: Oh! / Fabian: I'm embarrassed that I'm so small--that's why I felt more comfortable being a cat. / Athena: Oh,...
 
Berlin I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down Athena: Wow, a spring evening in Alexanderplatz! I think I'll eat dinner here! / Athena [[getting a falafel]]: oh god so hungry haven't eaten all day. / Athena: oh here's a free bench, I'll sit here. / Off Screen: heh heh / German Delinquents: SNORT SNORT / Athena [[chewing]]: wait--was that directed...
Assholes For Everybody Peter G: So do you really wanna hear the story of me getting my stent removed? / Athena: Yes! Now! / Peter G: So the nurse comes in and tells me to remove everything but my shirt. There was no hospital gown. / Peter G: Oh, and the pain pills they gave me? They're called "Retard Kapseln." Not kidding. / Subway...
Four Jokers Monday, 10:45 AM, U-7 / [[Four dudes have painted their faces to look like the Joker.]] / Athena: So what's with the face paint? / Hat Dude: What do you mean? / Curly Dude: Yeah, this is just our skin tone. / Hat Dude [[getting in Athena's personal space]]: No no--you want to hear the real story? Okay. / Curly...
I Guess Christian Had a Good Weekend Too [[Athena whistles off screen.]] / [[Athena sits on the toilet and pees.]] / [[Athena stands and turns to flush.]] / Athena: DEAR LORD! / Athena: Did that come from ME? I thought I just PEED! / Athena: Nope. No, that is not mine. That is vomit.
And Within Phoebe, A Lot Of Bullshit When I try to look for "meaning" in my life, it gets a bit like those Russian stacking dolls. / There is the world. And within that, the U.S. And within that, Minnesota. And within that, Northfield. / An in Northfield, Phoebe. / Phoebe: Hey cunt, what's up?
 
Puke in the Toilet, Pee in a Cup Athena: Yep, that's right, I woke up and the tub and toilet were torn out. No warning. / Athena: Yeah, well, I'm SICK and I'm BITCHY. I'll piss where I want. / Athena: Oh, hello Landlady's Fancy Goblet. / [[Athena pores piss from the goblet into a drain on her balcony.]] / LATER: / Christian: Atayna--you...
New Waters This week, four men were released from Guantanamo, and sent to Bermuda. / NORTH ATLANTIC. CUBA. CARIBBEAN SEA. / There, they went swimming in the ocean--some for the first time in their lives. / NORTH ATLANTIC. BERMUDA. NORTH ATLANTIC. / I too went to the ocean this weekend--though I was too wussy...
Fucking Schildkr?te DEAR DOWNSTAIRS NEIGHBOR WHO HATES ME WITH A FIERY PASSION: / Obviously, we got off on the wrong foot. / You think I am an idiotic American. I think you are MEAN. / The washing machine was never well explained to me. I had been living in the apartment for a grand total of four days when the accident...
Closing Remarks Berlin's population is 3,400,000. Its area is 344 square miles. / For a point of comparison, consider that the five boroughs of New York hold 8,274,527 within 305 square miles. / Berlin is not dense. But it is large. / That's what happens when you erect a wall around a giant, largely unbuilt chunk...
A Regular Rapunzel Maia: So would you say you're a pun SNOB? / Sarah Goldfeather: No! Well--yes. Like, I usually don't like puns about PUNS. / Sarah Goldfeather: Like, "I'm a regular RapPUNzel!" / Maia: ... / Sarah Goldfeather: That's just too easy! / Maia: Do you ever write down your puns? When they're reall good? / Sarah...
 

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