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Introducing... LINDSAY, SIERRA, CLEO, JEFF, BRIGID, PETER, ADA.
http://actionathena.com/2009/02/15/introducing/
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 it was gonna come to that. Personally, I'm all about Bonnie Tyler. / Chris Semple: "Personally, I'm all about Boring Tyler." / Athena: Oh Chris, I'm not even gonna respond. / Chris Semple: haha, you see what I did there? / Athena: Sending: ineedahero.mp3, totaleclipseoftheheart.mp3, ifyouwereawoman.mp3 / Athena: (Those are all fabulous and if you don't think so, everything I thought I knew about you is a lie.) / Chris Semple: I uh...I think I'm questioning this friendship right now. / Chris Semple: Total Eclipse has 30 seconds to redeem itself. This better bust into a groove soon. / Athena: No, it's not the grooviest. But it's SO EPIC. / Athena: "I Need A Hero" is so good it's like 35 songs in one. Maybe 36.
http://actionathena.com/2009/02/16/chris-still-exists/
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 night, Lindsay and I bought cake mixes just before the stores closed. / Waiting for Sarah and Tim to get back from their dinner, we chatted in the U-Bahn station. / In my warm, happy kitchen we played music and puzzled over German baking directions. / The cakes were wonderful. / Tim DJ-ed. / They stayed till almost 4 am.
http://actionathena.com/2009/02/18/sample-size/
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.
http://actionathena.com/2009/02/20/tmi-times-twenty-five/
Haarschnitt Sketches done during German language school. Monsters and damsels and knights.
http://actionathena.com/2009/02/22/haarschnitt/
 
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.
http://actionathena.com/2009/02/23/holding-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 Lone Hero: I spent some pleasant hours talking about the old days with an old friend. / Our Lone Hero: And we baked cookies! / Our Lone Hero: I'm telling ya--I got thinking, hey now, maybe I'm...GONNA MAKE IT AFTER ALL! / Our Lone Hero: Of course, none of those pretty things talked to me. Never do, never will. / Our Lone Hero: When we got to the party, no one was home. / Our Lone Hero: I mixed the hair dye wrong. Not a darn thing happened. / Our Lone Hero: Conversation revealed that my newfound friends were fraternizing with my enemies. / Our Lone Hero: The cookies weren't good but I still ate 'em, headin' home for the night. / Our Lone Hero: People used to think I was funny. / Our Lone Hero: Don't even got no one to drink a beer with anymore. / Our Lone Hero: As I rode out of the city, I couldn't help thinkin'... / Our Lone Hero: This is as good as I'll ever be. And it's not enough.
http://actionathena.com/2009/02/25/boy-howdy-doody-friday/
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."]]
http://actionathena.com/2009/02/27/wir-gehen-jetzt-spazieren/
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.
http://actionathena.com/2009/03/01/domestic-frivolous-and-tawdry/
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 need to pee / Athena: me too so bad / After passing a dude peeing outside, we figured we could do the same. / Lindsay: There's some bushes over here. / We bought cake mix at a quarter to midnight (Lindsay's leap birthday). / Arrow pointing toward AWESOME ESCALATOR / Outside my building, a 60-yr-old Polish man got chatty. / We talked to him in German for over half an hour. / While cake-baking, we caught up on important Hampshire news via Skype. / Athena: Rabid skunks! / Mark came home just as the cake was done. / Lindsay: Cake? / Sleepover! (Lindsay's new place has no bed yet.)
http://actionathena.com/2009/03/02/lindsays-birthday/
 
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!
http://actionathena.com/2009/03/04/berlin-comics-events/
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 at any moment. / Athena: No. This is an adolescent idea. Outgrow it. Don't grow out your hair. Ooh that was snappy. / Athena: And the eyebrow/lip piercing comment--just a joke or what? / Chris Semple: I was considering it. / Athena: REALLY?? Chris, vanity looks good on no one. / Chris Semple: Well anyway, of my three potential plans (piercings, hair, and tatto), the last one is definitely happening this summer. / Athena: TATTOO?? Where, what, and how large. / Chris Semple: Mid-size, left forearm. Here's a link to the image. / [[It looks like tits and a vag combined.]] / Athena: Oh my GOD. / Chris Semple: WHAT? / Athena: We are going to audiochat. Now.
http://actionathena.com/2009/03/06/campaign-to-make-chris-grow-up/
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.
http://actionathena.com/2009/03/08/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 a pet or b) make me a baby. Soon. / Matador: snort snort
http://actionathena.com/2009/03/09/matador/
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 you make--they're pretty. / It's way easier to talk ABOUT his work than to talk TO him.
http://actionathena.com/2009/03/11/kurt-severing-fan-club/
 
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!
http://actionathena.com/2009/03/13/tickets-tickets-tickets/
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 white. / Jeff: Huh.
http://actionathena.com/2009/03/15/whew/
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 purse chirps. Athena laughs.]] / Saturday night Jaino and Matheus invited me to a SECRET BRAZILIAN DANCE CLUB. / Athena: WOW! / Sunday morning was brunch with retired Hampshire professor Lester Mazor. / In the late afternoon, Brigid, Jeff Wallen and I saw "Berlin: Symphony of a City." / (with live music!)
http://actionathena.com/2009/03/16/weekend-update/
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
http://actionathena.com/2009/03/18/happy-birthday/
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 dance! / [[Mike grins and lifts up his shirt.]]
http://actionathena.com/2009/03/20/we-want-mo-doyle/
 
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.
http://actionathena.com/2009/03/23/saturday-night-with-peter-in-eight-panels/
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.
http://actionathena.com/2009/03/25/jeff-wallen-knows-all-the-answers/
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 work so well. / [[All look angry.]] / The moral is: / All: We have finally found our true mediums. / screenwriting, writing & comics, writing & comics, children's novels / Well, or maybe the moral is: / All: Our GIANT, RAGING egos are not conducive to group projects. / No, the moral is: / All: We're losers.
http://actionathena.com/2009/03/27/preliminary-division-iii-proposals-are-due-today/
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 is gone. As if it never existed. / [[My sandcastle is swept away by a wave.]] / But it ends up the same: recognizing the futility doesn't diminish the desire to build.
http://actionathena.com/2009/03/30/guess-what-i-am-the-answer-is-tired-i-am-tired/
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: And as everyone knows, only a virgin can capture a unicorn. / Sophie: Jeff, check out this BIZARRE animal here. / Jeff Wallen: Isn't it a dog? / Sophie: No, Jeff. It's clearly a monster. / Blonde Dreds Guy: WILKOMMEN zu Alte Feuerwache! / Brigid: We are seriously eating tofu stir fry while listening to "Let the Sun Shine In." / Sophie: FUCK Germans and Hampshire boys. I need a bricklayer! / Sierra: Omigod, in Dred Guy's room, we found a fairy shrine with dried fruit offerings and a DOLL made from his DREDS. / Sophie: And then Scarlett's husband is all, ooh, I'm scared, I don't wanna! And then she GETS SHIT DONE. That's basically Gone With The Wind. / Cleo: I used to wish my name was Rainbow Star. / Jeff Wallen: I used to go to Laguna Beach all the time. I grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. Literall! 90211. / Sophie: You could have sex with a unicorn, if you caught it. But only once! That is the Catch-22 of unicorn sex!
http://actionathena.com/2009/04/01/what-happened-in-weimar/
 
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.]]
http://actionathena.com/2009/04/03/spring-break-woo/
Goodbye Marc This Morning: / Athena [[eating breakfast]]: mmm / Athena: hmm...ashtray, tobacco, nutella... / Athena: bag o' pot... / Athena: I'll miss ya, Marc.
http://actionathena.com/2009/04/06/goodbye-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.
http://actionathena.com/2009/04/08/april-april-macht-was-er-will/
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.
http://actionathena.com/2009/04/10/the-show-is-called-skins/
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 AM / [[Athena, Sarah Goldfeather, and her friend laugh at Borat on a laptop.]] / Beers, Baking... / ...Babushkas / Sarah Goldfeather: Look at how many clothes I'm wearing! / I'm glad I know Sarah Goldfeather.
http://actionathena.com/2009/04/13/looks-like-i-didnt-die/
 

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