Ups and Downs

Meine Damen und Herrn-

This past week was really... decent. The tournament on Saturday was a total bust. I lost both of my matches quite quickly and definately. Kind of a dissapointment, after having passed up going out with friends for the tournament's sake. I am getting better, though. Just not good enough yet. The reason the tournament was so small probably had something to do with the snow we got earlier that week. Yeah. Snow. In Germany. It was kind of a big deal for the people here. We got quite a bit, even by my Missourian standards, and I found time to snap a picture of it on the way in to school that I'll post today.

The encouraging point to counter the discouragement of the tournament happened the next day. I went to Tjag's house and taught him a little Blender, and we decided to make a film (something he does quite frequently) but then add digital effects using Blender. I'll be doing the Blender-ing, of course, and we'll probably post it to YouTube once its finished. I hope you all get a chance to see it.

I took a Biology test today. It was interesting. As always, I was only able to complete about half of it, but this time the reason for the missing second half had very little to do with the language barrier. It was because half of the unit the test was over occured before I started attending school here. I was able to answer the question (that I knew the answers to) totally in German, and it was very satisfying. Tomorrow may not be so satisfying. I have a Polotics test I have to take and I have no clue what's going on in that class...

Well, other than this, I've been pretty bored the past few days. I met a girl in my grade named Elena, and she seems to have the same problem. Just the price you pay for living in small towns, I'm afraid... We might meet this weekend, though, to see if we can't fight off this plague of complacancy. I also heard about a Baptist Church in the area which is 'As close as you can get to American Church in Germany,' says my Religion teacher. I hope to check it out this week or the next. Speaking of church, I'm still waiting for that video, Steve!

Note to Middleman Games: Start looking back into Blender's Game Engine. It uses Python as well, and I've been toying with it in my spare time. They recently updated Blender, and nearly the entire update was focused on the Game Engine. It looks promissing.

Now, as promissed, my life in pictures:

Awesome Motorcycle from the outskirts of Hamburg.


Its soooo beautifuuul.....


Tournament from two weeks ago, NOT this past week.


Me, with my new haircut. I'm not sure if I like it...


Wicked cool table graffiti from Vincent Lümbeck Gymnasium.


-Elliot P.