Me: My name is Jen and I have been two people over the last few years, SF single girl and married German Hausfrau. I’m not crazy and I don’t have multiple personalities, even though a shrink wanted to explore that avenue.
I used to be a very happy (a bit loopy) social, single girl in San Francisco. Then I moved to Krautland for a dude that I eventually married, Sparky. Not a lot of night life out here in the bowels of Boweltown.
However, that’s all changing. I’m in the third stage of grief - Bargaining. I’m making deals all over the place. If I’m going to make it here, I’ve got to find a way to intergrate the two people
Like that old Chinese curse, I’ve been living in interesting times.
Sparky: The Kraut who brought me to this god-forsaken country. Smart guy without a hint of common sense. This makes for great stories and long days.
The WonderTwins: My brother, Jeffrey, and my sister Mim. The both have albino-like pale skin and red hair and white eyebrows. They aren’t really twins. Jeffe is 29 and Mim is 19. However, they do tend to join forces to thwart my God-like control over all things family related.
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June 26, 2007 at 4:50 pm
ina
Hello,
we found ur blog in the interent and find it very interesting, so we would like to ask you to participate in our online survey “The everyday blogger”:
http://www.everydayblogger.uni-bremen.de/
We are interested to hear from all bloggers about their blogging activities and details around the digital domestication.
As part of our master thesis we investigate for a visual documentary film of user cases. This research is being conducted under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Heidi Schelhowe at the University of Bremen in Germany and developed by us, Danny Barrantes and Ina Pruegel, master students in “digital media”.
Once you finish, you will be offered the opportunity to become a possible candidate for the documentary film. We will be more than happy for you to participate and we will contact you for further information when we chose you.
Thanks
Ina and Danny
July 3, 2007 at 2:02 pm
Kat
Hey, I found you through Still here, still foreign. Glad to have found another expat from SF. However, I didn’t move abroad for a man, I’m just plain crazy.
I’ll add you to my blog list.
September 3, 2007 at 4:18 pm
nickxyz
Hi,
Same path to your URL as Kat. In our home, I am the Krauter who ended up in the foreign land.
Cheers from the Heartland
January 19, 2008 at 3:38 pm
kampfwespe
Hello, I found your blog through a link somewhere. I, too, used to be a single girl in San Francisco until I met my Austrian boyfriend. And to freak you out further, my name is also Jen, but people call me Jenna. In Austria, it’s pronounced more like “Yenna” which is weird.
I’m meeting more than a few woman who’ve went abroad for a man….