Unbetitelt

STOP-

Just a pretty standard Minecraft base if I’m being honest

Here’s some other angles of the outside. I haven’t gotten around to putting vines all over it or making the staircase to the roof look better so the other sides look a little plain.

I like the view from the roof and the windows though.

reading to us was really important to my parents, despite them not having much free time at all

cat owners with a lil boy

living in Canada

STOP IT’S BEEN MONTHS. MONTHS!

This past month, Parks & Rec has been doing a lot of work on the field adjacent to my school. They have trucks with flatbeds, mowing/tree-cutting/postholing machinery, etc. And when they arrived, I (campus monitor) was told I would need to herd the kids away from the trucks/machinery and basically prevent them from creating a dangerous situation.

So when recess came around and the kids stampeded out the door I held them up and I said (being funny but at the same time serious, you know how it is, kids listen better if you're funny)

"Okay, I know that you're all smart AND mature, right? And talented and good looking? Definitely the smartest and most talented class in this school? (I say this to every class, they're all 'my favorites'.) And because you're SO intelligent and mature, I don't need to actually TELL you that these guys have vehicles and machinery that you need to stay clear of, right? Because I know you figured that out already, and I also know that YOU know how sad I would be if any of you were run over, or squashed, or had a pole fall on you. I would be SO SAD, like, I would probably have to lie down on the floor and cry. So you're not going to make me cry, right? I can trust you to stay away from the trucks and machines no matter where they are on the field? Because you're wonderful and amazing? My favorites? My inspiration?"

And they're laughing at me of course, because I'm being so dramatic. Some of them are "Yes, and-"ing my dramatics and inventing more involved mourning processes I should undertake if any of them get run over. Some of them are yelling at me that they are NOT mature yet and they are VERY STUPID and I should know this.

It's been three weeks. We had one conversation about it. None of them have gone anywhere near the trucks. This is actually in excess of the typical elementary-schooler's working memory and I'm very proud of them. I haven't had to blow the whistle at ONE person for getting too close even when the trucks were literally 40 feet from the actual playground.

the may-june asparagus craze

rhubarb and any use thereof

public transport in big cities, can get you to many places and it’s quite surprising considering how germans love their cars

safety, at least in the city where i live

sounds like a stereotype but trust me when i say that german potatoes play in a different league

DM MY BELOVED

pfand, a very nice concept we don’t have in italy

package and postal services, way above italian standards

the multitude of milk products i don’t understand

workers’ rights and work culture, even if my specific position is somewhat outside these rules, but i do appreciate the difference for other workers as compared to the italian awful work culture

honestly, ehegattensplitting (there can be serious tax advantages if you’re married)

take-away coffee of any size, sounds silly but it’s not common in italy where you’d have an espresso at the counter in 3.4 milliseconds so there’s no need for take away