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Tomorrow, I am going to Berlin!

One of my colleagues won a contest to go to the Natasha Bedingfield concert in Berlin and invited me to go with her. It's all expenses paid, and while I don't really know her music that much, I wasn't about to say not to a free trip to Germany.

I've never been to Germany, and while it's not a "normal" tourist destination, I am actually quite excited.

We fly out early in the morning, have the entire day to ourselves, then in the evening go to the concert, meet Natasha and such and then fly back to Paris the next day.

Anyone who has been to Berlin - can you recommend things for us to see and do?

Last weekend some friends of Sanjay's came to Paris and we went out for dinner and to photograph the Versailles Palace in the dark. Some pics behind the cut.

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I am alive. I just want to get that out there right now. I didn't die in some weird shark attack. I didn't drown in vomit. And I didn't bungee jump off a long pier with a short rope... or something.

Work is nuts. I am in management training. It's fun. Work remains nuts.

Tirian turns 8 on the 16th. That's crazy. I am a mother to an 8 year old child. He rocks my world, he's the best thing ever. He made me the best fucking Mother's Day gift ever, with sparkles and a photo of him and all sorts of shit. He's so smart, it's painful. He's learning piano and is going through the curriculum at double the normal pace. I've got a genius child. Plus he's gorgeous.

My friends are amazing. Especially N, K, B and M - so supportive and kind and patient. I'd be a wreck without them. I love you guys.

This is like a fucking Oscar acceptance speech. I'll close therefore by saying fuck you, God, you've never done anything for me.

Good night.

Happy New Year, everyone!

Had a fantastic night, last night. Had a dinner party at Christian's place with his wife, Nikolaj and Torsten from work. We had Raclette, which was just lovely (and very filling!). Just before midnight, we went for a walk to the Chateau in Versailles to join all the festivities, but there was nothing going on in the town. All the pubs were even closed! (YA RLY) So we watched some people set of firecrackers for a bit and walked around. We then went back to Christian's and drank some more while Christian and Torsten smoked cigars. Then some more people from work came by. They'd been in Paris, which was just as dead. What the hell were the French doing for New Year's last night? Sleeping?

Anyway, some pics of the evening can be found here. They were taken with my phone's camera, hence the crappy quality.

Today is the also known as "Holy Shit my apartment is a mess, I'd better clean it" Day. I've sorted all my books (hundreds) and have put aside those I want to store in my closets. The rest will stay on the shelves, but they still take up all the room on them, I might have to go through and put some more in storage so I have room for my CDs and games. Then I need to go and chuck out papers, and all sorts of shit. I'm such a hoarder, it's gross. Thank god I'm not hungover, I doubt I'd be able to do this if I were.

I made some resolutions, some serious and some taken from a random resolution generator. Those ones were pretty funny, and following a theme. The first was to sleep my way to the top, and the second was to be more of a slut. Hmm. Serious resolutions include quitting smoking, exercising more and not hoarding so much shit in my apartment.

I'll leave you all with a picture full of wisdom and truth. It's Christian, at his best.

( Haha, he'll kill me )