9/29/2013

Peace & Love

Muahaha, what's up you gangsters. PJB is back in town. Okay just kidding, today was just a beautiful day. I had half a day off and could relax more or less alone in the big house that I live in since most part of the other people went to a wedding mass of former L'Arche assistants. I've never known that this could be such a peaceful place, well, I'm not saying that it's disturbing or something in general, but sometimes it can be loud. Really loud. So this gave me a lot of energy which made it so easy for me to share time the whole evening. It was lovely! I also had to cook dinner for the house(normally 10 people) but since it is a Saturday it turned out that we were only 4 people eating here. I will never be an awesome cook but practice makes perfect.
I cannot stop talking about how great my day has been! Wow, it's amazing! Greetings from my sister Nele, we are skyping at this particular moment. <3
I'm ready for my days away now. It's such a great feeling to have in mind that you can sleep in in the 'morrow. I love it. My days away will probably be boring. Ha, gotcha! Never gonna happen!
Breaking Bad. Finale. AHH. This. Is. Going. To. Be. Fucking. Awesome. Yes, it will be like the best thing ever that happened to TV screens and desktops and laptops and all the other electronic devices that can play television. My gosh, I am so excited.. I have to get my laundry going so I have enough underwear for each time I shit my pants! Ok, seriously, it'll be amazing. If you yet have not had the chance to give Breaking Bad a try, now is the time. Do it! And try to endure the first season, it's kinda boring in comparison to what happens after the first one. You will get rewarded by one of the most intense and wild series the world has ever seen. 
Sharing all that, I will go on skyping and enjoy the night. 

Peace & Love everybody(sorry for the cuss words btw)

PJB

9/20/2013

Too close..

The past few days were crazy. Overall it was an awesome time, but because of the tragedy in DC(don't know how well the media covers it back in Germany), which is like 30 minutes away from my home in Arlington I thought a lot about what if this happened here? What if someone I know gets involved there or whatever else could happen. Damn. So damn close. I live so close to the pentagon it freaks me out sometimes. Let's just hope that we're not getting bombed on.
The other thing I thought about is the whole "community way of life". Basically a great thing, I have to admit it's not for everyone, so when you feel like coming to L'Arche or wherever, think twice if that's the way you want to live. You are constantly surrounded by a bunch of people, it can be really stressful. I kinda like it though, I'm fresh and new to this here. To sum this place up: It's nothing for life for me but the perfect place to stay for a year. I learned so much in the past 2 months(yesterday it was 9 weeks). And I am still not where I want to be with myself.
Now one of my favorite topics: Breaking Bad! Only 2 episodes left and things are going crazy, I would call it awesomeness-overload. Way over the top tension between every character, it just has to "break bad" for everyone.. I really can't see no winners.. Well, more on that topic in 2 weeks when the whole series finished.
I like mondays because of this. I just lock my room from like 10-11pm and watch the new episode every week with ben & jerries, chips, a few beers and soda and a scarily uprising heartbeat.
Well, 'nuff said, I will go on with my business here, good life.
I mean, if you don't like what I am writing here, maybe your best course would be to..
..Tread lightly.

PJB

9/16/2013

Sheeeeeit.

Yo what's up party peepz, sorry for not writing anything last week. It was a very busy and exhausting week for a person who is not used to this stuff. I kinda miss school by the way, just a little bit. 

I'm doing okay, well, I could do better but finally I have my days off, it's much needed. A lot of cool stuff happened this week, I now began to have more responsibilites on my shoulders which feels really good, oh and I went to my first baseball game! We went to the Nationals against Phillies game on Saturday evening with a bunch of members from the community. Nationals lost 5-4 but the game was good. It was a hell lot of fun, the view was great, the food was crappy, exactly how you would imagine it! As I took a look at the prices for food and beverages, I was like "what the fuck, are you kiddin' me"? 4,50$ for less than half a liter of water, wow! Nonetheless, it was just awesome to be there! Well, the sport itself is a different topic. 
And right now I feel the strange desire of writing my first impression(s) on baseball. I knew the rules before I went there, I watched a few games on ESPN before and played softball in school sometimes. 
Playing the game is fun, but saying that "watching", I mean "watching-watching" the game is fun.. damn, that'd be a lie. It's not that bad like I had imagined but still, the 3 and a half hours that a game like that lasts can be really tiring. No breaks between the innings but only standing around, scratching heads, pitch from time to time and if you are good at batting then you can run a little bit. It still was an "interesting" experience because I thought about sports in general the whole time and why I don't like baseball that much. I can understand when people go fucking crazy about their baseball team and about the sport itself, it is really great! But it's just nothing for me(not saying that it was my last game, the social aspect of going to a baseball game is terrific). 
It's hard to explain this, but I think I finally figured out why I will never fall in love with this sport. It'll maybe be a fun, short and uncomplicated affair but nothing else. It just lacks intensity, emotions, fights and these moments. Yeah, these moments were you forget to breathe or just cannot believe what just happened. It is unfair to compare sports, yes, I am totally aware of that, but still: basketball will always be my love. The emotions that come up with the sport, whether it's pumping yourself and your team up, or motivating others, celebrating great plays with all your heart. I never saw that on the baseball field. They were all chilled out, had a little chat once in a while, well that was it. Not denying the greatness of the sport, it is still just my opinion, the opinion of a white kiddo from Germany. 
Looking forward to watching a football game over here(which is a whole different topic, maybe next time)!




Here are some of the impressions, it was really cool to be there! Don't judge my cell phone, I know it takes shitty pictures. Just listen to Clay Davis(The Wire), he knows how to say that.
Have a good week everybody.





9/07/2013

Just think about...

..what if Idris Elba would be the next James Bond? Would everybody die? No. Would the US start a new meaningless debate about racism again? Probably. Would it be absolutely amazing? Definitely! For all those of you who do not know Idris Elba, you should google him rightaway and start watching The Wire. And now you will ask yourself, what the hell is so special about him? Nothing, he is just a black dude who would fit perfectly in the traditional role of James Bond. Smooth, right age, british, classy. He is my favorite actor even though I only saw him in The Wire and a few movies. A black James Bond? Damn, that's even "stranger" than a black president! Oh wait, what? It would be so awesome and definitely the next step for the US to prove that racism is not a big deal in the country anymore. Even though that this is not completely the truth.
I can't tell why I shared this thought with you but I think it is interesting. And I want you all to give The Wire a try, it is the best gift that television gave to us. Better than Breaking Bad.. did I just say that? Well, fuck it (you see that I am strongly influenced by the series..). Sit through the first 3 episodes and you cannot let go, trust me.
Oh I forgot to tell you how it's going the last days. Under consideration of all things that happened: amazing! I finished a big part of my orientation so I am allowed to be alone on work with the people with disabilites. It's been a long way and still I am not finished yet! Mucho funno at home here, I had some very good talks yesterday and today. Like talks that you will never forget in your life. I love this.
Ah yeah and I miss the NBA so much that just sitting and thinking about the new season takes a lot of time these days.. so weird.
Bam, I will now go and watch some more Star Trek I think, don't judge me.
Good night, morning, noon, afternoon, evening, whatever.

(hopefully)Peace
PJB



9/02/2013

Unbound(The Wild Ride)

Hey whazzup, yo! 
I love my life. Really, the past 2 weeks have been incredibly good. It feels great to be a member of a community but I still need to learn how to take time for myself and time for others. I don't want to chill in my room alone but also it's not healthy to be around people the whole day. Nevermind. My week was great, I realized a lot of things in the last days, like how I feel comfortable holding people accountable for their actions, it turned out to be way more difficult than I had expected before I came here. And I have to do that a lot as I am living in a community with people with disabilities. Inner strength and growth is definitely necessary.
We went to the so called Bull Run on Wednesday and had a lot of fun in the pool with the whole community. I start to like those things about community. You can't really escape big events etc. but when you are there.. it is always fun! 
I also realized how amazingly particular relationships are developing and growing as time moves on. I have many people here who I just like to have around me. It's a shame that one of the assistants has his last day tomorrow at L'Arche. But that's life, I will miss him though. 
When I read this, it looks like I am writing under the influence of a whole wine bottle.
No, just kidding. I miss wine, though.
I started listening to Avenged Sevenfold again after at least a whole year hiatus, probably the greatest (living/active) band on the planet. They just got a new album out called "Hail to the King" which definitely deserves a full review. I am planning on doing this, in the meantime if you don't mind: check them out(start out with their "City of Evil" album or "Nightmare", do it already)!

Peace 
Hoshmaster

*btw, so excited about tonights episode of amc's baking bread!