random, but hilarious

I think Jimmy Kimmel's hilarious, and he's from Vegas, suckers!!!!!

friendys

My greatest friends live in Gresham, Crema (Italy), Schaffhausen (Switzerland), Munich (Germany), Houston and Amsterdam (Netherlands). I miss them dearily, especially the three in this video and all of our shenanigans so much

you only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough

what I know:

• that anything is possible
• if you have a dream and do all you can, you can make it happen
• sometimes life is hard, but you have to keep going
• things will always be how they are supposed to be
• God puts people in your life for a reason, everyone
• hard work will always beat out talent
• there are times when all you can do is be still
• happiness is a choice
• true friendship is priceless

"Our prime purpose in life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them."

         -Dalai Lama XIV

I'm so excited about the future

no looking back

So as usual when I post something new, so much time has flown by. It's already the end of March, the beginning of play offs, the end of the season, and the beginning of Spring. I'm super excited about going after the German title with my team, it's been a tremendously long season, with many highs and a few lows. But this is what we've worked for all season and after a lose in the German Cup Finals, a Bundesliga Champion is something I really really want to be.I've officially been away from the US for five months and away from home for eight, it's insane. This journey has been incredible and is far from over.

Myrthe and I at the Gala the night before the Cup Final

being our ridiculous selves and having a great time

i've never experienced anything like the fan support we have here, check out all that RED!

just us and 10, 200 of our closest friends

My friends came to visit from Switzerland and I finally got the chance to do a few really touristy things in Germany. We visited the Hofbrauhaus in Munich, climbed 300 stairs at St. Peters Platz to see the whole city, saw a battle of the bands at the Hard Rock Cafe (only since Aida'd never been to one before) and had some yummy obatzter and bretzels.

the center of Munich from St Peter's Platz 300 stairs high

Aida and Sandra at the Hofbrauhaus

Leila, Aida and I

me and the old married lady, Leila :)

Mona's ant work for BMW, so she was ecstatic when I showed a little interest in touring the factory and took, Marc, Mona and I all on a half day tour of the FIZ and the actual factory. FIZ is the Research and Innovation center, with understandably pretty tight security, the first stop on our tour where we got to see where a lot of the brains behind BMW design spend their days. In the afternoon we headed over to the factory to take an official English tour, with a real tour group (headsets and all), to see the actual labor of putting the cars together. It was pretty interesting to see that machines are doing 97% of the work there and even harder to imagine a time when it was all man work. All and all pretty cool.

motorcycle trickster

we rock :)

Maximum 4 games left of the 2011/2012 season. 4 games to win it all. 4 games to be a champion...

the world keeps spinning, so enjoy the flow

A little bit about life and change, from the musical group Brandon and Leah's YouTube page:

the craziest team in all the land

Happy Carnival from Vilsbiburg!!!

Febbbbbbruary!!!!

I cannot believe it's already February and I cannot believe I'm 27 years old! I celebrated my birthday with a really great group of people and am still smiling 13 days later about how happy they made me. Since I'm been abroad in February for the past five years, away from my friends and family I haven't really had a real birthday celebration, but this year was different. I've really made great friends here Vilsbiburg and to be able to celebrate this day with them was so nice. I heard so many sweet words and most importantly got everyone to get a little bit out of their comfort zones, throw on a costume and have a good time.

group shot

my two girls

the El-Wassimy Seesters

everyone in full character, love it!

Mona aka Cleopatra

not bad Mr. O

this is nothing short of stellar

I seriously got the travel bug from this. Look at our world people, how incredible is that? The funny part is when they showed Vegas I got butterflies in my tummy, no matter how long I'm gone, I always miss home...

Happy New Year!!!

I wish everyone the courage to create the life they want this year