Category Archives: Life

Not dead yet

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I know one could have thought so from my silence. But fact is, my life is just very, very boring right now and I don’t feel like whining about how behind I am on my thesis all the time. This won’t change at least for another month, when the deadline for my thesis is, but maybe longer, what with the exams coming up. All in all I won’t be done with uni until the end of February 07, I’m afraid.

But let’s not talk about that – there were a couple of other things in the past couple of months, like a family trip to Berlin, a week’s vacation in Como with Sibylle and the football World Cup. All of which has been documented in pictures, as you can see on my Flickr album.

So just consider this a life sign and please don’t give up on me! 🙂

ETA: Also, thought it was time for a summer layout, so I was a naughty girl and put one up while at work. 😉

Mmmm…muffins

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A recent visit to Starbucks reminded me how much I love muffins and what a pity it is that you can’t really get them anywhere (except for Starbucks, where they’re really expensive, like everything there). So I went ahead (the way I do when I get an idea into my head) and bought two of those fancy silicone muffin forms. Which is why the flat is smelling all yummy right now, a perfect contrast to the nasty weather outside – whether my chocolate chip and raspberry muffins (the latter improvised following this blueberry recipe, actually) will actually taste good has yet to be determined… 🙂

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I’m currently doing… nothing. Just nothing, despite being way behind schedule on my thesis. Don’t ask me why, I can’t explain, it’s just. There. Oh well, tomorrow’s another day…

Boring life

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And that’s not going to change in the next months. All I do is sit at home and work on my thesis. Now and then I meet up with some friends, but since several of my closest friends are also in their final year of uni that’s not very often. At least that way I don’t have to feel too guilty about leading such a hermit’s life…

The other thing I do is watch CSI. Love that show, and for some reason the orderliness and structure of crime shows like that feels reassuring, relaxing. And, to satisfy my hankering for organization, I put together a list of my TV obsessions. After all, you can already see the photos I take, the books I read and the movies I watch, so TV just had to follow, I guess… Huh, this line of thought could lead to some interesting theories about opening one’s life to strangers. Maybe another time… 🙂

Yesterday I broke my routine a bit, though, and made a little something to hang over my desk, cheer me up while I’m working: a collage of my closest RL friends and family.

friends collage

Ta-da!

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Published the first proper episode of my personal podcast, where I ramble on for a bit over an hour about all sorts of things and generally prove to the world what a dork I am. Pretty unorganized and technically imperfect, but it sure was fun to make, so there’ll probably be more… 🙂

In other news, I’m still working on my thesis (naturally). It’s slow going, but I’m almost through the research now, so hopefully I can put together a proper structure and start writing soonish… Preferably before my presentation on April 26. *g*

Public humiliation

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Completely voluntarily.

I suggested Zündstoff should pick up the phone scam info so more people in Switzerland would hear about it – instead the Zündstoff editor, who also works at the local TV station, decided that it would make a good TV piece. So tomorrow a camera team is coming to my house and will interview me about the incident, give their report a personal note. Great, so I get to tell a substantial part of Basel how I let my irrational hope completely overrule my better judgement. Just what I always wanted to do on TV. *hides in corner and makes ‘lala’ noises* 🙂

Snow and fasnacht

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I finished uploading the photos taken during the record snow falls and during Chienbäse and Morgestraich (carnival traditions in the area). The last couple of days are something I sure as hell won’t forget…

Snow days/Fasnacht Snow days/FasnachtSnow days/FasnachtSnow days/Fasnacht

Click here to see all.

Also, I made a couple of small films, to give you an impression of what it’s like to be there – rightclicksave, if you want to see them:
Chienbäse I
Chienbäse II
Morgestraich

The view from my window

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It’s so strange – ten days ago I had the first brush with hayfever, and now it’s winter again. I like it, though – if there’s one thing this winter (apparently the coldest in 14 years or so) has shown me, especially in comparison with the awfully hot last summer, it’s that I really prefer cold to heat, although I used to say the contrary. After all, cold can be easily compensated by wearing a couple of layers, drinking a nice hot tea or wrapping up in a blanket, while heat can only be countered by closing all the shutters and moving as little as possible (at least in a country where aircon is the exception).

Anyway, the reason for this rambling:

winter day

Treating myself

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Went to the trade fair Muba with Sandra and just had to buy this – it was a great price, and it’s real silk. Just something very special, so that the black evening gown I bought in Canada in 1999 isn’t my only outfit for special occasions anymore.

New evening gown New evening gown

This drained my cash, as I definitely hadn’t counted on buying a dress – that was probably good, since otherwise I’d probably have bought lots of other pretty knickknacks from the different international stalls. Many thanks to Fränzi for the free tickets! 🙂

Don’t believe what you see, I’m not really here

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I’m on a sort of a hiatus. Not in a bad “it’s all too much, I need to hide” way, just haven’t been feeling very social lately. And this blog (and the internet in general) is for me first and foremost a social medium.

Which is why I let emails pile up, don’t post in my blog and do the least I can do with my websites. All the while I’m feeling quite fine – a bit better every day, actually, having just started to take a mild anti-depressive (Citalopram-Mepha, in case someone is wondering) last week, which has already markedly improved things, although I still feel some side-effects.

So I’m doing fine, trying to get in the right (which means productive) frame of mind to start serious work on my thesis in mid-February at the latest. It’s all a bit annoying, the process of getting all the signatures and information I need, but I’m getting there, slowly but surely.

Just wanted to write it down, in case anyone was worried. Feel free to drop me a line – I might take a while to answer, but I read and smile…