Category Archives: Life

Sunday again

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I’m feeling strangely lazy, a bit like moving underwater. Sadly, I can’t enjoy the beautiful weather, because I’ve got to go to work this afternoon. Have had a pretty good week, overall – Riverdance on Thursday was awesome, and Sibylle’s birthday party last night a lot of fun, as usual.

Maybe Regina and I will go on a spontaneous trip to Rome next Thursday (Ascension), because neither one of us has ever been. Hope this works out, it’d be pretty exciting, even if it’s just for three days or so.

This week’s Unconscious Mutterings:

  1. Playoffs::
  2. Morris:: Mini
  3. Break up:: is hard to do
  4. Eggs:: and bacon
  5. Parker:: Pyne (from Agatha Christie)
  6. Hardy Boys:: ??
  7. Deluxe:: Chicken (from McDonalds)
  8. Protection:: condoms
  9. Girl Scout:: brownies?
  10. Salsa:: everyone does it

Also, if you’d like me to remember your birthday, please go here. 🙂

Good day

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Seems as if spring has returned – let’s hope it stays for a while this time around. I am really tired of January cold in May! For some reason I felt very content this afternoon, so much as I haven’t in a long time. I knew there were things to do, but it didn’t bother me – I just went my way and enjoyed every minute of being outside.

Even the hour with the shrink did not affect this peace, and I hope very much this is not a one-off… When I came home from uni, I felt so happy, I had the unusual (for me) urge to call people. And to anyone who knows about my slight phone phobia that should say something. Had a couple of nice conversations and finally hung up two hours later, having completely satisfied those weird social urges, in a very good way.

Also, I got a couple of cool computer-related links today, which I thought I’d share before signing off for the day. Just remember that I’m a Mac user, so this is mainly Mac stuff…

– SideTrack (advanced trackpad driver for PowerBook/iBook)
– KeyCues (find and learn menu shortcuts)
– iDucks (cutest USB memory sticks ever)
– BitTorrent and SuprNova.org (Peer2Peer file sharing client and a site with torrents to d/l)

And since I’m already reccing: Am currently listening to Maria Solheim, a young Norwegian singer who I discovered by chance a couple of months ago (picked a CD randomly in the library) and have come to love very much. I’ve been introducing people to her ever since – as Märrie puts it she’s “Dido minus the mainstream”. Lovely, lovely music!

Now I’ll turn in and will hopefully have as good a night as I had an afternoon/evening. 🙂

Taking it day by day

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Been taking it easy since coming home – healing my shoulder seemed to use most of my body’s energy. And then, on Tuesday, when I was almost without pain, I took my bike to uni again – and promptly had an accident (involving a parking car, a car overtaking me, and streetcar rails), hurting my knees and jolting my shoulder. Apparently I’m not fit to do anything even the least bit risky these days… 🙂

Other than that I’ve become completely addicted to ‘Gilmore Girls’. Just love that show! Wish they’d release the DVD box over here, too, except only in America… But since the Austrian channel is currently repeating season 1, I’m doing what I’ve never done for any series before – I’m taping episodes. We’ll see for how long I can keep up with it.

And last but not least – a very happy birthday, Patty, dear!!! You’re one of the nicest persons I’ve met online and I’m very glad to know you! *hugs*

Rec site and magazine launch

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Been tweaking some more on The Bookshelf, my rec project. But I still haven’t found a way around my main problem – how to display the subcategories on the main category pages, in a way that’s not hard-coded, so that I don’t have to change it by hand every time a new subcategory is added. I simply don’t understand WP well enough – and I asked in the Support forum and was told something like this did not exist yet, but I should feel free to learn php and write it. Umm, okay…

But really, WordPress kicks some serious ass, I must say. Not to say anything against MT (which I understand more or less by now), but for the rec project the new subcategory feature (available only in the nightly alpha versions – but it works, that’s the main thing) was essential.

The youth magazine launch this morning went well – we wore t-shirts with the name on it and stood around in front of a couple of schools, pushing it at the unsuspecting students. A local TV station had send two girls to cover it, which led to some very amusing reactions when people saw the camera. I’ve got a couple of mags to send to people, but those of you who speak German and are interested, feel free to check out the website or the pdf file. Just know that I don’t agree with the way the blog article sounds – that was my ‘boss’, who wants to be cool and provocative. But still, the whole thing looks very good and pretty professional – most people thought they’d have to pay for it!

Guess who’s back…

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Well, I’m back from the island in one piece. There’s a lot to tell, naturally, but for now just the important stuff, because I just went through my emails (about 100, plus the same amount spam in my junk folder) and am pretty beat…

Texel is beautiful, and Märrie and I explored the island by car, on foot, by bike – and on horses. The last thing turned out not to be such a good idea, because I fell and hurt my right shoulder quite badly. Luckily nothing is broken, and it was the last day anyway, but I’m in pain and at times quite woozy.

That put a bit of a damper on an otherwise fantastically relaxing week, of which I’ll tell more in the travel log later. For now I really just wanted to check in here – I hope you’ve all had a good week!

My neck hurts, so I’ll get off the computer for the moment, although there’s so much left to do that I’m itching to catch up with on my websites… But I’m trying to be a good girl in order to be more or less fit for real life and uni on Monday.

Just need to mention one last thing – among the mostly website-related emails, the one that made me smile most was from a teacher from the university of Dortmund (Germany). She had found my site after a student of hers plagiarized my Anthropology paper on Annette Weiner’s study of the Trobriand islanders. She said that at least her student had copied something good… Didn’t someone say that imitation is a form of flattery? It sure feels that way! *g*

Okay, off to bed for real now. Here’s to a night without waking up from pain too often… It’s good to be back, though.

Bye bye bye

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Not even email until at least Saturday, if not Sunday, next week… Will feel very weird, especially because I do take my laptop with me as a DVD player. Really should go to bed and try to sleep, because I have to catch my train at the ungodly hour of 7.14am tomorrow.

Märrie made this for us – isn’t it cute? Hope everyone who reads this will have a good week! *hugs*

Almost normal…

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For a change I’ve been able to sit in front of the computer for more than five minutes. Used this opportunity to add a lot of good quotes on friendship and life to my list (a random quote can always be found on the left), all of them thanks to Baisleac, who posts some every day.

It’s a long weekend for me – almost a week, because I don’t have uni on Thursdays and next Tuesday both classes have been cancelled. This is this semester’s schedule, if you’re interested – I’m taking it easy, because I don’t want to frustrate myself by taking on too much and then failing to fulfill my expectations…

Monday: 14-16 – Shoah literature seminary (German Lit)
16.30-17.30 – weekly appointment with my shrink
18-20 – Online Journalism (Medias)

Tuesday: 10-12 – Literature and Religion lecture (German Lit)
14-16 – Youth Literature of the South seminary (Anthro)

Wednesday: 10-12 – Culture, Health and Illness seminary (Anthro)

Thursday: free

Friday: 10-12 – Anthropology of Experience seminary (Anthro)

Only one lecture – they just don’t offer them anymore except in German Lit, which is a great pity, because some of my favorite classes have been lectures, where you just go because you’re interested, not to get credits or something… And German Lit lectures are always so boring (too many pretentious people in that subject!) that I really prefer seminaries a lot of the time, although they require more work.

Quick update

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First, this week’s Unconscious Mutterings:

  1. Condemn:: prejudiced
  2. Promiscuous:: men
  3. Pro-life:: pro-choice
  4. Mona Lisa:: too many damn people staring at a painting
  5. Crown:: jewels (in the Louvre again)
  6. Mumble:: please speak up, sir! 🙂
  7. Hack:: this (username of a friend of mine)
  8. Diet:: Coke
  9. Introduction:: I always forget names…
  10. Latin America:: Would love to visit one day!

Paris was lovely. We had the best weather (which unfortunately also meant that I had the hayfever from hell) and walked all over the city, seeing all the sights. Just such a beautiful city – I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of doing the touristy stuff there, because it’s simply so gorgeous… Only the Parisians are sometimes quite rude. And my feet hurt like crazy after the second day already. Poor Sandra was in even worse shape, because she had the flu – worst timing imaginable!

Still, we had the best time! More Paris to follow when I’ve got the time to upload some photos and post them in the travel log…

I’ve been quite busy since returning home – I worked Friday, Saturday and Sunday and then went to Zurich with Sibylle to see Bryan Adams live in concert again – our third time together, my Christmas present to her. We didn’t see as well as the last two times, but it was still awesome – the man is simply the bomb live! I called about seven people to have them listen in… Not all of them appreciated it, though. Ungrateful rubble! *g*

For now I finally managed to copy all the header.php code into the separate index files, so MT is running smoothly again. A pity that I can’t use header files, though, would have been so very handy for layout changes…

Uni started again yesterday, and I should start to get ready. It’s strange, it doesn’t feel like it’s really started, because the long Easter weekend is coming up and already Friday next week I’ll go on my North Sea island retreat with Märrie…

Sunday again

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Time again for the Unconscious Mutterings:

  1. Pitbull:: terrier
  2. TD:: really doesn’t ring a bell with me
  3. Carter:: Nick
  4. Japan:: Lost in Translation
  5. 50:: mph
  6. Streak:: of luck
  7. Rifle:: NRA – Bowling for Columbine
  8. Trap:: door
  9. Easter:: weekend
  10. Mitt:: woch (‘Mittwoch’ is ‘Wednesday’ in German)

I still haven’t fixed the layout, so now it’ll have to stay that way just a bit longer, because tomorrow morning I’m going on a short trip to Paris with a friend. Looking very much forward to it – I’ve been twice before (Paris is only five hours by train, after all), but my friend hasn’t and we’ll do some serious sight-seeing… Look for photos and stuff when I get back!

(Well, probably not right away, because I have to work all weekend and uni starts again on Monday, but I will try and post at least some in the travel log.)

Hello there!

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Returned from my short vacation today, a day later than I had planned, because we went skiing only Monday and Tuesday, due to the uncertain weather. But oh, was it gorgeous the last two days!

I had a great time with Cindy – and I stayed away from the net except to check (not necessarily answer) my email. I got a lot of reading done and will have to update Bookish probably tomorrow with a pretty long list of books. Felt really really good! I love being online, but it does take away from my reading time. I might try and remedy that, as there’s something deeply satisfying about finishing book after book – I last experienced that when in New Plymouth, NZ, without internet.

Anyway, this was r&r for my soul, at least it feels that way. The fact that spring has suddenly broken out certainly helps, too. I’ll definitely try and hold on to this peace a bit longer… Might post some pictures and should catch up with some people tomorrow. But no pressure, that’s important.