...is played by pink floyd. although supertramp is on now, it is the point. the first three, four weeks of this new year have past like seconds and yet i experienced them like month. the year hasnt really started yet but i already had 2 gigs and will have another confirmed 5 this year, plus 4 others... for each 20 pages, some fancy tables, and miles on the road (i need a roadie). in between there is a journal, who wants to. there will be also a gig in the house of commons in spring, although not on my phd topic. but on the relationship between "the kategorischem imperativ, the cash nexus, the thames link and the impact of europa riding across borders" (dont take the last too serious. there was a series in the guardian over the past couple of weeks on greek mythology, i dont know if they mentioned europa and her bull. otherwise, its roman pre-christian mythology. bla, bla. apart from that, i cant write the real name of the project here because otherwise google saves it and i might get in trouble. confidentiality, you know it all...). for the last i squeezed in some statistic sessions every now and then. i can proof the positive as well as the negative sides of the relationship, as usual. i guess i will have to focus on the negative sides... in other words, i will have to bend my tongue into the right direction to lick someone's else bum... it goes even further (my public website has to be adjusted, my CV, my phd sample). supertramp played "good bye stranger" and is now going over to "logical song".
the first gig of this year was really strange. not only that it was in front of my old professors but also it was in german. i was really scared beforehand as these guys know me a bit and what nonsense i spread in their classes. and they know stats. they really do. if you translate essex with its qualitative knowledge into quantitative, you will get the idea. when i worked in germany during the summer i had to answer tough questions about reliability, analyses' methods, confidence levels, factor analysis, cluster analysis, and so forth. up to the point, why using stata instead of spss. questions i can honestly not answer because they are plain nonsense. so given this context, i shit myself. no joking. anyhow, they didnt really come up in the discussion. the thing about german, this is also a torture. i managed to present 60% of my presentation fluently in german. with the other 40 percent, i really had to think hard. to make it short, i cant speak german any more. for basic everyday conversation its sufficient but as soon as it goes beyond that it becomes horrible. i wish i would never have learned it and can sincerely say, im not german. in terms of language, im caught between two seats. i cant speak english and i cant speak german. great. you know what i do with an email of two lines..? i send it to a german proof reader, and this is no joke either. its necessary. why, why were i born as a german...?!?
i dont know if there will be a post like this in the near future again. im fed up with it, honestly speaking. it's roughly 600 days until the end of my phd and im counting the days. and i hate that mourn too much. and i hate that i love it.
ok, im through with it and no pixie like being can tell me otherwise. im off to dance now, recharging my battery and you should do the same!!!
Saturday, 26 January 2008
Tuesday, 22 January 2008
a few weeks ago i probably scared the shit out of a berliner (a real one, not the one with jam in it...) i was driving out of town and jumping the lanes. well at one point the car on front of me made a sudden stop and i "kissed" its back. i got out of the car, the other driver as well and we both had a proper men's look at the point where i hit his car. he was suspiciously relaxed and told me it were no deal and that the car in front of him just stopped so fast, and everything is allright and he has to leave anyway and he has a train to catch and it's full moon... he didnt even had a proper look whether something was damaged. usually those guys try to take you to court for attempted murder... i was a bit puzzled i must say. when i got back in the car i heard the answer:
(just hear the first few words until the music starts...)
a look in the mirror and i saw a hoodie with paradise lost on it. so, what did i learn? heavy metal is good and hoodies are the new trend! i could smell his fear and his concern that there might be four big "shelves" sitting in my car, only waiting to beat up an old man just like him...
oh, and heath ledger is dead.
(just hear the first few words until the music starts...)
a look in the mirror and i saw a hoodie with paradise lost on it. so, what did i learn? heavy metal is good and hoodies are the new trend! i could smell his fear and his concern that there might be four big "shelves" sitting in my car, only waiting to beat up an old man just like him...
oh, and heath ledger is dead.
Monday, 21 January 2008
ok, i admit this one is a bit old (originally from the 20th of july). i wanted to write a post about it a couple of month ago but it never managed to pass. anyhow, a few month ago there was a headline a german newspaper about rising suicide rates amongst managers of big french companies. so far, so bad. i think i might use this example for my dissertation because it might show one thing: there is a lot of pressure and managers might not be able to cope with that amount of stress and therefore opt for the "free death". so corporate welfare might be one way to lower that king of stress and a measure to keep s.o. alive. but i dont know how far i will get with this argument.
apart from this, this past week has flown by like a month. i came across this one today
i dont know what to do with the lyrics tho. but i like the song somewhat. and i did enough stats for this month...
apart from this, this past week has flown by like a month. i came across this one today
i dont know what to do with the lyrics tho. but i like the song somewhat. and i did enough stats for this month...
Saturday, 19 January 2008
Parlez vous francais?
oui, je parle. magnifique!
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je fais du fraincais à l'ecole mais je me ne ressouvenis de un mot, sauf termes d'élémentaire... quoi qu'il en soit, parce que je tracai une statut d'information francais, facebook "raisonnet" que je pouvais parler francais très bien... merci!! C'est me rend hereux!!
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je fais du fraincais à l'ecole mais je me ne ressouvenis de un mot, sauf termes d'élémentaire... quoi qu'il en soit, parce que je tracai une statut d'information francais, facebook "raisonnet" que je pouvais parler francais très bien... merci!! C'est me rend hereux!!
Friday, 18 January 2008
Thursday, 17 January 2008
p.s.
i "buried" my black shoes with a proper new years, quite surreal tho, new years celebration. later on more on that one
Fast note
How pathetic...!
"niger calceus, laudatio funebris" = black shoe, obituary
"niger omnibus-stella calceus" = black all-star shoe
"caeruleus omnibus-stella calceus" = sky-blue (cerulean) all-star shoe
yep, an obituary for my black shoes, which i couldnt wear any longer. there were scratches everywhere and it wouldnt have made a difference if i were walking barefoot or in shoes (nice feeling when snow melts in your shoes...). the new ones look a bit like heaven around my feets, a nice blue. however, at least the black shoes lasted for almost all of 2007. so in other words, forget about the part "then began their long of..." and read the whole thing as my review on 2007 and a late heartily welcome to 2008!
what i forgot for 2007, i did a few interviews with east germans about their daily life and how they experienced the fall of the wall. im quite happy about it and have been dancing and humming around for the last couple of weeks! this really made me smile! ich steck dir die halbe tüte erdnußchips in deinen zuckersüßen mund...
"niger calceus, laudatio funebris" = black shoe, obituary
"niger omnibus-stella calceus" = black all-star shoe
"caeruleus omnibus-stella calceus" = sky-blue (cerulean) all-star shoe
yep, an obituary for my black shoes, which i couldnt wear any longer. there were scratches everywhere and it wouldnt have made a difference if i were walking barefoot or in shoes (nice feeling when snow melts in your shoes...). the new ones look a bit like heaven around my feets, a nice blue. however, at least the black shoes lasted for almost all of 2007. so in other words, forget about the part "then began their long of..." and read the whole thing as my review on 2007 and a late heartily welcome to 2008!
what i forgot for 2007, i did a few interviews with east germans about their daily life and how they experienced the fall of the wall. im quite happy about it and have been dancing and humming around for the last couple of weeks! this really made me smile! ich steck dir die halbe tüte erdnußchips in deinen zuckersüßen mund...
Tuesday, 15 January 2008
Niger calceus, laudatio funebris
I have come here today,
to say good-bye to the late niger omnibus-stella calceus,
who expectedly died last month after a time of suffering with long rips at their corps.
I still remember the day,
like it were yesterday,
we first met.
It was in January,
me introduced to them,
and to move on with them,
to grow up with them.
We spent together lovely days.
We walked together at beaches and cliffs,
we wandered together through medieval towns and modern cities.
We explored together the English, the Scottish and the German country.
They were always there,
close to me.
We stood together in classes,
we taught together American Society and Statistics.
We wrote together research proposals, PhD chapters and conference papers.
We sat together through board meetings and supervisor meetings.
We presented together theory and research on corporate welfare at conferences.
They were always there,
close to me.
We thought together about my own past and history,
while dancing together in capitalist ASDA.
We read together boring and interesting academic books,
we read together pulp and proper fiction.
We cooked together for a friend, friends, family.
We drank together a pint, a glass of red wine or whiskey.
we were together either dancing the night and soberness away or stayed home for work.
We tried to see the world and life,
the latter sometimes happening when we thought about it and made plans.
They were always there,
close to me.
Then began their long way of suffering.
Rips appeared at their corps.
Long rips, that could not be healed.
The time passed by and their health declined.
Near their end they preferred "air-conditions".
And they made me shiver in the winter,
with its ice and snow.
They were always there,
close to me.
We went together through good times,
we went together through bad times.
We went together through health,
we went together through illnesses.
We went together through harmony,
we went together through arguments.
We went together through relaxation,
we went together through stress.
We went together through happiness,
we went together through woes.
We went together the ups,
and we went together the downs.
But I was never angry with them, because
They were always there,
close to me,
loyal.
I have also come here today,
to say hello to the caeruleus omnibus-stella calceus,
who unexpectedly were born on the second day of this new year.
We already interviewed together managers,
we already gave together a paper in front of my old professors (scary, frightening; shiver...),
we already wandered together the beaches of the baltic sea,
we already wrote together two conference papers,
We already had together a look on statistics for my new, other job.
We already agreed together to revise a possible journal article.
We already had jumping hearts together.
We already spent together bonding time with my brother and his girlfriend.
They will be there,
close to me.
If we have together only half as good and bad times as I had with them, the others,
I and we will be happy.
Finally, good-bye and hello!
post scriptum:
There is some latin in here, bless the 6 years of latin lessons, but I only used non-conjugated words. So all you have to do is to copy and paste "niger", "calceus" etc. into a latin-english dictionary and you will get to know what I mean... or ask (Fortunately, i dont really remember any latin from school, not to mention any grammar...)
to say good-bye to the late niger omnibus-stella calceus,
who expectedly died last month after a time of suffering with long rips at their corps.
I still remember the day,
like it were yesterday,
we first met.
It was in January,
me introduced to them,
and to move on with them,
to grow up with them.
We spent together lovely days.
We walked together at beaches and cliffs,
we wandered together through medieval towns and modern cities.
We explored together the English, the Scottish and the German country.
They were always there,
close to me.
We stood together in classes,
we taught together American Society and Statistics.
We wrote together research proposals, PhD chapters and conference papers.
We sat together through board meetings and supervisor meetings.
We presented together theory and research on corporate welfare at conferences.
They were always there,
close to me.
We thought together about my own past and history,
while dancing together in capitalist ASDA.
We read together boring and interesting academic books,
we read together pulp and proper fiction.
We cooked together for a friend, friends, family.
We drank together a pint, a glass of red wine or whiskey.
we were together either dancing the night and soberness away or stayed home for work.
We tried to see the world and life,
the latter sometimes happening when we thought about it and made plans.
They were always there,
close to me.
Then began their long way of suffering.
Rips appeared at their corps.
Long rips, that could not be healed.
The time passed by and their health declined.
Near their end they preferred "air-conditions".
And they made me shiver in the winter,
with its ice and snow.
They were always there,
close to me.
We went together through good times,
we went together through bad times.
We went together through health,
we went together through illnesses.
We went together through harmony,
we went together through arguments.
We went together through relaxation,
we went together through stress.
We went together through happiness,
we went together through woes.
We went together the ups,
and we went together the downs.
But I was never angry with them, because
They were always there,
close to me,
loyal.
I have also come here today,
to say hello to the caeruleus omnibus-stella calceus,
who unexpectedly were born on the second day of this new year.
We already interviewed together managers,
we already gave together a paper in front of my old professors (scary, frightening; shiver...),
we already wandered together the beaches of the baltic sea,
we already wrote together two conference papers,
We already had together a look on statistics for my new, other job.
We already agreed together to revise a possible journal article.
We already had jumping hearts together.
We already spent together bonding time with my brother and his girlfriend.
They will be there,
close to me.
If we have together only half as good and bad times as I had with them, the others,
I and we will be happy.
Finally, good-bye and hello!
post scriptum:
There is some latin in here, bless the 6 years of latin lessons, but I only used non-conjugated words. So all you have to do is to copy and paste "niger", "calceus" etc. into a latin-english dictionary and you will get to know what I mean... or ask (Fortunately, i dont really remember any latin from school, not to mention any grammar...)
Monday, 31 December 2007
Band of Brothers...
My brother and me, when he and his girlfriend visited me in England this year. We love each other, even when we clashed.
Monday, 24 December 2007
Do they know it's christmas...
Before doing the annoying "last christmas, i gave you my hear" by wham, here's cela:nous, my brother's and his girlfriend's band.
I wish you some very nice festive days!
Fröhliche Weihnachten
Geseende Kerfees
Gëzuar Krishlindjet
Gozhqq Keshmish
I'D Miilad Said
Nabidà
Shenoraavor Nor Dari
Bones Navidaes
Mbung Mbung Krismie
Shuvo Baro Din
Mi wisim yufala eerywan one gutfala Krismas
Nedeleg laouen
Vasel Koleda
Bogem h n mh m
Danistayohihv
Hoesenestotse
Glædelig Jul
Fröhliche Weihnachten
Merry Christmas
Jutdlime pivdluarit
Gajan Kristnaskon
Rõõmsaid Jõulupühi
Gledhilig jól
Hyvää Joulua
Zalig Kerstfeest
Joyeux Noël
Bon Nadâl
Noflike Krystdagen
Gilotsavt Krist'es Shobas
Kala Christougenna
Barka da Kirsimatikuma
Mele Kalikimaka
Mo'adim Lesimkha
Okresmesa ombwa
Shubh Naya Baras
Vrolijk Kerstfeest
Selamat Hari Natal
Nollaig Shona Dhuit
Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson homungradon nagwutut
Buon Natale
Shinnen omedeto
Sugeng Natal
Gute Vaynakhtn
Seng Dan Fai Lok
Bon nadal
Noeli Nziza
Isangle Krismen
Bon Natale
Appi Krismes
Sretan Bozic
Seva piroz sahibe
Bon Nadel
Wanikiya tonpi wowiyuskin
Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus
Linksmu Kaledu
Amazalibwa Agesanyu
Schéi Krëschtdeeg
Selamat Hari Natal
Salama' Natal
Kung His Hsin Nien
Nollick ghennal
Kia orana e kia manuia rava
Streken Bozhik
Festusu Natale
Esimano olyaKalunga gwokombandambanda
Krist Yesu Ko Shuva Janma Utsav Ko Upalaxhma Hardik Shuva
God Jul
Ungil Kurismas
Wesolych Swiat
Boas Festas
Sumaj kausay kachun Navidad ch'sisipi
Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi
Bella Festas daz Nadal
Bachtalo krecunu Thaj
Craciun fericit
Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva
Buorit Juovllat
Bonu nadale
Nollaig chridheil
I'Taamomohkatoyiiksistsikomi
God Jul
Schöni Wienacht
Sretam Bozic
Bon Natali
Vesele Vianoce
Vesele bozicne praznike
Feliz Navidad
Krismas Njema Na Heri
Maligayang Pasko
Ia ora i te Noera
Suksan Wan Christmas
Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce
Veseloho Vam Rizdva
Kellemes Karacsonyiunnepeket
Chuc Mung Giang Sinh
Nadolig LLawen
Winshuyu sa Svyatkami
Quyanalghii Kuusma
Sinifesela Ukhisimusi Omuhle
And a good start into a new year!
I wish you some very nice festive days!
Fröhliche Weihnachten
Geseende Kerfees
Gëzuar Krishlindjet
Gozhqq Keshmish
I'D Miilad Said
Nabidà
Shenoraavor Nor Dari
Bones Navidaes
Mbung Mbung Krismie
Shuvo Baro Din
Mi wisim yufala eerywan one gutfala Krismas
Nedeleg laouen
Vasel Koleda
Bogem h n mh m
Danistayohihv
Hoesenestotse
Glædelig Jul
Fröhliche Weihnachten
Merry Christmas
Jutdlime pivdluarit
Gajan Kristnaskon
Rõõmsaid Jõulupühi
Gledhilig jól
Hyvää Joulua
Zalig Kerstfeest
Joyeux Noël
Bon Nadâl
Noflike Krystdagen
Gilotsavt Krist'es Shobas
Kala Christougenna
Barka da Kirsimatikuma
Mele Kalikimaka
Mo'adim Lesimkha
Okresmesa ombwa
Shubh Naya Baras
Vrolijk Kerstfeest
Selamat Hari Natal
Nollaig Shona Dhuit
Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson homungradon nagwutut
Buon Natale
Shinnen omedeto
Sugeng Natal
Gute Vaynakhtn
Seng Dan Fai Lok
Bon nadal
Noeli Nziza
Isangle Krismen
Bon Natale
Appi Krismes
Sretan Bozic
Seva piroz sahibe
Bon Nadel
Wanikiya tonpi wowiyuskin
Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus
Linksmu Kaledu
Amazalibwa Agesanyu
Schéi Krëschtdeeg
Selamat Hari Natal
Salama' Natal
Kung His Hsin Nien
Nollick ghennal
Kia orana e kia manuia rava
Streken Bozhik
Festusu Natale
Esimano olyaKalunga gwokombandambanda
Krist Yesu Ko Shuva Janma Utsav Ko Upalaxhma Hardik Shuva
God Jul
Ungil Kurismas
Wesolych Swiat
Boas Festas
Sumaj kausay kachun Navidad ch'sisipi
Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi
Bella Festas daz Nadal
Bachtalo krecunu Thaj
Craciun fericit
Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva
Buorit Juovllat
Bonu nadale
Nollaig chridheil
I'Taamomohkatoyiiksistsikomi
God Jul
Schöni Wienacht
Sretam Bozic
Bon Natali
Vesele Vianoce
Vesele bozicne praznike
Feliz Navidad
Krismas Njema Na Heri
Maligayang Pasko
Ia ora i te Noera
Suksan Wan Christmas
Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce
Veseloho Vam Rizdva
Kellemes Karacsonyiunnepeket
Chuc Mung Giang Sinh
Nadolig LLawen
Winshuyu sa Svyatkami
Quyanalghii Kuusma
Sinifesela Ukhisimusi Omuhle
And a good start into a new year!
And just another version, after a momentary lapse of reason
yesterday, the evening started with this...
if my french were good i could even watch the other clips. but, anyhow it is, i did what the dog is doing in the song...
if my french were good i could even watch the other clips. but, anyhow it is, i did what the dog is doing in the song...
Friday, 21 December 2007
Thursday, 13 December 2007
When do you...
...know you are living too long in one town? when you can give directions to drivers without having to think about it. happened this morning. someone was stranded in colchester's east end but wanted to the west end. i told him to take 'the strand'. and he and his wife were pretty happy, they waved at me when they drove by. nice one.
paracetamol is a nice invention. you are dizzy but no fever. nice.
paracetamol is a nice invention. you are dizzy but no fever. nice.
The other day, i was driving in my car and heard this one.
recently i began to listen to radio. yep, me and radio. i think i wrote something on listening radio here before, that it's almost a nightmare for me, all this top 20 music. mainly electronic, of bands no one will ever hear of again. at least in germany. anyhow. mourning again. as said, i usually hear cds, but had a shift towards bbc suffolk and radio 2.i know, not cool at all. absolutely not cool. leave it there
recently i began to listen to radio. yep, me and radio. i think i wrote something on listening radio here before, that it's almost a nightmare for me, all this top 20 music. mainly electronic, of bands no one will ever hear of again. at least in germany. anyhow. mourning again. as said, i usually hear cds, but had a shift towards bbc suffolk and radio 2.i know, not cool at all. absolutely not cool. leave it there
Wednesday, 12 December 2007
Black "Colourful" Humour
Made me smile when i finally got it. i love this kind of humour...
besides the fact, that the background is serious tho. not making fun of WWI as such.
besides the fact, that the background is serious tho. not making fun of WWI as such.
Monday, 10 December 2007
Ha
My questionnaire for my research went online today, to test it. and no big problems so far. exciting!
Sunday, 9 December 2007
Did you see the frighten ones
Did you hear the falling bombs
The flames are all long gone
But the pain lingers on
Goodbye blue sky
Goodbye blue sky
or
Snapshot in the family album
Daddy what else did you leave for me?
Daddy, what'd'ja leave behind for me?!?
What is this? Don't worry, i put away my nuts-o-meter, it was beeping the whole day already. it's a completly german discussion and issue.... dont wanna explain... bored with it.
so? what is it?
If I go insane, please don't put your wires in my brain.
If I were the moon, I'd be cool.
ok, yep. ll see you on the dark side of the moon. pink floyd. there are probably three songs everyone knows. money, another brick in the wall part ii, and wish you were here. i kind of couldnt hear it before, sounded too electronic, dunno know. once i heard the wall while being in a traffic jam in the summer three years ago. bloody hot, so windows down and at some point i heard some strange noises. i thought i had a flat tire or parts were falling off my car (which could be likely...). well, no it was just the wall. anyhow. bla bla bla
recently i listened to them again, but also more in the background. on the run sounded quite nice, i skipped money (because i was bored by it) and forwarded to brain damage. then this one sentence in the lyrics "i'll see you on the dark side of the moon". hey, wait. i listened to this one again and again. and then the others as well. and the whole album. forward to the wall. listening, listening, listening. back to atom heart mother. this was really get great. i listened to music and lyrics, it all made sense. listen to the one below. how you slowly become insane with everyday life. meanwhile the music with its crescendo accumulating in eclipse, the last song on dark side of the moon, closing it. to cut it short, pink floyd is a band plus lyrics. sometimes the music is the main focus, like in on the run where there is hardly any lyrics; sometimes the lyrics and the music goes to the background but serves as the stage. then almost every single letter gets its own personal musical note, and is the better. at the moment i like brain damage, mother, another brick in the wall part i, the great gig in the sky, and goodbye blue sky.
so, i was thinking this the other day. somehow itunes and selective hearing somehow destroy some albums' one piece character. you can hear money and grasp it's understanding but the issue of being disappointment, disillusioned, gets lost (so is it with the lyrics i put here). the same with most live albums, the songs can be played on their own but together you get the full impression and the changes between the songs.
no worries, not becoming monotheistic on pink floyd music. also at the moment NERD, Federico Aubele, Fink, Zykos, ... went out yesterday. lots of fun, magnifico :D
The flames are all long gone
But the pain lingers on
Goodbye blue sky
Goodbye blue sky
or
Snapshot in the family album
Daddy what else did you leave for me?
Daddy, what'd'ja leave behind for me?!?
What is this? Don't worry, i put away my nuts-o-meter, it was beeping the whole day already. it's a completly german discussion and issue.... dont wanna explain... bored with it.
so? what is it?
If I go insane, please don't put your wires in my brain.
If I were the moon, I'd be cool.
ok, yep. ll see you on the dark side of the moon. pink floyd. there are probably three songs everyone knows. money, another brick in the wall part ii, and wish you were here. i kind of couldnt hear it before, sounded too electronic, dunno know. once i heard the wall while being in a traffic jam in the summer three years ago. bloody hot, so windows down and at some point i heard some strange noises. i thought i had a flat tire or parts were falling off my car (which could be likely...). well, no it was just the wall. anyhow. bla bla bla
recently i listened to them again, but also more in the background. on the run sounded quite nice, i skipped money (because i was bored by it) and forwarded to brain damage. then this one sentence in the lyrics "i'll see you on the dark side of the moon". hey, wait. i listened to this one again and again. and then the others as well. and the whole album. forward to the wall. listening, listening, listening. back to atom heart mother. this was really get great. i listened to music and lyrics, it all made sense. listen to the one below. how you slowly become insane with everyday life. meanwhile the music with its crescendo accumulating in eclipse, the last song on dark side of the moon, closing it. to cut it short, pink floyd is a band plus lyrics. sometimes the music is the main focus, like in on the run where there is hardly any lyrics; sometimes the lyrics and the music goes to the background but serves as the stage. then almost every single letter gets its own personal musical note, and is the better. at the moment i like brain damage, mother, another brick in the wall part i, the great gig in the sky, and goodbye blue sky.
so, i was thinking this the other day. somehow itunes and selective hearing somehow destroy some albums' one piece character. you can hear money and grasp it's understanding but the issue of being disappointment, disillusioned, gets lost (so is it with the lyrics i put here). the same with most live albums, the songs can be played on their own but together you get the full impression and the changes between the songs.
no worries, not becoming monotheistic on pink floyd music. also at the moment NERD, Federico Aubele, Fink, Zykos, ... went out yesterday. lots of fun, magnifico :D
Saturday, 8 December 2007
Nuts-o-meter
You wondering why there arent so many posts here? well, i'm currently working on a nuts-o-meter. every time a certain sentence or word is said, which might be just nuts or ridiculous, or generally confused, (so, everything like this post which is only ridiculous) the nuts-o-meter sounds a beep.
And i try to make it small and handy so you can take it with you everywhere you go (always take the weather...). then you could assess your friends nuts-o-ness, your workplaces' (Aussenstelle Julius Kuehn Strasse...), your degree's, basically everything can be assessed everywhere... this will be fun for the whole family and peers. you wouldnt want to miss it!
(my test nuts-o-meter is beeping like hell now...there is a story behind but i spare it, you would have to be german to understand its meaning, and why i.e. motorway or kindergarten are "dangerous" words)
And i try to make it small and handy so you can take it with you everywhere you go (always take the weather...). then you could assess your friends nuts-o-ness, your workplaces' (Aussenstelle Julius Kuehn Strasse...), your degree's, basically everything can be assessed everywhere... this will be fun for the whole family and peers. you wouldnt want to miss it!
(my test nuts-o-meter is beeping like hell now...there is a story behind but i spare it, you would have to be german to understand its meaning, and why i.e. motorway or kindergarten are "dangerous" words)
Tuesday, 4 December 2007
nothing against shrek itself tho. nice eyes, antonio... but i like donkey more. he hums so nicely...
ever heard of corporate sound? came across this and da-da-da-dum is the best. bbc used it during WWII and it stands for v in the morse codes and is the beginning of beethoven's fifth. quite a lot of message in it. and recognisable. mcdonalds the same. one tone is enough and you remember what company it is. really nice one. the music represents the brand.
Evel Knievel is dead.
ever heard of corporate sound? came across this and da-da-da-dum is the best. bbc used it during WWII and it stands for v in the morse codes and is the beginning of beethoven's fifth. quite a lot of message in it. and recognisable. mcdonalds the same. one tone is enough and you remember what company it is. really nice one. the music represents the brand.
Evel Knievel is dead.
Monday, 3 December 2007
the average women in the uk gets around 1.4 children (poor .4 kid, how can you survive or even stand?)
saw a burial ceremony weeks ago with lots of bikers following. i guess there is a motorcycle for sale... sorry, being sarcastic and wont come to heaven now. yes!
but im jumping around like a kangaroo (or is it me dancing..?!?) i especially like the fact that british employees could increase their wellbeing by getting separated, divorced or widowed. i have no clue why this is so. but there is always christmas in heaven, even for children sent to scientific experiments... so why wait my fellow workers? demolish your chains, unite, do something useful for your earnings, accidents happen all the time...
Rights are reserved, you know how this goes
apropos christmas:
CANCEL CHRISTMAS!
according to a research institute on electricity, a few electrical lights in each berlin household consumes the same amount of energy like a small village in a year. for ecological reasons i therefore request to cancel christmas until further notice. how much world we could save..!?! even if coca cola claims in ads to be part of a unique christmas experience. they already gave us santa claus, this should be enough...
i would rather prefer minnie ripperton singing jingle bells or the ave maria, she has the voice to it. however, i cant always stand it so i prepare myself with some country music.
BossHoss It's getting hot in here
i mean christmas isnt so bad and even on the tv there are some nice films being shown at the moment. the nuisance is the obvious friede, freude, eierkuchen at the end. or complete nonsense (why im upset, did i expect something else? enlightenment failed, im still singing to the shaun the sheep song) like this one: shrek, on place i-dont-know-which-one out of 100 best family films, gives disney a good beating because its good and not made by disney. and to underline this "the disney characters snowhite and cinderalla are fighting for the bridal bouquet at the end of shrek". hundred years of human narratives, who cares...
and now to something completely different and much more serious
The 9th of november happened which is a particuarlly important day for me as otherwise i wouldnt be here. through a misunderstanding günther schabowski, the 'public relations' secretary and who didnt really know what he was talking about, said the border was opened and all east german citizens could travel into the west. he said something like the following:
journalist: what does this mean, ddr citizens can cross the borders? is it effective from now on?
schabowski: well, wait, dunno. the zk of the ddr has decided that... i dunno, i think its from now on until the final law. i would say so from this sheet of paper. i guess its from now on. but dunno.
that was it. ddr was history. and the future was my oyster.
it would be nice to have the 9th of november as the german holiday even though it signifies bad and good times. the end of the first democratic movement 1848, proclamation of three republics on the same day in 1918, hitler's first coup d'etat in 1923, reichskristallnacht 1938, and 1989. it would have some meaning instead of october the 3rd.
germans democratic history is short but as the guardian put it some time ago, the country that once gave the world the magna charta (and was its workshop) now has the longest detention period for terrorists without any trial. the remainder of the comment is up to your imagination.
but im jumping around like a kangaroo (or is it me dancing..?!?) i especially like the fact that british employees could increase their wellbeing by getting separated, divorced or widowed. i have no clue why this is so. but there is always christmas in heaven, even for children sent to scientific experiments... so why wait my fellow workers? demolish your chains, unite, do something useful for your earnings, accidents happen all the time...
Rights are reserved, you know how this goesapropos christmas:
CANCEL CHRISTMAS!
according to a research institute on electricity, a few electrical lights in each berlin household consumes the same amount of energy like a small village in a year. for ecological reasons i therefore request to cancel christmas until further notice. how much world we could save..!?! even if coca cola claims in ads to be part of a unique christmas experience. they already gave us santa claus, this should be enough...
i would rather prefer minnie ripperton singing jingle bells or the ave maria, she has the voice to it. however, i cant always stand it so i prepare myself with some country music.
BossHoss It's getting hot in here
i mean christmas isnt so bad and even on the tv there are some nice films being shown at the moment. the nuisance is the obvious friede, freude, eierkuchen at the end. or complete nonsense (why im upset, did i expect something else? enlightenment failed, im still singing to the shaun the sheep song) like this one: shrek, on place i-dont-know-which-one out of 100 best family films, gives disney a good beating because its good and not made by disney. and to underline this "the disney characters snowhite and cinderalla are fighting for the bridal bouquet at the end of shrek". hundred years of human narratives, who cares...
and now to something completely different and much more serious
The 9th of november happened which is a particuarlly important day for me as otherwise i wouldnt be here. through a misunderstanding günther schabowski, the 'public relations' secretary and who didnt really know what he was talking about, said the border was opened and all east german citizens could travel into the west. he said something like the following:
journalist: what does this mean, ddr citizens can cross the borders? is it effective from now on?
schabowski: well, wait, dunno. the zk of the ddr has decided that... i dunno, i think its from now on until the final law. i would say so from this sheet of paper. i guess its from now on. but dunno.
that was it. ddr was history. and the future was my oyster.
it would be nice to have the 9th of november as the german holiday even though it signifies bad and good times. the end of the first democratic movement 1848, proclamation of three republics on the same day in 1918, hitler's first coup d'etat in 1923, reichskristallnacht 1938, and 1989. it would have some meaning instead of october the 3rd.
germans democratic history is short but as the guardian put it some time ago, the country that once gave the world the magna charta (and was its workshop) now has the longest detention period for terrorists without any trial. the remainder of the comment is up to your imagination.
Tuesday, 16 October 2007
Books from Heaven
Yesterday evening I accidentally were in heaven. I gave a lift to a friend who wanted to pick up some free books from an old lady (ok, she got divorced and we suspect it were husband's books...). While I bored myself the lady offered me to take some books as well. In the end I had two big bags full of books as well. Some are quite interesting. This was really great. Im looking forward to read them. It was lovely to browse through the bookshelves and take whatever I wanted. My paradise looks a bit like this... A very nice evening and yet another nice end of a lovely day.
A friend of mine showed me his liking of the Clash. The only Clash song I knew so far was Should I stay or should i go. Reminds me of my a-level celebration...
A friend of mine showed me his liking of the Clash. The only Clash song I knew so far was Should I stay or should i go. Reminds me of my a-level celebration...
Sunday, 14 October 2007
Hola, esta dias festiwo!
alrite, my spanish is crap. i admit. it should translate as today is your (female) birthday. every spanish speaking person, please have a proper laugh now! mi casa es su casa! it was a bloody attempt to learn spanish from a dictionary more than 12 years ago. and it defo failed. i did a spanish course a few years after but i forgot everything again. i could introduce myself and ask some very simple questions. i could even understand a bit (but more due to my blessed knowledged of latin). but, really, i dont know any spanish.
however, its not what im talking about here. i had dinner with friends yesterday again, which was really good. only two of them and i did the cooking. it was rather spontaneous. really nice. these kind of occasions are really nice to top up my social balance. it means that this is one thing i learned during the last year. doing a phd involves a lot of working and thinking alone. a hell of a lot. at the end, there is no one who know as much about your topic as you know. it is a bit loophole and more than tempting to stick to this pattern and try to work it all out on your own. but it doesnt work, nor is it healthy. you need something else. no matter what it is. either you talk about your topic with someone to get another opinion or just go out and drunk. it helps quite a lot. you ll see that there is a life beyond the desk and you can recharge the battery for just another round of papers and proposals. one of the main objectives for me now is to go out on a regular basis and/or to visit friends. and get things working.
however, there was a somehow festive day for me. for the first time in my life i got stopped by police in the night to have a breath test. im not proud of it and it showed me that i should stop this immoral behaviour. i had more drinks than allowed, i wasnt drunk tho. tipsy, yes, but not drunk. i took the test and stated that i had half a pint, I didnt say the whole truth to be really honest. i think i never lied this much before. the test was positive and showed a warning. the officer allowed me to finished my journey and recommended to have at least a one day's rest. nothing happened, except that i somehow changed my mind regarding driving. this was really a warning and nothing less.
dunno what to say. i have been driving tipsy or otherwise intoxicated (i can recall a trip back home from a gig where we had a few bits of weed, this is all i say) before but this was the first time i was stopped. and further from that, i think im defo too old to prove my manliness by driving toxicated. bloody hell, i should be a grown up by now.
p.s. and on tv there is stansted airport, my main hub to the world (something with nicole kidman)
however, its not what im talking about here. i had dinner with friends yesterday again, which was really good. only two of them and i did the cooking. it was rather spontaneous. really nice. these kind of occasions are really nice to top up my social balance. it means that this is one thing i learned during the last year. doing a phd involves a lot of working and thinking alone. a hell of a lot. at the end, there is no one who know as much about your topic as you know. it is a bit loophole and more than tempting to stick to this pattern and try to work it all out on your own. but it doesnt work, nor is it healthy. you need something else. no matter what it is. either you talk about your topic with someone to get another opinion or just go out and drunk. it helps quite a lot. you ll see that there is a life beyond the desk and you can recharge the battery for just another round of papers and proposals. one of the main objectives for me now is to go out on a regular basis and/or to visit friends. and get things working.
however, there was a somehow festive day for me. for the first time in my life i got stopped by police in the night to have a breath test. im not proud of it and it showed me that i should stop this immoral behaviour. i had more drinks than allowed, i wasnt drunk tho. tipsy, yes, but not drunk. i took the test and stated that i had half a pint, I didnt say the whole truth to be really honest. i think i never lied this much before. the test was positive and showed a warning. the officer allowed me to finished my journey and recommended to have at least a one day's rest. nothing happened, except that i somehow changed my mind regarding driving. this was really a warning and nothing less.
dunno what to say. i have been driving tipsy or otherwise intoxicated (i can recall a trip back home from a gig where we had a few bits of weed, this is all i say) before but this was the first time i was stopped. and further from that, i think im defo too old to prove my manliness by driving toxicated. bloody hell, i should be a grown up by now.
p.s. and on tv there is stansted airport, my main hub to the world (something with nicole kidman)
Germany
Well, then, with a two month delay, here is a post on my germany stay during the summer. there are several reasons for this trip. first, there is nothing else to do really during the summer. essex uni dies shortly after the exames, meaning that there is no one around really after mid june and it is kind of boring to stay in essex during late july and august. second, i had a job in my old university and i had to be present a couple of days a week. third, catching up with my german friends. fourth, getting some vacation... there are probably more reason why to go back to germany.
i already wrote that i went to berlin with a friend and here are some pics from it. it is quite nice to see berlin more from a side of a foreign tourist than of a german going to his or her capital. it is different. as a german, i would say, berlin is arrogant and all berliners are ignorant people. i feel a bit strange there. every time i went there before i always got the feeling of "feel inferior, you are just a bloke from the country site". anyhow, this time it was quite fun. we had sushi and went to see some museums (apart from generally hanging around and feeling like "city slackers"). i enjoyed it and changed my mind a bit (tho, i still wouldnt see berlin on top of my places-to-live-list). We went to the german history museum which was very interesting. i have never been there before, partially because i took history in a-level and studied history. but it was really interesting to fill my book-knowledge with some real pictures. for my company it was interesting to see this as well as the knowledge only comes from books or films otherwise.
soon after berlin i re-started my uni job. it was interesting in the end. there were some boring times and things to do (entering 2000 numbers on a few days each, repetitive tasks....etc.). but i learned a lot of things: more things on social network analysis, how the german uni systems really works (or rather, confirmation), i even were invited to giving a paper next year. i really enjoyed doing the work. after finishing it i felt like as i have done something very important. it also showed me, that this is the thing i will do for the next years...
apart from that i tried to have a vacation. i went out with friends and were drunk more than once. i went to potsdam to see sanssouci where i havent been for ages. i went to krefeld to see my godchild whom i havent seen for ages either, etc. i met friend i havent seen for ages, even quite sad encounters (on of them has HIV but he's alright, quite strange to meet him tho, depressive a bit). One got married in september (congrats!), others managed to get the break even in business or music. i really cant put it in words. this summer was like a journey back and forth in time at the same time. it was the final realisation that lifes go on, mine and others, and that at some points you have to more on somehow. ypu can read into it what you want. but there is no need for nostaligia. i think the most important lesson of life is to enjoy it every second and if you can't then enjoyed it afterwards and be happy. it is defo too short to miserable and depressive all the time. when i look back on my post a few weeks ago i kind of start to laugh. of course, i felt really pissed off then, but at the end of the day i have to look forward and now i enjoy it again. i made my peace, no hard feelings. but most of all, i had a really good time overall in germany. i dont and cant live there anymore. but it is always nice to go back and have a time off. to know, that there is a place where i feel at home and which is not just my laptop.
omg, quite sentimentel here. this is not really how i feel. there was one incident where i was moved and happy at the same time. on a church's wall directly on the german border were inscription, dating back to the 1920s. and from the time of the berlin wall. it was impossible to get to this church during that time but the soldiers serving at the wall wrote things on it. the church as such was pretty much boring and normal but those writings were like a book full of stories. i loved reading the inscriptions and think about those people who have written "i love you marta, K.R. 1934" or "4.35 o'clock 1984, EK 4.6.1985", referring to the time of patrol and the date of discharge of a border soldier. This was really interesting and i would love to have pics here. or invite you over to read them yourselves. It's not only my history being an east german but also the history of the cold war where the leaders might have followed a hard stand but the people at the bottom where just ordinary beings, happy with their family and pissed off with being on guard 24/7 for the respective other enemy and freezing their bums in a cold winter night. especially if the "enemy" was just across the lake.
however, here are some pics. im not really in the mood to write anything more. it was nice in germany and it did me good and i really enjoyed it (in the retroperspective), even tho i dont wanny go back. love it. first there are some pics from berlin and potsdam and then from the area near my hometown.
Sushi 4 4 4 2
Bit of physical exercise here and there
Well, short trip to England in between
If the arrow goes up, It just can get upwards
i already wrote that i went to berlin with a friend and here are some pics from it. it is quite nice to see berlin more from a side of a foreign tourist than of a german going to his or her capital. it is different. as a german, i would say, berlin is arrogant and all berliners are ignorant people. i feel a bit strange there. every time i went there before i always got the feeling of "feel inferior, you are just a bloke from the country site". anyhow, this time it was quite fun. we had sushi and went to see some museums (apart from generally hanging around and feeling like "city slackers"). i enjoyed it and changed my mind a bit (tho, i still wouldnt see berlin on top of my places-to-live-list). We went to the german history museum which was very interesting. i have never been there before, partially because i took history in a-level and studied history. but it was really interesting to fill my book-knowledge with some real pictures. for my company it was interesting to see this as well as the knowledge only comes from books or films otherwise.
soon after berlin i re-started my uni job. it was interesting in the end. there were some boring times and things to do (entering 2000 numbers on a few days each, repetitive tasks....etc.). but i learned a lot of things: more things on social network analysis, how the german uni systems really works (or rather, confirmation), i even were invited to giving a paper next year. i really enjoyed doing the work. after finishing it i felt like as i have done something very important. it also showed me, that this is the thing i will do for the next years...
apart from that i tried to have a vacation. i went out with friends and were drunk more than once. i went to potsdam to see sanssouci where i havent been for ages. i went to krefeld to see my godchild whom i havent seen for ages either, etc. i met friend i havent seen for ages, even quite sad encounters (on of them has HIV but he's alright, quite strange to meet him tho, depressive a bit). One got married in september (congrats!), others managed to get the break even in business or music. i really cant put it in words. this summer was like a journey back and forth in time at the same time. it was the final realisation that lifes go on, mine and others, and that at some points you have to more on somehow. ypu can read into it what you want. but there is no need for nostaligia. i think the most important lesson of life is to enjoy it every second and if you can't then enjoyed it afterwards and be happy. it is defo too short to miserable and depressive all the time. when i look back on my post a few weeks ago i kind of start to laugh. of course, i felt really pissed off then, but at the end of the day i have to look forward and now i enjoy it again. i made my peace, no hard feelings. but most of all, i had a really good time overall in germany. i dont and cant live there anymore. but it is always nice to go back and have a time off. to know, that there is a place where i feel at home and which is not just my laptop.
omg, quite sentimentel here. this is not really how i feel. there was one incident where i was moved and happy at the same time. on a church's wall directly on the german border were inscription, dating back to the 1920s. and from the time of the berlin wall. it was impossible to get to this church during that time but the soldiers serving at the wall wrote things on it. the church as such was pretty much boring and normal but those writings were like a book full of stories. i loved reading the inscriptions and think about those people who have written "i love you marta, K.R. 1934" or "4.35 o'clock 1984, EK 4.6.1985", referring to the time of patrol and the date of discharge of a border soldier. This was really interesting and i would love to have pics here. or invite you over to read them yourselves. It's not only my history being an east german but also the history of the cold war where the leaders might have followed a hard stand but the people at the bottom where just ordinary beings, happy with their family and pissed off with being on guard 24/7 for the respective other enemy and freezing their bums in a cold winter night. especially if the "enemy" was just across the lake.
however, here are some pics. im not really in the mood to write anything more. it was nice in germany and it did me good and i really enjoyed it (in the retroperspective), even tho i dont wanny go back. love it. first there are some pics from berlin and potsdam and then from the area near my hometown.
Sushi 4 4 4 2
Bit of physical exercise here and there
Well, short trip to England in between
If the arrow goes up, It just can get upwards
Wednesday, 10 October 2007
Rain all over the place
Today was one of those days where you are glad when you have a car... it was raining the whole day until 5 o'clock sharp. my office moved and the new one is more or less at the other end of the campus in a portacabin. really nice. as there is no proper internet connection i have to go to a computerlab to check and write emails. this wouldnt be a problem as such but today it took about 50mtrs until i was drown by the pouring rain. hence i had quite a lot of showers today and i was thinking why the hell did i had one in the morning..? anyway, i read a few pages today and got some things done. actually quite successful. i didnt go by car to uni tho. it wasnt that hard raining in the morning and from my experience as a proper ex-germany-now-living-in-england-german i was expecting the rain to stop after a few minutes. it didnt. anyhow. i had nice dinner in the eve and met some very nice known and unknown people. i just got in and probably will go to bed soonish, excited about what tomorrow will bring me! happiness all over the place. the thoughts are free (i aint sure if this translation of Die Gedanken sind frei is actually right... my english is crap)
Proper '90s music. For me one of the best clips ever made. And, of course, the title - No Rain - fits perfectly the agenda of today. Maybe not the lyrics as such, but the title. I did a few sun dances today...
Proper '90s music. For me one of the best clips ever made. And, of course, the title - No Rain - fits perfectly the agenda of today. Maybe not the lyrics as such, but the title. I did a few sun dances today...
Tuesday, 9 October 2007
Sunday, 7 October 2007
Saturday, 6 October 2007
Softer than a shandy drinking Southener...
The title of this post was an advert i saw quite often in scotland. i liked it for three reasons: soft, shandy and south. Im from the south of england (something which has become clearer during my germany stay. i cant convincingly say im german anymore. i feel more english now...). i liked and like shandy, especially in the summer. sitting in a beergarden, under trees, sun on my mind, friends,... great. well, yep. im kind of a schattenparker. i like warm showers. so what?! get over it.
so, i was in scotland recently. i have been there before with friends, but it was more camping and driving around the west, north coast. this time i was invited to give a paper at the work employment society conference of the bsa at aberdeen university. its a triennal event and internationally recognised (even tho i didnt got into their journal because of my bad english writing. one of the papers i submitted while in germany...maybe because nobody really can make sense of my confusing things. who knows. if these are my only worries, great...!?!). my papers was due on thursday, the 13th of september, and i went to aberdeen on the wednesday before. the train journey was already a highlight. it was along the coast and long enough to get some work done. it reminded me of my trip through america a few years ago. it was almost like going up the no 1 highway alongside the pacific again. there was supposed to come someone with me but it didnt happen. i wish i could have shared this with someone. it was some of these moments where you think, great this is why im here. it just makes you happy, no matter what else happens. aberdeen was great. i stayed a bit outside, near a mcdonalds and a lidl. still fun. aberdeen looks a bit like iceland. the town is somehow cuddling itself to the mountains. it ducks into the valley and its greyness is really attractive. its not the prettiest town in the world, for sure, but it is quite attractive. i really am in love with it. i want to go there as soon as possible. the presentation went fine. i saw some familiar faces around ( i guess at some point, you always meet the same persons at conferences...and they will be your only friends...;) )but rather false than no friends. i had a serious discussion about my paper with someone from finland. there were quite valuable comments on my paper. on that eve, i went to the conference dinner where there was nice scottish music and talks. not like the usual stuff, where you only get tuna mayonaise and chicken sweetcorn sandwiches at conferences. it was really worth the money. of course, i did some sightseeing around the conf. aberdeen is the port for many oil and gas rigs in the north sea. the coast is europanised, meaning that a lot of funding has gone into recultivating old ship yeards. it is quite nice out there and i even managed to nick a golf ball from a golf range. no one caught me. meanwhile i was preparing to become the next king of scotland, but without that head off part. it worked well and we even had a dinner to praise royalty... but im distractive now. back to scotland. i love aberdeen. its a strange city and somehow dismissive on a first sight. but behind its face, its attractive and one of the most beautiful cities of the world. one should defo go there once in a lifetime. I love it.
on the following friday i went to edinburgh to have a bit more of a holiday. i cant say anything coz im still speechless. i have been to edinburgh before but only to the princess street part. this time i had much, much, much more. i saw holy road park. the quays, high street, leith,... it was breathtaking. im really serious now. it was breathtaking. i could have sit down and died there, with a broad smile on my face. the sun was setting down, mirroring in the new scottsih parliament and holy road park, from which you could overlook the whole city. it was more than amazing. i didnt thought it would be like that before. i didnt really do. i was surprised and overwhelmend. at that moment something changed in me. i dont know yet what, but something did. it was amazing. this is really all what i can say. im really in debt to the conference organisers for inviting me. for the people giving me such a great time over there. i cant express my graditute enough. now its going sentimental: i would like to thank michel hall for her laughing, lara for her caring, my parents for saying its a state of emergency, bsa for considering my already known paper worthwile, john for his unexpressed comments, gnrail for taking the traditional route, the dancing queen for texting back, the orange something for being in my life, my brother for being my brother, my friends here and there, for the mentioning of "you cant buy really shoes before you try them", the soul who needs to let catch up the soul, dave the punk, frau t., emss, yvonne, ms fagin. its strange. there are so many people in my life i would like to thank and still there would be only one who i would mention. anyhow. im not starving for going sentimentel now. its not the time and place right now. scotland was really nice and i defo want to got there again. it attracted me and made me falling into love with it. i never thought so before but aberdeen and edingburgh are a few of the cities i could live in immedialy. like vancouver. seattle. hamburg. flagstaff. chicago. st jordi. wustrow. frisco. quebec. freyburg.
im crying now deep inside my heart. i really do.. scotland was really moving, more than i could ever express in a post in my blog... if i could be able to stop the time it would have been there... i cant go into detail anymore, have a look at the pictures. it was certaintly one of the best times of my life. there are defo others, but this was great as well.
Not even a queen on those ones
In an academic world you sometimes have to turn your head to find the truth... Aberdeen University (and I right in the middle)
Big smile there
Scottish Parliament, Rebus would have been amazed and Queen Mary anayway
Nice one, a bit like Amsterdan
Inspector Rebus would be attentive there
p.s. im a bit lazy now, tho i have quite a lot to write here. maybe not sophisticated, high-flying stuff. but yet. i try to do a post on my germany stay (pics are already uploaded, for weeks) and the stats thing soon. i have very nice graphs for the stats of which im very, very proud of and happy about. they really make me smile.
so, i was in scotland recently. i have been there before with friends, but it was more camping and driving around the west, north coast. this time i was invited to give a paper at the work employment society conference of the bsa at aberdeen university. its a triennal event and internationally recognised (even tho i didnt got into their journal because of my bad english writing. one of the papers i submitted while in germany...maybe because nobody really can make sense of my confusing things. who knows. if these are my only worries, great...!?!). my papers was due on thursday, the 13th of september, and i went to aberdeen on the wednesday before. the train journey was already a highlight. it was along the coast and long enough to get some work done. it reminded me of my trip through america a few years ago. it was almost like going up the no 1 highway alongside the pacific again. there was supposed to come someone with me but it didnt happen. i wish i could have shared this with someone. it was some of these moments where you think, great this is why im here. it just makes you happy, no matter what else happens. aberdeen was great. i stayed a bit outside, near a mcdonalds and a lidl. still fun. aberdeen looks a bit like iceland. the town is somehow cuddling itself to the mountains. it ducks into the valley and its greyness is really attractive. its not the prettiest town in the world, for sure, but it is quite attractive. i really am in love with it. i want to go there as soon as possible. the presentation went fine. i saw some familiar faces around ( i guess at some point, you always meet the same persons at conferences...and they will be your only friends...;) )but rather false than no friends. i had a serious discussion about my paper with someone from finland. there were quite valuable comments on my paper. on that eve, i went to the conference dinner where there was nice scottish music and talks. not like the usual stuff, where you only get tuna mayonaise and chicken sweetcorn sandwiches at conferences. it was really worth the money. of course, i did some sightseeing around the conf. aberdeen is the port for many oil and gas rigs in the north sea. the coast is europanised, meaning that a lot of funding has gone into recultivating old ship yeards. it is quite nice out there and i even managed to nick a golf ball from a golf range. no one caught me. meanwhile i was preparing to become the next king of scotland, but without that head off part. it worked well and we even had a dinner to praise royalty... but im distractive now. back to scotland. i love aberdeen. its a strange city and somehow dismissive on a first sight. but behind its face, its attractive and one of the most beautiful cities of the world. one should defo go there once in a lifetime. I love it.
on the following friday i went to edinburgh to have a bit more of a holiday. i cant say anything coz im still speechless. i have been to edinburgh before but only to the princess street part. this time i had much, much, much more. i saw holy road park. the quays, high street, leith,... it was breathtaking. im really serious now. it was breathtaking. i could have sit down and died there, with a broad smile on my face. the sun was setting down, mirroring in the new scottsih parliament and holy road park, from which you could overlook the whole city. it was more than amazing. i didnt thought it would be like that before. i didnt really do. i was surprised and overwhelmend. at that moment something changed in me. i dont know yet what, but something did. it was amazing. this is really all what i can say. im really in debt to the conference organisers for inviting me. for the people giving me such a great time over there. i cant express my graditute enough. now its going sentimental: i would like to thank michel hall for her laughing, lara for her caring, my parents for saying its a state of emergency, bsa for considering my already known paper worthwile, john for his unexpressed comments, gnrail for taking the traditional route, the dancing queen for texting back, the orange something for being in my life, my brother for being my brother, my friends here and there, for the mentioning of "you cant buy really shoes before you try them", the soul who needs to let catch up the soul, dave the punk, frau t., emss, yvonne, ms fagin. its strange. there are so many people in my life i would like to thank and still there would be only one who i would mention. anyhow. im not starving for going sentimentel now. its not the time and place right now. scotland was really nice and i defo want to got there again. it attracted me and made me falling into love with it. i never thought so before but aberdeen and edingburgh are a few of the cities i could live in immedialy. like vancouver. seattle. hamburg. flagstaff. chicago. st jordi. wustrow. frisco. quebec. freyburg.
im crying now deep inside my heart. i really do.. scotland was really moving, more than i could ever express in a post in my blog... if i could be able to stop the time it would have been there... i cant go into detail anymore, have a look at the pictures. it was certaintly one of the best times of my life. there are defo others, but this was great as well.
Not even a queen on those ones
In an academic world you sometimes have to turn your head to find the truth... Aberdeen University (and I right in the middle)
Big smile there
Scottish Parliament, Rebus would have been amazed and Queen Mary anayway
Nice one, a bit like Amsterdan
Inspector Rebus would be attentive there
p.s. im a bit lazy now, tho i have quite a lot to write here. maybe not sophisticated, high-flying stuff. but yet. i try to do a post on my germany stay (pics are already uploaded, for weeks) and the stats thing soon. i have very nice graphs for the stats of which im very, very proud of and happy about. they really make me smile.
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