When I walked across the Roncalliplatz in Cologne today on my way to meet my mom, there was this South American flutist group (we call them ‚Anden Mafia‘ by the way, but that’s just a side note) playing ‚Sound of Silence‘. Now I’m probably one of the biggest Paul Simon worshippers of my generation. At […]

I finished ‚Our Lady of the Forest‘ by David Guterson this morning on the train. I thought it was a really strange book and I have to admit that there were times when I had trouble relating to anyone of the main characters. Also, as I have mentioned before, Guterson doesn’t really seem to like […]

Because I can put the simple statement ‚My life sucks‘ in words like these: Currently there are certain aspects of my life that lack complete perfection. Thank you all very much. Here are some examples: 1) I can’t argue with my father. It’s not because of me. Nobody can argue with my father. The only […]

I’ve mentioned it before and now I’m gonna go for it. 2004 has been a crappy year. Not necessarily for me, but for the boyfriend and that affects me a lot. But we tried our best and since that obviously did not help I don’t see the point of making New Year’s Resolutions other than […]

The boyfriend had one of his dreams fulfilled last Wednesday. He’s now a proud owner of a 400 Euro acoustic bass. He already started complaining about his fingertips hurting. The pain is part of the practise, honey. That didn’t stop him from answering the phone with ‚Master of Disaster‘ these days. Which, unfortunately, is really […]

Today is Thursday. If you don’t know what I’m referring to: See here and here. This time, maybe? They’re closing at 6 p.m. Lazybones. Update: It’s 3:55 and the answer to above’s question is ‚Apparently not.‘ To be continued…

There’s no need to be overly detailed, so here’s a very short summary. There were three parts of the written exams, two were weighed with 40% each and the third weighed 20%. So, the results are: Part 1: 81% Part 2: 81% Part 3: 91% All together it makes a lovely 83%! I admit I […]

I got this from DeAnn’s Blog. I had seen it before but I just decided to do it. Here are the rules: 1. Grab the nearest book. 2. Open the book to page 123. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions. 5. Donâ??t […]

I have this special ability to see when in any given text, be it on paper or on the internet, there are accidentally two spaces between words instead of just one. And it really bugs me when there are more than one.

I really don’t need to write much, since Jill got it all covered on her blog and this is exactly how I feel right now. So, once I have calmed down a little and feel able to write more than little snippets of how crazy this world is, I will present you my New Year’s […]