In fact it's felt like an age since I last sat down or saw a town that wasn't linked by shores
I had the absolute best time ever on Tuesday. There's an epic post coming up, I already wrote it, just have to upload the photos. It really was a stunningly beautiful night.
I also had an interview at a local magazine yesterday and they're giving me a 2-week apprenticeship in September. I'm very happy about that, especially because the guy who was interviewing me told me they never start working before 10 am, so I can get enough sleep for two weeks. Hell yeah, go journalism. I didn't think I'd get that apprenticeship either, we have very few magazines here that offer apprenticeships, so they can afford to be picky. The interviewer seemed to be very positive about my grades though, I'm good at languages and social stuff and he says that's what matters to them (another validation of my opinion that maths, chemistry and phys. ed. will never matter in my life at all).
Today was dramatic! As you might know, my mother's in Russia, but before she went she managed to fuck up our internet connection. She canceled it because she wanted to have a cheaper one with another provider, but then the other provider said it would take two weeks to install, so she made a new contract with the old provider. However, she did not cancel the cancellation (el oh el), so our internet was turned off today at midnight. And because there's no communication going on in this flat I didn't know about this whole situation. So when I saw the internet wasn't working i called their customer service, they looked into our contracts and told me that they still had a valid cancellation. So I had to call around for three hours, explain the situation to various people all over Germany (of course everybody told me different things), but in the end I was successful and got a new code to get the connection going. They really had no choice, we do have a valid contract with them, but I think if I hadn't been as nice and understanding as I was (I did not bitch as lots of people tend to do on customer hotlines) it would've taken much longer and would've been more problematic.
Oh, bureaucracy.
I also had an interview at a local magazine yesterday and they're giving me a 2-week apprenticeship in September. I'm very happy about that, especially because the guy who was interviewing me told me they never start working before 10 am, so I can get enough sleep for two weeks. Hell yeah, go journalism. I didn't think I'd get that apprenticeship either, we have very few magazines here that offer apprenticeships, so they can afford to be picky. The interviewer seemed to be very positive about my grades though, I'm good at languages and social stuff and he says that's what matters to them (another validation of my opinion that maths, chemistry and phys. ed. will never matter in my life at all).
Today was dramatic! As you might know, my mother's in Russia, but before she went she managed to fuck up our internet connection. She canceled it because she wanted to have a cheaper one with another provider, but then the other provider said it would take two weeks to install, so she made a new contract with the old provider. However, she did not cancel the cancellation (el oh el), so our internet was turned off today at midnight. And because there's no communication going on in this flat I didn't know about this whole situation. So when I saw the internet wasn't working i called their customer service, they looked into our contracts and told me that they still had a valid cancellation. So I had to call around for three hours, explain the situation to various people all over Germany (of course everybody told me different things), but in the end I was successful and got a new code to get the connection going. They really had no choice, we do have a valid contract with them, but I think if I hadn't been as nice and understanding as I was (I did not bitch as lots of people tend to do on customer hotlines) it would've taken much longer and would've been more problematic.
Oh, bureaucracy.