This happend during Christmas (which we don't celebrate) and the New Year's Eve (which we celebrate as if it was the Christmas, with lots of food, presents and of cause a huge Tannenbaum (fir tree). At least we don't celebrate Yom Kippour, otherwise I'd be too confusing even for my crazy family ( Read more... )

I tend to overthink things beyond recognition. Till the basic notion appears absurd and totally nonsense and I wonder, just why on earth would I want such a thing in first place.

Yesterday I finally managed to cash in our university book coupon (we get one each semester. If hearing that makes you envy me, consider how high the tuition fee for that ( Read more... )

"Hallucinogenic mushrooms are fun and almost harmless!" said our Prof. W. today, while wildly grinning. Afterwards he read us the original records from the lab-journal of the 'creator' of LSD, about the effects the recently synthesized, new drugs had on him.

Now, that's a fine way to start a week! Because otherwise this month is going to be highly ( Read more... )

The week has barely started and it's already stressful. The apartment-hunting was so far quite unsuccessful, and thus, rather depressing :(
And it's raining. It's been raining for days now and does not look like it will ever stop.

Summer rain is actually quite nice but it also brings a certain lazy, sluggish feeling with it. The light outside seems ( Read more... )

"What did he say?"
"I cannot recall his exact words, sir, but he drew a comparison between your mentality and that of a cuckoo."
"A cuckoo, eh?"
"Yes, sir. To the bird's advantage."
[From "Episode of the Dog McIntosh", P. G. Wodehouse]

The prologue describes my current mental state quite accurate; a bit above your average bird. (Also, I won't miss an ( Read more... )

My microwave exploded, I have a sore throat and some fever, and the first Master-of-Science semester is anything but structured.
My schedule is full but due to our new, extraordinarily confusing university catalog (Studienordnung) I can't shake the feeling, I'm still missing some important lectures. And I hate lab-work. I'm a theorist not a ( Read more... )

Since yesterday I'm back in Germany.
Grey, rainy sky. Thunderstorms. High wind and yellow-orange leaves drowning in almost endless puddles. Someone had already switched the weather from summer to autumn and I had totally missed the moment.

(Don't mind the grumping, I still love Göttingen. The town is my soulmate and either Moscow nor Paris could have ( Read more... )

Some people accuse me of being a very cold and an insensible person. That's not true! I can get quite emotional. For example - I'm thrilled by the Russell-Paradox >3

Russell starts his reasoning with teaspoons. The collection of teaspoons clearly doesn't include itself as an element (you have to be a teaspoon to belong to this highly specified set ( Read more... )

Next week I'll break free! >3
Well, still have to write an exam each Monday (the reason why every weekend I'm studying and don't really realize it's free), still have to learn a lot, still have to work on my lab reports, still.... ok, I already got the message - the freedom is beyond my reach. But at least I won't hang around these pest-holes of ( Read more... )

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