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Here's an update on what I've been up to lately.

• Heart-sitting my new-ish housemate. My male housemate is in a rather complicated relationship with an Iranian lady. The latest in a chain of events is that they have broken up and he has gone to Spain. She now lives in our house and has had a really bad time coping.
• Finding a new room: while I get ( Read more... )

XIII. A song by my favourite composer - Edvard Grieg ‘Solveig’s song’/‘Solveigs sang’
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4x4 - face III: Something to sing along

IX. A song I once performed at school - Fiona Apple ‘Never is a promise’

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4x4 - face II: Clouds in the sky

V. A song that makes me thoughtful and melancholic - Wir sind Helden - ‘Ein Elefant für dich’ (English subtitles)

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4x4 - A song challenge

I've seen postingwhore answer the 30 days song challenge that is coursing through the internet. I liked the idea of telling a bit more about oneself with the help of music, but I couldn't answer many of the questions, so I chose to make up questions of my own. I also don't have the patience to work for weeks on such a challenge, so I'll ( Read more... )

...wird endlich gut.

Since Livejournal just swallowed my lengthy entry, here's the short version:

(1) I got the job. 40 hours per week in the customer service of a software publisher. It starts on the 23d. :)

(2) I FINALLY finished the online application process for my PhD-studies at the Uni  Edinburgh. Now keep your fingers crossed that my ( Read more... )

I'm the proud owner of a folding bike made in the GDR, now. Last week, I told someone from my Danish course the long story of how I never came to have a bike (here in Dresden), although I've been wanting one for years. Her reply: 'D'you want to have it now or immediately?' -She had an old one in store that she couldn't make herself throw away (even ( Read more... )