Well, we're getting there. Or rather out of there (aka the relegation zone)...22 points after the second game of the second half of the season are still rather alarming, but there's a definite positive trend. Here's hope it will prevail ( Read more... )

I can hardly wait!!

I did it. Spent almost 70 Euros for a ticket for the a-ha concert in October here in Munich...this is very close to the absolute limit; I'm not ready to pay more than 70 Euros for one of those concerts - unless it's David Bowie, of course, for who I would willingly spent almost anything. But a-ha have been one of those heroes of my youth, and I ( Read more... )

...and I'm still hopped up on diet pepsi ( Read more... )

I'm seriously shocked - and very , very sad:

How did that happen?
*isspeechless*

One of the darkest chapters of my life (and no, I'm not being over-dramatic) is over. After almost five years to the day from the start of my PhD, I defended my thesis on Monday, the 26th of October. I did fine, a good presentation of my results and an acceptable discussion afterwards and came out with a mark far better than I had expected - which ( Read more... )

*bowsdeepinthegeneraldirectionofhannover*

What a game! What a result! Most heartfelt congrats!

*beams*
*hugs*

Did I ever mention how much I hate the side effects of the Oktoberfest? Arriving at around elven in the evening at Munich central, being hungry, thirsty, tired and irritated (after altogether eleven hours of train ride with an inserted author meeting), last things you need are the heaps of drunken flesh on the platform you better circle in order to ( Read more... )

I'm so on cold turkey - pepsi-wise. The past soccer games really kicked me back into my addiction (I know I'm saying that a lot lately)...at the mo, one needs dope to get through our matches without suffering any serious lasting emotional or mental damage. Not to speak of my vocal cords which are still busy recovering from that match against Köln ( Read more... )

...and I don't even know why. There's no particular reason: stress levels are the same as usual, there's been no longer holiday or something, and the fact that I've actually been to the movies three times within the past ten days is no excuse either ( Read more... )