Oh dear. I went to see Swan Lake on Ice and I still haven't quite recovered. It was the most amazing thing I've ever seen, I mean, a few years back I saw Sleeping Beauty the ballet but it was nothing compared to this. I think I respond better to skating than to actual ballet. For those of you who don't know, I used to figure skate when I was very ( Read more... )

You know how sometimes someone manages to put into words something you kinda already know, but haven't really thought about? Yesterday at a journalism lecture, talking about modern individualism, the lecturer managed to do just that. In talking about our freedom being just an illusion he said something to the effect of " We are growing increasingly ( Read more... )

I guess summer's officially over, then. I can't remember anything like this before (maybe I haven't been paying enough attention). I literally sunbathed on my balcony on Friday, then worked the weekend (which always takes the whole bloody day), and then, on Monday, I had to wear a scarf and socks. Socks! It's been three months since I last wore ( Read more... )

I haven't updated in ages, mainly because I haven't had anything to update about. All I've done all summer is work, work, work. I've been in the graveyard shift for the last four weeks, which basically means no social life at all. In the morning I just arse around and fret about having to go to work, and when I get home in the evening I'm too tired ( Read more... )

Basically during May I did nothing but worked. When I wasn't working, I tried to get the last school stuff done. Didn't exactly win prizes, but got everything done ( Read more... )

I came back home on Sunday and noticed that taking two days off was completely and utterly the wrong thing to do this time of year. But it was great fun. I went swimming (or, to be exact, took a quick dip in the lake), watched the Idols finale, read Ivanhoe (a novel about the time of the Crusades that was my favourite book when I was around nine) ( Read more... )

Oh oh. It's almost Easter and I'll take the train tomorrow to our summer cottage (where I expect my STAFF will be waiting for me). It's insanely cold there, but at least I will be able to take a teeny tiny holiday. Not completely, though, there is (always) some school stuff to be done, but at least there will be loads of chocolate eggs. Hurrah! ( Read more... )

I am incredibly accomplished. Yesterday I sent my B.A. thesis to the professor (it's horrible crap, but hey, I got it done) and today I got a summer job! Yay, me! The only problem was that I had already kinda promised to my boss from next summer that I'd come there this year, too. But she was wonderful and understood (at least on the phone) that ( Read more... )

The amazing feeling, when sunshine feels warm on your face again. And when you actually see the sun since an eternity. It's the best thing there is. This is once again the time of year when it is simply impossible to get anything done. The sun is shining, it's spring (hello, climate change!) and I should sit by the computer? I'll have five ( Read more... )

I noticed that my passport expired this week and in a hopeful state of mind that I actually might get out of this country sometime soon, I went out to have a new one. Apparently many things have changed since I got my first passport ten years ago ( Read more... )