| not-so-lazy Sunday |
[Feb. 8th, 2004|10:32 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  accomplished | ] |
| [ | music |
| | The Mock Turtles - Can You Dig It | ] |
so that's what I've been busy with today, mostly:
turning this:
into this:
It all came when I realized that 1) LeAnn is already coming this week and 2) she can't live out of her suitcase for 3 months and, most importantly 3) that neither would have her stuff ever fit into my closet the way it was, nor was there any chance she could even get in there (hell, I mostly had to kinda climb in using the little stool)
So, after only 3 hours plus I finished my little project. Now there's definitely enough room in there; and getting stuff in and out will be a lot less dangerous.
Oh, and it also gave me the chance to put my old PC where all PCs deserve to go: deep down in the basement.
Well, what can I say - I ain't gonna miss it.
Now I'm hungry - problem is, I don't have anything to eat at home that I like. Maybe I'll just order pizza... I don't feel like eating pasta AGAIN; I've been eating noodle-variations for the past 4 days. The problem with me is that I basically know how to cook - but that I never have any ingredients at home other than pasta. And pesto. And cheese, if I'm lucky. *sighs* Oh well, better get going - I'm REALLY hungry by now. |
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| Need for Speed, Cash and toilets |
[Feb. 5th, 2004|12:44 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  okay | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Matchbox Twenty - Long Day | ] |
it's past 12:30 here, it's been a damn long day... actually without me doing much. Went to the tax consultant, got some CDs and a video game, helped Andres put together some furniture in his new apartment and then some party stuff in the evening. Thinking about it, the new video game (Need for Speed Underground, great game *g*) and the CDs are actually the most exciting things about today; they had a bunch of CDs on sale at Saturn so I got myself the first Matchbox Twenty CD (it was definitely about time for that), and a Johnny Cash album. I'm actually not into country, but that CD just looked interesting (it's American 3: Solitary Man), and it was definitely worth it. A really, really great CD - awesome versions of "Won't Back Down" (hey, you can never go wrong with Tom Petty - esp. if the cover version is sung together with Tom Petty ;-) and "One" (you know, that U2 song).
Oh, and I also got a new toilet bowl today. I'm gonna try to install it tomorrow, wish me luck ;-) |
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| way, way, WAY too early |
[Feb. 4th, 2004|07:05 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  sleepy | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Matchbox Twenty - You're So Real | ] |
yeah, I know, 7am isn't that early - still too early, at least for my taste (and don't start, LeAnn - you know that I'm not a morning person, I'm a day person ;-)
Anyway, in about 1/2 hour I gotta leave for my tax-accountant appointment; makes you feel all grown-up and serious when you can say something like that. On the other hand, it's just a manifestation of the fact that I'm obviously too stupid to deal with all the tax and social security stuff myself. I prob. better get going and get a shower and stuff - I don't feel really awake yet... |
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| life in 15 minutes |
[Feb. 3rd, 2004|03:26 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  melancholy | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue | ] |
I just looked through my iPhoto collection; it's a weird feeling to see the past 1 1/2 years of your life flashing by in front of your eyes (in the form of 1500+ photos). It's really completely unbelievable how much has changed during that time, and most importantly how much the people I know have changed (and of course, me too). Still, one of the first photos is in there is a picture of Eva - the last one is a picture of LeAnn. Definitely can't fail to notice an upward trend there :-)
By now, I should also REALLY go to bed - I'm dead tired, which is no wonder considering it's already close to 3:30 here... |
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| LotR and such... |
[Feb. 3rd, 2004|02:27 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  tired | ] |
| [ | music |
| | The Darkness - I Believe In a Thing Called Love | ] |
Mustafa showed up just a tiny little bit late (well, like 2 hours), but we still managed to get started with that LotR card game. Or better yet, he managed to kinda teach me the basics and play one round with me. After about 3 hours I 1) got my ass kicked by Mustafa big time and 2) absolutely loved that game. I mean, seriously - it's like totally addictive; and it might finally be a game in which Daniel (my 7, soon to be 8, year old nephew) wouldn't kick my ass right away (as opposed to Kingdom Hearts on the PS2; yeah, I know it's sad).
After my game-playing session with Mustafa, Andres came over for some time and we ate some pizza and talked about politics and career and life and all... and also how we're both kinda worried about Laura ever since she got her job; simply because she seems to be so totally stressed out. On the other hand I guess you could expect her to be stressed out with 12-16 hours of work, every day, for the past 2 weeks - sure she earns a shitload of money (actually not THAT much money; but at the moment, everything above 400 EUR/month seems like a shitload to me ;-), but makes you wonder whether it's really worth it. |
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| short |
[Feb. 2nd, 2004|03:58 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | content | ] |
Well, as much as I hate the fact that the Pats actually won last night - but that was one awesome game! And somehow the Pats seem to have a thing with interceptions/turnovers going on, considering their play-off game...
Clemens, being a Pats fan, was happy of course - and I'll prob. hear about the game for another month or so. All in all, watching the game at Clemens' was kinda ok; in the beginning kinda boring but really fun in the end (guess also because of a combination of beer & lack of sleep *g*) Okay, guess I better get going - Mustafa should be here any moment. |
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| ARGH! |
[Feb. 1st, 2004|04:15 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  angry | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Blur - Crazy Beat | ] |
Ok, so here's the deal: actually I wanted to watch Super Bowl at my place and invite a couple of people over; I thought, ok, Clemens and Bela and maybe whoever Bela would bring with him. Yesterday Clemens called me and was all like he doesn't want to leave his place again, blah blah, and if we could just go to his place. Well, I didn't like this idea too much in the first place but I thought ok and told him that Bela might come with me. So 1/2 hour ago Bela calls me and is all excited about tonight and tells me that he'd bring a friend with him. And I was of course sure that wouldn't be a problem for Clemens. Turns out it is; Bela would be ok, but one more person he doesn't really know obviously poses a problem; not exactly sure whether to him or his girlfriend. So, instead of watching Super Bowl at my place with a bunch of guys and lots of beer, I'm stuck with pissing Bela off cause I have to go to Clemens' place (he prob. wouldn't talk to me for a year if I stayed home and had Bela come over) and watch it together with him (which is obviously ok) and his g/f (who's gonna start complaining and whining about how boring everything is, etc., 30 minutes into the game). So all in all: ARGH!!!!!!!!!! |
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| stuff I bought |
[Feb. 1st, 2004|12:53 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | blank | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Matchbox Twenty - Disease | ] |
so, after a 1-hour traffic jam I managed to get to IKEA yesterday - with about an hour of shopping left before my sis' b-day party.
So here's what I got:
a new blanket, new sheets (that look exactly like the old ones), a couple of bowls and finally a decently-sized trash can (I took it in white, not in yellow). Also I got new curtains, but they don't have them on the website.
So I guess that was my exciting Sat. - oh, the b-day party was ok too; I guess the fact that time with my family is actually not only bearable but usually even fun should make me glad - esp. considering the stories I know about other families. Anyway, enough for now - I have clothes that need to be washed, and an apartment that needs to be cleaned up. |
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| how gay is this? |
[Jan. 31st, 2004|01:47 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | refreshed | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Barenaked Ladies - One Week | ] |
well, you can always ask the Gay-o-meter. Turns out that according to this I'm actually too straight, contrary to what some people seem to think ;-)
Ok, better get going - it's off to IKEA! And yes, I'll have some meatballs with my furniture. |
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| deja vu, courtesy of amazon.com |
[Jan. 31st, 2004|01:04 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | relaxed | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Jason Mraz - You And I Both | ] |
So this is what I found in my inbox tonight:
Dear Amazon.com Customer,
As someone who has purchased books by Christopher Golden, you might like to know that The Bones of Giants will be released soon. You can pre-order your copy by following the link below.
This mail confused me. Number one, it's be been years since I've last ordered books on amazon.com (before there was amazon.at), number two (prob. even more important) I didn't have a clue who the heck (see LeAnn, used the word just for you ;-) Christopher Golden was. Well, to make a long, boring, uninteresting story short - turns out he's the author of such fine books as this one; and believe it or not, that's the book I got a certain someone for Xmas '98, 5+ years ago... Kinda weird to think about how things have changed (or more importantly, how some important ones haven't) since then.
Anyway (I found out today that I use the word anyway too much in postings; anyway, back to the topic): Not only did I finally get my b-day presents from LeAnn today (in a box that has "economy mail" stamped all over it; might explain the 6+ weeks delivery time ;-), I'm now also officially the key-member of the project team for a project I don't even really give a shit about. Really funny to think about when I remember that 4 weeks ago I didn't even know I had anythin to do with that stuff at all - and now I'm suddenly one of 4 guys in charge of it... Oh, and did I mention I don't really care about the project? I think I did. Still, again: I really don't care *g* Somehow I have the slight feeling Thomas and Mustafa are just looking for someone to blame the loss of 40,000 EUR on if the project fails ;-)
Just to continue yesterday's topic, "weird shit my friends talk about" - today it's Berni's turn. Number one, he still thinks a french kiss fits the definition of "good night kiss" from someone who's just a friend - and of course it's not worth telling his g/f about. What makes it even more interesting is that Berni has been spending the past two weeks with this "just a friend"-person (who's 32 and has two kids; Berni is 20 - oh, and his g/f lives about 200 miles away - guess that counts as a semi-long-distance relationship *g*) and is now going on a skiing trip with her this weekend. And of course they are sharing a hotel room. And Berni swears that there isn't anything going on - and that his g/f isn't jealous. Yeah, right - I'd say that's definitely a reality distortion field kicking in there ;-)
And to end this for tonight, a short convo between me and Berni (about my relationship this time; well, kinda at least)
Me: So, LeAnn is driving this really cool car. A Mazda RX8.
Berni: Neat! Stick-shift or automatic?
Me: Automatic.
Berni: Aww, that sucks. Takes the fun out of driving.
Me: Well, I think LeAnn would have slight problems with hitting the clutch.
Berni: Oh right, I forgot. She's American... |
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| (no subject) |
[Jan. 30th, 2004|02:27 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | awake | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Jimmy Eat World - For Me This Is Heaven | ] |
I'm feeling awake - actually really awake, for the first time this week; guess I should be after 9 hours of sleep tonight. So far, that's the big news for today - other than sleeping I spent most of my time in front of my Mac working on an Excel spreadsheet for a meeting with Thomas & Mustafa today (yep, it was as exciting as it sounds - and the meeting will prob. be just as great ;-). Tonight I'm prob. gonna meet Berni, the thing is I don't really know whether I'm looking forward to that; I'm not really in a going-out mood today. I just wanna get Pirates of the Caribbean and spend the evening in front of the TV; of course, this plan depends heavily on Pirates not being sold out like yesterday... |
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| (no subject) |
[Jan. 30th, 2004|01:21 am] |
Ok, I should just stop drinking Diet Coke/Coke/Pepsi Blue. Right now. Or maybe, right after the next glass. Or bottle. I haven't slept much for the past 3 nights, and I'm tired but I already know that I won't be able to fall asleep again tonight. Nicotine was somewhat better - never had problems falling asleep after smoking ;-) On the other hand, there's this cancer thing - maybe a few sleepless nights are better than lung cancer after all.
p.s.: and even though I got nicotine patches two weeks after I quit smoking, I haven't re-started my nicotine addiction by putting them on - be proud *g* |
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| Pink be gone |
[Jan. 30th, 2004|12:42 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  annoyed | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Jewel - Intuition | ] |
See? No more pink. Even though it wasn't pink, seriously - it was light red, maybe; but definitely not pink. I don't think anyone can object to this layout - except that it might be a tiny bit boring ;-) But hey, it's white and red - fits the title of this journal. Anyway, today was the last time at university for about month - gotta love our winter/spring-break deal. The exam went ok (even though I didn't study - but hey, I glanced at the book for a few minutes... maybe that counts as studying), handing my Marx-paper in too. Except the fact that about half of the people in that class didn't have their paper ready - so the prof. just extended the deadline until the end of February. Thank god I wasted 3 nights to finish this damn thing - only to find out I wouldn't have had to anyway...
Talking about other things that piss me off: people, or better - their opinions. For example, I'm starting to get really annoyed by friends telling me how they admire me for being together with LeAnn (because she uses a wheelchair), as if I was some sort of saint - as far as I'm concerned, they should admire LeAnn for actually managing to cope with me and my mood swings ;-) Alejandro kinda started the same conversation today (but in a different way - guess he was just curious about some stuff) - but in the end he had to admit that he actually admired me more for being able to cope with Eva for nearly 2 years *g* Which is kinda mean I guess - but hey, what are the chances that she's actually ever gonna read this? Still, the next one who tells me that he/she admires me for
1) being together with someone in a chair
2) not caring about looks (makes me wonder: am I surrounded by people who only judge girls by their butts? or who don't notice that someone looks great as soon as she sits down? ;-)
3) being able to cope with a long-distance relationship
(or any combination of these 3 points)
will either have to deal with me throwing a screaming fit or with me punching his/her face (last option not likely - number one, because I tend to think first and number two because most people I know are about 20cm taller than me ;-)
On a side note: I got myself iLife for my Mac(s) today... I can now make my own music; just what the world has been waiting for *g* |
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| First post... |
[Jan. 29th, 2004|01:54 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | calm | ] |
| [ | music |
| | U2 - One | ] |
Ok, so this is my first post... it's me against the English language from now on - and everyone who reads will have to suffer, hehe (which I guess won't be more than 1-2 people anyway ;-)
It's been a long day - and the major accomplishment has been getting a cellphone I'm not even gonna use. That, and finding out that I'm obviously a sissy for not wanting to follow the trusted male pattern of "hit first, think later". Now the only thing left is calling LeAnn and then getting some sleep and praying the exam tomorrow will be as easy as everyone told me - it better be, since I haven't studied for it ;-) |
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