| mundane |
[May. 30th, 2009|05:24 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  bored | ] |
| [ | music |
| | The Streets - Prangin Out | ] |
Things I saw from the train:
A man on a completely empty factory parking lot, cleaning his silver mid-class mercedes very thouroughly on a beautiful friday morning. All alone. That would've been something for hemingway to write about...
Railworkers on the side of the tracks, waiting for the train to pass. They didn't seem to do any work at all.
A Schrebergartenkolonie with five or six german flags and in the middle, on the highes mast, a pirate flag :) |
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| Ouch and ouch |
[May. 28th, 2009|07:33 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  sore | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Kyle Andrews - Bus | ] |
I had a pretty heavy bike accident on monday. A thunderstorm raged over Bonn and I was on a hill and had to get down and through the city to make an appointment. So after the hail stopped I set off in the pouring rain down the hill while streams thundered dwon the side of the road. Suprisingly, I made it unharmed to the bottom of the hil and made my way 8it was still pouring down) across the city. I tried to make a yellow light when the car in front of me suddenly hit the brakes. With wet brakes, it was impossible for me to stop and I smasehd into the car. Now I got a black eye, my tooth hurts (but the dentist says it's ok) and the frame of my bike folded itself in to places. Seems like my brave bike took most of the impact and spared me of more severe injuries.
Here are some pictures.
On tuesday, a bum hit me in the head. Fortunatly the other side...
Today I tripped over my (other) bike whilst pushing it.
What the....
And here is some delicious food.
Creamy asparagus soup with poached eggs.
Warm carrot Salad with red onions and sesame seeds. |
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| Stuff |
[May. 13th, 2009|10:26 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  cheerful | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Lelia Broussard - Single Ladies (Beyonce Cover) | ] |
I'm REALLY busy with university right now. I feel on the limit of what I'm capable of doing on a day to day basis. Studying, homework, seeing my girlfriend, triathlon practice, choir practice, archery practice, doing laundry, washing dishes, keeping my room cleaner than it has ever been before, working at the department office etc. It's like I have hit my limit but still accomplish anything in a reasonable manner. It's wearing me out a bit of course but I get a great sense of accomplishment after I managed to finish every task I've set myself for a day. I won't keep that up too long, of course. I think the stress would get to me. But in ten days everything will be a lot calmer for then I will have one 3-day seminar and one presentation in another seminar less to worry about. Until then I'm trying to thrive on stress :P Hasn't backfired......so far...
I signed up on twitter, solely for scientific and linguistic reasons. I actually might implement this in my master's thesis since that is going to be about Facebook status updates. If you want to follow me: http://twitter.com/cornelim (it's basically just a copy of my FB updates...)
I might post some pictures of stuff here again soon. My password came back to me after I forgot it a few months back. Weird thing was, I remembered it when I was doing neither something picture-ish nor Internet-/password-ish things...
I'm going on vacation with Maike in June! 3.5 days on the beautiful island of Langeoog in the Northern Sea! |
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| Ugh |
[May. 7th, 2009|01:14 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | so tired | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Dave Brubeck - Take Five | ] |
I have actually a journal entry in my head (drafted it during swim practice, messed with my lane counting, though) but I'm far too tired to put it here.
Same goes for the entry for my reading jounral I have to keep for swedish classes now. We're reading Astrid Lindgren's 'The Brothers Lionheart' (Bröderna Lejonhjärta) and it's really sad so far. They both die in the first two chapters. :( |
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| Hmmm |
[Apr. 22nd, 2009|07:03 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  distracted | ] |
| [ | music |
| | birds and street noise | ] |
I have a window box where I grow kitchen herbs in the summertime. I never managed to clean it out after last summer, so I have some withered twigs of basil still in it. Spiders build small webs between the twigs. When the sun sets the light gets caught in the pollen that got caught in the cobwebs and the wind moves them. I like it. |
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| Pondering |
[Apr. 22nd, 2009|07:37 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  philosophical | ] |
| [ | music |
| | The choir I'm in - Mit Lieb' bin ich umfangen | ] |
How did flea circuses work in the olden days? I mean today we have cameras and big screens that magnify all that's happening for a large audience. But before that you have to get in real close to see the little flea pulling the tiny chariot. With the hazard of potential flea bites. So with the limited viewing distance, one performance could humuor a maximum 4-6 viewers at a time. Not very efficient if you ask me... |
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| Interesting Question |
[Apr. 13th, 2009|12:43 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  mellow | ] |
What I found out after approx. 15 years of reading? I like books that are confusing. |
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| (no subject) |
[Apr. 9th, 2009|09:57 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | tired | ] |
| [ | music |
| | K'naan - Struggelin' | ] |
I get this feeling almost every time I ride on the train. I think it has to do with what I see when I look out of the window. I get a glimpse of people backyards, small woods, stuff I wouldn't see or notice when I passed them in any other way.
I just saw a tree in some one's backyard and it has about 50 hoola hoops in its branches. In these moments I get quite emotional, sometimes joyous from the little fun things I see and sometimes inexplicably sad because what I saw remains incomprehensible and I will probably never see it again.
I really like these moments. |
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| (no subject) |
[Mar. 27th, 2009|01:29 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | sore | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Lykke Li - Melodies Desires | ] |
Have you ever put honey and parmesan cheese on a spoon and ate it? Doesn't taste half bad... |
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| Ugh |
[Mar. 25th, 2009|06:55 pm] |
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I wanted to post about this yourse application I need to finish in swedish and how I can't seem to get a structure in my literature homework. But somehow I don't feel like it. |
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| Day 2 epilog |
[Mar. 12th, 2009|12:46 am] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | bed | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | exhausted | ] |
So I mustered the courage tto ask a question in one ofthe discussions today (in addition to haveing something to ask in the first place). I came up with he question halfway through the lecture andfor the rest of the lecture I was trying to stay calm going "omgImgonnadothisomg" silently the whole time. My heart was beating really hard, it was weird...
I also stayed for a small function afterwards and drank free beer and ate fancy pretzels. I also talked to some people but I feel really weird as soon as I don't have anyone to talk to. So I pissed off pretty soon and wentto the school concert at my old school. It was cool to see some of the old teachers again and chat. |
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| Midday bloggin' |
[Mar. 11th, 2009|11:14 am] |
Day 2 at the conference.
At places like this I wonder sometimes if I'm not stupid. I try to follow each lecture the best I can but halfway through I'm most times pretty much lost. Even if I understandsomething I always have the distinct feeling like it's the understanding of a layman. I'm aware that my basics are not as good as they should be but I still wonder if this is ever going to get better, if I will ever have to feeling to have something understood untterly and completely. I mean, these people are talking largely about the subject I'm studying, what more could I ask for?
I don't really think I'm stupid, by the way, but it's pretty frustrating nonetheless. |
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| Day 1 |
[Mar. 10th, 2009|10:28 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | My bed, Neckarhausen | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | tired | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Flight of The Conchords - I'm hoping that you'll stay around | ] |
I'm attending the annual conference of the Institute for German Language. Partly because this years program is interesting and partly because it's just around the corner of my hometown. It's all about language and Media (not as in newspapers and stuff but as in channels in which language can occur) and the first few lectures were quite interesting.
I sat next to a comitted clapper. At first I thought he was friend of the person on stage but he kept on clapping vividly after every lecture so he might just be a friendly, encouraging guy.
I used my EeePC to take notes today and I think there might be a chance that I will have a look at these when the conference is over. I used to jot stuff down on a note pad thus making furhter use of thenotes impossible. Either they were too cryptic to make any sense out of it or just plain unreadable. Not I can make headings, sub-headings and bullet points and formatting notes is also something to do when my mind wanders and less conspicuous than playing solitaire where everybody can see your screen.
I might rant a bit about relatives here the next days so keep your eyes peeled. |
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| Come on! |
[Mar. 5th, 2009|11:11 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  determined | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Gui Boratto - Les Enfants | ] |
What's up, people? The only people posting regularly at the moment are Isabel and LittleKuriboh, who makes the Yu Gi Oh Abriged Series.
If I can do it, you can do it, too!
C'monC'MONC'MON |
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| Write this down |
[Mar. 3rd, 2009|04:56 pm] |
If you cook something and the recipe says "roast some pine nuts in a pan without oil until light brown" be sure to have double the amount of pine nuts ready since you WILL burn the first batch. This is certain. |
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| New Rule |
[Feb. 27th, 2009|05:56 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Library | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  annoyed | ] |
I should make it a rule to only post here when I'm supposed to be doing something else. At least then there would be more entries.
I'm at the library, trying to get started on my term paper about Pat Barker's Regeneration, a book I greatly enjoyed. I sort of know already what to write about but I can't find a starting point or secondary literature. I want to hand it in in two weeks....
My girlfriend got accepted for a 10 month scholarship in Liverpool, UK. I'm really happy for her and all but I also dread what the long-distance thing miht do to our relationship. I will probably be able to visit her often since I won't need any more courses after this semester and flights to Liverpool are reasonably cheap, but still... |
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| Huh? |
[Feb. 18th, 2009|11:53 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  awake | ] |
| [ | music |
| | K'naan - The Dusty Foot Philosopher | ] |
Am I dead? No.
Are you still reading this? Dunno.
Am I too busy to post here? Not really.
Have I questioned the whole self-display of LJ, Facebook, StudiVZ, etc? I might have.
Did it convince me to stop? Probably not.
Will I be posting more often from now on? I might try. |
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| What I've been up to lately |
[Nov. 17th, 2008|02:55 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Bonn | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | content | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Sigur Rós - Inní mér syngur vitleysingur | ] |
So I haven't been posting lately. Which doesn't mean that there isn't tons of interesting stuff going on in my life you need to know about. Because there is!
I have been riding around on my moped a lot. Not for fun, only the essential rides to university, my girlfriend, etc. I care about the earths atmosphere. There is the odd screw rattling loose on my beloved red metal steed but I and the garage I trust have been taking care of it and so far the bike holds up pretty good. I had to fill her up with petrol only once since I bought her!
My swedish is coming along rather nicely (didn't I mention I learn swedish now?). I can tell all sorts of fun facts about myself. For example why I love fika in the fikarum so much...
My other courses are going well, as well. I already had two presentations which left me with some breathing space. I can now concentrate on a small study I have to conduct about bilingualism before christmas. I think about going to a bilingual kindergarden and confuse kids about their matrix language. But I need to work out the details still ( and procrastinating a bit right now).
My girlfriend showed my how to knit (knit and purl)! And the last few days I found myself emerged in knitting myself a scarf (which Maike first promised to knit for me...). I really like knitting but I already wish I could do headbands and beanies. Maybe if I don't get bored by knitting I will try myself at more advanced stuff than scarves.
I bought new shoes! And suddenly everything is right! (=they kick ass!!)
What? You want some pictures of me standing on/and jumping over logs? Well, who am I to deprive you of that wish!
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| Moped-Love! |
[Oct. 20th, 2008|02:08 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Bonn, Germany | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | giddy | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Deickind - Urlaub vom Urlaub | ] |
I just bought a moped on ebay!
It's red (as you can see) and it's top speed is 45 km/h (about 32 mph?).
I will pick it up this saturday and am scared since I have no idea how to drive a motorbike with manual transmission...
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