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And that was France.
Ladies and Gentlemen, apologies for not updating regularly with interessting and mindblowing insights. I was rather occupied the last half year or so. By many things in more then one way. Most prominently my Diplomathesis which I finally handed in yesterday (therefore I ask your forgiveness for the lack of narrative today, my mind is well cloged)....
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And that was France.
Ladies and Gentlemen, apologies for not updating regularly with interessting and mindblowing insights. I was rather occupied the last half year or so. By many things in more then one way. Most prominently my Diplomathesis which I finally handed in yesterday (therefore I ask your forgiveness for the lack of narrative today, my mind is well cloged)....
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Things are coming to an end, my flatmate is stressing big time. Because HE moves out tomorrow, WE have to finish EVERYTHING by tonight. Nevermind that we, the rest, are only moving on Friday and still have to live here for 5 days. (He also wants to leave the flat in a far better state then when we found it).
Soon, though, soon I'll be...
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Soon, though, soon I'll be...
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malignko:
Bin icke froh, da jemand die selben Sachen wahrnimmt wie ich. Ich dachte schon, ich spinne und sehe nur das ble.
Ich finds ja komisch, da man solche kulturellen Unterschiede in einem Nachbarland feststellen kann.
Aber wenigstens bereichert man so seinen Geist.
Wo bistn jetzt im deutschen Lande ?
Fighting on...
Ich finds ja komisch, da man solche kulturellen Unterschiede in einem Nachbarland feststellen kann.
Aber wenigstens bereichert man so seinen Geist.
Wo bistn jetzt im deutschen Lande ?
Fighting on...
IHT: Europes drinking problem
One has to marvel at the underlying logic of articles like this. What is being advocated is a state that should intervene to stop it's citizens from "unhealthy"* activities like drinking and smoking (and drugs in general of course), while leaving them free and encouraging them to be "productive". Where productiveness is of course meassured, not in creativity or the amount...
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One has to marvel at the underlying logic of articles like this. What is being advocated is a state that should intervene to stop it's citizens from "unhealthy"* activities like drinking and smoking (and drugs in general of course), while leaving them free and encouraging them to be "productive". Where productiveness is of course meassured, not in creativity or the amount...
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qob:
thank you 
that made me smile
that made me smile
noxeos:
I like your logic, alcohol increases the personal wealth of sex whereas, lack of alcohol increases social wealth of production. Give me a beer, please!
I think the key is moderation. There is no need to regulate alcohol in your production force because in a competitive work force, people will regulate themselves. For example, if you let your alcohol affect your job performance, you will lose your job to a person who drinks less. Although, if I get drunk as hell every weekend, but do not let it effect my job performance, but it does increase personal wealth, then it has performed it's task positively instead of negatively. Of course, this is all relative. If you have a work force of alcoholics, then you would need to regulate alcohol because nobody would lose their job due to alcohol affecting job performance.
I think the key is moderation. There is no need to regulate alcohol in your production force because in a competitive work force, people will regulate themselves. For example, if you let your alcohol affect your job performance, you will lose your job to a person who drinks less. Although, if I get drunk as hell every weekend, but do not let it effect my job performance, but it does increase personal wealth, then it has performed it's task positively instead of negatively. Of course, this is all relative. If you have a work force of alcoholics, then you would need to regulate alcohol because nobody would lose their job due to alcohol affecting job performance.
Now playing: Smashing Pumpkins - Blue Skies Bring Tears
The weather is killing me. Warm, sunny, humid, blue skies. Bleh.
My body has shut down, I'm operating on willpower and coffee. Time to switch to the night.
More from Canada, some observations.
Being the good little scientist I am I took an inventory of the local supermarket's Magazine shelf:
19x cooking (7x diet)
19x gardening...
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The weather is killing me. Warm, sunny, humid, blue skies. Bleh.
My body has shut down, I'm operating on willpower and coffee. Time to switch to the night.
More from Canada, some observations.
Being the good little scientist I am I took an inventory of the local supermarket's Magazine shelf:
19x cooking (7x diet)
19x gardening...
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franziska:
Thanks! I'll pick it up. It's nice to have a recommendation from a valid source. 
As for coffee, I am an addict.
Music was my first love, I've had many more since. I went to school understanding fully that I would never make a career out of it. Photography is my source of income. I sell fantasy.
Did you always want to go into physics? Was there ever another choice?
As for coffee, I am an addict.
Music was my first love, I've had many more since. I went to school understanding fully that I would never make a career out of it. Photography is my source of income. I sell fantasy.
Did you always want to go into physics? Was there ever another choice?
qob:
canadians seems to be into cooking and gardening
warm and sunny weather doesnt sound too bad to me, I miss the summer a bit. Although it is sunny it now doesnt get really hot here
warm and sunny weather doesnt sound too bad to me, I miss the summer a bit. Although it is sunny it now doesnt get really hot here
Back from my first time in Canada. The land of unlimited possibilities AND free health care!
The place I visited for work is in the middle of suburbian nowhere, the kind of scenery most familiar to us from the counterculture it spawned. Seeing the original is rather like a double negative.
Toronto was cool though, we got a local guide and saw some nice bars,...
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The place I visited for work is in the middle of suburbian nowhere, the kind of scenery most familiar to us from the counterculture it spawned. Seeing the original is rather like a double negative.
Toronto was cool though, we got a local guide and saw some nice bars,...
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franziska:
Ah, how interesting. Are your parents educators? If you could choose, where would you like to work on your PhD?
myra:
Ha...Was wrd ich blo darum geben, jetzt im Ausland zu sein
Spring in Marseille is decent. Warm evenings in our garden, confusing Canadians, getting ready to leave.
Leaving holds it's own magic. With the view firmly fixed on the new shores, or the confusion ahead the here and now becomes light and easy and beautiful.
Even as the last month or two of your stay become tinted in autumn colours, and as you return to your...
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Leaving holds it's own magic. With the view firmly fixed on the new shores, or the confusion ahead the here and now becomes light and easy and beautiful.
Even as the last month or two of your stay become tinted in autumn colours, and as you return to your...
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l_f:
Yup. Quite a lot, actually.
l_f:
Hmmm... Mayb e you need to get laid...
More seriously: You are in a paradise regarding women.
Anyhow, if you have a chance, go to my fav restaurants in Waterloo (I will skip Kitchener restaurants, as they may be out of your way): Bhima's Warung (Indonesian Canadian, best restaurant in town IMHO... at least, about 3-4 years ago! ) at 262 King N; Maharaja Palace (Punjabi) at 103 King; Seoul Soul (Korean, what includes sushi, my headquarters in KW) and, for espresso/pastry/chat, Williams Coffee Pub (er... this choice shows that I am not European, hehe), both at the University Plaza; and The Rude Native Bistro (wonderful for gourmet food, but not for Ethnic food... of course) at 4 King N. I do not know about nowadays, but Maharaja used to have daily lunch buffet (Friday's was my fav), and Seoul Soul had lunch deals. Their dinner menus were far superior (and expensive... of course), though. Rude Native used to have a Sunday brunch. Needless to say, other great restaurants may have opened, and opinions/taste vary.... of course.
Enjoy!
LF
More seriously: You are in a paradise regarding women.
Anyhow, if you have a chance, go to my fav restaurants in Waterloo (I will skip Kitchener restaurants, as they may be out of your way): Bhima's Warung (Indonesian Canadian, best restaurant in town IMHO... at least, about 3-4 years ago!
) at 262 King N; Maharaja Palace (Punjabi) at 103 King; Seoul Soul (Korean, what includes sushi, my headquarters in KW) and, for espresso/pastry/chat, Williams Coffee Pub (er... this choice shows that I am not European, hehe), both at the University Plaza; and The Rude Native Bistro (wonderful for gourmet food, but not for Ethnic food... of course) at 4 King N. I do not know about nowadays, but Maharaja used to have daily lunch buffet (Friday's was my fav), and Seoul Soul had lunch deals. Their dinner menus were far superior (and expensive... of course), though. Rude Native used to have a Sunday brunch. Needless to say, other great restaurants may have opened, and opinions/taste vary.... of course.
Enjoy!
LF
Back and busy in Marseille.
My silence was due to visiting my family and friends in Munich and friends in Barcelona. The former is shockingly posh and clean, especially after I had gotten used to Marseille. The latter is an awesome city, we went to a party on a place in the middle of a normal urban area, higher up, overlooking the city and there...
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My silence was due to visiting my family and friends in Munich and friends in Barcelona. The former is shockingly posh and clean, especially after I had gotten used to Marseille. The latter is an awesome city, we went to a party on a place in the middle of a normal urban area, higher up, overlooking the city and there...
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erleichda:
Barcelona ist absolut fantastisch. Im Herbst gibts da eine Art Stadtfest, die Fiesta, da hast du eine Woche lang Konzerte auf allen Pltzen von Mittags bis mitten in die Nacht und irgendwie scheint berhaupt niemand jemals schlafen zu gehen. Gute Zeiten. Ja, und Mnchen ist irre sauber. Hab ich gerade wieder festgestellt, als ich in Berlin war, wo wirklich JEDE Hauswand vollgeschmiert ist. Das ist mir nach drei Tage furchtbar auf die Nerven gegangen. Ich mag mein Mnchen sauber. Ich glaub, ich werd alt.
qob:
I just finished reading The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, awesome book!
How long are you staying in Marseille?
How long are you staying in Marseille?
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myra:
Wieso sollte ich scherzen? Ich fand den Film einfach sowas von stinklangweilig, dass ich mich nicht mal an die Story erinnern kann
aksiokersa:
It's so beautiful. Aesthetically sure, but mostly what that picture says about us. It gives me hope.
How come that whenever you think something really, utterly and astonishingly new might come along it just immidiately turns itself into the same old shit?
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magneticflux:
depends on the context, but i have no idea what you are specifically referring to.
erleichda:
Hab mich seit langem von dem Gedanken verabschiedet dass es irgendetwas Neues geben knnte. Bin schon vllig zufrieden und glcklich wenn sich Dinge in ihrem jeweiligen Kontext "richtig" oder "echt" anfhlen oder, noch besser, aus ihrem ursprnglichen Kontext gerissen und in einen anderen eingefgt mir eine "neue" Perspektive erffnen.
Mchtig viele Anfhrungszeichen in dem Satz.
Mchtig viele Anfhrungszeichen in dem Satz.
Right, eventful weekend. Fun was had. Horizons expanded. Sleep deficits acquired. Confusion, Pain, Frustration, Empathy and Joy returned to their celebrated roles and at some points went far beyond what we had come to expect from them.
It seems I'm at my best when I'm blindly and clumsily stumbling forward into the unknown.
Never leave the stream,
Of warm impermanence...
... and a champagne supernova...
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It seems I'm at my best when I'm blindly and clumsily stumbling forward into the unknown.
Never leave the stream,
Of warm impermanence...
... and a champagne supernova...
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myra:
gottverdammt, ja! das war so spaig!
naja, warmes deutschland...das wetter hier ist genau wie in stockholm, nur der schnee liegt hier niht ganz so hoch
naja, warmes deutschland...das wetter hier ist genau wie in stockholm, nur der schnee liegt hier niht ganz so hoch
temper:
Das krasse mit den Namen ist ja, man denkt man weiss alles drber (jedenfalls bei so un-extraordinren wie meinem) und dann kommt SOWAS! Eugen, herrgott. Dachte ich spinne.
Dein letzter Name is ja ganz geil, meiner is da etwas langweilig (obwohl, man lernt ja stets dazu...Eugen, tsk tsk) Aber Charlie von hier, bei der ich ja immer in NY wohne, die is tatschlich die letzte, direkteste nachkommin vom Roten Baron - hat zwar nix mitm namen zu tun, is aber schon ne geile story. (der selber hatte ja wohl keine kinder, aber sein Bruder. So halt)
Ich finde, du solltest was ganz krasses machen und so 1720 in Kopenhagen die Quantenmechanik erfinden! Du wrst zwar warscheinlich wenig spter tot, aber in ziemlicher Erinnerung als cooler Typ!
1989 in Berlin, war da. Pfft. Egal, whatever, sind halt leute ber ne mauer gesprungen...Ok, ok, ich war 7! is ja gut!
" Eugene? Trefflicher Name fr einen Jngling wie sie!! " pfui, bist du gemein!
Dein letzter Name is ja ganz geil, meiner is da etwas langweilig (obwohl, man lernt ja stets dazu...Eugen, tsk tsk) Aber Charlie von hier, bei der ich ja immer in NY wohne, die is tatschlich die letzte, direkteste nachkommin vom Roten Baron - hat zwar nix mitm namen zu tun, is aber schon ne geile story. (der selber hatte ja wohl keine kinder, aber sein Bruder. So halt)
Ich finde, du solltest was ganz krasses machen und so 1720 in Kopenhagen die Quantenmechanik erfinden! Du wrst zwar warscheinlich wenig spter tot, aber in ziemlicher Erinnerung als cooler Typ!
1989 in Berlin, war da. Pfft. Egal, whatever, sind halt leute ber ne mauer gesprungen...Ok, ok, ich war 7! is ja gut!
" Eugene? Trefflicher Name fr einen Jngling wie sie!! " pfui, bist du gemein!
The pictures are beuatiful, stunning place!
It really sounds scarily stable, two years in one place. I got now one month left in SA and I really would not like to leave the country but I guess I have to finish my studies, go to brothers wedding and earn money.blah. But it is kinda exciting that I have no idea where I am going in January, definately not staying in Finland. Maybe returning here, I hope!
Congrats for finishing your thesis, that must feel good. I have just started that work load.
Ich glaub, daran gibt es keinen Zweifel...
Alles andere wie besprochen, wa?
Ich hab nPraktikum hier in Paris bei Chantal Thomass gemacht ( Lingerie-haut gamme). Deshalb bin ich hier gelandet. Allerdings mu ich zugeben, da ich vorher ein echter Frankreich- Liebhaber war. Was mal wieder beweist, da Urlaub und Leben wirklich 2 verschiedene Sachen sind.
Was machst Du denn jetzt in demnchst in England?