musings of a neurotic mind

while searching for an article i read for a seminar two years ago i found something i thought i had lost: the complete archive of my blogger-posts. unfortunately, i was not able to import them to MT back then… (it would have been a piece of cake with wordpress!) so, what was i up to at this time of the year two years ago?

the lastest bond movie is great! as usual, they did a great job. at least one film where i do not have the urge to analyze. just watch and enjoy. (Sunday, December 01, 2002)
work, again. read the outstanding articles for wednesday and i am still working on the presentation i am supposed to give on friday. fun fun fun, as usual. (Monday, December 02, 2002)
life’s always surprising. the minority report DVD arrived today so i am able to include it in my presentation on friday. *strike* yeah, this is gonna bei great, i can feel it. (Tuesday, December 03, 2002)

i have really good intentions to start working right now. i have just checked my e-mail and read the latest newsfeeds of my favorite blogs. well, i think i am ready to dig into work. no more procrastinating! i usually abide by the proverb “if it wasn’t for the last minute, nothing would get done” but you have to get started at some point…

i am procrastinating, again. instead of writing / coding xhtml (pick your favorite) i am listening to Matchbox Twenty and Keane, burning DVDs to free hdd space, watching le journal de TV5, reading other people’s blogs, and making up a hundred reasons why today is in fact not a good day to start “working”.

this summit really managed to get my attention because it appears to be unique and we do not have an equivalent to “la francophonie” in the german-speaking countries and regions. as a result i find it quite intriguing. well, we do have the EU, but this can’t be compared to la francophonie where the language (and the associated culture) appears to be the common basis for the community. i was also surprised that french is the official language in so many countries in Africa… and even Greece and some other central/east european countries expressed their interest in la francophonie… this is really astonishing.

today was a rather busy day. i drove to Klagenfurt to attend a meeting with my thesis supervisor. we discussed the next steps and i left with a confident feeling. on the way home i really wished that i had a digital camera! the almost full moon was hanging low over the highway full of cars and surrounded by high trees on both sides. no doubt it would have been a great picture. quel dommage!

two news items of the 17:00 h GMT edition of le journal (tv5) caught my attention today: “Allergie : une société américaine crée le chat hypoallergénique” and “Jeu vidéo : l’assassinat du président Kennedy reconstitué”. i find the idea of a hypoallergic cat interesting but somehow i am concerned about the tests the poor cats are subjected to. the weird part is that you can already preorder a hypoallergenic kitten for U$ 3500 by depositing U$ 250. however, the kitten won’t be available until 2007. talk about designer capitalism.
the (Matrix) Reloaded hype has finally a rendez-vous with history: now you can (re-)play the assasination of John F. Kennedy in a game called JFK Reloaded. if that wasn’t tasteless enough, here comes the real ugly part: you have to pay U$ 9.99 to be able to “assasinate” JFK and get a “full ballistic analysis” of your shot. this is simply wrong!

well, yet another year older. *sighs* i usually tend to treat my birthday like every other day but something is always there that reminds me that this day is meant to be special. the best birthday was two years ago; although i had to attend class from 9 am to 6 pm it was great fun. i spent the day doing something i really love, i.e. discussing and analyzing popular culture from a psychoanalytical point of view. after class we all went to the campus cocktail bar and it was simply awesome. i will never forget this birthday. alas, a lot has changed in the past two years and so here i am, “celebrating” my birthday in solitude.

yet another absolutely weird tv show: brainiac. i stumbled across it accidentally (as always) while channel surfing this afternoon. it’s supposed to be a science show – sort of at least – where “brainiacs” blow things up, make strange experiments (like putting a tooth in a glass of coke for a night) or try to open a safe with the help of a tank. what is surprising though is that it is a british show. i would have never guessed that the brits are that weird.

PS: if you happen to speak french, check out those hilarious phonecalls “chez neuf telecom“. (Vero, thanks for sharing.)

i have been feeling kind of emtpy the past few days. there is no easy way to put it: i have to postpone the final exam. i am going to take it in March instead of January. it is not my fault though; my supervisor and her busy schedule somehow interferred with my plans. well, i have been waiting for that moment so long i guess two more months are not a big deal.
np: Train - Drops of Jupiter

a quite trivial post in a newsgroup made my day today. someone was complaining about something and used the curse “miserable sods”. i found that simply hilarious! it is so british, sort of… i myself speak (and write) american english because my studies focused on american literature… “miserable sods” kept me laughing and smiling for almost the entire day… yes, my taste of humor is that weird…