i know that i am treading a thin line here, but i simply have to get this off my chest: i hate this whole PhD thesis stuff! it was an insane idea to start a project like this. i just want it to be over. but the hits keep coming: change this, elaborate that. and today is december 3rd, the day i indended to hand that darn thing in! well, this is not going to happen and i hope, no, i almost pray that i can meet the deadline at the end of january 2005. ça m’énerve terriblement!
Archive for December, 2004
sometimes words are not enough
Friday, December 3rd, 2004designer capitalism
Thursday, December 2nd, 2004another headline caught my attention: “New York : un hôtel propose un « Martini on the rock » un peu spécial pour la somme de 10000$”. yes, that is right, $10,000 for one cocktail. well, the catch is that this special martini comes with a diamond in it. i picture it being quite a delicious task to actually drink the aforementioned martini without swallowing the diamond. well, apparently there are people who are willing to pay such an enormous sum for a drink. as if the allergy-free cat and the JFK assassination game weren’t already enough! where the hell does tv5 get these weird headlines from?
no tv today
Wednesday, December 1st, 2004today we (that is my mum and i) made up our mind to have our television set repaired. finally. it is not really broken, but has been acting weird since spring and it drove me really nuts during le Tour de France. when you turn it on, the picture flickers in a random pattern for about 10 minutes and after that it works perfectly. i am not really worried about not having a television set because i can watch digital satellite television right here on the desktop. besides, after the extensive coverage of le sommet de la francophonie, monsieur guintrange is not presenting le journal this week and this is the only program i actually watch on a regular basis.