soundtrack of my days

the perfect music for my current mood:

The Pierces

you have to know them. seriously. these girls are great!
the fact alone that their album is titled Thirteen tales of love and revenge... legendary!

karma killer?

I pretty much have the following stuck in my head:

And then you had to bring up reincarnation
over a couple of beers the other night
and now I'm serving time for mistakes
made by another in another lifetime
(Indigo Girls - Galileo)

I have no luck. I don't really know what I have done to deserve this, but somehow I always get it.
Turns out they're not budging. Not a bit. So now I have to find other ways, although I'm not very hopeful that they'll work out. If they don't, which is more realistic, I have to correct all of it.
I decided to first see if my other possibilities and strengths work out and give it until, say, July/August and then if I have to meet up with my crappy "advisor", get the corrections done and hand the shit in at the end of September.

And for now I'm putting this whole thing out of my mind as well as possible. Concentrating on work, fun, friends and having a good time.

And for today I'm going all Buffyesque: Me kick sandbag now. Want sandbag. Like sandbag. Sandbag good.

motherfuckers...

I called my uni today and they informed me that my thesis is not up to par. I can not take my oral exam in three weeks. The reasons they presented to me are ridiculous (I know that they're not rightfully failing me), apparently they are not happy with my citations (I strictly kept to the citation method of the American Psychological Association, apparently the folks here in Vienna are not aware that this is a widely recognised international citation method). I spent the first part of today on the phone to figure out a way to fight this. So far no one is behind me, the university unites firmly in support of my thesis advisor who, frankly, was an ass when I talked to him today. As was the department head of my programme, who should actually be helping me in this case.

I know that in the end I'll probably have to change some parts of my thesis in order for them to accept it. I know that I won't be able to take the exam this summer but only in November. I know that I'll have to pay another semester's tuition. They simply have more power than me in this case. I know that. But I am not going down without a fight. I will do my best to make them the most miserable I can. They shall regret having brought this upon themselves, because I shall see to it that they have so much work with this they're not gonna have time to simply take a dump. This is me when I'm angry, this is me when I fight. As Cpt. Picard would say: "Engage".

P.S.: and for now bring on the alcohol, videogames, and a lot of my work (which I suddenly like much more than yesterday) - basically what I need now is sex, drugs & rock'n'roll mixed with a bit of money-making at the paper and a good night's sleep.

va va vrooom in the snow

There are days that I really really really like my job. Like today when I got to go for a ride on a snowmobile. Don't laugh, for me this is a big thing as I've never done this before but always wanted to. Somehow my mum was very successful in keeping me from anything even remotely dangerous when I was a child. Seriously, snowmobiles rock :D

Not that we looked anything like this, but it was way cool nonetheless.


other than that my day was pretty crappy. drove around for ages to find a parking spot, stepped out of the car and directly into a pile of dogshit. grrrr. oh and by the way, I've been up since 6:30, working since 8 and right now it's past 5 and I'll probably still be at work half an hour from now. MUST! SLEEP! MUST MUST!

15 minutes of bad mood

When days start bad they usually stay bad. I was woken by an immensly grumpy finn this morning and while I don't have a problem with people being grumpy (everyone has a right to) I do mind being snapped at first thing in the morning. Don't bother coming to me just to grumble at me for 15 minutes. Won't make me happy and sure won't make you any happier either.

Then she forgot to redirect the phones at her office. Inevitably when I called to ask if she had fed the bunnies I didn't reach her but got a call-back by her boss who doesn't react very nicely when I have to tell him I was trying to reach his employee. I don't much enjoy talking to him, much less when I've had a bad morning already.

So, of course, I was late for work on the first workday of the year. yay for me! and what am I greeted with? good morning? no. try "Yeah, you're going to do this story". Me: huh? what story?
turns out I have to get up early tomorrow and leave home at 7:30. urgh. fortunately my mum will lend me her car, that way the journey will only take half an hour instead of one whole hour.

I'm tired and I had to rant. grmpf. Off to work.

food bad.

and three days pre-period my shopping spree ended badly...


and three days pre-period my shopping spree ended badly.
omg, I'm gonna grow fat if I don't get some discipline!
But the gummy candies aren't mine!!! I bought them for finn. Honestly, I don't eat that kinda stuff.

all's well

gf and I made up. it seems there was quite a bit of annoydness (so not a word, I know) built up on both sides over the course of the last couple of months.

Well, excuse me, guess I've mistaken you for somebody else

the gf actually thinks it's ok to suggest I make muffins or cookies for her best friend (the one I don't even know yet), although she knows that I'm no allowed to eat sugar right now. I have nothing against her best friend, I'm actually prepared to finally meet her, but the fact that my girlfriend would make me torture myself by baking something I'd really want myself but am not allowed to taste, that just eludes my comprehension.


also there should be a relationship rule: if you need time for yourself then you FUCKING HAVE TO TAKE IT and not just be weird and distant and annoying for days on end. you could of course also act like you don't care about anything at all, that will be fine too...