From the monthly archives:

January 2007

Holy Cow I’m White and Nerdy

January 31, 2007

This morning while channel surfing, I landed briefly on Viva, where I found out that Ridin‘ by Chamillionaire was Germany’s #1 downloaded ring tone of 2006. First I thought, are there really enough people downloading ring tones to warrant the constant, unending ring tone commercials on MTV, Viva, and Comedy Central? I guess it must [...]

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Which OS are you?

January 30, 2007

Apparently I’m Linux. That’s cool, a little more complicated than the rest of the pack, but very reliable, I can handle that. (I think it’s because I’m a little bit anal, like, I really do on occasion pull out a level to make sure all the paintings in the house are straight). Which OS are [...]

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The Farmer on my Doorstep

January 30, 2007

I just had the most unusual visitor. First, there was frantic ringing of my doorbell. I thought, who could that be, since the postman always rings once. Upon answering, there was a shrunken little old man who started cutting up apples and speaking to me much too quickly in deepest Bayerisch. I said (in German, [...]

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Oh that was seriously lame

January 30, 2007

At 6pm CET the Pearl Jam tickets for the Munich concert went on sale, and the ticket server promptly crashed. I stayed up until midnight, checking in every few minutes with no change. At 7:45 am this morning, the tickets are sold out. I was physically and mentally incapable of staying up all night to [...]

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I’ll be back

January 29, 2007

Unfortunately, during an ill-conceived (yes, on my part) construction experiment that took place Friday, I injured my dominant (right) hand. And yes, pliers and IKEA products were involved. Anyways, at the moment it’s not that much fun using a mouse. I’ll be back when the bruising and blood blisters abate. Take care!

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Just to make you a little more jealous

January 26, 2007

The view of Laaber this afternoon

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It’s just not fair

January 26, 2007

Pearl Jam is playing in Munich on June 12. I guess it wouldn’t be the best idea to hit a rock concert while 8 months pregnant. Durn durn durn!

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