Back from Finland

Yesterday I got back from visiting my friend Immanuel in Turku, Finland for a couple of days (he's on exchange there). I'm also very busy this week, so a detailed post will have to wait. Don't get your hopes up though, I won't be able to tell you much about Finland, since I was definitely pro "party" in my inner "party vs. sightseeing"-debate...;-)

Damn Cold

...and I'm not talking abou the cold outside, I actually don't mind that. But I really hate that I caught an extremely annyoing cold just after I was thinking to myself last week how nice it was that I didn't have a cold at the moment while so many others did.

So today I'll meet my new professor to decide on a new topic for my thesis while coughing and blowing my nose all the time. I'm sure he'll be thrilled.

First Snow!

Avec Papiers

Tadaaaaaaaaaaa! I know, it was about time...but better late than never, right?

My Selfless Nature

It really is incredibly selfless of me that I agreed to go out and celebrate a friend's new job yesterday. Especially considering, that I want to attend this conference today (celebrating 25 years of teaching law at my University) which will consist of lots of speeches on legal topics and which I fear will be very hard to follow while hung over and sleep deprived. Ah, well, life would be boring without these little challenges anyway, wouldn't it?

Writers In The US Want Me To Get A Life

As of yesterday, television and movie script writers who are members of the Writer's Guild Association are on strike. They are looking to be compensated for all profits made via the Internet and DVD sales. Last time they were on strike was some 20 years ago, when they were demanding to participate in the sales of video tapes (VHS and VCR). The strike could go on for several months and effectively end this year's tv season by the end of the year or early next year, since no new scripts for the remaining episodes will be available.

Scripted daily talk shows such as The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are already off the air and have been replaced with re-runs.

If you speak German, serienjunkies.de has a good overview of how the strike affects specific shows, what exactly the writers are demanding, etc.

Having Fun Is Hard Work

Wednesday at Petra's in St. Gallen, Thursday Die Ärzte pre-listening party of their new album in Zurich, Friday HSG Alumni-Party in Zurich, Saturday house-warming party in Rickenbach. Phew. Now let's see if we can get some actual hard work done next week;).