Takin' care of business

The presentation of d00m is over and done with; the semester is crawling towards its end; and since Japanese didn't clog my schedule this time, I might actually be able to take the intermediate exam for English and Anthro next semester.

Actually, I could bite myself for not going by train earlier. It takes slightly longer than going by car, but not only does it save me about 200€ per month, which already rocks like Aulë, but also brings me finally back to a decent reading quota of about three books per week. However, Good Omens is not a good book to read on the train, because it has me in a constant fit of gigglesnorting which gets me many strange glances. *cough*
That said, today of all days the Deutsche Bahn (German Railway Association) seemed to be intent on spoiling my presentation: First my train got stuck and then it wouldn't stop at my station (Cologne South). I still managed to get there just in time, but narrowly.

Silmarillion update: Finished the Valaquenta, so now I'm free to start with the real thing. I already drew the very first cover. Yay!

And I reconstructed my stimulus satiation (that is, I stuck all the little pictures I collected through the last four years to the wall above my computer). It looks different than before, but I think I shall pretend that this belongs to its process. And it's always great to have people ponder the possible connections between the pictures. I don't always have reasons to put them in a particular order (though often I do), and it's fun if people still come up with some explanation that never crossed my mind.

If only I could get my inner calendar to acknowledge it's July. It's still claiming to be somewhere in early spring, and the weather playing April doesn't help at all.

Still, feeling quite accomplished. And very tired. Goodnight.

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( Jetzt wird wieder in die Hände gespuckt )

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In my opinion, defense against the dark arts should be taught in the dark.

Yay, the Hand Puppet Movie Theatre finally has Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban! Go and watch it. You know you want to. You cannot withstand the power of COSMIC BAMBI!

Did I say yesterday that Good Omens is not a good book to read on the train? It's especially not a good book to read during lectures. Especially not if the professor thinks you're laughing at something she said [What she had said was that most sign languages use two fingers to indicate 'walking', "because humans usually have two legs"; but I was actually just grinning because I had reached the "dust and fundamentalists" part *glares at phoenixchilde*].

Am no use at all today.

Oh, ere I forget, 'tis July 14th, which dimly reminds me of something about fireworks and revolutions and the Bastille, so have a nice Freedom French National Holiday, whether you're French or not, and I know you aren't.

*slouches to bed singing softly*
Allons enfants de la patrie/ la jour de gloire est arrivée...

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( Deine Eltern waren cool. Sie haben mir Schokolade gegeben. )