once a year i sit down and write christmas letters. Last year, I sent one card to all of the people i could think of and smile. This year, i tried to send more personalised cards - but two laptops later, it seems like i lost a lot of my eMail adresses from last year.
So for all the people that should have received hugs and thanks and warm wishes -
I hope you have some peaceful days!
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
So for all the people that should have received hugs and thanks and warm wishes -
I hope you have some peaceful days!
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
yes, winter got me. After some rather intense travelling over this weekend and some amazing night in Linz (thank you all so much). Not that it didn't get me before, but now, finally, it started to be cold outside.
There's obvious things to think about, and not so obvious things and it's till too soon for "top ten lists of things to change for 2007" but in my head there's a lot of lists. I guess lists are the way i organise things.
In Olomouc, i told my host that i am poor, but happy. That was about two days ago. Tonight, i am still poor, but i would like to be somewhere else to make me more happy.
Not that i could complain or anything. Everything's great. Everything runs smooth and fine.
At least, i got some new music and i feel confident that i have joy in what i do. I might even have i deas for christmas presents.
Does everyone else have weird thoughts in winter too? Does everyone reconsider the way he/she runs/walks/flys through time and space?
Plus: why do i feel bad everytime i am talking about my travels around here?
Plus: You cannot do whatever you want anymore when you run out of money. It is a blessing that you could do whatever you want at all.
And just because you're travelling a lot doesn't mean that you have a lot of money.
I need to buy pants, also. And warm socks.
And a Pürierstab to make the expensive yellow lentil soup myself.
Monday, December 11, 2006
There's obvious things to think about, and not so obvious things and it's till too soon for "top ten lists of things to change for 2007" but in my head there's a lot of lists. I guess lists are the way i organise things.
In Olomouc, i told my host that i am poor, but happy. That was about two days ago. Tonight, i am still poor, but i would like to be somewhere else to make me more happy.
Not that i could complain or anything. Everything's great. Everything runs smooth and fine.
At least, i got some new music and i feel confident that i have joy in what i do. I might even have i deas for christmas presents.
Does everyone else have weird thoughts in winter too? Does everyone reconsider the way he/she runs/walks/flys through time and space?
Plus: why do i feel bad everytime i am talking about my travels around here?
Plus: You cannot do whatever you want anymore when you run out of money. It is a blessing that you could do whatever you want at all.
And just because you're travelling a lot doesn't mean that you have a lot of money.
I need to buy pants, also. And warm socks.
And a Pürierstab to make the expensive yellow lentil soup myself.
Monday, December 11, 2006
coming back home really is a misconception. It is more like coming back to a place that you have lived in a couple of years ago. Not so much with my family, but especially with my surroundings, it feels like i am just as detached as i am to most places i go to for a foreseeable period of time.
I think it is good to realise that, as it explains things. Everyone and everything has developed in the past three years and only very seldomly did i have the chance to catch a glimpse of where people are standing now.
It is not necessarily very easy to understand that i am not a part of this world anymore and that i myself also moved on to other things and ideas.
It's two more months here in S. There are parts of my stay that i like a lot and then there are parts that make me feel uncomfortable. It's all about letting go i believe.
Anyway, recent travels have had me seeing Singapore and Dresden - both only for a couple of days. Dresden was a really really nice trip (i completely love that city). And guess whom i met...
Zach provided the single best chicken barbecueSLASHcoffee experience that i had in ages. Life felt very dramatic for the rest of the day, but i think it was worth it.
Thanks a ton to the lovely lovely people from Cynet Art who had me and Klaus come over to give our song and dance (credit for that expression goes to Paul Marino) and who managed to put together a very sweet exhibition of contemporary visual and sound installations.
I just returned early enough from the Machinima Filmfest in NewYork to participate. Which reminds me to say "thank you so much" to Evan and Michelle (you know Evan. He's the LED throwies guy...) for letting me sleep at their appartement. And who play hearts like real masters (yes, the windows card game - but for real!). Big time thanks also to Chris for helping me out with the live performance at the festival (one of the best ever - no kidding). And of course, to Paul ( i could fill a whole page with thanks to him) and Rik - also for that shameless plug on his website. I did not feel like making pictures at the fest itself as i was seeing SO many people with cameras that i thought it would be a bit too much coverage. So i ended up taking one single picture of Evan's old place in downtown Brooklyn.
I think that should be about enough for a blog posting. I'll post my thoughts on Singapore (another one of those trips i felt awkward going to but happied up in the process) in the coming days...
Sleeping usually helps for a lot of things!
Friday, December 01, 2006
I think it is good to realise that, as it explains things. Everyone and everything has developed in the past three years and only very seldomly did i have the chance to catch a glimpse of where people are standing now.
It is not necessarily very easy to understand that i am not a part of this world anymore and that i myself also moved on to other things and ideas.
It's two more months here in S. There are parts of my stay that i like a lot and then there are parts that make me feel uncomfortable. It's all about letting go i believe.
Anyway, recent travels have had me seeing Singapore and Dresden - both only for a couple of days. Dresden was a really really nice trip (i completely love that city). And guess whom i met...
Zach provided the single best chicken barbecueSLASHcoffee experience that i had in ages. Life felt very dramatic for the rest of the day, but i think it was worth it.
Thanks a ton to the lovely lovely people from Cynet Art who had me and Klaus come over to give our song and dance (credit for that expression goes to Paul Marino) and who managed to put together a very sweet exhibition of contemporary visual and sound installations.
I just returned early enough from the Machinima Filmfest in NewYork to participate. Which reminds me to say "thank you so much" to Evan and Michelle (you know Evan. He's the LED throwies guy...) for letting me sleep at their appartement. And who play hearts like real masters (yes, the windows card game - but for real!). Big time thanks also to Chris for helping me out with the live performance at the festival (one of the best ever - no kidding). And of course, to Paul ( i could fill a whole page with thanks to him) and Rik - also for that shameless plug on his website. I did not feel like making pictures at the fest itself as i was seeing SO many people with cameras that i thought it would be a bit too much coverage. So i ended up taking one single picture of Evan's old place in downtown Brooklyn.
I think that should be about enough for a blog posting. I'll post my thoughts on Singapore (another one of those trips i felt awkward going to but happied up in the process) in the coming days...
Sleeping usually helps for a lot of things!
Friday, December 01, 2006
