Vonfuse(d) Me

I'm off to Prague now. Have a happy new year, everybody, and don't do anything I wouldn't do ;) .
Current Music: Israel Kamakawiwo Ole' - Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Random evenings are beautiful. This one started with me spontaneously going to a Christmas concert, and only when I was there realising that some people I knew were actually performing. It went on to me randomly being dragged into a Ceilidh, the traditional Scottish dance, and exhausting myself there (the moves are really really simple, but incredibly fast). Eventually my neighbour and me decided to drink some Mate, and we took our chairs out into the corridor, got hot water and put on Argentinian Tango. In the end, we ended up being about eight people, some of which went quite mental and started singing Christmas carols in the lift when new people got in. Still having lots of excess energy, I finally managed to write a christmas card and decided to bring it to my academic mum, who was to leave in the very early hours of morning. So I went for a walk through empty St Andrews. Met a friend along the way, and in fact met my mum minutes after I had thrown the card in her letter box.

All the while I was listening to a playlist consisting of all the songs I have mentioned in this blog so far. Which is some of my favourite music; it is a gorgeous playlist. Apparently some big party ended just at that moment, and all of a sudden drunk people came from everywhere. One guy was dancing in the middle of the street, staggering after me, screaming "I'm clever". Interestingly enough, his movements syncronised perfectly with the song on my headphones at that moment - the finnish version of "Hotel California", performed by Eläkeläiset with a mighty accordion beat.
Then I went back and now I am here at 4 in the morning, feeling not slightly tired.
Many small moments this evening made it a nice evening, or maybe it was just the fact that so many random events fitted together well. Still, I will be more than happy when I am back in Hannover in three days and can leave this place, if just to know that some people will have to realise how dependent they are on the illusion of this place and its reputation.

I shall try to catch some sleep now, because even though I don't have classes tomorrow any more, I will have to get up reasonably early. There is much to finish off, and little to prevent me from doing so ;) .

Current Music: The Fiery Furnaces - Gale Blow

PS: What do you call a Christmassy centipede? A Santapede.
If you've heard centipede jokes from me before, you'll know what I mean ;) ...
PS 2: Deep fried Mars Bars, Crunchies, Snickers are harmless if you've ever come across the beauty of battered and deep fried Pizza. 1/4 Pizza like that with chips for one pound. Great deal, great taste, terrible for your health. But a real experience.

Current Music: Catatonia - Golfish and Paracetamol

Or, if you don't like houses... there is a personality test that lets you draw a pig. Interesting.


Click to view my test results


Current Music: Simon and Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson

What to do on a Saturday Afternoon? How about building a house... Online Tests are fun...



And you can also build a house on my street... Another Alley...

Weird, these tests. Some things seem so true, and others so false.
But hey, a gifted artist... why not ;) .

Current Music: Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet

Hmm... slept semi-long today. Which means I really need to finish the essay now. I woke up still hugging my platypus, surprisingly, since I usually move a lot in my sleep. There's something about that platypus. I got it at a convention, and it allegedly went through some kind of energy machine, so it is loaded with positive energy. Ah well.

So here is an admittedly way overdramatised picture of slightly sleepy, just showered Niko with platypus. And indeed a lot of excess energy that will soon turn into logical premises, suppressed premises and intermediate conclusions...

Current Music: Metallica - Star Wars Imperial March

Another night without sleep. I just came back from writing the essay that is two weeks overdue, and for which I will get 6 marks out of 20 taken off if I hand it in tomorrow. Any later than that and I will get a maximum of 5 out of 20, 5 being the pass grade. I'm not entirely done, but I should be able to finish it in the morning.
This is the latest I have gone to bed here. The last time I was up about as late here, the sun was rising and it felt very much like walking along the fjord in Flekke. This is much more so now that the sun doesn't rise until late anyways. The last time I was up this late in "normal" circumstances must have been the night before the environmental gc, when the sun was actually just rising and it was at the fjord in Flekke.
As I was walking back, listening to "I'm on the Outside" (or is it just "Outside"?) by Staind in a live version, my thoughts wandered back to that peculiar place. How tired I was, how desperate I was to get back to my room, and yet how much I want someone to hug me. Just for a second, to tell me that I am not the only ridiculous person staying up late. But of course there is noone here. Or that I could curl up in my bed and feel cosy. But that is not possible in this room. There is no bed cubicle that I can escape to, no curtains to draw, no mountain of pillows to collapse on. Even though I've set my alarm for late, I am sure I will wake up when my roommate awakes in 90 minutes. And though I would never have minded that in Norway, quite on the contrary, alone the thought of it here makes me want to hug someone even more.
I'll curl myself up now anyways, hugging my miniature teddy-like platypus, and maybe listen to some more Staind while I fall asleep. And imagine I'm behind blue curtains, if only for this night.

Current Music: Staind - I'm on the Outside (live)