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Just a quick note: my landline stopped working two days ago, which means that I have no internet at home. (I'm at school right now.)

There's a lot of other stress going on, so I'm not around much. Hope I get to talk to all of you again soon!

This has made me happy for the last two days.

( video below the cut )

Here is an interview with one of the participants (German). My favorite part is how they disguised the kettledrums by putting tablecloths on them...

And this is an uncut video with the original sound, if you're wondering how they pulled it off.

You guys, I survived my exams! Nine of them, in fact, and the next (and last) round doesn't start til March. (I pwned the hell out of mostly everything, too, or at least I hope I did.)

Tomorrow I'll head out to my sister's directly after work, but I hope to be around more after the weekend. I'm going to draw up a real schedule because the workload will increase, and I don't like cramming that much (though I can, which puts me ahead of a lot of my classmates), and I'll make sure to put sufficient internet time in it so I don't feel so rushed all the time and like I should be studying instead.

*falls over*

So the last non-private entry here is ... from August? Good grief.

I'm toying with the idea of a "post every day" November, but I'll probably do at least some of it over on sonja, my German journal which definitely needs some attention.

I'll try for an update late this evening; I have a test in an hour (so weird, having tests and school and homework again!) in a subject that reached new levels of do not want for me. Funny enough, it's accounting, which is actually my job, so I should ace that test anyway. Now that I think about it, the test is better than lessons because the teacher won't actually be there. *g*

( to do list for today - feel free to skip (no, not you, zing!) )

This is the picture

I'm on my second day of traveling, and already I'm taking a day off. *g* Yesterday I rode from Rostock to Dierhagen, about 45km, and today I'm staying here. The campsite is immediately behind the dunes, the weather is amazing (and really hot) and I hope that next week the bike routes and the hostels and everything will be less busy. So I'm having a day on the beach.

Tomorrow: Fischland and Darß, day after that: Zingst.

As you can imagine I'm internetless, so I don't know when I'll be able to catch up (if at all). See you!

1. I have three weeks off work! I'm so happy today on my first day off, for a while I felt as if I was in an altered state. My last real vacation was early December, and I really felt the drag. Then I had to 1. get my boss to tell me who I should turn over my work to (no easy task), 2. actually explain all the stuff I do to people (huh - it doesn't seem so complicated when I just do it!), 3. finish up some stuff and 4. clear out my desk and start on packing boxes because the office will move. I was so exhausted every day for the last two weeks and I'm so glad now it's over.

2. The weather turned awesome just in time. Good job!

3. My parents came for a visit yesterday, and we had a lot of fun. We talked a while about vacation stuff, visited the lake party, listened to some good (and fun) music and went for dinner at a great restaurant, sitting outside overlooking another lake. The band I liked best was JuiceBox, a local(ish) a cappella band; They only sing their own songs, which was an exception at the party.

4. I'm preparing for my big bike tour now. I brought the bike to the shop today so it'll get fixed, I bought some stuff and started planning my route. I'll follow the Baltic Sea Cycle Route probably from Rostock to Świnoujście or thereabouts; I'll decide how much of Rügen I'll include spontaneously. I ordered a tent and a mat, too - I haven't decided if I'll camp or stay only in hostels / B&Bs. It's pretty busy up there atm, so it might be wise to have all options. I'll start Thursday or around that time - I'll let you know how it goes.

Over on inceptiversary, eleveninches made a Crossover roundup post. I think I know most of the ones on there, but I'm always glad for opportunities to reread, and I added three recs - here's what's in my pinboard:

( inception xo with SCC, Sandman and Detective Comics )

I stayed home today since I couldn't sleep at all last night. Today's a school day, anyway, so I didn't even call in sick to work - will have to figure out if I have to tomorrow.

The big thing right now is the football euros, of course! I've been watching as much as I could, reading along on twitter and my favorite ticker on 11freunde (german) and having fun.

Some of my favorite things:

( When the Irish fans gave everyone goosebumps )

( This picture. )

( the rain! )

( And some actual football content: the most beautiful goal so far )

I laughed.

( football in the wind! )

( fannish edition )

( nonfannish edition )

In other news: I joined Chicon so that I can vote for the Hugos, and nominations are open! Any tips on what I should read / nominate? I have to check which of N. K. Jemisin's books might be eligible, and I see that she's asking people to vote for her editor, which I will do because I have no ideas about editors at all, but what else? You can see the categories here.