Thoughts on middle ages, movies, music and more
I really, really should update this blog more often! Forgive me for I have sinned, it’s been a week since my last update and all that… but there’s SO much to do here!! Well, I guess I’ll just have to dig deep into my memory banks and see what I can come up with. Accuracy is not guaranteed, but excitement is, as we cycle up the Old Coach Road, and wander across Ohakune some more.
Read the rest of this entry »
You know, one of those weekends where you have big plans, but in the end you just stay at home, sleeping late and being too lazy to even consider going to one of the many parties that I could have gone to (ok, ok, concerts – I’m not the type that gets invited to many parties). The snow didn’t help much either – even going to the gym was an ordeal, and then I had a flat tire to boot!
Oh well, I finally got to play some guitar again (although the deep cut I made in my index finger is making life tremendously difficult in that regard as well), saw Crossroads (not the Britney Spears one!), The Hangover, Charlie Wilson’s War, and, at the urging of The Nostalgia Critic, The Rescuers Down Under. I also thought some very deep thoughts about my thesis, and now I know what I am supposed to do again, so I guess it wasn’t a TOTAL waste, but still … it’s one of those weekends that just leaves you feeling slightly guilty. At least I didn’t have a hangover.
Only in Berlin can you brave half an hour of snowy streets to watch one slightly underwhelming (but promising) rocksteady ska band (loved the Skatellites cover, guys!), then one AWESOME Japanese ska-punk band (Japanese ska NEVER seems to disappoint – great stage show, great energy, great metal riffs hidden under the 2tone, and of course bowler hats!!), only to move on to a bar three doors down to play foosball with a bunch of coked-out Greeks who were way too good for our humble skills, before stumbling back home at about 3am.
Man, I love this city… Read the rest of this entry »
Listening to: Boysetsfire – Tomorrow Come Today and Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz
Just so you all know: I had intended to try and get some work done this weekend, but life, as usual, interfered with a vengeance. Oh well… my only real regret is that the batteries in my camera had died so I sadly cannot present any photographic evidence of my exploits until someone else decides to share pictures or send them to me. But, I’ll always have the memories of my first ever poker victory, and a fun-filled evening of bowling with a host of people I did not, or hardly, knew. That’s about all there is to it, actually, but if you really are interested, , by all means read on and I’ll provide some details that are of no consequence whatsoever. But, there’s police involvement!
The last of the old updates, written on 9 April 2009 – a true testament to the necessity of this upgrade to a more user-friendly interface, isn’t it? Well, it’s about a song and my google-fu skills and everything, and you can read it by clicking below.
Originally published on 6 April 2009, my first, and hopefully last, run-in with Berlin law enforcement is chronicled here. Contrary to what I found on the internet, the total fine amounted to EUR 123,50. I still think about it every time I pass that street…
Four fabulous friends visited me in Berlin, and here is the report, originally published on 17 March 2009!
Published on 30 November 2008, here are my adventures wild a group of crazy medievalists-in-training in the Alsace…
From 13 October 2008, here’s a report on my adventures in Stockholm!
Originally written on 10 Oct 2008, about a trip to Leicester and York with my girlfriend…