What can I say. Ubuntu still works. What a good feeling…
I finally began to write. After weeks of reading and surrogate activity I started to really work on my diploma thesis. Of course I had to do so: I tricked myself into it when I promised my tutor that I would send him something to read by the end of the week. That would be tomorrow and I already have three pages. It may not sound much, but for me it’s a good sign because on of the most difficult steps is behind me: The Beginning.
Because of that I’m in a really good mood, which helped to survive the day at the central dictatory radio where we had the bi-weekly planning meeting for some hours. After that I met Lili who read my stuff and gave me some usefuls hints. On the way home I found a quote which really describes what I experience when reading some of the books about media theory (Horkheimer and Adorno come to my mind:
“Was sollte das?” fragte ich, während ich mich ächzend erhob. “Ich bin dabei fast verrückt geworden, ich habe nichts von alledem verstanden und schon jetzt so gut wie alles wieder vergessen.”
“So ist das doch immer mit anspruchsvollen Büchern”, sagte Homunkoloss, während er mir auf die Füße half. - from Walter Moers’ “Die Stadt der träumenden Bücher”
Which is a really cool book. props to Outsider who recommended it to me. All of you who can read and understand German: Go get that book. Everyone else: pity yourself and pray for a translation. Or start learning the language that brought you such wonderful words like kindergarten, angst and blitzkrieg…
Ich bin weg,
Jeck
pS: Random link: some neat rendered wallpapers
ppS: Not so random link via Gossip: Hack your way out of writer’s block
Edit: Who messed up the link, damnit?
Edited on Nov 19th 2004, 11:03 by jeck
Rumo und die Wunder im Dunkeln was even better. More of an hack-and-slay Walter Moers, but my favourite.
Not only my Walter-Moers-favourite that is, but an alltime-favourite. Read it twice in a row.
Edited on Nov 19th 2004, 11:20 by Outsider