Serendipita

Back home

I’m home. I had a great weekend (actually, Saturday through Tuesday) at my parents’. I visited some friends, met the four-week-old son of a friend I know since kindergarten, had a barbecue dinner twice and finally had time to relax. It was also great to see my sister, whom like my parents I hadn’t seen since Easter.

Oh, and while changing trains in Bremen, I met Christopher and his parents. My layover was twelve minutes, so I think Scott is right - this was the shortest blogger meeting ever. Maybe I’ll have time to visit Frauke, Scott and Christopher when I visit my parents again?!

Today, I did some housework and went to the movies with a friend. We saw Bridget Jones’s Diary (Schokolade zum Frühstück)). I’ve heard some people didn’t like the film too much, but I enjoyed myself immensely. Great film, but I think the book was even funnier. I have to read the second book, The edge of reason, as well.

Ten questions

Open up your CD player, what’s inside?

A CD with songs that André recorded for me five years ago. There are songs from Jethro Tull, Marc Cohn, Fish, Marillion and Billy Joel on it.

Look in your VCR, is there a movie?

There’s no movie because I don’t own a VCR.

If there happens to be music playing right now, what is it?

There’s no music, but I can hear some birds because the window is wide open.

What are you wearing?

A dress because we have at least 30°C.

Look down, what’s the first thing that catches your eye?
I got a postcard from my sister today. She’s on vacation in Southern Germany and sent a picture postcard from the Residenz in Würzburg.

Turn on your TV if it’s not on already, what network is it?

We don’t have a TV set. But I can turn on the radio. It’s tuned to SWR 3.

Look out the window, what’s the weather like?

It’s hot. And sunny. Right now, there’s a cloud in front of the sun. Now it’s gone.

If you were to hit redial on your phone right now, where would it call?

A friend I know from the universitsy. Unlike me, she didn’t have an exam today, but she will have one at the beginning of September. Heh.

Say “hello?” out loud, did anyone answer?

No, André is in his office. He can’t hear me.

What are you planning on doing next as soon as you get offline?

I’m going to sleep for an hour. In the garden.

As soon as I have caught up with my favourite weblogs, of course.

Meme via Mollie.

Exams

Yay! I’m free! I had my last written exam today, and it went fairly well. It will at least be a month until the first oral exam (I have to take tree), and I will spend the laziest weekend since - um, yeah, since when? May? Anyway, I will spend a lazy weekend at my parents’ place. My sister is going to be there as well, and I’m also planning to meet a bunch of friends tomorrow. Let’s hope the weather stays warm and sunny!

I’ll be back on Monday or Tuesday. Have a nice weekend, everyone!

And by the way, Garret, I am an individual, not a corporation. And I’m not a dot com or .net either… but I’m the sixth Andrea here.

Bovine Flying Object

Update: Scott informs me that the cow is in fact a bull. He also came up with a website that has more info about the new zeppelins in English and German: http://www.zeppelin-nt.com/.

Thanks, Scott!

Since it’s warm and sunny again, it is the perfect weather for hot-air balloons. Earlier today, I saw three of them.

Hey, doesn’t one of the balloons have legs? - Yes, it’s a flying cow!

Aktie Gelb refers to the stock of the Deutsche Post AG.

Riding (flying?) in a cow balloon might not be quite as spectacular as riding a zeppelin (sorry, I only found a link in German), Garret, but I think it’s cool nonetheless.