Uuuh...Make-Your-Own-Snowflake!!! (Yes, yes, I'll get to my paper in due time)

We handled IKEA rather exceptionally, purchasing only the couch (we took it home in my little car which was kind of amazing) and some other stuff, mostly food.

Driving home from IKEA I made the discovery that I am feeling quite well again. And I don't mean the stomach thing, that still sits in there somewhere. It just seems that the dark cloud that has been sitting over my head these past few weeks has gone away (probably to pester other people). I don't exactly know why, nothing much has changed in my life, but I'm for once feeling at ease with myself, strangely enough. I don't know how long this will keep up, so I'll have to try and make the most of it, I guess. I started off by writing an e-mail to Tessa, which I meant to for the longest time as I've been lurking on her blog on and off and thought it would be nice to get in touch. And it was!

Had trouble sleeping tonight, too, but we had a little get-together yesterday evening and it might just be the wine I had (or just the last glass which was AWFUL. Don't ever drink the wine they give you for free when you order enough chinese food, I tell ya). The evening was fun, though. We three new roommates had just planned to cook some dinner and play some PS2. Then I invited Paul. That must have triggered something in the universe, as suddenly calls kept pouring in of people who wanted to drop by. In the end it somewhat resembled a party. Good thing we bought crackers at IKEA (yes, you can do that) and the case of beer I bought the other day turned out to be a good investment as well.

I'll stop blogging now and work a little bit on my paper (as far as my bloodshot eyes will take me) and maybe I'll come up with some insightful stuff later as I've only been writing about my life lately and you deserve better: Food for thought!

Went snowboarding yesterday..I'm not used to anything anymore. Everything hurts....

Slept like shit. It really did not help that we had a couple of beers with our new roommate, either. Feel somewhat sick, today. My heartfelt condolences to people with stomach trouble as I expect soon to be among them.

Going to IKEA now to buy a couch for the new roomie. Wish me luck that I don't spend the money I don't have on little pieces of furniture I really don't need. That, or candles.

Yesterday's observations (in chronological order):

• If Paul Green shoes are reduced they WILL look ugly on your feet
  
• Time lag of an SMS from O2 to O2: All day
  
• Price of paint in Turkey: Double. Observe the export possibilities
  
• There is such a thing as too much coffee
  
• Murphy strikes again: Awaiting a visitor, the doorbell will ring when you just step out ouf the shower
  
• Coldplay rulez
  
• Our collection of PS2 Games on the other hand really sucks
  
• If you're on TV and you don't tell anyone, they will see it nonetheless
  
• Many women would employ a secretary solely because of looks (*coughJamesMarsterscough*)
  
• New addition to the "Movies I have to watch" list: Taxi Driver (maybe)
  
• Champion's League football is much more entertaining than Bundesliga football
  

Had a fun evening last night. Age does take its toll, though...like I discovered before, having any amount of alcohol gets me up really early these days (7 a.m. today). I need to get working on my paper but that implies counting words in paragraphs and I still haven't quite woken up enough to concentrate on that.

Olgawide International Coffee Day

I've declared today Coffee Day. Bought the good stuff, too: Brazilian Mild Coffee (forgot to buy filters, alas, there's only one left over) and am determined to have as much as I can...Javajavajavajava. I need all the energy I can get, I have lots of things to do...I have to clean the apartment as tomorrow or Thursday my new roommate will move in. As soon as the painter is finished painting Diana's room, that is. And if I hadn't chatted with him (over a cup of coffee, of course) he might have been finished by now :))

Somehow I'm in a good mood today, I don't quite know, why...maybe it's the weather (sometimes I don't hate good weather, apparently).

I hate good-byes...Started crying, of course and am somehow feeling lonely in the empty apartment.

Sometimes I hate good weather and sunshine. Gives me a bad conscience somehow as it makes me feel I should be out there somewhere when I have no intention of doing so. Maybe I'm weird...

If nothing eventful happens and nobody reads about it, does anybody care?

Diarific notes:

Yesterday's party was fun, and I had way too much to drink to still be able to blog. (Notice a theme here? I am substituting alcohol for food intake. Not hungry at all at the moment.)

Received another call yesterday and it seems like at least one person's love life seems to be on the upswing at the moment. Actually, make that two. Me, I'm still waiting for the lotto jackpot, though. Hey, the luck has to go somewhere!!

Random Thought:

Some of you know this train of thought already, but I want to let everybody know. Hidden Talents^TM. I have this theory that everybody probably is good at something. So if I haven't found anything that I'm really good at, that just means it has to be something I've never tried out yet. Example: I picked playing golf as my Hidden Talent^TM. That means I am so good at golf, if I ever tried it I'd put all others to shame. Naturally, I wouldn't want to do that. Hence, I'll never play golf, keep my Hidden Talent^TM hidden and everybody is happy. Now it's your turn to pick your hidden talent. What do you think you would be really good at? Remember: It has to be something you've never tried before and you will never try it in your life....If you want to, you can share in the poseurs.

Poetry in Motion:

My horoscope suggested I was not romantic in the least. While I am inclined to believe that, I waxed poetic in conversation this afternoon and was met with subsequent requests to try my hand at poetry on the blog. So I wrote a couple of haikus about my day today and about my conversation which explains why you won't understand most of them:

Mount Fuji of books

Paving the road to hell -

The floor is gone

Chocolate cake

Eat it slowly - To prevent

Heartburn and pain

Eight arms gone wild -

Cephalopod of steel

Irons for life

Clipped Art

Colors the Windows of Life -

Old Age dawns swiftly

Power of Sleep

Trustworthy yet exciting -

Bring on the bunnies

Thank you, thank you. I discovered that I like writing haikus...If you have any requests about subjects, I will be happy to oblige :)