Climb this mountain

I haven't updated for quite some time, I'm sorry. :( I just never seem around to doing it. And the stuff I do these days isn't really exciting. It consists mostly of trying to write my Super Imporant Paper for my German uni, becoming a social recluse because I have to write a Super Important Paper for my German uni, and moaning about becoming a social recluse AND about my paper. But yesterday cool things happened, so I feel like sharing my joy with you! ;)

On Monday I couldn't go to uni because I had a really, really bad headache, and that really sucked because my favourite course is on Monday. I was all annoyed about my headache (and my paper - it's consistent annoyance), but then this girl I have the course with messaged me on Facebook telling me we got a card for a musical from our teacher! I loooove musicals (even though I'm really not a musical expert), so I was very excited! I was kind of unsure whether we had to pay for it, but though even if we had to, I would just invest it because musical are cool.

Turns out we didn't have to pay for it! It was a gift from our teacher. <3 Or rather from the uni. Apparently our teacher applied for some money from a uni fund which exists so - wait for it - students enjoy being students! Best thing ever, yes? :D The cards were pretty expensive, too, 280 NOK which is about 35 €.

So we went to the musical yesterday, The Black Rider, and I thought it was really, really good. <3 The costumes and the stage were insanely pretty, and the performances were really good, too, and the translated dialogue was really funny! The musical started with the narrator coming into the foyer telling us to come in, and then inside he stood on the stage and thanked us for coming and not watching TV even though we were missing such exciting programmes as "E-koli - do we eat chemicals?" and listed some other programmes that were on that evening. It was just really funny. :)

They even have a trailer on YouTube:



And apparently Morten Abel is famous here. :D

The theatre building itself is really cool, too! So glad I could go! I hope I can go again. :)


Should probably post some more pictures in my next entry, but the truth is I haven't taken a lot the last few weeks, sorry! Will try to be better about it. <3

Yay, so I'm done with all my exams this semester, and it feels good. :) There is one "Hausarbeit" left (I just don't know what it's called in English... xD), but I have time till October, and though I want to start earlier, I'll just take this weekend off from uni. :)
The results for the two written exams and the oral exam were promised to be posted on Tuesday latest, so I'm already curious how I've done. It wasn't all too bad considering I barely speak Finnish. xD

In other news, I got a tumblr. I've wanted one for a while now, but was always too lazy. xD I don't think I will post much, but you never know. I said the same thing about Twitter and now I am pretty much in love with that, so we'll see. xD

If you are on tumblr and wouldn't mind me following you, I'd be happy if you told me your name there. ♥

Phew, actually I really have to continue working on my field work research report... thingy, but I really don't want to. :/ Well, I'll continue in 5 minutes. Yes. Totally.

Aaaanyway, like maybe some of you know, I'm going on a short holiday to Norway in a few days. Finally a chance to test my crazy Norwegian language skills. :P I bet they'll just answer me in English... "Jeg snakker ikke engelsk" will be my words of choice then. :P

Sooo, I wanted to ask if anyone would like a postcard? :) I really like postcards, they're so nifty! And I like writing them, too, so it's a win all around. ;)
If you want one, just drop me a note here! When you're address hasn't changed and you've already given it to me, I might be able to find it again... ;) otherwise just give me your address! :)

Comments are screened! :)

Wheee~ Norway!

Oh, and another question if anybody knows:
I have applied with Erasmus and got a place, yadda yadda, but now the university just doesn't... contact me. :( Is that normal? How long can it take? When is it not considered pushy to write a mail to ask?

♥

You guys, I need your advice!

My "problem" is this:

I applied for an Erasmus place in Norway. Twice. One application was with my own institute for Bergen, and the other one was with another institute in Tromsø.
I always said I'd rather go to Tromsø (though I'm not sure why). Today is the deadline and the institutes should tell you whether you get an Erasmus place or not, and now I got a yes for Bergen. Which is cool in and on itself, but it says I should write them whether I would accept immediately. And I haven't heard anything from Tromsø, and now I'm so unsure.
What should I do? Just say yes? Do I really want to go to Tromsø rather than Bergen? I guess Bergen is bigger and not as far away. *sighs*

Heeeelp! D:

If my English is wonky I apologize! I have spent the last days writing/reading almost exclusively in Norwegian... it shows. xD

First things first: A thousand thank yous to you, robtengel, for the ultra-amazing v-gift with the ubercute message! Let's hug! *hugs* And you can be assured: now that I'm back in Kassel for holidays I eat at least a little healthier (read: products that haven't gone bad) than in Berlin! ;)

So, no university any more right now. I don't know how I feel about it. I mean, it's nice to having to slave away for a change, but it's just... I'm not used to it. And I am afraid I'll lose any Finnish / Norwegian skills I have! I can already feel them slipping away! Woe!
BUT! The exams of which I already now my grades went quite well. I got an 1,3 in the written and the oral Finnish exam. As I did in the oral Norwegian exam. So thank you for anyone who had their fingers crossed for me!! I'm sure a lot is thanks to you. ;)

Well, what else? I'm rewatching Neon Genesis Evangelion right now and, oh god, I had already forgotten how much I love it! :D I love angst in general and EVA is like a whole... ocean full of nothing but! ♥ I'm really looking forward to watching Rebuild but I read it's less angsty and unstable. People say it's a good thing, but I really liked the angstiness and the unstableness. Did anyone here watch it yet and can tell me more about it?

In the rest of my time I have to find out that I suck majorly at Fallout 3. Majorly. There's practically no end to it. But I won't give up yet! I'll just... resume playing Persona 3 see what I can do. :)

Any recommendations of anything for things I can do now that I have time and ignore my ethnology homework? :)


ETA: And I just read that I already bragged with my grades, so please just ignore it! I'm sorry!! D:

Hey! :) I actually wanted to write an entry for such a long time, but I didn't find the time because of good ol' university. And I really wanted to write a lot in here today, but I still have to finish one essay and until now I've done nothing than PROCRASTINATE. Urgh. I've just watched the Digimon opening in every language there is (or at least it feels like it). At least the document is already open on my computer... Ethnology is the devil, really.

Well, I just wanted to tell you, I haven't abandoned LJ, and I am going to update once all my (MANY!!) exams are done. At least I find 7 to be many.

My grip on English seems kind of bad these days. Stupid Norwegian, stop occupying my thoughts. :/

Anyway, wish me luck!


And I'm leaving you with some Digimon, of course. ;) For the little child in you.

Embedding doesn't work. Silly YouTube.

The German version is the best of course, hurrhurr. :3

I just don't get anything done these days! D: The only thing that I can feel vaguely okay about is the fact that I actually did my homework. Except for the Hausarbeit. That I still have to do. Right now I have done absolute nothing about it. *sighs*
So what did I do these last days? I read the whole xkcd archive and watched Torchwood. (Only 4 more episodes to go, yay...)
Argh, I'm just so demotivated. :/ Anyone any advice?

And to make this not completely pointless, have an awesomely cute video. I love the Sendung mit der Maus! :D




It also makes me weirdly uncomfortable to see the "2010" in the date. It just seems so surreal. The future is weird.


ETA 'cause I don't wanna make a new entry for it: Just now on Schlag den Raab (yes, I watch it, so what? It reminds me of the 100.000 Mark Show which I loved!) was the most amazing game ever! "Fremdsprachen"! You have to know a noun in German that was read in different foreign languages! I was very good because they have a weird fondness of Scandinavian languages and Finnish. xD I'm just awesome! Now anybody say my studies are useless to my face! Ha!

Wanna have proof how bad my Finnish is? xD

I tried to do my homework without using my papers or a dictionary. It resulted (pathetically) in this:


Übersetze den folgenden Text:
Wer fragt hier viel?
Ich nicht! Aber Kaisa fragt etwas.
Sie ist Sekretärin, und sie spricht Englisch gut und schnell.
Sie kann auch Deutsch sprechen, aber ziemlich schlecht.
Könnt ihr uns helfen? Wir suchen die Post.
Darf ich dich stören? Wir wollen essen, kommst du auch mit?
Ich stehe immer spät auf und dann trinke ich Kaffee.
Können Sie sagen, wie spät es ist?
Es ist schönes Wetter. Wir gehen raus.
Ich komme am Abend.


My try...:

... täällä kysyy paljon?

En! Mutta Kaisa kysyy jotakin.

Hän on sihteeri, ja hän puhuu englantia hyvin ja ....

Hän ... puhua saksa, mutta ... huonosti.

... Me etsimme postia.

Minä saan häiritä ...? Me ... syödä, sinä ...?

Minä ... ja sitten minä juon kahvia.

...

On kaunis ilma. Me ....

Minä...


Hahaha, I suck, but Finnish is awesomely crazy! xD


ETA:( Okay, I think I'm done, if you wanna know the right (???) translation... )

First off: Yay, Germany qualified! :D I was so worried when Boateng got the red card, but then they still managed to win. :) (Yes, I actually watch football, but only international matches).


I hate that I have to move out here so soon! Somewhere in December they will probably throw my out so that Paul's girlfriend can move in. That annoys me to no end. And I am so scared, not that I won't find anything, but that I won't find anything nice and won't get to know my fellow students or that they all hate me. *sighs* Sometimes I'm just a handful of self-consciousness. I don't want to move again. Well, but living where I currently live is like living all alone because they are all out all day and sometimes even gone for a week or so. :/
Also I'm still angsting about whether to take Norwegian or Swedish as a study course, but I think I almost decided for Norwegian. Only one day left to change my mind.

You see, I have nothing terribly interesting to tell, but I just thought I could do an update again.


Is it very shallow of me to watch this stupid TV Total Stock Car Crash Challenge only because Joko participates? xD Uhm... and why is Sven Hannawald still just as annoying as he was back in the days? And why is he in almost every TV Total sports event? Hn.

Okay, I have been incredibly lazy concerning updating my LJ. I don't know why. I had some stuff to do, but not that much!

Anyway, I planned a gigantic post with pictures of the Abizeitung, and the Abistreich and the Abiball, but well. I didn't. Argh. I will make up for it when I'm here again. After I have done my holiday picture post. Or something.

I'm so excited and can't wait for tommorrow! Iceland here I come! :D robtengel gave me "Insidertipps", and how can I be prepared any better? ;D

And another thing I haven't mentioned here yet, I have already booked another trip this summer! I'm going to Helsinki with isegrim_chan! :D This summer is just so very awesome! :)

And I forgot to ask if anyone wants a postcard from Iceland, but now it's too late. :/ But you can have one from Helsinki! :D

In some other news, I have sent my application to the Humboldt Uni in Berlin and I'm so scared now! I don't quite know why, but I'm anxious. I have rarely wished for anything so much like for a positive answer! And yet I don't know whether they got my application at all, my postcard that confirms it has not yet arrived... Please cross your fingers for me!

So, um, that's it for now. Hope you have a nice summer! You'll be seeing more of me when I'm back (Monday in a week). :)