Year: 2007

Sooooo…. my 1,2,3…6 days of vacation are over, tomorrow I have class again. Geography oh, I mean, Geodetical Basics at 9am. Four years that class by that professor was Geography, as of this sememster it’s called Geodetical Basics. I don’t get it. We have never learned any geodetical things in that class, unless you’re saying … oh, I don’t know.

It’s awkward and I wonder who decides, a course getting a new name.

“Hey, I’m studying Cartography – oh no, hold on, as of yesterday, I’m studying Cardiology. Sounds similar, right?”

Ok, I don’t know why I’m making such a big deal out of this now because actually, it doesn’t bother me. I just need to get over it.

Today was the day, where I wanted to complete my application for the remote sensing company. I want to work there in the summer, because once class is done and exams are written and the holidays have started, I don’t know what to do with my time.
All my friends are working (most of my friends don’t study, so they have real jobs already), I can’t spend every day with the lover, because we’ll eventually kill each other, the doctors I need to visit (which would be those you should visit on a regularly basis) will be visited after a few days, so what then?
I get bored easily, so why not just work and earn money and educate yourself?

Anyways, today I was going to write the application BUT – the sun was shining, I grabbed my bikini, my bike, my bath-towel and drove to the Luitpold Park, which is about 5 minutes away from my place. I took a book with me, the title was “Cartography and GIS” and laid it nicely next to my tanning body. Mainly to salve consciences. Once I took a look of it. I read about… two, three sentences, and then arrived at a decision to lay down again and tan – with the book lieing (sp?) nicely next to me of course, so that I can reach it when I need want to. 🙂

So, no application has been written today. I hate it when I procrastinate with important things, with things that just need to be done as soon as possible.

If I don’t apply soon => no job for me in the summer => no money for me to spend => boring and frustrating days for me => I’ll be online everyday and go blind (after I got square eyes of course) or I’ll be in the park for tanning everyday and get sunburnes…

Tracy’s to-do-list:

… tomorrow 😉

I’ve created a new layout. I’ve always wanted a sort of “Web 2.0 theme thing” going on so this time I created one.

I know it’s not perfect or anything, but for now I like it and it has a lot of GREY 🙂

So, seeing I haven’t blogged in quite a long time (one week?), I arrived at a decision to blog again – today.

University is quite busy. Well, actually, thematical- and atlas cartography are quite time consuming. In September last year our course went on excursion to survey per GPS. There were eight groups with five students each. So, in thematical cartography we have to create a map of the region we surveyed and so my group has to meet at least once or twice a week. As mentioned before – very time consuming.

As of April first I’m an official member of the Quilting Bee. After all those years of knowing of the qbee I finally decided to join. Thank Melissa 😉
Here’s my quilt: Tracy’s quilt, so if you’d like to trade with me I’d be more than happy :).

Working on a new layout again. I’m not quite happy with this one, I actually thought I’d stick with it much longer, but oh well, taste changes.

I’m finally, as of today, feeling a bit better. Thank GOD for antibiotics. I’m normally not fond of taking it, but when a sickness just gets worse and worse with each day, I’m happy for that invention. I only need to take it five days, so that’s fine too.

I lost two Kilos (4,4 pounds) and now weigh 46 Kilos (101 pounds). A good start for my summerweight ;), allthough it’s still snowing here every now and again.

I was surfing for Roxy and Billabong Bikinis and of course, JCrew.com again, cause I just can’t get enough of looking. I know that the dollar is very bad and that I pay a whole lot less for their products in Euros, but 180 dollars for a skirt is still WAY too much for me. But like Adastra said, the flip flops are cheap and I already ordered two pair of them the beginning of this year. I noticed I’ve worn my old ones for seven years, so I thought it was about time to get new pairs :).

If you’re looking for a new forum to join, Incantomb is a quite nice and friendly looking place. I normally wouldn’t plug, but as I said, it’s nice.

The lover is picking me up tomorrow, seeing my parents picked me up on thursday because my sickness wasn’t getting better. I went to a doctor in Munich which I found online, and Alex took me there on thursday morning. My first impression of the medical office was “ugh”, but I was happy to be at a doctor’s. Turns out, the doctor is a homeopathic doctor and gave me all herbal medicine. The pharmacist just looked at me and said I needed something strong (The lover visited the drugstore everyday to get me new medicine) and didn’t give me anything of that herbal stuff.

Normally I’m ok with herbal medicine and I’ll take it, allthough I don’t believe in it 100%, but in that case I was just mad at the doctor and didn’t understand.

So my parents picked me up because where they live, I have my doctor I can trust. It’s just such a relief when you go to a doctor you’ve known for years and where you feel comfortable.

So now I’m sitting here, feeling better and hoping to be able to go to class next week.

Oh, tomorrow is daylight savings time. So don’t forget to set your clocks (if you haven’t done so already)

I just created a brush set for you to download. It includes nine brushes, including the one(s) I’ve used in this layout. Hope you’ll like them.

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I’ve been sick since Saturday morning. It sucks. I miss the first days of class, which are quite important seeing you have to chose groups you want to join. Luckily the lover studies the same things I study, so he’ll put my name where necessary.
Alex (the lover) got me some medicine from the drugstore today which I was very thankful for. I’m in bed pretty much the whole day and now is the first time I came online (well, once this morning to check my daily sites).

I’m surfing JCrew right now. I love their products, but some things are so damn expensive. Big fan of their shorts and flip flops though – you can never go wrong with those.

Thanks for the comments on my theme – I’m glad you’re liking it 🙂

I hope you like this theme. I sat on it two days, it’s still not done though. Actually the pages aren’t done yet. I’m creating them new so that most of the pages have a different sidebar. Let me know if you find mistakes 🙂

So, it’s March 15th today meaning, first day of the 6. Semester. The first class was Qualitymanagement, from 8.15am until 9.45am. After that Geomedia, from 10am to 13.15pm. Two classes – one professor.

I arrived at the University Building at about 8am. Friends and I looked at the bulletin board to see if classes got cancelled. Geomedia got cancelled – it first starts next week. Not a bad thing. So we’re walking to the auditorium 115 where the class Qualitymanagement should take place. It’s 8.15am. No professor. It’s 8.30am. No professor. It’s 8.45am. No professor. We go to the secretariat to find out – the professor isn’t here today.

It’s the first day of class and it’s already pissing me off. We have about one professor who will let us know that he is not there. So we, the students know, we don’t have to get up early, we don’t have to drive to class – because the professor let us know HE IS NOT THERE.

BUT – that’s only one professor. The other profs are just not there. Nobody tells us, sometimes a not will hang on the bulletin board, but sometimes, the prof just doesn’t come and we sit there. Not knowing what’s going on.

It annoys me so much. So I got up early this morning to drive to class (I’m lucky I live in Munich close to my buliding – I can go by bike and it takes 15-20 minutes). I drive to the building, wait in the auditorium to realize – I can drive back home.

AARRGGHHHH!!!! I’m soo happy when I’m done with studying. Do you deserve this kind of “service” when you’re paying a lot of money to be able to study?

The weather here in Munich is just wonderful.

This morning I spent my time located on the balcony. You know, to get a little color. My white pale skin is getting me annoyed slowly. I can hardly imagine that I can sit on the balcony in boxers and a tank top. It’s March! It should be snowing! That reminds me – I definatelly want to see the An Inconvenient Truth starring Al Gore.

The rest of the day I “worked”. I need to get a site done until friday (well, I want to get it done until friday). I coded it in english and german and I’ve created print pages, so it took thrice as long. It’s fun most of the time though.

Right now I’m listening to the new album Pocket Symphony by AIR. The more I listen to it, the more I like it. Their last albums were amazing and this album is a little different. Typical AIR still, very melancholic.
Another group I like at the moment is Peter Bjorn & John. A friend sent me a song by them (young folks) yesterday and now I’m in love with that band.

Class starts the day after tomorrow 🙁 Thursday is the busiest day of the week as per my schedule. I haven’t seen my classmates in six months. Haven’t missed them either.

Oh well, the lover is going to drop by any minute. So I guess I’m going to say goodbye!

Yesterday evening, 22.30, a report on tv. A report about teenage girls wanting plastic surgery.
There was a girl, 19 years old, skinny as can be, saying “My thighs are too fat, I’m soo unhappy“. The mother was against the operation, the daughter justified her decision with “I’m the one who has to run around with thos fat thighs, and mom, I thought you want to see me happy“.

The surgeon was asked what he thinks about the young people nowadays, who want the “perfect” body. He was asked about the 19-year old girl. He answered “Her thighs are going to be a problem with sports bla bla bla…“. Was he serious? The legs of that girl weren’t even touching when she was standing.

That’s when I switched the chanel. Things like that upset me so damn much. PEOPLE like that upset me. People like the stupid brainsick girl, people like the “on the crook” doctor, who only wants his money. Shame on him!

About an hour later my curiosity took me to that chanel with that report again. Another girl, 16 years of age, finding her love handles too fat. Her belly was flat, no fat anywhere, just the normal nice looking feminine “fat”. I assume she probably just wears jeans two sizes too small (which would be size -4 😀 ) and then – of course – it pushes some meat out. But that’s sexy, men like that, it’s normal, it’s YOU!

Superficiality can kiss my ass!

Today we got our new schedule. It’s not that bad. I don’t know if I expected it to be worse or not. I think so. Starting class almost every day at 9.00 am – what a life 🙂

Some of the classes will be held every two weeks. I would have preferred on having classes friday morning instead of the afternoons though. But I’m not complaining – it’s all good.

I just recognized today again that I find google ads on personal sites quite ugly and unalluring. Some people do add them quite tricky so that you can’t tell (on a first look) if it’s a google ad. [/END RANDOM THOUGHT]

I’m thinking about getting a new computer. Not now, maybe sometime this year though. The video card of my PC is going all crazy again. I’m turned on by the iMac.
I’m interested from switching to Macintosh, because of the firmness, because it’s great for graphical uses, because of the RAM.

Any Mac users here who can tell me a little?