Just to let you know I am still alive and kickin’ … since I’ve been told by some people that my lack of blogging has led them to assume something had happened to me. Funny, isn’t it (and probably a worthy topic for a sociology homework ).
College
My final thesis has been graded by my second corrector and she’s given me a 1.3!!!!! I almost fell off my chair when I read it online (for non-Germans: our best grade is 1.0 and the failing grade is 5.0). So to my …

One exam done, six to go. Another written exam this Friday. Now, I felt unprepared last week but that is nothing to how I feel now.
Those dozens of books, as annoying as they might have been, at least gave me the feeling that I really had tried to prepare. And out of forty or so books you can at least draw some intelligent stuff. Hey, I mean, I understood all the questions and I feel while I might not have hit the bullseye with my answers, I might have written …

The following options are available for everyone, not just for FedCon attendees:
You can buy the official FedCon DVD. It will contain:

Panels of the stars (parts)
Costume Contest
Opening and closing seremony
Fans, Fanart and Impressions
Interviews
FedCon Party

Runtime: appr. 4 hours // 16:9 PAL // Dolby Digital 5.1
To pre-order, please visit fedcon.tv and send an email via the link provided. Use that email to ask any questions as well.
Now, Special DVDs can be made available also. Those Special DVDs will contain full length panels and will only be produced if at least 150 people order.
For …

Max, nick-named Dicker, has passed beyond the Rim. His kidneys failed completely yesterday and all we could do was to spare him any more suffering.
He was the smartest, the funniest … the best cat ever and words just cannot express how much he will be missed, not just by us but by our friends who have taken care of him as well. What remains are wonderful memories of the years we shared and stories that will be told again and again.

“We will see again … in a place where no …

In 24 hours I will sit my first of two written final exams (the other one is next week on Friday). I am scared senseless right now, running up and down, glancing at my index cards and trying frantically to remember all that stuff … and at the same time I try to refrain of following in Laura Roslin’s footsteps and tearing up the cards after I read them.
I’ve never failed an academic exam before and it would be the worst timing in the world to start now. …