1) Sooo... how much are they again?
2) What you get when searching for 'wood texture' on Shutterstock.
3) Sympathetic downtime message by Surf The Channel.
4) And another one, this time by Firefox itself.
5) Home. Downloads. Forum. Share Porn. 'Nuff said.

Nothing brings them warm fuzzy feelings for this town back to life like the beauty of a delicate, heartfelt little piece of art like the one below – seen just a block away from my apartment. That or the fact that people here have already discovered the trend color of over two years ago (purple) – seen in the streets everywhere. That or the cute little Nazi couple in line behind me at the late night supermarket that bought four cans of the cheapest beer around – seen last evening.

I hate to say it, but I think there are few cities in Germany that have less class than Darmstadt. Thank god there's good friends to make up for it...

Man, I wish I could've been there – the opening event of Warp's Warp20 anniversary tour kick-off event in Paris last May. Perfect selection of artists/music and from the looks of it, a really good party. Too bad the few remaining concerts will probably also be somewhere far beyond my reach :P

Admittedly, the picture below is about three weeks old, but it pretty much visualizes my life since then up until now. After I arrived home I had about one week to empty out my room – dismantle furniture, throw out memorabilia and pack up the rest – before the new house owners took over the floor to start reconstruction. Then I moved to my grandpa's old living room and helped my parents do the same thing to the rest of the house for two weeks while trying to get my life in Germany back on track.

Last Sunday we were finally done with everything. On Monday the moving company picked up the furniture and the keys were handed over – in other words, bye bye old home *little sniff*. And since Tuesday I'm back in Darmstadt, my oh-so-beautiful study town :P

It took me two days to straighten up the apartment. I almost forgot to re-enroll to university (one more week and they would've kicked me out). I'm behind on pretty much everything, first and foremost my diploma preparations. I'm broke, confused and aimless. In general it seems I'm having slight troubles adjusting to my home country.

Either I get my act together reeeal quick and come to terms with fact that this is gonna be 'it' for the next half year or it'll be one long semester...