I've got a new longboard! It's not really the shape I had in mind – I'd much rather have had a Longrifle or Citycruiser instead of a Speedboard – but hey, I'm not gonna complain if I get it handmade by our school's own soon-to-go-enterprise product design crew for a mere 25 bucks...

Halb5 is a series of guest lectures being held at my school each semester. They always start at the same time of day, hence the name. I've only attended a few of them in my first three years here but – as I am now realizing – should've done so more often since they are really quite good. Yesterday's Mariko Takagi wasn't as great as I expected but the fresh mint tea, mulled wine, homemade Christmas cookies and overall very cozy atmosphere made up for it :)

These suckers take a bit longer to finish, so updates may take a while. Two more!

A future graduates best friend. Be it ping pong, extended lunch breaks, eight hour sessions of N64 Mario Kart, hardcore partying or student/professor Christmas dinners – there's almost nothing we wont do to get around working on our final projects. Then again, we do still work at least around 8-9 hours (5-6 effectively) on our diplomas each day. So I guess the cliché saying "Work Hard Play Hard" does hold a kernel of truth :)