Aww man! I've got about 30 comics here right now and half of them are still unread. Got my weekly haul at the Fantast yesterday and read most of those (Secret Invasion, Manifest Destiny, NYX, etc.), but today I also got the comics I ordered on the internet; Amazing Adventures: The Original X-men (14 issues reprints (1980) from the very first X-men issues of the sixties). Barely even touched them. :(

Yesterday I had dinner with the folks from the shelter, today I had a faculty lunch and in a few minutes I'll leave for Sinterklaas-dinner with my Homunculusbuddies. No time to sit back and read comics.

I'm on a comic-high, hopefully they'll forgive my rambling tonight...

Berlin was busy and chaotic and certainly not the kind of place I would feel happy going to. Nevertheless I had a seriously great time mostly thanks to Stephan, Anne & Loes who seem to understand me pretty well.
Some highlights of the trip were;
-The Reichstag; a truly magnificent building, it just oozes power. Very impressive.
-The Jüdisches Museum; The way it's built with all the symbolism was literally unnerving. Our very enthusiastic guide, Olaf, made it a real cool experience.
-The comicbookstore. Of course.
-The third lecture at the Max Planck Institute about the neuropsychology of autism; very interesting.
-The group; the folks I was there with were so awesome :D

Two things that kinda sucked were:
- The Holocaust memorial; It's probably very impressive when it's foggy, dark and silent, but in the bright sunlight with people sunbathing on the concrete... it just doesn't do anything. The museum underneath is good though.
- Checkpoint Charlie; what a farce this is. Geez.

Berlin in general is a 'hip' city. The so called 'Zeitgeist' is bordering on wannabe cool. No one in Berlin is just average, everyone is extra-vagant or extreme (extreme punk, hippie, skater, gothic) or tourist. At every corner you'll find a store with recycled goods/bright pink/fake gold/etc. which seems to be the current craze.

I enjoyed the trip, but I could never live in Berlin. It's too chaotic for me. Modern buildings right next to ancient historical buildings... it just doesn't work for me.

Tomorrow the train will leave at 07.00, meaning I have to be at the trainstation at 6.45 *dies*.

We're going to Berlin on a study trip with Homunculus. We'll be there 4 days, which seems great, but I'm having mixed feelings. Oh well, it'll turn out cool I'm sure.

See you next week probably.

Be cool, eat your greens and I'll be back before ya know it :)

So much to do, so little time...
- Game night with Homunculus (can't skip that, seeing how I organize it myself)
- Methods homework needs to be done before 10 am tomorrow. Amount already done: 0%
- Magic homework needs to be done before 12 am tomorrow. Amount already done: 20%


Seems I'll have to pull an all-nighter today. *dies*
When did I decide Psychology of Magic was worth all of this shit? >.

Ended second place in our little Mahjong competition this afternoon :)

Came home, realised I forgot about some important Homunculusstuff and kicked myself... :/

Argh!

Also, new icon (made by panthology) :)

Downloaded every single episode of X-men: The animated series. Muahahaha!

Other than that I'm really busy with everything and nothing; shopping for birthday party tomorrow, staffmeetings for Homunculus, homework, etc. Tonight I have to go to a 'constitutie borrel' of the Psybond (the studentunion for psychologystudents in general) as a representative from Homunculus. Yay...

Oh well, I've managed to skip most of that crap ceremonies already.

Homunculus Gala in a few hours...
Don't feel like going at all, but I have to since I'm an active member and I ought to attend shit like that.
Good thing I managed to avoid the balldress and managed to negogiate neat pants (black with small stripe), black longsleeve, a silver shawl to 'pimp' it a bit and my new black adidas sneakers ^_^

wish me luck...