kurz vor der winterdepression

kann ich mich von der herbstdepression befreien, welche vom sommerloch verursacht wurde.
der morgendliche aufstand fällt nicht mehr ganz so schwer. pläne, was zu tun ist, gibt es auch.

um die balidgst auftretende w-depression erträglicher zu machen, denke man sich folgendes:
die kalten tage haben auch gute seiten: der kuscheldrang kann ins unermässliche wachsen.
eigentlich gibt es im winter keinen grund mehr, betten überhaupt zu verlassen.

dani k träumt von winterschlaf.

es sei denn... frischschnee. das wochenende eilt zu mir.... und ich werde mit dem liebsten aufs land eilen. schneeengel wollen gebaut werden.


übrigens.....

vorarlberg sieht im winter sicherlich sehr hübsch aus. (der schnee verdeckt die disney-land-häuser).

le vent chasse la neige.....

..... je vourais danser avec les falcons de neige

i see snow flighing upwards.

bienvenue à vienne, monsieur hiver!

trois jours à zagreb

the conference in zagreb was, well, short. i got two know one very interesting person: holger nielsen from denmark. a truley incredible man. his talk was overwhelming. maybe not so much from the physic's point of view but the performance was striking. my eardrums got almost ripped. carlos, please send me the video documentation of this event.

zagreb itself: a like it a lot. nothing special when it comes to sights. however, the town has got some flair. very lively. not many tourists which makes it much more likeable than prague (at least to me). good seafood. yammy. good wine.

journey back. travelling by train. i have bought my return-ticket in vienna. alas, when michael and me were on our way home we went via hungary instead of slovenia. my ticket was not valid. and of course i had not thought about such subtleties before. united europe after all. so i had to buy a ticket from the porter on the train. that ticket was valid until the croatian hungarian border.

there i was. gyekenyes. somewhere in the middle of nowhere. the lady at the counter doesn't speak english of course. hungarian is a language so much different that you can't even guess what signs mean. of course i don't have forint with me. nor would they take euros. i have 15 min. no creditcards. no cashpoint.

however, the nice croatian porter turns out to be also an exchange office. i can buy forint and thus a ticket and a safe return without any discussion to vienna.

->()<-
i have finished parts of a lenghty indices contraction game. now it looks nice. i wont't touch it anymore. better not check it again and worsen the result.

supervising thanasis

during the last two weeks thanasis was visting vienna along with his supervisor (who pays lots of attention on what his student is doing.)
we managed, however, to go to the zoo which was on top of his sightseeing list (well, that was actually the only thing he wanted to see for sure). i haven't been in schönbrunn for years (the last time i went there to see the little elefphant baby abu that later killed his keeper. but then abu was absolutely gorgeous).
i hope thanasis shares my judgement: the zoo is indeed a very good place to go. i love it. especially i love: the penguins, the orang-utans, the tigers, the gepard (my favourite) and all the other big cats. and last but not least the hippo since it is only half a scary meter a way from you. thrilling.

spare time stress goes on: wien modern.
my sphere-companion is introducing me into contemporary music to which wien modern festival is dedicated. i can already realise the change: at the beginning the only comment on such a concert would be: interesting.
by now i can even like and dislike a piece. and i am fascinated.
i am wondering why this kind of music is quite unkown in comparison to, e.g. abstract paintings.

tomorrow the noncommutative community will meet again: this time zagreb.

i ought to install a mircophone in my office. creaky sounds due to wind and rain. end of the world. i better go now.

ankündigung

mir is aufgetragen worden die menschheit von folgendem wunderbaren ereignis in kenntnis zu setzen:

herr macho und frau vera feiern sponsion/promotion.

17.11. club berlin.

man kann sich wieder auf etwas freuen.