considering last 4 months...

Hey again!

Yeah, I know... I haven't been posting things for quite a while now. Let's say, I've been very busy with keeping my own stuff running somehow...

I've undergone some severe changes in the past four months. I get the urge to tell you the things which were really elemental.

First of all - unfortunately - I had to split up with my girlfriend. I'm still feeling bad for this reason, but I didn't have another chance. It's just too bad, if someone you love hurts you. And it's much worse, when she does it the second time... I think most of you will understand...

Let's get back to the things I've missed to blog...:

Wacken
The festival was great. Again, I missed about 50% of the bands I wanted to see at first... Who cares! Unfortunately, weather was pretty bad - we had loads of mud there because it rained very much. I even had to dispose of my shoes in the train on our return journey. Nevertheless I decided to go to the Summer Breeze Festival, which was scheduled two weeks later.

Summer Breeze
Well... Another great Festival - I didn't miss any band I initially wanted to see ;)
Okay, not completely true, I missed Therion! And I still want to decapitate myself because of that... Weather was not as bad as in Wacken but at least it didn't rain THAT much. Thanks to Guruz we had an easy ride to the festival and back again. Thanks mate! You were (are!) a great driver, even if some stooge was driving you crazy ;)

Civilian service (german: Zivildienst)
Muhaha... Very funny stuff! I'm working with the caretaker team of a dormatory. I think I'm somehow enjoying the job, just because of the various things which are occuring there. You won't believe how stupid scholars can be. I don't believe it myself. I don't get it, how someone, who has the authorisation to gain a higher education (e.g. german "Abitur", which I "own" myself) isn't able to charge up a chipcard at a charging terminal with only a slot for the chipcard, a slot to put in some coins and a slot where unrecognized or unaccepted coins are returned... Just for example.
I think I'll post most funny occurences in my job here!

New computer...
I recently bought a new computer with following configuration:
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+
RAM: 1024 MB
Mainboard: ASUS A8N-E
HD: Maxtor, 300GB, UATA-6
GPU: ATI Radeon X550 (to be replaced next 3-5 months)

At the moment, I'm running three "different" operating systems: MS Windows XP (32Bit), Ubuntu 5.10 i386 and Ubuntu 5.10 x86_64.
Unfortunately, Windows XP 64Bit doesn't support my wireless LAN card, and the manufacturer (LG...) doesn't support it anymore as well (LG-Network sucks, don't buy wireless products manufactured by LG!)... Therefore WinXP 64Bit isn't a considerable choice for me at the moment, even though this OS is running smoother than standard WinXP.