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23 years ago
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what happened in the last week: intimidation. although one might think of "intimate" now, i won't give any details about the worst thing that i did to myself since a while. i believe that most worst things do not simply happen to oneself. a worst thing is when you do something stupid taking the full responsibility for your action. this tears me down, yes, but on the other hand it was just the last straw that broke this camel's back.

well, last friday i reported that they turned off the gas in the house i am living in. although this was quite a plight to step under an ice-cold shower in the morning (at least before summer showed some understanding here), i got more goosebumps when i heard today that they found 8 (eight) leaks in the gas main and that they needed three expertises until they were allowed to refill the pipes. the roof is on fire! i deserve a warm shower now and the poor installer guys deserve their week-end after a hard-working week.

and my flat deserves some cleaning, too. it's still messy from the plumber guy who had to remove a congestion in the water drain two levels below. yes, this has to be done from the top (that's where i live) and certainly by de-installing the toilet seat. he was so kind to remove the roughest stains afterwards, but it's hard to purge with cold water... and needless, anyway, the construction outside the flat will continue and the dirt is just like magnetic for clean space.

i also tried to order two flight tickets to berlin. while this normally is not a big deal with lastminute.at, this time it was almost a desaster. i spent two days on the phone talking to a girl who was new at the office trying to find other cheap alternatives due to overlooked limitations, to correct invalid bookings or simply to find a possibility at all to get there.

i had to do this with a mobile phone i got as substitute for the one i always forget at home that needed to be repaired. today i was informed i could exchange this crappy second-handy with the repaired one. but when i went to the store all i got a dirty, used device they called "new" with damaged keys. see you in another ten days.

and surrounded by all of this, i felt really annoyed. not only annoyed by the tv programme or a book or a person. generally annoyed. i was bored by all that talking and thinking about the web, computers, mobile services; palled by the city i live in, the politics of germany, austria and italy, my own thoughts and scarce ideas. which seem to be no ideas at all. these altogether bored the pants off myself. how about some vacations, my dear?

and even more. but i spare myself the other things, mainly due to the fact that i want to keep up my weblog motto (it's enough private life exhibited already and others need that space more desperately). there are times when i feel like there are "too many 'toos'", as a good friend summarizes it. and sometimes this can lead to some radical consequences. ooh, that sounds threatening...