First post!

Hello new journal, hello new site and hopefully hello new people!

I used to be known as mieronna/miri, but that person hasn't really been me for a while and I decided it's time to start again.

For now, I'll be happy to grant access to anyone who asks/grants access to me. I don't really have any plans for this blog and it'll likely just be personal ramblings and not lock at all.

I also plan to use this account as a feed for various 'meta' content I'm currently interested in - if I subscribed to you and you've no idea why, this is the most likely reason.

This journal will be fully mirrored on Livejournal, under the same name.

This week

was quite literally a pain. It started with the worst sore throat I've had in ages, continued with a running nose (we're talking rivers here) progressed to a truly disgusting cough and ended with my voice role-playing as Mickey Mouse. A mickey having a voice change.

Everything else, like
- spending hours after hours engrossed in the train wreck that was Diana Gabaldon vs. fandom.
- going to an appointment with the student consultation services about maybe, probably, likely dropping out and possible plans B/C/D. It only took me eight months.
- attending a lecture about the current legal situation of same-sex marriage ("Eingetragene Lebenspartnerschaft") and traditional marriage in Germany. An excellent lecture it was, too. All the information, neatly laid out without any legalese. The first truly good use of power point I have seen in my 2 1/2 years here.
- and visiting the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum in Aachen which has a permanent collection of lots and lots of medieval wood sculpture and plenty of paintings, a surprisingly large and interesting collection of 16th and 17th century painting and some odds and ends. Pretty cheap entry fee, too. Would recommend to anyone in the area. Currently it's hosting an exhibition on Hans von Aachen, a 16th century painter. Fancy being laughed at? it was really pretty, but they could have provided more background information.

- all faded into relative insignificance in light of the constant stream of *wince*sniff*cough*coughlouder*CoughAgain*sneeze*sniff*SQUEAK*.


And if my state votes the conservatives into power again on Sunday, I'll probably add weeping and wailing and death of rage to the list. All these last weeks I've been walking around suppressing the urge to vandalise all their fucking posters with their smug faces. I suppose if they are voted in again (or, heavens forbid, form a coalition with the liberals) I'll have to look for a place to move to, because there's simply no way I'll have a second chance at a different education with the conditions here.