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Nachdem ich nun den Blog zum ersten Mal auf einem ordentlichen Computer gesehen hab, kommt mir vor, die Qualitaet der Bilder ist ziemlich schlecht. Nachdem ich stets um Verbesserungen bemueht bin - und entdeckt habe dass es ein Modul fuer Umfragen gibt - hier meine Frage: Wie geht es euch mit der Qualitaet der Bilder?

	Ich find die Qualitaet voellig ausreichend.
	Ich find die Qualitaet nicht berauschend, aber mir genuegt es.
	Ich find die Qualitaet nicht berauschend, eine kleines Bisschen besser taet schon gen
	Mir ist die Qualitaet um einiges zu schlecht. Sie sollte deutlich besser sein.
	Bilder interessieren mich absolut nicht! Ich will nur Text und davon bitte mindestens
Resultate relationes, 04:03h.

I'm happy I didn't get up at 8 in order to watch the match. I arrived home at about midnight after surfing the internet and chatting with Lila at the institute. It was 2 when I went to bed and I needed the alarm clock to wake me at noon. (Well that sounds pretty much like the old Joachim as you all know him, doesn't it?) So I couldn't even make it for the Argentina-Mexico match, which I suppose was great (or is still great, I've just seen it's overtime). Germany-Argentina, that surely will be an interesting duel..

Yesterday we were having lunch together at the institute to celebrate Alicja who had birthday a couple of days ago (that's why I couldn't watch the France-group). It's a good opportunity to show you all of my co-workers, apart from the director (who' busy with his new book) and Kamilla (who's still ill).

From left to right: David, Lucie (Lucka), Sylwia, Alicja (Ala), Erzsébet (Erzi) and Lilla. A short summary of their functions: David (Austria/Political Sciences), Lucka (Czech Republik/Czech and German - not History as I've assumed earlier), Ala (Poland/Irish Literature) and Lilla (Hungary/Psychology) are the four PhD students. They all will leave in August/September and new ones - two guys from Austria and Poland and two ladies from Hungary and the Czech Rebublik - will arrive. Erzi (Administrative and Financial Officer) and Sylwia (Executive Assistant) are the two permanent secretaries (or at least to me that seems to be their function) of the institute.

Just to mention it if you haven't realised it yet: This Blog has a Search Function (Bar right below "Archive"). So if in future you happen to ask yourself "Who is that again?" than type those words in. "Wer ist das nochmal" funktioniert hiermit auch.. (But I just realised that these words are too common, especially in English, and bring too many results. So with "Birthday" or "Traitor" you'd find it easier. Anyway.)

Quick-Info:
Score of WKC: 6 (Day 5)
Social Life: +1*
English surrounding: –1*
Wer nicht hoeren will muss fuehlen-experiences: 1**
Wasted minutes: 90***

* Actually apart from Lilla everybody on the institute understands or even speaks German (or sort of German as in David’s and my case) but in conversations with the non-Austrians only English is used. But yesterday I had a little talk with Lucie, die Czech colleague, – and she then asked me whether I’d mind to talk German to her, because she had studied it and wanted to practice. Oh, yes that’s what I needed! No, but really she’s really nice and I’m looking forward to learning more about her PhD-thesis; she’s writing on the relationship between Austrians and Bohemians, or rather the relationship between the two languages from about 17th to 19th century. So finally I’ve met another fellow historian. (David and Kamilla are doing political sciences, Alicja English Literature and Lilla Psychology). And as for the language, I think I’ll sacrifice myself and try to do some good, for example that the correct expression for “Look!” is not “Kuck!” but “Schau!”...

**Uschi has advised me not to use the dryer for the laundry because they’re so bad for they environment. I agree, however, when I did my first laundry I was forced to do without the dryer because my landlord, Vaclav, had some of his laundry in it and it was later in the evening so neither did I wan to to disturb him, nor did I dare to put his dry clothes out of the dryer (I did so once in London when a guy wasn’t taking his clothes for half an hour and I wanted to get it done and just when I had put them out that student arrived and he was really angry so I’m careful now.) Whatever, I also didn’t want to leave my laundry in the washing machine because it would have remained there for the whole next (working) day. So I stole the little clotheshorse (Waeschestaender) and let the laundry dry the usual way. The following evening some T-Shirts where still not completely dry and when they finally were the morning after they did, to say it politely, not gave off the nice scent of freshly washed laundry. (In other words: They stank terribly.) So basically I have the decision between damaging the environment with the dryer, or by always putting only three pieces of clothes in the laundry in the hope that these would be few enough to dry properly. And even that probably wouldn’t work, the last towel I used for cleaning the bathroom needed two days to dry. After all, remember, it’s a cold dark cellar.
Whatever, so I did my laundry yesterday and put everything in the dryer and as it was ready that I was happy that within two hours I had the laundry washed and dry and ready to use. But hmm. Suddenly I realised that my new socks – before my departure I bought seven pairs of socks all black but they have in different colours the names of the weekdays on it. Very useful I thought, H&M if anyone happens to be interested – so my new socks had decided that they were not “normal” but “delicate” (those where the two temperatures I could chose) and where, eh, slightly smaller than those I didn’t wash. But they still fit. Also it seemed to me that my grey T-Shirts which are the most important ones because I can combine them with everything, are slightly just a little bit tighter now. Hmm. I don’t know whether this is just a paranoid imagination, but I’m sure I’ll find out. If I’m approached at by a significantly higher number of gays than usually I know I better buy new ones..

*** David and me watched Spain today morning and surprisingly, the O’Byrnes Pub looked completely empty. There were two or three Spanish in the back but in the front, at the nice screen, nobody. All tables empty. Dead. Damned – I should have taken a picture. A comparison of O’Byrne’s Today 8:30 (half an hour of the match played) and Elephant&Castle Sunday 8:30 (half an hour before the match) – I reckon the difference couldn’t be more striking.. Well that we were there today was my fault, I was so convinced that the exiting France-Switzerland group would be in the morning that I didn’t re-check I only realised when I arrived there – 5 minutes late as usual.. By the way, my guess for that match: France beats Togo, South Korea beats Switzerland, so today’s winners make it. My hope though would be that France doesn’t win and Switzerland and South Korea or even Togo make it. Underdogs rule! (Unless they play England, Holland or Portugal – but these three too are kind of underdogs compared to Brazil and Argentina..).

(19:59) Kleiner Nachtrag
Well my guess about the French group was at least 50% correct, that's still a 4 (pass). And considered that I haven't studied for this exam (i.e. I haven't seen any matches of those teams) I'd consider it a success..

Just about to start working - finally: It's terrible. Arrived here at 9am, "lost" (invested) more than an hour in socialising at the Institute, now just a "quick" morning e-mail check - and suddenly two hours have passed.. Argh!

Latest Standings in the Woodlice-Killing-Championship WKC (Day 4): 5

WM-Splitter auf orf.at "Bier in rauen Mengen"
Exotische Leckereien gehen nicht ganz so gut: "Wir sind enttäuscht", sagt Regina Planamente, die in Hannover auf dem Fanfest Crepes und heißen Schafkäse verkauft. "Die saufen ohne Ende, aber essen nichts". Pff, was weiss diese Oeko-Tussi schon! Bier - so wertvoll wie ein kleines Steak!

"In den ersten 14 Minuten nach dem Schlusspfiff des WM-Spiels England gegen Trinidad und Tobago hätten Murrs Kellner beim Fanfest auf dem Nürnberger Hauptmarkt 32 Fässer mit je 50 Liter Bier gezapft. Das sind gut 114 Liter in der Minute. Auch im Fanpark auf dem Volksfestplatz drohte das Bier knapp zu werden. "Die haben uns fast leer getrunken", berichtete Murrmann. No comment!

"Wir sind hier wegen Fußball, Bier und Mädchen", bringt ein britischer Fußballfan das Motto der WM-Touristen auf den Punkt. - Tja, was soll ich dazu noch sagen? Die drei wichtigsten nicht Neben- sondern Hauptsachen der Welt. (Bezueglich letzterer ist "Sache" natuerlich hoechst - oder zutiefst - political incorrect, und bezieht sich hier selbstverstaendlich auf das Thema Frauen und nicht auf selbige an sich..)