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( first, some fanfic related stuff )
Okay, now that we got the squeeing out of the way...
Thanks for making me feel so much better about me weeding here. I went back and looked at the books again, and I still think there's no good reason for us to keep them, and it'll be much better if other libraries, with users with more scientific interests, will get them.
And going through more shelves, I didn't throw out that much, so I hope I won't end up with an empty library.
This weekend, my parents and I met in Meiningen, a town halfway between here and where they are on vacation. The town is nice and they have a great theatre, where I've already been once with Katrin. And this theatre is going to have Mozart's Don Giovanni on stage this coming season! My mom said the last time she saw it on stage was when she was 18 or so. Apparently, theatres have it really rarely. So I took the chance and reserved a ticket for me - for January 20, 2007.
It's a Saturday, so that's nice, and I wanted to make sure I get a ticket on a good day and for a decent seat.
Sunday I went to Gemuenden, a small town around here. They have a castle (Sandra, it's on a mountain, and there's a really steep walkway up to it, but if I ever see one that is down in a valley, I'll take you there...), but I couldn't get into the courtyard because they have it all set up for a summer theatre festival. I later found out they have THe taming of the shrew, so I am going to try to get tickets for that.
A lot of culture, but I was thinking that I can do that right now. I can afford it, and there's nobody I need to take into account in my scheduling, and I can basically do whatever I feel like.
Fortunately, I am not afraid or reluctant to go to places on my own!
Today I also ordered a whole stack of books from amazon. The whole of Jean M. Auel's Earth's Children series except The Valley of Horses, because I already have that one (even though it's totally falling apart - I bought it used during one stay in America and being owned by me didn't really improve its condition...).
And I didn't want to get them in German, so there was no chance to just go to a bookstore and buy them.
It's not Shakespeare, but I like her style and the detailed information about prehistory. Okay, maybe it isn't historically accurate. But then I watched a show on TV about the homo neanderthalensis and from what they said there, Auel might as well be right. Often, scientists are just guessing anyway.
I talked to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kaitkaitkait about the books and those by Joan Wolf recently, and it made me want to read the series again. The last time, I had borrowed them, but I thought it was worth buying. So I blame Kait, really. ;-)
Anyway, time to go home and get something to eat. And then tomorrow I'm off to Stuttgart to get all the paperwork out of the way. And then I'll be a civil servant!
I'm surprisingly happy considering I didn't really get anything done today.
Okay, now that we got the squeeing out of the way...
Thanks for making me feel so much better about me weeding here. I went back and looked at the books again, and I still think there's no good reason for us to keep them, and it'll be much better if other libraries, with users with more scientific interests, will get them.
And going through more shelves, I didn't throw out that much, so I hope I won't end up with an empty library.
This weekend, my parents and I met in Meiningen, a town halfway between here and where they are on vacation. The town is nice and they have a great theatre, where I've already been once with Katrin. And this theatre is going to have Mozart's Don Giovanni on stage this coming season! My mom said the last time she saw it on stage was when she was 18 or so. Apparently, theatres have it really rarely. So I took the chance and reserved a ticket for me - for January 20, 2007.
It's a Saturday, so that's nice, and I wanted to make sure I get a ticket on a good day and for a decent seat.
Sunday I went to Gemuenden, a small town around here. They have a castle (Sandra, it's on a mountain, and there's a really steep walkway up to it, but if I ever see one that is down in a valley, I'll take you there...), but I couldn't get into the courtyard because they have it all set up for a summer theatre festival. I later found out they have THe taming of the shrew, so I am going to try to get tickets for that.
A lot of culture, but I was thinking that I can do that right now. I can afford it, and there's nobody I need to take into account in my scheduling, and I can basically do whatever I feel like.
Fortunately, I am not afraid or reluctant to go to places on my own!
Today I also ordered a whole stack of books from amazon. The whole of Jean M. Auel's Earth's Children series except The Valley of Horses, because I already have that one (even though it's totally falling apart - I bought it used during one stay in America and being owned by me didn't really improve its condition...).
And I didn't want to get them in German, so there was no chance to just go to a bookstore and buy them.
It's not Shakespeare, but I like her style and the detailed information about prehistory. Okay, maybe it isn't historically accurate. But then I watched a show on TV about the homo neanderthalensis and from what they said there, Auel might as well be right. Often, scientists are just guessing anyway.
I talked to
kaitkaitkait about the books and those by Joan Wolf recently, and it made me want to read the series again. The last time, I had borrowed them, but I thought it was worth buying. So I blame Kait, really. ;-)Anyway, time to go home and get something to eat. And then tomorrow I'm off to Stuttgart to get all the paperwork out of the way. And then I'll be a civil servant!
I'm surprisingly happy considering I didn't really get anything done today.
