...my internship at L.U.M. GmbH. From around 9.00 to around 7.30.

Today was the first day. I was given the usual safety instructions, though they're less strict there. Tomorrow I'll start wearing closed shoes. The weekend I'll see about pants that aren't too warm. I really didn't plan on turning into a puddle.

Then there were the tour and introductions. And when the boss get's back I'll finally get my contract.

Then I was shown how to prepare samples, document everything in that nice note book (the paper kind), put the samples into the nice machines and use the software. And I typed everything up for the customer. And when there wasn't any more stuff to do today I got to leave more than an hour earlier.

Tomorrow there'll be more new stuff to learn.

P.S. It takes 40 min to get there on my bike. One way. Twice a day. When classes start again I should be a bit thinner, don't you think?

P.P.S. Saturday we went swimming in one of the lakes here. I might even have tanned a little. And yesterday I had to mow my grandmas lawn, vacuum her apartment, water her plants and change her bedding. I only did th efirst two and my mum the latter two.

So, yeah. I haven't updated since I sat in my exam for the first part of OC II. Well, apart from Christmas wishes.

By now I mostly finished my fourth semester, turned twenty, found a place for my internship this summer, still didn't get my grandma her birthday present (now almost six months overdue), didn't get any writing done (as evidenced by my failure to even properly start my bb fic for Cap/Iron Man) and a few other things happened.

( college stuff, 3. semester )

( college stuff, 4. semester )

( the rest of my life )

( fannish stuff )

So, I think that's all.

Oh, and I have a Dreamwisth account now. Same name as LJ. I don't know what I'm going to do with it right now, but I wanted ot have my usual name, so...

I just finished with my OC II exam 45 minutes ago. I could still sit in the lecture hall for another 45 minutes. *headdesks* It was easy. Very easy. There was one thing I didn't really know anything about, but then again I only looked at that for maybe a minute yesterday, just before I went to sleep. I still managaed to write down something for that task. I think that was the first exam I had where I only had to write down formulas. If I don't get at least 75%, I think I have to kill myself out of shame. *snorts*

Yesterday was my second real day of the OC lab. I and two others distilled, while almost the whole room went home after maybe an hour or two to study for today. If they even showed up at all. Monday I can finally, finally dry  my cristalls and Thursday at the latest I'll need to weigh them and put a bit in the IR-spectroscope. Then I'll be able to finish the report during the christmas break.

Oh, how I'm anticipating christmas break. Preparations for the rest of my experiments, very much studying for the second part of OC II, studying for spectroscopy and measuring and PC II. And every now and then there'll be family gatherings stealing my time. Joy.

So, I haven't updated in five weeks or so and for a change much happened.

( Ramblings about college )

A few weeks back one of the guys in my semester came up to me and asked whether I went to the high school I went to. Turns out he's the fiancé of one of my old class mates. And he went to the same school as my mum. Sometimes the world is just very small.

And we've had the first snow. Was a very curious thing. I changed buildings while it still rained and when I looked out the windows again around an hour later it was snowing. Heavily. For quite some time. The week after that it's been snowing on and off.

I'm still fighting to get Bafög. *headdesks* Don't ask.

Last Sunday was the annual advent meeting of the family. And that's another thing where problems have been brewing for a while.

And it seems my mum might have gotten the wrong medication for her type of bipolar disorder (yay wikipedia!!!!). Now it doesn't surprise me that she spiralled down again. She apparently had an appointment in the Charité today, so there may be some news there.

Did I mention that there is now a gay tv channel in Germany? I can even watch it. It's called Timm, started broadcasting 1. Nov and the way I learned about this is totally random. But yay internet.

On the fandom front, I haven't written one word for any fanfiction for over a month now I think, though I still have ideas and the bunnies are still running around. I'm just glad they're letting me study in peace.

Of course, last week was the week I decided I want to watch the new BBC show Merlin. It's really great. It's very slashy. And it has a dragon who's throwing the two male main characters at each other (or more exactly: one at the other, because the other doesn't talk to the dragon). And the best thing is, it gave me an idea for a fic I've started writing years ago, in the time I still wrote fics in German. It will still have to wait until the semester is over at least.

And I think I've rambled on enough for now. (More prove that I'm too tired to be doing anything. *yawns*)

I think I'm going to bed now.

I finally sent off the application for another year of Bafög (a special kind of student loan from the state) and a letter to the youth welfare office, so the Bafög office gets the neccessary information about my father (with whom I never had any kind of contact), last Thursday. Just like I did last year. I didn't hear from either office after that last bit of correspondence ("I asked them to send you the info" and "Please send them or me the info or tell me when you can't"). Which, of course, meant that Bafög got their info, presumably from the youth welfare office.

Now I got a letter from the youth welfare office telling me that my file was closed on my 18. birthday (which was before I applied to university, never mind Bafög) and that they sent me the address of my father. Only that I never got those letters.

Haha. *growls*

So, according to the youth welfare office, if the address of my father from last year, which I never got (I only have one that's five years old, so, no help whatsoever), is wrong now, I have to go to the Bürgeramt with a paper saying I have the right to get the address of him, so I can get him to fill out a form and give me copies about his financial situation.

Which he will of course give me the second I tell him who I am. After we've had no personal contact all my life and my mum had to drag him before the courts to get it written into the files that I'm his child. Not that he ever payed even one cent.

After a failed attempt to get those financial records (or even a successful attempt, with him having the money to pay instead of Bafög for my education, which I don't expect him to do just like that) the courts would be the next step. Which takes time, and money, and paperwork. For me, for the courts, for any offices that get dragged into this. And with the employees in those offices on strike. And me in the middle of the semester. Oh joy! *snorts*

And, yes, maybe I am overly pessimistic. But considering that in over nineteen years there has been only one attempt to get into contact with me, five years ago. And I, honestly, have no urge to get into contact with him at all. He could drop off the face of the earth, for all I care. *glares*

There is, of course, still the question where the Bafög office got their info. I didn't give it to them. The youth welfare office didn't, apparently, either. So, did they just check up on him themselves (in which case I hope they'll do it again this year) or they just didn't care either way.

I feel very pissed off right now, and would very much like to throttle someone.

God, I hate the fact that this man, who has absolutely no meaning beyond my conception to me, has this much influence over my life. And it will fucking stay that way until I'm over 27 years old!!!!!!!!!!! *screams in frustration* *punches wall*

The second week of college is over.

I finally am in the right kind of group for my PC lab. I had the first tutorials. The short test in OC II was easy. Let's hope it stays that way. PC II changed into a veritable information dump of derivations, with no time at all to actually understand what he's writing on the board, especially considering his e and ls aren't any more distinguishable that his r, y, v or gammas. *glares* Measuring in Chemistry isn't as interesting as one would like, but at least I didn't fall asleep, which I'm sometimes sorely tempted to do in OC II.

I also noticed that sitting in a lecture that's in any way threatening to be boring seems to be very inspirational.

Last week we had a dog as a guest again. He left this evening.

Of course, to make this week better that time of the month started a few days ago. Sometimes I hate being female. *headesks*

So, I've survived the first week of the new semester. I've had all the classes I'll take this semester, though my OC lab won't start until December.

( ramblings about college )

Of course, yesterday I found a picture of this site on my f-list. Considering that subatomic particles was the main subject in my PC II lecture last week just made it very hilarious. I still have to laugh every time I think about it. I'm right now debating whether or not to tell my lecturer. *cackles madly*

... after a few months of absence. *headdesk* I never actually plan to not update for so long.

So, I've finished my second semester succesfully.


( there be anything from the last semester till now )

Today was the first day of the new semester. I got to sleep in, because the first class I had to go to today was from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

The OC II lecture was splitted into two parts, bith half a semester long. The tutorials of the first part will have a test of ten minutes, every time. *groans*

The OC I lab has too many applicants and the guy responsible for it is bending over backwards to get as many applicants in, even doing the lab twice, making new work places and snachting some from PC. It's amazing how far he's prepared to go and really frustrating that it's not going to be enough.

And for PC II I have to write four exams. *headdesk* Whoever thought that was a good idea?

Tomorrow's the first OC II.1 lecture and the introduction to the PC I lab. Joy. Not.

And I get to print very much. Yay. *rolls eyes*

At least I've got less classes than last semester.

Germany won against Portugal 3:2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *bounces excitedly*

We are in the semi-finals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *grins* *bounces*

And now I can tell my friend 'I told you so'! *smirks*

I just finished the Iron Man half of Tales of Suspense!!!! (Of course it had to end with a cliff hanger...)

And we're about ten issues into the time were Happy and Pepper are married, which means that Tony is finally not endlessly lamenting almost every issue his misfortune of having a heart that may stop working at any moment. Not that he couldn't be run over by a car, or die in his armor, or be shot in a rubbery, or... at any given moment anyway. *rolls eyes at unnecessary drama*

Because his heart problems apparently mean that he can't have a real relationship, especially not with Pepper, who he apparently is in love with. Not that I'd know anything about those supposed feelings if they wouldn't have permanently thrown them in my face. *rolls eyes at writers who can't write romance, but try anyway*

I'm hopefully forever past that. *shrugs*

*is off to read more Iron Man*

Omygodomygodomygodomygodomygodomygod! *squees*

I JUST SAW IRON MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love it, love it, love it.

All those nice allusions.
( There be SPOILERS )

*squees some more*

I just saw the NCIS s5 episode Corporal Punishment. It was Captain America's history gone bad. *grins*

( There be spoilers )

Really, someone should show the current US government of the Marvel U that NCIS episode, just to show them what a bad idea doing another Super Soldier project would be.

I'm still very amused.

You Are 20% Girly

Um... you're a guy, right? If not, you're the most boyish girl in the world. And for you, that's probably the ultimate compliment.

Well, it's good to know that my personality and my genes match at least partly. *snorts*

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So, I just heard a critic on Iron Man on the radio. Totally hit me out of left field. *giggles more*

Well, the movie got 3,5 of 5 points and the critic is apparently very critical (meaning 5 points is almost never happening).

We'll have to see I've got the time to see it. Probably next week. After that I'll be busy with mom's wedding and studying for three exams and the Quanti lab. But I'm totally refusing to not see it in the theater. *stamps feet like a four years old*

So, I woke up this morning just to say hello to yesterdays meals. That was so much fun! Not. *snorts* It wasn't really surprising since my stomach was already protesting the night before, but I really could have done without it.

Well, I didn't go to todays lecture, obviously. The script to the lecture is online, too, so it's not so bad that I missed it. I'm really, really glad that I wouldn't have to go to college tomorrow either way, because I have two tutorials on Thursdays and I can't miss those.

Since my stomach has been grumbling at me the whole day I got to eat zwieback and pretzel sticks and drink disgusting herbal teas and stale coke. My stomach is still not happy with me for whatever reason. *grumbles*

At least I'm just having trouble with my stomach which, by now, is more of an annoyance than anything else. Running a fever would have totally ruined the rest of this week.

Now I'm going to have more of that disgusting herbal tea. *shudders*

Just bought the book I'll need for my OC lab next semester (the newest run even) on eBay. Now I can scratch one book from my to-buy-list (which consists of at least three more books). Really, why do those books always have to be so expensive? Especially considering students are notoriously poor. My text books are the only reason I'm a member at eBay.

My lab partner and me got our protocol back and now we have to correct a few things additionally to the protocoll we have to write for yesterdays experiments, which will be somewhat smaller than the first.

And next week start the Quanti lab, which will hopefully be better than last semesters Quali lab. So, I'll have to juggle two labs at the same time. Joy. *snorts*

Well, I knew what I had to expect. I'll just enjoy my last week of freedom.

We had PC again today and the lecturer told us that the exams were rescheduled. They are now both set for two days after the original dates. The last week before the semester break is still going to be stressfull, since I have an exam on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, but at least I don't have to write more than one a day.

Yesterday I had the first experimantal part of my physics lab. Now we (my lab partner and me) have to write the protocol. Ick. I hate writing protocols. But the lab itself wasn't that bad.

On another note I've been happily ensconsed in Highlander fics for about a month now, which is the reason I've been so absent from lj lately.

I really should finish the two Steve/Tony ficlets I've started. Nevermind the other stories I've started just this year. *eyes bunnies jumping around* I'm really, really glad that the majority of my bunnies are ficlets.

I had Quantitative Analysis today for the first time this semester, so there was all that orgasinatorial stuff. For example the date of the exam.

Guess what. It's one day after we write the second Maths and Physical Chemistry exams. Isn't that great? *inserts sarcasm* And let's not forget that the second Organic Chemistry exam is scheduled for the Saturday after those.

*headdesks*

If I find out which idiot is responsible for the exam schedules I just might have to strangle him. Well, at least if nobody is so nice as to shoot me now?