ice hockey on the elbsee

Youths play ice hockey on the frozen Elbsee Lake near Aitrang, Germany

as the sun sets January 5, 2011. (Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/AFP/Getty Images)

winter sports beat winter blues, boston bigpicture. 01.11.

sensation white NYE düsseldorf

20:00 doors open
21:30 - 22:40 Mr. White
22:40 - 23:58 Richie Hawtin
23:58 - 00:05 Silvester Moment
00:05 - 01:35 Sebastian Ingrosso
01:35 - 02:00 The Mix
02:00 - 03:30 Fedde Le Grand
03:30 - 04:45 Funkagenda
04:45 - 06:00 Joris Voorn & 2000 and One

Sensation White New Years' Eve — Düsseldorf, Germany

Line-up not even close to spectacular/epic as I had envisioned.
but oh, well. I bought my ticket early on, and Sensation is definitely a rave to go to while in Europe.
kinda regretting not having gone to the one in Copenhagen in November, though.
line-up was better, and it looked quite epic from the pics.
but I wasn't sure how the courseload would be (classes only started in mid-October) and so didn't buy a ticket and plan for Copenhagen.

sensation white — copenhagen, nov.2010

Happy New Year 2011!

_________edit:
Here's my little review-ish of the event. (02.01.2011)

xmas sales

by k. treiberg. leipzig, germany.

"here comes the offer!"

pavilion21

Coop Himmelb(l)au – Pavilion 21 Opera Space, Munich 2010. more here.

subtilitas

Berlin im Herbst!

yee~!

I got accepted into the EAP Germany—Freie Universität Berlin program!

so happy! and excited! gd I love Fridays.

unfinished published Nabokov

A Glorious Mess

Nabokov never wanted us to read his unfinished last novel. Unless, thrillingly, he did.

By Sam Anderson, nymag

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I signed up for classes last week. 4 classes. Thinking of taking 5. There's this Russian Literature class I want to take that will give me credit for the 'regional' section of my International Studies major. The focus is on a single author: Nabokov. I really want to take it, even though it'll be a lot of work. (Evaluations: Study time/week: 6.72 hrs.) Actually I wouldn't do too well in lit classes. I only want to take it so I can read the books and discuss a bit. The writing papers part..will prove dreadful. I just really enjoy reading books. I would have liked to take AP Lit senior year in high school just to read the books, but not do any assignments or take the exam. I borrowed One Hundred Years of Solitude and Notes From the Underground from a friend who took AP Lit. Still haven't gotten around to finishing them. Hmm..I don't want to overstress myself next quarter with 5 real classes (right now I'm also taking 5 but in my mind's calculation, German doesn't really count). I'd have lots of reading to do. Hmm..aaaah..dunno.

I'm planning to study abroad next fall, 2010 in Germany. Went to a small info session today. Learned that their school year/semester system would make me miss 2 quarters. German fall semester: Oct to Feb. That means I'd miss 4 classes (quarter system). Erm..

But if I decide not to add Russian Lit: Nabokov later, I hope they'll still offer it in the future, with the focus on the same great author.

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edit/add: I feel disillusioned. About a lot of things. Everything.

Maybe the feeling will pass. ie. "disillusioned youth".

abandoned, renovated gas station

In Berlin, A Renovated Gas Station, on location, NYtimes

click pics for more pics. renovated by juerg judin.

sehr nett..

Ich möchte Architektur studieren..