Beiträge vom April 2008

April 30, 2008

We CAN be present!

Oh sweet 70s, where have you gone? This is CAN, jamming, hanging out and talking.

I guess talking about socialism was all the rage back then. But regardless, I find it very true what Irmin Schmidt says in the end: Television (or, more generally, populist discourse) forces art to interprete itself when [...]

April 26, 2008

Status: On vacation!

Yannick right now: On the balcony, blueberry bagel and drink in hand and no plans ahead… Life is amazing! Yesterday was the last exam – see you later, university. Like, in September.
I’ll probably get some plants for our balconies later with André. Everything must turn green, green.
Last night we celebrated Kristin’s birthday in the Métro. [...]

April 20, 2008

Waaa, Hockey!

It’s „Hockey Night in Canada“… every night. From 7 to 11. And the Canadians are going crazy.
Denkt an die WM 2006, Viertelfinale. Ungefähr so geht’s hier zu. Jeden Tag zehn Seiten extra in der Zeitung, Fahnen an allen Autos und überfüllte Kneipen. Das Montréaler Team, die Montreal Canadiens ist dieses Jahr eines der besten Teams [...]

April 12, 2008

Webcomics

Recently, when I actually should have been writing term papers, I spent considerable amounts of time looking at awesome webcomics. There’s a whole world out there, that I hadn’t payed attention to before!
Great, for example, is XKCD, a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math and language. Despite the warning, that the advanced math jokes may [...]

April 6, 2008

Sonne! Wärme! Aber immer noch Schnee…

Über’s Wochenende waren wir in der Sporthütte der McGill University. Es war sonnig und warm, wir konnten sogar oben ohne im Schnee spielen.
Das war nun aber wirklich das letzte mal Schlitten fahren vor dem Sommer, versprochen.