Unintelligent Design

Yes, the Leipzig hotel thing got sorted. It's all ok now - yes, davefish is mostly dead during daylight hours, but there aren't any serious problems. :-)

I'm in Leipzig.

Now, you might ask why, if I'm in Leipzig, I'm wasting time posting to LJ. That would be because I really, really need to rant. Simple enough answer.

• Left London with colfish and blooddoll3, got to Luton, queued for a stupid length of time before finally reaching check-in.
• Got train from Berlin to Leipzig. Got delayed for quite some time outside Leipzig, due to a bomb scare(?) at Leipzig station...
• Finally reached Leipzig to find that nobody had a map showing where our hotel was. Within walking distance of station, yes, but which direction? This was easy enough to resolve, though.
• Reached hotel to find that they'd cancelled our booking, as we were late, and had just rented our rooms to someone else. Lost my sense of humour at this point.
• Got taxi from hotel to other hotel, which they'd phoned and arranged alternative rooms (for all five nights) with.
• ...checked into second hotel, to discover that they thought we were only staying for one night, then moving back into first hotel for the other four nights...?

The saga continues. But right now, beer takes priority.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6675169.stm

...but is that a good thing?

Er, yes. I managed to lock myself out of the house this morning. Not ideal.

( Ooops... )

Normality has resumed. It's definitely a Monday.

Fortunately, I'm off to Leipzig on Thursday, which may help a little. Then again, it might not - there are plenty of good bands playing, but I'm still a little low on enthusiasm.

(Note to self: mead and absinthe are not appropriate substitutes for enthusiasm)

I suspect that I'll be in Morrisons Irish Bar at some point on Thursday night. May see some of you there?

Let's see how it goes...

Finally watched the last two episodes of Life on Mars.

That... was an interesting finish.

I like it.

Edit: Comments may contain spoilers.

Life's still pretty good. I'm just mentioning this because, well, normally I don't mention this.

Read back through five years of my LJ (something which I wouldn't exactly recommend...) and the "yes, life is good" aspect is not always terribly obvious. Probably because it doesn't exactly invite comment (unlike mashed potatoes) or supply useful information.

Right. Application for new and shiny job submitted. Let's see how it goes...

Lunch with pope_ant and pink_mouse. A long and positive conversation with the boss. A short and productive conference call.

I appear to have a job for a little longer than expected. I'm also applying for a different job tomorrow, as I've found out about it at the very last minute. This could be fun.

...In The Nursery(??, 25th, Völkerschlachtdenkmal), Ataraxia (16:00, 26th, Schauspielhaus), Rotersand (20:10, 25th, Agra), In Strict Confidence (18.45, 25th, Werk II), Subway to Sally (23:20, 28th, Agra), The Last Days of Jesus, Merlons Lichter...

...Grendel, The Cruxshadows,

This should be fun. Allegedly the Cruxshadows play the Agra at 1AM. Er, and the Levellers are just below Subway to Sally on the Monday night line-up. Some would say that this is merely as it should be. They obviously need more bagpipes... :)