I fear I did something wrong this year: no Sinterklaas presents whatsoever.

Instead a water flooding at the University's server so we couldn't do anything on the network today. I went back home and worked there.
I tried to warm up some donuts for breakfast but they turned out black and very smelly.
Lastly, the VM server seems down as well.

Do we need more bad omens?? I think Sint and his Zwarte Pieten will kidnap me to Spain....
That's actually not a bad prospect ha!

So if you won't hear from me again after tonight's Thai dinner I'll be scuba diving in Spain...

There's not much which can compete with a lazy Saturday afternoon, drinking tea while listening to Nick Cave.


Yeah I downloaded the B-sides album since I missed it too much.
I just close my eyes hearing Nick croon at his best and I'm back on the vast Australian roads and highways of the Great Ocean Road...

Time is surely flying, just a few weeks left before the Christmas vacation. There's something else up the road too but I'm successfully blocking that out of my mind ha!

One of my fave songs on the 3-CD B-sides is "Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum".
Mesmerizing...

http://www.kongkicksass.com/
Bloody brilliant haha!

So another December commences.
How I loathe this month.

It's been awhile, I even got an e-mail from Bas asking me if I was THAT busy
obviously, not really hehe!

I have posted 2 new pics on my photobucket site: http://photobucket.com/albums/a137/Saldiac/Pittsburgh/

The weather never stops to amaze me: last week the temperature dropped to zero but in the weekend it was around 10 degrees Celsius. Right now it's freezing...

A few facts about Pittsburgh I've heard during the last few weeks:
-Supposedly, Pittsburgh is THE city in the U.S. which has the most rainfall during the year.
Even more than Seattle...
-Furthermore, research has shown that Pittsburgh is by far the worst U.S. city to be single in.

I'm doomed!

What have I been up to next to CMU work?
Well, pretty much more of the same old stuff:
writing reviews and interviews for VM, buying too many CD's, going to the cinema (5 movies in 1 weekend a while ago hehe!) and eating the typical 'bachelor cuisine'.

The house still looks like crap ha! Besides some small stuff like buying more towels and sh*t like that, no furniture.
But I do have a list of non-furniture things I need to buy/do. E.g., still no TV/DVD so home cinema at some point in time. Better soon than late I need a car: really, without a car getting groceries while it's freezing is not that much fun. Also, since the city is pretty big and not wanting to figure out all the lame bus schedules a car is definitely not just a luxury thing but a necessary means to get anywhere besides the city center and the surrounding areas.
Last but not least I'm thinking about a spring break in the Florida Keys. That could be quite expensive with the high accomodation costs down there but it's THE place to go to when you're into diving.
Besides, I need more dive certificates damn it!

Right enough ranting for now, will try to do without the slacking but who knows what December brings?

VM-colleague Bas looked up my house on Google
click on the pic to enlarge!

Well, as much as I rejoiced for finally getting paid, most of the money has flown out of the window by now.
First of all, I had to pay my landlady 2 months rent of which 1 is the security deposit. Will get that one back at the end of our lease which is on June 1 2006.

Have to admit that I really needed to get my musical fix. Badly!
Meaning that I was craving to buy some new music. Besides getting a stash of CD's I obviously had to buy a stereo since this laptop is definitely not made to play music 24/7.
And for a music addict, these things are far more important than furniture...

While being at it I decided to buy a webcam since it is quite useful when using Skype (or msn, etc.).
Good thing I rented a car so now my fridge is also loaded with lots of groceries.

Next payday is on Halloween....