Binary Bonsai

Yes, even when I’m soaring high in the sky across the sea the splits the UK from the rest of Europe, I can blog!… Well sort of anyway. This is a timed blog entry, set to go off when the stupidity level of my users reaches unseen depths… it now has ;) (I love you guys!)

So, not much to tell. If everything goes according to plan I’ll land in Denmark at 21.50 (GMT +1) where my mom and Rikke will pick me up and transport me back to Aalborg (about 1½ hour drive or so).

Part of me feels like I should be sentimental about leaving. Hesitant. After all I’ve spent 20 months (discounting vacation time spent in Denmark, it comes to 14 months) over here. I’ve met people of all shapes and sizes, all oh whom have left impressions on me that I will inevitably carry with me onwards, as these things have a tendency to.

I could spend a very long while writing up an entry on my time here, and chances are that I will eventually (spiced up with photos), but I don’t have the energy or distance from events to do it properly at the moment, so I’d rather save it for later.

Though I will in finishing before I throw myself into a game of SWG that of all the things I’ve gotten to know better, myself included, time is the most fundamentally altered perception that I’m going to walk (or fly) away with.

PS: Does anyone actually pick up on some of these timecodes that I use? I feel like I’m dropping hints that noone ever see. The post that hit 11:38 yesterday was however entirely coincidential. An act of God if you will :).

I expect that I’ll post an update tomorrow if I can get away with it, after all I’ve been going on at least one update every day for a couple of months now, so why the hell not. But no promises. Now you can pick up the gun again.

Here’s a perfect way to spend 10 minutes. A geek test. I scored 22.09073%

Packing up my stuff is not only boring, it’s a bit frustrating. It’s frustrating because that now I’m faced with the consequences of having a lot of stuff. Books, Magazines, more books, DVD’s, a computer (heavy fucker too!), box with computer parts, some more magazine, some more books.

Now if only I collected something like dried flowers, or stamps. But no. And my books are mostly hardcover ones, with glossy paper for artwork and whatnot, which certainly doesn’t help when you’re trying to pack boxes that can actually be moved by humans.

I’m afraid I’m going to have to repack a few of the boxes.

I don’t want to pack down my machine. I wish I had a laptop, I feel naked without constant access to a keyboard and the Internet. I’m afraid also that I’ll have to ditch my 14” secondary monitor, I don’t see how I can pack it and still stay within reasonable weight limitations. I don’t have a particular emotional attachment to this particular monitor, especially considering that it’s an old oooold, ancient in fact 14”. (Alsteds in fact, handed down to me for free many years ago).

“The things you own, end up owning you.” Though Tyler Durden is for the most part right, I don’t feel particularly attached to my collection of ‘stuff’. Over half of these things could be left behind and I would never notice. But on the other hand, I feel comfortable when I’m surrounded by my things.

PS: I’ve thought of leaving MSN Messenger for good. I never really used to use it much before I came over here. ICQ was all the rage back then, when suddenly I met people who had never heard of ICQ! Ye Gods! I’ve talked to Bjørn about this several times, and I think we’re both getting tired of spam offering live sex shows and the likes with no way of hindering their access to me.

ICQ on the other hand allows you to deny messages from people not on your contact list. I wish someone would write a plugin for Trillian which would spam the spammers or at least despam them. [checking to see if someone has] … Nope.

God I hate spam.