Almost Ing. - just the "." missing

Two vodkas, four beers, no lunch. Only the thesis is left.
And Mrs. K. is a stupid bitch.

Studying hurts

The results of spending last three days in the library:
- blister on my middle finger (I am not used to hand writing anymore)
- cramps in my left hand (63 hand-written pages)
- feeling brain-dead (I've read 375 pages of the most retarded book ever)

I reconsidered using the laptop instead of the old-fashioned pen + notebook, but you know, then I would have internet, solitaire, music ... so, rather not.

The good thing is that I still keep my planned schedule.

Trip to the past

Here I was again. Sitting on the red sofas in Paradise Building, chatting with Jiřinka, successfully ignoring the opened book on my lap. It felt different though. This is not my life anymore. I could not help the feeling that I'm only a guest there. Plus I totally forgot how to study (not that I ever really learned that).

Memorable quote:
Me: Have you noticed who just passed by?
Jiřinka: Yep, sure. Apparently he didn't get any new sweater for Christmas this year.

Jana, the photographer

It is a well-known fact that I like neither taking pictures nor being on the pictures. I simply prefer to live the moment and enjoy it than to "smile and wave" and ruin the atmosphere. Sure it's nice to have pictures, but not if I have to take them. Anyway, time to time I am forced by circumstances to take the camera and use it. And even then I do nothing more than pushing the button. I have no clue about composition or camera settings. So imagine my amusement when I got this Flickr e-mail:

Hi Jana,
I am writing to let you know that two of your photos have been short-listed for inclusion in the fourth edition of our Schmap Prague Guide, to be published early January 2008. (...)
While we offer no payment for publication, many photographers are pleased to submit their photos, as Schmap Guides give their work recognition and wide exposure, and are free of charge to readers. (...)

So yeah, I am a published photographer now. You can admire my work somewhere here.

On vacation

I am on my first official vacation ever. Sure I took days off, had holiday or worked from home before but this is the first time when I filled in "dovolenka", had it signed from my manager and delivered it to our HR person.
The reason is pragmatic - I'm having state exam on Jan 22nd. First I thought I would spare the vacation for something more exciting like traveling, for relaxing and resting from work, but then I counted that I still have 6,5 days of vacation from the last year and I can also take 4 extra days off for overtimes (yay for business trips).
The thing is that we just had 11 days of Christmas free time so there is no need to have a rest from work. To tell the truth, I'd rather be there now, especially when the only plan for upcoming weeks is the silence and boredom in the library.

С Новым Годом!

Wishing you a really, really, really good year