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The art of falling behind

Journal Entry: Tue Apr 15, 2008, 3:23 PM
Haven't been around here for way too long now, but for some reason. With the the PhD deadline closing in, the second half of March turned out as horribly hectic as predictable, so by the time I finally got to defend my dissertation I was basically hammered down into a shivering, teeth-on-edge caffeine fiend.
Despite that, it all went fine even beyond my expectations - I made it to Rome without accidents, got an "excellent" mark and words of praise from the examining committee - a badly needed ego boost, there :) so now I'm officially entitled to attach a nice ", PhD" after my name on welfare application forms :D

Then *dolma33 and I had planned to take a few vacation days in Rome, but overdue stress and a real bad cold kicked in together right the day after the examination, keeping me confined to the hotel room most of the time... once back home, it turned out I'd got a normal flu that was on the verge of degenerating into some form of pneumonia, and it took one more week on an arm-long list of medications to put me back together again.

Now I'm back in Parma, enjoying the relieving of tension that comes from not being rushed on deadlines for the first time in nearly four years... though I doubt I'll be able to upload much serious stuff these days however (maybe some pics from the Rome trip). Basically I'm spending most of my time now browsing scientific vacancies, laying down CVs, and trying to get myself a part-time job of sorts to keep my balance alive while completing a couple (unpaid) projects here at uni.

Besides, logging on dA after three weeks or so to find some 1400 overdue deviations to flip through as well as 200+ unreplied messages sorta knocked me down. I'm working on it but it'll have to be shortlisted to some extent anyway - my apologies in advance for all late or missing replies.

That's all for now, I guess. Have fun & take care.

PS Berlusconi's been elected italian prime minister again. If you wish to send nailbombs, voodoo dolls and radioactive waste over here, please feel free, mkay?


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  • Mood: Love
  • Reading: frank herbert - the godmakers

Devious Information

  • Current Age: 28
  • Current Residence: Italy
  • Interests: Chaos | Insects | Biology |
  • Favourite movie: Dune | Fire Walk With Me | Jacob's Ladder | Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
  • Favourite band or musician: Subject to change | currently Meshuggah
  • Favourite genre of music: industrial | death metal | acid rock | psy trance
  • Favourite artist: Max Ernst | Zdizlaw Beksinski | Dave McKean | Rene Magritte
  • Favourite poet or writer: Robert A. Wilson | Clive Barker | Dino Buzzati | Emile Cioran
  • Favourite photographer: Man Ray
  • Favourite style or digital art: Anything mind-warping
  • Operating System: Windows xp
  • MP3 player of choice: Winamp
  • Wallpaper of choice: My own
  • Favourite game: Chess | GTA San Andreas
  • Favourite cartoon character: Spider Jerusalem
  • Personal Quote: Each one hurts, the last one kills.
  • Tools of the Trade: Laptop & Lucky Strikes

Devious Comments

*NilNilNil:iconNilNilNil: Apr 27, 2008, 2:18:16 PM
Second that... but from the looks of it, seems like he's going to fuck us (italians) first :(

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*NilNilNil:iconNilNilNil: Apr 27, 2008, 2:17:02 PM
Tried it :) cool but sort of out of my everyday depth... much like Catch 33, they're both stunning pieces of music but definitely need special conditions to be listened to ;)

On the other hand, I must have listened to ObZen like four times a day for two weeks straight :headbang:

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~Jurrivortex:iconJurrivortex: Apr 25, 2008, 6:13:47 PM
P.S. Fuck Berlusconi

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~Jurrivortex:iconJurrivortex: Apr 25, 2008, 6:12:34 PM
MESHUGGAH! It's the best of the bestest (and i'm drunk, but just for seeing this and that and hist)

Have you tried Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects (Meshuggah's lead guitarist's solo album)? That's what got me into fractals, and that's like the deepest ever, an i think you should try it t00

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=Dragonfly113:iconDragonfly113: Apr 16, 2008, 5:58:27 AM
Thanks a lot for the :+fav:! :glomp:

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Brigitte
~Spamkiller:iconSpamkiller: Apr 15, 2008, 4:03:38 PM
E ti ringrazio. :heart:

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*Weegraphicsman:iconWeegraphicsman: Apr 15, 2008, 2:52:04 PM
Thanks for adding me as a friend.

Take Care

Andy
~Spamkiller:iconSpamkiller: Apr 14, 2008, 3:52:45 PM
Mi inchino alla tua arte. :+devwatch:

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=rudeboyskunk:iconrudeboyskunk: Apr 4, 2008, 7:30:27 AM
:iconrudeboyskunkplz::iconrudeboyskunkplz2::iconrudeboyskunkplz3:

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~toadhall111:icontoadhall111: Mar 27, 2008, 9:44:26 PM
Hi again :)
Thanks for liking my cat drawing!
*peggymintun:iconpeggymintun: Mar 27, 2008, 8:36:06 PM
Hello. Thanks so much for the fav.

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~kdietrich:iconkdietrich: Mar 27, 2008, 12:36:49 PM
Thanks for the fave of "A Dream I Had..." -- it's appreciated. :)
*baba49:iconbaba49: Mar 27, 2008, 12:09:29 PM
Thank you for the :+fav: I am happy that you like my "Salutary Solitude of A Fisher ".

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*NilNilNil:iconNilNilNil: Mar 27, 2008, 7:38:22 AM
My pleasure indeed :)

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*NilNilNil:iconNilNilNil: Mar 27, 2008, 7:38:14 AM
My pleasure indeed :)

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*NilNilNil:iconNilNilNil: Mar 27, 2008, 7:38:09 AM
My pleasure indeed :)

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*NilNilNil:iconNilNilNil: Mar 27, 2008, 7:37:56 AM
:) well thank you again then :blowkiss:

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*Red-Snapper:iconRed-Snapper: Mar 25, 2008, 4:36:57 PM
:boogie: Thanks for the faves Andrea!!!

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*n8iveattitude1:iconn8iveattitude1: Mar 25, 2008, 9:48:58 AM
your work is some of my favorite here on DA! i love the julians so much and yours are fantastic! :)

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~ProwlerZ:iconProwlerZ: Mar 25, 2008, 7:07:29 AM Mood: Joy
thankzzz 4 d fav man=D
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~SchwarzWieEbenholZ:iconSchwarzWieEbenholZ: Mar 25, 2008, 6:52:48 AM
Thanks for adding "Trouble" to your favs! :hug:

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*adeb1113:iconadeb1113: Mar 19, 2008, 3:56:13 AM Mood: Joy
Thank you so much for the recent :+fav: ...
I really appreciate your support! :heart:

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