I got my toprope-free-climbing-certificate (or whatever you would call it in English) with the DAV yesterday and scrambled a full 18m grade IV twice and about half a V of the same length (maybe I could’ve gone full if my arms weren’t that tired). Will get better at climbing soon I hope, but for the first time it was better than I expected.

And as soon as possible I want to start lead climbing. But first I want to be able to climb V or VI routes to get some practice.

Now, tonight I’ll be at my usual sword fencing training.  I’ve got no muscle ache, but I’m curious how hard it’ll be to hold that sword for two hours.

I currently have two photo shootings to review to select and edit images for publication. One of them is an important (for me at last) band shooting. And I still want to train my Gimp skills a bit more. Then there’s the 3D stuff I want to work on which also leads directly to video editing. Not to mention the to-be-filled-with-acryl-paint canvases, the soapstones in my drawer or the concept drawings for masks and stuff. That was just a general rundown on art. There’s still my kitchen to do, which is also a mayor time-killer. And what was that about writing a book? I didn’t even spend time to write some notes for at least a year. Don’t even get me started on movie reviews. Anyone remembering me writing about UAVP? Forget it. And there’s still so much to learn and do with computers. Leisure? Oh sure, I got dozens of books to read, DVDs to watch, games to play and who knows what. I’m sure some day… okay, Im not sure, I rather doubt it…

Anyway.. I’m typing these lines on a EeePC 1000H I want to test for work… yeah I know… something is rotten in the state of Denmark…

So, what’s boredom?

And what is this burnout syndrom Schoggi keeps mentioning? Is that edible? Maybe tasty even?

Boredom, shmordom… feh… that’s about as foreign to me as this chilly feeling or freezing people keep mentioning these days.

Beside work, there is my kitchen. I’m getting a new used one. Best part would be a working, non-smelling fridge (had to keep everything in boxes with the old one) and a new stove. This should get my cooking ambitions up again. Already mixing some marinades in my mind. Problem is, I have to get rid of the old kitchen and renovate the room first. But things are going more or less smoothly.

For all those who follow my photography works, check out for open eyes only. Not only have I been submitting new works, but I also launched the new website. Just took about two years to do so… and while it’s not that great, it at least doesn’t suck as much as the former one. But I’m afraid I will have to work on a new version already, since there are some minor problems with certain adblockers. Some older works are missing, but I try to reupload them as soon as I find them and some time. More shootings coming up. Regarding art, I also plan on learning a bit more about image editing. Not to manipulate my photos more, but to try some new creations. And of course, I’m not learning to shop… I’m learning to gimp. This is not new to me (example), but I think I have a lot to learn to make better images.

On another matter, I will switch to permanent signatures for my mails and works. Somehow I’ve been neglecting the matter for too long. Time to enforce it. Maybe I can finally get the university to come along with this. Have been trying to create a PKI here for years. So far it’s only a small CA for server certificates. So I will be getting more familiar with the CACert (becoming an assurer and stuff) and the DFN PKI. We’ll see.