Having survived all of the xmas’ and newyear’s drinking and eating, I’m back in front of a math book. Oh the joy.
Still, a late happy new year/whoot, welcome to the future to all of you.
A good time to point you to the excellent Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal web comic. If you like xckd (a little at least) you will LOVE this for its constant quality of strips (please at least check out this one, it has me laughing everytime i reread it) and also the occasional video sketch – like the latest effect-laden date wars/battle of the sexes:
Tragedy of the year — War in Iraq? Abu Ghraib? Tsunami? 
Yeah, but… more saddening, on a personal level, was – at least for me – the rise and the fall of the nfo.stadttheater in Erding. It was a great joy to see a good concept actually work, with many people embracing the opportunity to experience a nightlife in Erding that was very different to the usual places (Sunrise etc.) and introduced many youngsters to a kind of music more advanced and edgy than what they’re usually treated with. But what’s even worse than seeing a concept fail is to experience its success – and eventually having to give up anyway due to technical reasons and unresolvable little arguments… A shame, really.
Clubbing in 2004 — So what was going on dans les discothéques? Me and Flinz discovered in May that not all of Munich’s hipster’s locations are to be avoided on a constant basis, with the Erste Liga actually being a nice spot to get drunk, dance and meet ppl, not quite the ideal location for a claustrophobic person though. It’s conveniently located right across the Vorraum, a cozy little bar where also many fun nights were spent, 
such as Flinz’ very own birthday. Meanwhile the Garden as well as the Registratur became almost impossible to go to, too many idiots & bitches in the former case, too many people in general in the latter. So Munich got a little depressing in late 2004, the old Schall was still greatly missed, but with the Woandersclub opening in December things are beginning to look better. Nice, trashy location, absolutely beautiful lineups (Perlon, Festplatten, Konzept Schall and the likes, 
if you know what I mean) and people behind it that seemed to be just as fed up with club culture in Munich as many of us and are now trying to stir things up a bit. Good luck 
from the bottom of my heart! Favourite bar in 2004: The K+K-Klub, where it’s not unusual to find ppl like Hans Platzgumer spinning a set during the week, for free… My personal favourite club nights were Jeff Mills at the Badeanstalt in April, Le quatrième click at the Registratur in October, the Woandersclub opening in Dec as well as Gayle San and Angela Flame at the Kranhalle (May, Dec), both being absolute eye candy and delivering fantastic sets. Also definitely worth mentioning: Kowalski & Bartz at the Gematix 2, Carl Cox and let’s not forget the great Bavarian Open 04. Oh, and probably the best of all: DJ Hulk, Stockholm. Can’t beat this guy. No way.
happening outside of any clubs too… Nice birthday celebrations were held by Flinz 
having stumbled upon 
so, the other day, i was wondering. concerning my last hai, i have taken some time to reflect about life, its wonders and weirdness. and what do you know, as usual, i get distracted from my meditations too easily, and soon i found myself playing an 
in the game, you got several locations – your home, a shopping mall, a nightclub, a bar, several places to work, an university – and well, basically your virtual life elvolves around these parameters: time, money, knowledge, strength, charm…. soooo – well fuck me, those guys managed to reduce life to a 990kb flash game and they’re as close to reality as you can possibly get! play it, you’ll see what i mean. don’t we all start at day 1 in our lives, with no skills and no clue whatsoever? and isn’t real life nothing more than a constant hunt for the next possible fuck (replace fuck with love, if you are female and/or feel offended…)? instead of 100 HPs (health points) in the game, we got 14-16 wake hours every day in life – but to do the exact same things: 
to boost our skills – studying, gaining dating experience, changing jobs, working out, making out. the days are passing by, and you can see your skills going up – but have you focused on the right aspects? balancing out your life while still remembering to call your girl at night, watching your bank account while not forgetting about her birthday – 
that’s the key to success in the game. and in life. so don’t you guys let anybody tell you any shit about how you’re supposed to lead your life – tell them you know how the game works, and always remember: drinking beer at the bar boosts up your charm by 5 points!
