things i love thursday #10 weekend-edition

having my mac back

last friday, when i was just about to write a new blog post, my harddrive died. it was horrible, first hoping it would come back, then realizing it was all gone and i would have to spend the long weekend without watching movies, without listening to music, and without the internet. fortunately i have an apple protection plan and a time machine backup on an external drive. so after having brought notebook and external hard drive to an apple store i was pretty hopeful that it was all going to be alright. and the week without a computer turned out to be not so bad at all. i spent the weekend outside with friends. and during the week i had to work so much i wouldn’t really have had any time for the trusty macbook anyway. one tiny problem arose though: i had not backed up my applications folder, which made it impossible to fully restore the system. my tip to any mac user: do not exclude the applications folder from your time machine backups! in that case you won’t even be able to run the system preferences. apart from that i am most happy that i did save all my fotographs. and a little depressed that the new playlist i had been working on is now lost.

running with music

i have mentioned before that i used to run on my cross trainer while watching episodes of tv shows. i couldn’t do that last week due to lack of laptop so i resorted to listening to music. and voila: running with music is so much better! i was much faster and got rid of a lot more built up aggression and managed to go much longer and further than ever before. i listened to does it offend you, yeah? and digitalism. any other great running music suggestions?

potential new glasses

i went looking for glasses with the fabulous lena last saturday and i actually found a pair i think i will get. have been looking for three years now and never thought i’d be this lucky. what do you think?

looking forward to my summer vacation

last week i booked my flight to portugal. in five weeks today i will already be at the beach in figueira da foz. i can’t wait. this is going to be my bright spot in all the stressful days at work that are sure to come up during the next few weeks. i can’t wait for the food (lulas!), the great weather, all the reading (must buy books at amazon!), seeing movies in english, lying at the beach all day, having absolutely no obligations whatsoever, cheap summer sale shopping, grocery shopping, driving around the country with luis and listening to music.

full days at work

even though long hours suck, it is good to have days at work where you don’t wonder for a second what to do next, where you don’t have to keep yourself occupied with tasks with no immediate relevance, where you don’t have to wonder if you are actually making the money you earn. finally i get to be responsible, and i get to see if i am actually good at this job. i get to learn and experience new things and even though getting a bad critique is tough there are many moments where i can’t hold back and have to say how much i love my job out loud. nina, my colleague, thinks i’m nuts but i’d much rather be nuts and be excited about what i do than be sane and hate it. especially when so many of my waking hours are spent doing it.

raquel reed

raquel reed is a turquoise-haired model from new york with a my little pony tattoo on her thigh. i love looking at her photographs, because they are so pretty yet so special. i recently discovered this video she made and think it’s delightful.