First of all, happy new year everybody. Most people who read this have already received personal wishes from me, but it’s nice keeping a continuity in my posts. Today I returned to Mytilini… I came by a slow and boring ship got me here and a smelly, dirty and totally untidy home was here to greet me. I brought it even more stuff for it to cherish its stuffy existence with, namely parts for my brand new PC I bought in Athens (and will start connecting and building very soon), the Xbox 360 and the various networking I had to do to make it play on Live (yes! I’m on Xbox Live as of today! My gamertag is Cubilone, look for it) plus all the other experimenting I’m doing right now with my room makes for a really messy place. Anyway, soon, when I get to building the PC and putting everything where it should be (which doesn’t automatically mean the place is going to be tidy afterwards, mind you) and along the way make the whole apartment slightly more generally inhabitable. Today I put up a few posters, two I had got in Athens and a surprise Mario Galaxy one that came with January’s EDGE. I like them all!
So what have I been doing recently? It’s really difficult for me to think of anything apart from one person and everything I’ve been doing with her, which is what I was doing mostly for the last few days : Alexandra. We got together on January 5th, which ended my 730-day period of singleness. What’s so important about that number? It’s 365×2. I had been single for exactly 2 years. Not one day less or more. There must be some kind of signifcance within this number… I should research it more. Anyhow, what is much more important is not that I’m no longer single; it is that I’m now with such a wonderful person. And it all came completely out of the blue… I didn’t even know her a month ago! We’ve only been together for a week (wow, it’s a WEEK already?) but the time we spent in eachother’s company even during this short period of time was ouf of this world. Everything seems too good to be true… Apart from a single, hard-hitting fact: we don’t live in the same town. Now, under different circumstances this would be a problem and sure, it still is. But I know I’m dedicated to keep this relationship no matter the cost. Suddenly, to me, the distance doesn’t seem all that great and the trip to Athens and back sounds short enough. I think that both I and Alex can and will make this work just the way we want to, to all feasible extent of course. Going out every night with her sure was good but it dramatically reduced the time I thought I’d have to spend in Athens. A whole week with her felt like little more than a couple of days… Mindblowing. I couldn’t see all the people I originally wanted to see, but the price was fair. It’s OK though for I can safely tell that my trips to Athens will be much more frequent now. Would you imagine that… I was planning to spend at least 2 and a half months here without going back to my homecity. But I have no complaints, on the contrary. 😀
I just made myself some tea using the new set my dad gave me for Christmas. It really is a fine gift…
Apart from last week, I don’t have much to say. I’ve been acting like a big spender to get everything right for my new PC and Xbox — I just downloaded Castlevania: Symphony of the Night from Live Arcade. Last week George persuaded me to buy Blue Dragon for just 20 euros brand new. Whether this purchase will be worth it remains to be seen. Oh yes, Gears of War is an awesome game but Hexic still holds the top spot for most playtime on my Xbox… Remember what I said about simple games and innovative ideas?
Apart from all this, there’s also uni to think about… But I wouldn’t worry about it too much for the time being, apart for the Javascript thingie I have to have complete by Jan. 17th… Duur! Why can’t I just sit back and relax with my techie, geeky stuff? Oh yeah, the project is just as geeky… What have I got myself into. 😛
