08 Oct
life.is.crazy.
my life has been kinda crazy over the last 6 weeks. and I was just to busy (and tired) to blog about any of the stuff. but today just sent me over the edge.
so here is a list of the major and minor things I can remember … 
- I went to burning man.
pretty awesome and rad 7 day experience. the weirdest and most amazing stuff I have seen in my entire life. LARGE scale art that could easily be on display in the most elite galleries in the world, eating fresh(!) sushi of naked women (in the middle of the desert!), dancing all night long, getting lost in the most intense sand storm I have ever experienced.
probably the most insane/weird/ridiculous/unbelievable thing I saw was during a techno party. they had three strong lasers pointing into the sky, standing still, and the lasers STOPPED IN MID AIR. which is physically absolutely impossible. I walked around this phenomena, but no matter from what angle we viewed, the lasers stopped all angles at the same point, about 300 feet above ground as if there was an invisible barrier (with all the stars clearly visible. and no, neither of us was on drugs). if I hadn’t been there I wouldn’t believe it myself.
and last not least getting all my camera equipment stolen (ugh).
I will be there for sure next year!! - I went to Las Vegas on my way home and saw the most amazing show I had ever the pleasure to visit, “KA” by Cirque du Soleil. Watch the trailers/examples on youtube. I was truly blown away.
- I finally moved into my new apartment. And I swear, I will NEVER drive a cargo van in the city ever again. Next time I move I will just pay whatever it takes, parking is NO fun.
- I participated at CityChase, a scavenger hunt race through all of Manhattan.
Making me ride an electric bull, screaming “smells like teen spirit” with a live rock band, free climbing a wall and memorizing 12 different kinds of hot dogs (ok, I cheated on that) to name just a few. Our team was one of the last, mostly because my team member was so hang over from the last night that she was 4 hours late for the start …. - I went to a birthday party and met on a roof on 49th street a former working colleague from Austria how just passed by and knew one of the roommates of the flat (what coincidence!).
- at this party I also met Ms.SD and had a very fabulous 3 hour lunch at “Neue Gallery“, enjoying an absolutely amazing and 100% authentic “Gulasch with Spätzle” (HIGHLY recommended).
- I had the pleasure to be part of a bachelor party, with go-kart racing in the morning (uhoh my butt, but I won! HA!), the most intense feast of my life in the evening (at Churrascaria), and a ride to a incredibly hard to find stripper bar in New Jersey afterwards where we were throwing dollars at fully naked girls like candy (Oh, and our only female companion this evening kinda made out with one of the strippers).
- I found the perfect gift for Nunu (but can’t tell here what it is)
- I bought an incredible memory foam mattress. Its extremely hard not to fall immediately asleep when you lay down. If you need one, get it at Bed In a Box.
- We had a dish of dried pears in our office which looked like vaginas (I swear! everyone thought so!).
- I was on a red carpet event during fashion week where about 20 (professional) photographers were taking pics of me in front of a (posing) wall. ohhh the flash light sensations!
- my uncle got married. I wish them all the best!!
- its quite amazing how many mexican people smile at you in stores when you wear a bright red shirt with frills to work.
- The guy who rented my room in Chinatown after I left died of a heart attack on the brooklyn bridge while riding his bicycle. He was the same age (32) as me (and an extremely overworked architect)! That’s really really scary. Seriously guys, enjoy every day you have.
- On my way home from training I decided one time to go a slightly different route to grab some “Malta Goya” a hard to get drink and heard some austrian words while I passed a group. I stopped and asked if they are austrians and to my big big surprise it was Ms. A who was one year ahead of me at college, she just moved to NY a month ago (and got announced by another friend of mine, but I forgot about it). She is a VJ and already knows a shi*load of people here. This will be fun!
- I am riding the fashion train more than ever AND I am in serious need of a haircut