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First the news: I have been accepted as a researcher at a top university here… one of the best in europe, actually. It’s perfect, I will now be working on my Ph.D., researching a very interesting field, earning good money and will have the stability I have wanted for so long. I’m so excited… things are just fantastic!

In other news, I have sadly learned that i’m a snorer. A terrible snorer. Worse than trains, trams and rowdy football fans. Seriously! This came as a shock to me.

I had known that I snored (a bit) when I didn’t sleep in my own bed, but I’d never known it was like this. A friend had been visiting with me, and I was under the impression that she was sleeping like a baby. Then, a couple of nights ago, my girlfriend stayed over as well… that morning, they both were exchanging glances, and when pressed, admitted that I had waken them up at night. My guest then proceeded to tell me that she would be basically awake between 3 and 7 am because of my snoring, my girl said that it was so bad that she got scared at night, and that she always considered going home because she assumed that 4 hours of actual sleep were better than 8 with the snore monster. My roommate, who’d slept in my room a few nights when we first moved in, came out and said that yes, when I did snore, it was terrible. He apparently could hear me snoring through two shut doors and a thick wall. My cousin suddenly remembered that he used to throw things at me to stop me when I used to sleep over… And blissfully unaware moi had no idea. NONE! Who would imagine that the 3-4 hours of sleep that I get cause so much trouble? Then again, I’d be sleeping, and as one ancient chinese philosopher used to say: “If one snores in one’s sleep, does one hear oneself? That is the question asked to a tree falling noiselessly in the woods while trying to catch a fly with a chopstick.” In other words… who the hell cares?

Finally, I’m pleased and proud to introduce Kreuz!

Kreuz is an over-sexed, under-achieving monster who has no inhibitions. He will be joining us regularly… unless he gets bored and goes away. Please say hi.