The New World, Not Yet
I've packed, I've relocated. I've fought with tears, I've overcome my negative thoughts.
After 8 hours on the train, I'm visiting my father and his family for a few days. This is a short stop on my way to Berlin where Markus will be so kind to share his flat with me until I found one for myself.
I'm quite aware of the lack of information about my plans here. So I'll do a quick introduction to the oh so simple idea: get my (pardon) ass up in a city I have some support in, but not enough to be able to slack (like in a certain city that has been called Vindobona
at some point). And I'll stay for a year.
Because this sounds rather radical, there's a need for more context: I've been trying to move out since I was 15. Back then, I had all the information I needed to get independent from my parents, I even looked at a flat that seemed alright for my needs. But after I presented everything to my mother, the communication problems we had were far intense worse than before.
After that, all the flat-sharing plans I started since I was 17, such as the one with Karin or Philipp (and Clemens and Matthias), failed at several attempts. When I first started this journal/blog over a year ago, I even mentioned specific plans on moving. Embarrassing that it hasn't happened until now…
With this past, don't you think 20 is a good age to finally move out?
After discussing my situation with Tina, who told me about her Seattle/San Francisco dilemma, I remembered I don't have to stay in Vienna.
After 2 minutes of thinking a little further, Berlin seemed to be the perfect place to go. I have a friend who lets me use his quite limited space for a month or two, the overall cost of living is quite low, while the pay the same as in Vienna. Now, the only issue would be finding a job, I'll take almost anything just to survive, as long as it's not too frustrating.
Yes, what you've may noticed is right, this entry does have a strange and rather unemotional feel to it. And I think you've guessed right if you thought of sub-conscious self-protection.
Published
26. May 2006, 21:40
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kule photos . . . ( u meine fuesze / socken sind jetzt gerade wieder genau so nass gewesen wie damals auf dem photo da oben )
karin on 27. May 2006, 03:34
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Good luck. Hope Berlin works out for you.
TH on 27. May 2006, 23:38
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I wish you the best. And: greetings to Markus, my former colleague at the university (studying biology). I hope he gets more sleep nowadays...
Matthias (potential flatmate of the past) on 28. May 2006, 03:37
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naja das klump findest du sicher nicht mehr so super wenn du ein paar 90-minütige knockoutprüfungen drüber schreiben musst, auf englisch noch dazu.
>I don't have to stay in Vienna.< jaja wenn man das einmal begriffen hat gibts eh kein halten mehr :) und auslandsstudium war keine option für dich? ich hab nämlich sofort nach der matura zammgepackt, bin auf gut glück nach deutschland und hab mich (eigentlich eh schon lang nach der frist)für den studiengang computerlinguistik eingeschrieben, und jetzt grad mach ich erasmusjahr an der karlsuni. ich glaub so günstig und unkompliziert kommt man nur mit studium ins ausland. aber einfach so spontan abhaun, das hat auch was... aber dann ab jetzt kein viennametroblogging mehr, gell. schade.
s. on 30. May 2006, 13:17
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Good luck with it. It sounds like an exciting step to take, and it'll certainly be rewarding.
Hannah on 04. June 2006, 09:14
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ah, beim kaffee ueber hpsg plaudern, das ist ja mal ein romantisches angebot :) herzlichen dank. ich wuerd ja gerne eine gegeneinladung aussprechen, aber leider hab ich momentan noch gar keinen plan wie lang ich noch in prag bin (geschweige denn in europa) mhm mhm ich haett eh auch fast mit 15, 16 die schule geschmissen nur um von daheim wegzukommen, aber die letzten paar jahre zur matura hab ich dann doch noch irgendwie durchgedrueckt, unter grossem protest und aggressivem fernbleiben. naja gleich nach der matura, weil man da als student sofort familienbeihilfe und so bekommt, damit und mit den gelegentlichen studentenausbeuterjobs kann man sich recht gut ueber wasser halten ohne finanziell auf mami angewiesen zu sein. und ja, ganz allein, ohne begleitung, so hab ichs am liebsten. am berliner metroblog is aber nicht viel los seh ich grad :/
s. on 04. June 2006, 21:09
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- Michael Zeltner
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Male Viennese citizen. At the moment he is mainly webapplication developer but also almost-somewhat-artist (blah). He has been part of the Plone UI Team. His weird taste in music and art often gets smiles, but that may also be caused by his slow and/or confusing form of expression. More shall follow.