papers and parties

even on holdiay, life establishes a pattern revolving around work.
i get up around noon and masha and i go for a coffee. then we head to....the library! inspiring place that it is! the next 8 hours or so are spent shuttling between the phd and the library with periodic coffee and ciggarette breaks. then sometime around 8 we head of to a restaurant or someones house for dinner and drinks and conversation that lasts until about 2 am. then we go our separate ways and the whole thing repeats again the next day.
i spent a year living like this in 2003-2004, and being back here makes me nostalgic. i remember the odd conversations i had in various restaurants and bars, and with whom. the fact that the bars and the people are for the most part all still here only contributes to my disorientation. as we all panic in the library, i have to remind myself that i am no longer a student here....
oh well at least i have finished my paper...
last night we stayed up smoking and drinking (and eating) at simina's house. vlado and bogdan are both gone, to amsterdam and bucharest as i understood, so we had the place clean and to ourselves. pictures to follow.