yesterday was the second wedding that our vocal ensemble “cantus borg” was supposed to sing at. it took place in fritzens this time.

it was amazing!
again, i enjoyed it so much - i think i’ll finally need to get into a choir that has regular rehearsals and concerts.
i feel so much more alive after singing, it’s just great!

plus, now i know we really produce a nice sound. you can’t tell when you’re singing yourself, but i tape-recorded us yesterday, and it sounds a lot better than i thought it would!
(taking account that my little mp3-player wasn’t originally designed for cd-quality-recordings)

i even took some pictures, this time!

[listen to samples]
cantate domino (w.a. mozart) - zip [mp3], 184KB
lass mi bei dir sein… (tyrolean folk song) - zip [mp3], 442KB

[view photos]

i’ve had some serious computer problems in the last time, and finally - some days ago - i realized it’s the harddisk which is conking out already.
it’s only been half a year i’ve had that 120GB disk, so it should still be warranted.

anyway, there’s been a lot of catching up to do, considering that my last big backup was done in …about december.
but i’m back! i have no harddisk in my pc, but the notebook is still doing fine (thank goodness!).

this is why it might take a while until i’ll post new photos.

[lyrics quote of the moment]
I dreamt a place, I know it’s true
where the dolphins play and it’s always sunny.
The girls are brown and the ocean blue,
less work to do, but you make more money!
gaelic storm - drink the night away

oh, and there’s something else that just came to my mind:
“just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming, …”

when i was taking a short walk today i stumbled across a vespiary.

they’re usually not agressive animals, only when they feel threatened, so i decided to take some pictures…
i was able to get as near as 10cm (4 in) to the burrow with my camera, and although the wasps were getting curious, they let me take pictures without stinging…

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finally, i’ve completed the new website.
i’ve added a few new functions (like this page you’re reading right now), and changed the basic structure and layout of everything else.

i had anticipated blogging for some time before i actually got wordpress - so i saved some of the highlights in my little world and copied the stuff in here.

within the next week, i’ll try to finish uploading the last missing pictures, like my trip to the us in september/october 2003…

so there you are, have (decent) fun on my website! and if you like it, sign my guestbook or leave a comment in the blog!

[lyrics quote of the moment]
” … and the rain let up, and the sun came up, and we were gettin’ dry… ”
van morrison - and it stoned me