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Oct. 19th, 2007

Niccolo Tartaglia

"Gentrification" and "Prekarisierung" make a Terrorist

There is a lot of news on german underground Boards like gulli about a German social science Prof. who was arrested for being member of a terrorist group. This group is simply called "millitante Gruppe" in the media, which does not say much, except that they want to enforce their Ideas through the use of violence. There is a article about them and their goals on wikipedia (in german) here.

What surprises me though, is the methods used by the BKA (basically the FBI of germany). The social scientist Andrej Holm is suspicious mainly because he used the words "Gentrification" and "Prekarisierung" in his publications. They found those publications using google to search for those two words. The words mentioned above are also used in the writings by the "militante Gruppe"(mg). The other evidence they presented comprises such striking facts as to say that Andrej Holm had the intellectual capacity to write claims of responsibility as was done by the mg. Another fact they mentioned was, that he met other people who are suspected members, while he did not have his cell phone with him.

I don't know, but for me, none of this evidence seems convincing. The words they mentioned are used frequently in social study texts, so it is no surprise to find them in the publications of a social science Prof. Not having a cell phone with you for a meeting for me also isn't something that makes one suspicious of being part of a conspiracy. I don't have my cell with me quite often, and I might even meet people when that is the case. All of that without being entangled in a conspiracy. For those spurious reason a person was imprisoned for a few days. Good thing is he is free again now, but he and his wife are still under close surveillance. From what I heard his wife is having a lot of stress from being under surveillance. You can read about her experiences on her blog she started for that reason here.

Oct. 17th, 2007

Niccolo Tartaglia

Crazy Week

Ok, I wasn't able to post the last few Weeks. Live has been a bit crazy lately. I tried to break up with my Girlfriend last tuesday. She called me that morning. At some point she just directly asked me if I still wanted to be together with her and I said no. I know this sounds rather harsh, but after all that has happened between us, I find it very hard to be together with her. However I should have suspected, that things would not turn out so easy with her.
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Oct. 8th, 2007

Niccolo Tartaglia

Auf der anderen Seite (The Edge of Heaven)

There is trouble with my girlfriend again. I just can't take it anymore, and I stoped going easy on her, for what she is going through. I guess I just can't do anything else than show her what she is sometimes doing to me. If it breaks because of that I simply can't help it. It's better this way than if I break from this.

So, that's about all I wanted to say about this topic. I just don't want to talk about it more right now, also because I wrote so much in the last posts.

I saw another great, althoug shocking, movie. I went to the movies three times this week now. That's a lot I think. I ussually don't go to the movies this often, mainly because I don't have that much money.
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Oct. 6th, 2007

Niccolo Tartaglia

How not to end a nice day

Well, I had a nice day today and I collected so many thoughts I would be able to write about. For example I found out about the new Radiohead album that is going to come out October 10th just today. Some of you probably already know this, but you can download their new Album "in Rainbows" from the internet. It is not really free in a sense, but you can rather decide how much you want to pay for their Music. If you want you can say I only want to pay 0.00 Bucks and get it for free. I haven't decided yet how much I am going to pay, but I think I will get the Album. How about you? How much would you pay, if you could choose the price for yourself. If you actually want to get the album you can find it here http://www.inrainbows.com/. Let me know how much you paid.

So, I was able to get the curve to write about at least one of the really nice things that happened today. However why does a nice day have to end badly? If you read the last posts you probably have guessed already, that there is some trouble with my girlfriend again ahead on the road. She is really stressed out, because she is really uncertain about her future right now. She has a scholarship at the moment, but it might not be extended anymore. She will find out one of these days. She called me today in the evening, but then we didn't talk for long, because she decided she was to busy and she said she would call once it was better.
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Oct. 4th, 2007

Niccolo Tartaglia

Lovely Day

Today was a busy day. My Girlfriend called this morning and woke me up. I think I got only a couple of hours of sleep: I was only half asleep until about 7 in the Morning. I definitely have to do something about not being able to sleep well. So I wasn't really completely awake when we talked. Still it was nice hearing from here. The phone call was rather casual.

A while later my new housemate showed up. So I am now sharing my apartment with a girl from China and a girl from Poland who are both not to good at speaking german. At least the new girl from Poland speaks English rather fluently, so we can talk to each other more easily. I hope we'll get along fine, but I am not too worried about that, since she seemed rather nice.

In the evening I went to the movies. They have something here in town which is called Sneak Preview. They show a movie, that is going to come out soon in the future. You just don't know which movie they are going to pick until it starts. And they have a little competition where everybody gets to guess which movie they are going to show. They are giving out free tickets and DVDs to those who guess correctly. I didn't win though, because I didn't guess right.

The movie they showed was called Pornorama, a nice German movie about the sexual revolution during the sixties and the clash of the establishment with the revolutionaries. I would really recommend to see that movie if you get the chance. You can find some more about it on the homepage: http://www.pornorama.film.de/. Also the actress who was playing Luzi was so good looking *sigh*...
Niccolo Tartaglia

No contact

Ok, as I thought she didn't call. I got a SMS a few hours ago, that she was too busy to answer my calls and that she is going to bed now. I guess that has to do for now. I have no clue, when I will hear from her again.

Oct. 3rd, 2007

Niccolo Tartaglia

Ein Elefant für dich

So I am listening to "Wir sind Helden -  Ein Elefant für dich". Now Judith sings in this song:

Ich weiß, deine Monster sind genau wie meine
und mit denen bleibt man besser nicht alleine

(I know, your Monsters are exactely like mine and with those it is better not to stay alone)

This reminds me a bit of Monster on their last Album:

Kannst du mein Monster halten - hälst du es aus?
Kannst du mein Monster halten - ansonsten
raus...

(can you hold my Monster - are you strong enough? Can you hold my Monster - if not: get out)
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Niccolo Tartaglia

Hello World!

Ok, I am new to this Livejournal/Blog thing. Well, not actually new, I first got into contact with online-journals over 10 Years Ago. A friend of mine had a Journal on Geocities while I was in America in 1996. She might actually be here on LJ by now, but I don't know, since I lost contact several years ago.
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