Now,
it's sunday. my head aches. my neck muscles are tense. my back hurts.

I've been been on my own - strictly speaking - for a week now. But I hadn't seen her for a couple of weeks when we finally broke up. The time with her seem so far away now.

I need "nearness" (this is a Germanism).

what does a young supernovatheorist do on a saturday night in berlin when all his cool non-astrophysics friends are out of town or busy doing boring things?

yes. that's right. he calls up one of his geek astrophysics (in the particular case, numerical relativity) friends to go out to Prenzlauer Berg and have a couple of drinks.

the thing started out on Kastanienallee in Cafe Morgenrot (which is one of those co-op run bars you find in/around berlin). there was an interlude at a private party that we somewhat gate crashed. finally we ended up at Rosis in Friedrichshain.

back home at 6.30 a.m.