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07/01/2004: "Twin disappointments"

At the very same instant I was denied access to my treat of the day - attending University for Kids, a fun large-audience lecture "Where does money come from" (Woher kommt das Geld, #1 | #2) intended for children - on the ground that I was neither a child nor a member of the press, my cousin sent me an sms from Barcelona informing me about the result of the Beagle2 press conference: probe lost.

My twin disappointments are compounded by the sudden realisation today that the only vaguely interesting movie opening this week, The Last Samurai, plays only dubbed in German here in St. Gallen. The closest theatre showing the original version is in Zürich, over an hour and a half away.

I am now collecting the shattered pieces of today's contigent of excitement (scarce element in these drab times of intense learning for my finals) and deciding whether to resume my learning or find some ersatz fun to spice up my day.

Beagle2 lost and no Uni for Kids, maybe you see some cosmic link between the two?