stellamira, I got your postcard last week! Thanks so much! *hugs*


I meant to post this a lot earlier, but it never happened. I'm really bad at posting at the moment it seems. Anyway, gacked from mabiana:

One thing I loved about summer holidays as a child was picking out postcards to send to relatives back home. Now, I'm probably not going away anywhere this year, but that doesn't mean I can't still send cards.

So, if you would like a messily-written postcard from me (maybe with bonus stick figure drawing) either drop me you address in the comments (which are screened) or email me at the address in my profile.

I won't send them out all at once, but I promise you'll get one by the end of summer!

And if anyone else feels like doing this that would be super-cool!

Maybe I should update again? I meant to update a few times this past week, but somehow it never happened. Oops.

This past week I went to see Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, which was as fun and cute as the previous movies. Didn't see it in 3D, though.

Last night I went to see Die Ärzte, a German punk/rock band. They call themselves the "best band of the world" and it was really one of the best concerts I've ever been to. They just rocked. Unfortunately, I was queuing up in front of the portable loos when they started the show. Damn. But I got to see all the rest. Yay.

It was also a very wet show. It started raining on my way to the stadium and by the time the concert started I was soaking wet. It stopped then at least. And it was warm enough that I wasn't cold, but still, I hate being wet.

Today, I watched the Wimbledon finale between Roger Federer and Andy Roddick and it was a great game. 14:16 for Federer in the 5th set. Unbelievable.

And of course I listened to the three Torchwood radio plays. My favorite was the third one and I fell asleep during the second one. I might have to listen to that one again. Just one more day until the new episodes air! I can't wait! And I can't believe that it'll be over in just five days. Bleh. I want more!

Just when I hit "post" I remembered that I wanted to add a few more things to my last post. Clearly I should start making an outline before I start writing an entry!

I just wanted to say a few words about ( Kings )

And now I'm pimping the No-Name-Slash-Con/Querstrich-Wochenende, because xkatjafx said I should. It's a fan gathering of German speaking fans. It started out as a small fan gathering at mamoru's place, but over the years more and more people joined us and for the first time this year we're meeting at a vacation house (?). Which means, everyone has their own bed, no more sleeping on the floor! No more bathroom queues! *g*

Now that the exam stuff is over I really enjoyed my first weekend of "freedom" ;-). I read a lot and slept a lot (really a lot) and had a long WoW session today. My gnome warlock has now her epic mount (yay!).

Of course, now I can concentrate on other things again. I was never really away from all fannish things, but now I don't have to feel guilty about it anymore ;-).

And there are a few exciting things for me coming up in July, like the . I so can't wait for that, the trailers and previews are fantastic! I'm going to see in July as well, which awesome! I've wanted to see them for ages! And I've also got a short London weekend trip planned again. Wohoo! :-D

How about a couple memes? saba1789 said I should.



( Picture behind the cut. )

( Phone meme )

So, the oral exam is over. I was so incredibly nervous, even had momentarily blackouts during the exam, but the examiners were very nice. The exam was set for two hours (for the three of us and questions in three subjects), but we were finished in just a bit over an hour.

We all passed with great grades. I got a "Sehr Gut" (= A) in all three subjects! Whee!

And now it's over and I'm so relieved. Now I can concentrate on other things again!

I can't believe it's already the evening before my oral exam. How did that happen?!?

I've had another morning study session with the co-worker/classmate, which did go a lot better than the one on Monday. Good thing with the exam being tomorrow and all.

Then this afternoon I talked to another of my classmates, who had her exam today (she passed with flying colors). I really shouldn't have done that, because now I'm even more nervous. I'm all "oh, shit, I really need another week of studying!" which you know, I actually would have had if they hadn't brought forward the exam by over a week (the original date was July 6th).

In between studying I also followed the whole warnings debate, which just makes my blood pressure rise at some of the comments that I've read. High blood pressure plus being anxious about the exam is not a good combination! Don't try that at home!

I really should go over my notes again!

I haven't really talked much about my oral exam here, I've been whining on Twitter instead. This really kicks my ass, because I can't seem to memorize anything. I'd study and then later when I go over it again I can't remember half of it. It seems as if this is so much harder than the written exam, even though it's actually less to learn than before.

But then I've always had more troubles with oral exams than written exams. I just get so nervous and freaked out. And no, it doesn't really help to know that no one has actually failed that oral exam before. Because as a consequence I imagine that I'll be the first one to fail and how embarrassing would that be?!?

This morning I had a study session with my co-worker/classmate (the same one I've studied with for the written exam) and it was bad. I couldn't really answer that many questions without peeking into my notes. /o\

I really hate all the subjects too. Maybe that's the problem?

Three more days to study and then on Friday oral exam. I'm going to be so happy when all of this is over!

To get over the bad study performance this morning, I went shopping. Bought a new pair of jeans and a cute top. And then two gorgeous bras! And then I went grocery shopping, because my fridge was pretty much empty.

Also, the shop assistant (she was maybe mid-20) switched from "Sie" to "Du" after a couple minutes. Always makes me feel good when they assume that I'm a lot younger than I actually am. Like the one shop assistant who tried to sell me this awesome cell phone with this awesome package for people below 27. Yes, I take all the compliments I can get, I don't get that many!

Haven't really felt like posting, nothing to tell anyway. I had my last day of classes yesterday and the oral exam is Friday next week (from 11 am to 1 pm). I feel a lot less nervous about that one. Unfortunately, I also feel a lot less motivated to actually study. :-/

In any case I'm on study vacation starting tomorrow. Have to work Friday next week, because the oral exam is at my work place anyway.


Link round up of things that I posted to Twitter this past week:
* minotaurs died last Sunday. I've met him once at Friscon (10 years ago), where he had one of his famous panels. I got to talk to him for a little while, which was really nice. He'll be missed.

* I'm really sad that they decided to cancel Primeval. I know that a lot of people didn't really like series 3, but I enjoyed it a lot. Danny was awesome! Becker and Sarah ♥. Also Abby/Connor ♥! I will really miss it.

* This particular nomination for the Advisory Board Election makes me want to laugh and cry at the same time.

* Gewaltspiele sind ungefährlich (German article). Games don't kill (Flickr picture group).

* Australian Torchwood: Children of Earth trailer. Very creepy!


And it seems that we finally have an airdate for TW series 3. Sort of. Apparently BBC1 will air it between July 4th and July 10th. \o/

The last season of ER is airing on German TV at the moment and I can't tell you how awesome I think it is. It really hasn't been that good since John Carter left. I've never been fannish about it, but I always watched and I will miss this show so much!

I finally managed to update my iPhone to OS 3.0. I'd downloaded the OS yesterday, but then the activation server wouldn't connect. Woe! Did it today and finally, copy & paste! :-D Also, I really need to try out Internet-Tethering (connect your iPhone to your laptop and use it as a modem), which is available here. :-D

I also have four DW invite codes left. If you want one comment and I'll send it your way.

Can anyone explain the point of Facebook?

To explain: I've had my Facebook account for a while now, but I've only friended five people, three of them are co-workers of mine. And pretty much all they (the co-workers) do is post those various quiz thingies and send other quiz request thingies my way and I'm really kind of sick of that.

Is all of Facebook like that?!? Maybe I'm doing it wrong?


Anyway, I still haven't done any studying for my oral exam! I said I would start this weekend, but now it's Sunday evening and I haven't done a single thing. *sighs*

Instead I did a lot of reading again this weekend and WoW playing and then there was this awesome, epic phone call to saba1789 late last night. As it turns out, we're both not crazy, just very dedicated and obsessed and possibly a little bit pervy. But definitely not crazy *g*.

Meine Mutter hat mich grad angerufen:
Großbrand in der Linzer Innenstadt: Der Ursulinenhof brennt.

Ein weiterer Link. ETA: Und noch ein Link.

So, after my successful written exam (yay!) classes for my oral exam started last week. Two days in a row with three new subjects. I couldn't really take much in, I'm still feeling a bit exhausted from the written exam and this is why I didn't do any studying this weekend so far. Bad me! Since the oral exam is already in four weeks! *shudders*

Anyway, what did I do instead? Lots of reading, lots of sleeping (really a lot of sleeping!), and some extended WoW playing. Haven't done that in a while! Suzhara is 60 now (Yay! It took me long enough!). And while doing the quest chain to get her the epic mount (warlocks have special quests to get the mounts) I discovered that she has to go in an instance. Wah! I'm utterly hopeless in instances! Still haven't done the instance she was supposed to go in 10 levels ago. This will not end well. *sighs*

I also did some cleaning today. Finally! My flat is still a mess, but considerably less dusty and dirty. Yay. Listening to Zachary Quinto reading the novelization of "Star Trek" makes even cleaning enjoyable. At least a little bit. Heh.

I've got another lazy day ahead of myself. It's a holiday tomorrow! :-D

Happy belated Birthday, claire! I hope you had a good one! *hugs*

calla, thanks so much for the "Good Luck" card! I got it yesterday! *hugs*

Today and yesterday, I finally got the grades for the remaining two subjects of my written exam and I got As there, too! Perfect grades for my written exam! Wohoo! Which probably makes my whining and angsting about the studying and the exam even more annoying. Oh well.

Tomorrow the second part of the trainings course starts, with three new subjects and the oral exam June 26th. Just another few weeks and everything's over! I so can't wait!

In other news, it's incredibly hot here. I hate the heat, it makes me feel all uncomfortable and my hands and feet are twice their size and I can barely sleep. It's supposed to cool down tomorrow, though.

I'm back from my weekend trip to London (and the LondonExpo) and it was made of awesome. Hee.

On Saturday I stood in line approximatively a billion hours, but I managed to get into the Expo (eventually) and then later I managed to get an autograph ticket for the cast. \o/ But really, just 150 tickets? They started giving them out at 10 am and of course there was already a long queue when I managed to get inside at about 9:30 am. The tickets were gone within 15 minutes or so.

Anyway, got my autograph ticket* (yay!) and then I waited for mamoru, kat_fanfic, tmz_cori, chanii, herbalbutterfly and cyberpunkgrrl to turn up. We eventually found each other after some text messages back and forth. Yay!

(*And an extra one for mamoru, kat_fanfic and tmz_cori. I suggested that they fight for the ticket, but they decided who gets the ticket the grown-up-way. I was very disappointed! ;-))

Then we just walked around. I managed to get a glimpse of Linda Hamilton and a bit later of Ianto Gareth David-Lloyd, who looked incredibly bored at his signing table. I didn't want to wait in line just then and decided to get his autograph later. Of course then, every time I tried, he was never there. Woe!

Then it was time for the Merlin panel, which was fun and they are all so incredibly cute. Especially Colin. And Katie! And yes, Bradley, too! And of course Angel :-D. I think Bradley has an unnatural relationship with his video camera, though. ♥

While Colin describes all of his co-stars as "great," for Bradley Katie is generous, Angel bubbly, and Colin disdurbed *g*. And apparently Colin had a lot of fun with Bradley and the unicorn in the forest (when asked which episode was his favorite to shoot) *coughs*.

I can't remember much of it, but I'm sure there are lots of reports of the panel all over LJ (and Dreamwidth). And no photos from me, because my camera is crap like that. But there are probably already tons of pictures out there.

Then we did the autograph session, which was done relatively quickly. Also, tmz_cori got an autograph ticket from some guy while we were standing in line. Wohoo.

I had to tell Bradley three times how to spell my name. Oh Bradley, I really don't mind talking to you! ♥ Colin was adorable with his smile and cute laugh. "I'm nervous, too," he said after I told him I was nervous. ♥

Johnny Capps was like "I know you, you were on set, right?" Umm, not that I remember. But maybe he's seen the future and that means I totally get to be on set one day. Um. Right.

Angel told me that she liked my name (but I bet she says that to everyone) and Katie was absolutely awesome. She was always smiling and waving to the fans and she really seemed to enjoy herself. I think I might have a little crush on her. ♥

And that was that. Hee. \o/

We sat outside the Excel Centre for a bit after that, but soon enough we had to say goodbye to chanii, herbalbutterfly and cyberpunkgrrl and the rest of us went to Oxford Circle for some food and a place to sit down and talk. Which was just as awesome as the rest of the day. And then it was goodbye and I was alone in London in my crappy youth hostel *sniffles* ;-).

Today, I didn't do much before I had to go to the airport to fly back, just some sightseeing in the morning. I went to St. Paul's cathedral, Trafalger Square, and Westminster Abbey. It was really nice, because there were hardly any people there. After yesterday's masses at the Expo this was really great!

And then I came home and it was way too hot! How can it be so hot here? I want to go back to London where it is awesome and it has normal temperatures!

As much as I've been angsting about this trip last week, it was totally worth it! :-D

ETA: .

Happy Birthday, simply_fly_away! I wish you all the best! *hugs*

So, I'm off to the airport in a little bit for my mini-trip to London. Wohoo! See you all on Sunday! (And some of you I see tomorrow! :-D)

Today it's incredibly hot. Work was stressful, but also a lot more relaxing than studying all day. As weird as that sounds.

We found out the results of two of the subjects from the written exams and I aced both of them! Wohoo! I don't know when we'll know about the other two subjects, but at least one of them won't be before Monday. But still, two great results, just two more to go :-).

Tomorrow is a public holiday, which is great, because need some sleep! And then Friday there's work and then there's London. Whee!

And thanks a lot for all the support and good luck wishes/congratulations here and over on Twitter! ♥ *hugs*

Written exam was had. So much to write, especially for one of the subjects. But I answered all the questions and I should have passed. Hopefully. I will know for sure within a week. It may be a bit longer since it's a public holiday on Thursday and lots of people have a day off on Friday for a long weekend (not me, though).

Three hours for four subjects is not much, but I managed. I had some time left over and spent it with going over everything a second time, adding stuff here and there. One of the others apparently was very fast, she finished an hour early. o.O

Another one wasn't as lucky. She hadn't slept all night, because her father in law passed away. She did the exam anyway, but she was pretty out of it. I really hope that she passed it! :-/

Right after the exam a few of us went to a restaurant for a quick drink. I really, really needed that! Also, I haven't eaten much in the last couple days, because I was so nervous. Right in the middle of the exam my stomach started to rumble. Loudly! WTF?

And now I'm off to see a second time. Wohoo!

I may have just done something incredibly stupid. I booked a flight to London for next weekend (bye bye money!), where I'm going to meet up with tmz_cori, mamoru, kat_fanfic and I think chanii for that Expo thingy.

Meep!

How should I now concentrate on my written exam in two days?!?

I think I should now go to bed. I've done too much damage already!

Today, I left the apartment for the first time since Monday. To buy groceries. And it felt great.

I didn't do as much studying today as I should and I feel so, so guilty. But I just couldn't, I've got brainfreeze or something! Some things I just can't seem to memorize. Of a list of things there's always something that I can't seem to remember. Gah.

What's your best way to memorize things? I usually, read things out loud, repeat things over and over again, always talking so that I also hear things. And I walk during that. Walking and talking.

I've talked to one of my co-workers/class mates on the phone (on my iPhone! ♥) every day, just to talk to each how we're doing. What things we know, the things we still need to study, just to vent I guess. And of course to tell each other that we can totally do it. It helps, I think.

Four more days left to study. Then a week of nothing and then the whole thing starts up again for the oral exam. /o\

I'm looking forward to seeing again next Thursday, though!

The great thing about doing a work related trainings course is that you get a week off to study for the exam without having to use my own vacation days. Yay. So, I'm now on study vacation for my written exam, which is already in 8 days! *panics*

And while I really, really appreciate that so many people think that I can do it, it makes me also feel even more anxious, because I don't want to disappoint anyone. Especially not me. You see, I don't only want to pass the exam, I want to get good marks, too. I know I can do it, but well, I get nervous and then everything goes to hell and then I can't remember stuff. Also, I'm lazy. I hate studying. Why did I agree again to do this?!?

And I'm really sorry if my constant whining about the exam is annoying you, but at the moment I really can't help it. :-/


Okay, changing the topic now!

To all the iPhone/iTouch users on my friendslist: tips and tricks? Any favorite apps that everyone should have? Tell me!

Maybe there's an app that reminds me that I should shut up and study instead of whining about it!

Happy Mother's Day to my mom and of course to all the moms on my friendslist! *hugs*

Happy Birthday, adelate! I wish you all the best! *hugs*

My brother and I took my mom out to breakfast this morning, which was really nice. Except for the coffee, it was disgusting *shudders*. But the rest was great, good food. :-)

I did some studying this weekend as I should, since it's only 9 more days until the exam. I'm getting really anxious about the whole thing and I have quite some difficulties memorizing everything. It really doesn't help that the four subjects aren't really that interesting to me. It's going to be so good when this is all over!

After the shitty day yesterday (and thanks again for all the hugs!) I went to see ( Star Trek )

In other news: Work today wasn't as stressful as yesterday, which was quite a relief! And now it's the weekend! Yay.

And I probably did a very stupid thing and bought a Merlin an iPhone. I've wanted one for so long! And now I've got it. \o/

I'm definitely feeling better today. Probably still the high from watching :-).

Happy Birthday, duchess_of_hell! I wish you all the best! *hugs*

Happy Birthday _unashamed! I wish you all the best *hugs*

Had today off, too, which I spent studying and writing by hand all day long. I need to practice writing by hand for the written exam. And now my right hand hurts. Boo!

Did not as much studying this past weekend as I should have done. There's just two weeks left. *panics*

Two things about DW:
1) Whenever someone says that the layouts are very easily customized via CSS, I'm always, "But what about me?!? I don't know anything about CSS!!!"

No, really, why can't there be something for the CSS dumb people out there? Something that let's me easily change color or add a header without knowing anything about all of this?

2) It took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out what those little "NSFW" icons meant when some people posted. I tried looking for it on the DW FAQ, but I couldn't find anything. It didn't click until I saw a post that said "18+". *headdesk*


My dad loved to watch F1 and by default I watched it, too, from a very early age. So:
15 years ago (May 1st, 1994) one of the greatest Formula 1 pilots died during the race in Imola, Italy. It was one of the blackest weekends in the history of F1, because the day before Austrian racer Roland Ratzenberger had already died during the training session. On the plus side, there hasn't been a fatality since then.

Here's to you, . You're still missed!

Happy Birthday, ten_chan and bm_shipper! I wish you both all the best! *hugs*

Just a couple things about two of my shows:

( NCIS - 6x22 - Legend 1 )

( Criminal Minds - 4x22 - The Big Wheel )

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Yesterday evening one of my study partners came buy for a study session (obviously). And the first thing she told me was that they brought forward the oral exam by two weeks! OMG! This will bring a whole set of new problems. One thing, less time to study. And secondly, quite a lot of problems at work, because of vacation time of other people. I wanted to take the week before the exam off, but that might not be possible anymore. Just kill me now!

After this first shock, we did get some studying done. Four hours worth of it. My head was spinning afterwards! So much that I didn't do anything today. Bad me!

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This morning my co-worker and I did the whole International Workers' Day thing, which was the first time I did it. It was a special occasion, because there may or may not be any changes for my work place (the hospital is owned by the city, but the state really, really wants to buy it, which we really don't want).

Anyway, we did the march and then we got free food and then on the walk back to the car I hurt my ankle. I can walk fine, but it hurts a bit. Boo.

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In other news: I bought a DW Premium Paid Account for a year, mostly because I wanted the 200 icon slots and because didn't want to buy a seed account (not that any seed accounts were still available by the time I got online).

Oh, and I've got three two one DW invite codes left in case anyone wants them. Just let me know where I should send your invite (in my LJ entry if possible). ETA: All of them gone now.

That said, I just want to add that I still consider LJ my primary journal! This may change depending on how things go in the next few months, but I like it here. So yes, staying here for the time being (although, I'm going to crosspost).

and serious is something you have to do until you can get silly again.


Happy Birthday, shironezumi! I wish you all the best! *hugs*

Have had headaches again this past few days and this afternoon was especially bad. I took a painkiller (and had an awesome virtual scalp massage from ihearthings_ii via Twitter ;-)) and it's a bit better now. But this makes studying not really easier. Motivation wouldn't hurt either.

Written exam (four subjects): May 19th
Oral exam (three subjects): July 6th

Just thinking about that makes me feel sick. Why did I agree to do this?!?

Apparently, this morning we had a mild earthquake in Styria (Richter: 4.0) that we clearly felt here hundreds of kilometers away. The whole building shook, which was an interesting feeling and kind of weird, too.

And yeah, that is sort of extraordinary, because we rarely have earthquakes here, not even mild ones. I've only felt something like this twice before. Once in my sleep (where I still don't know if it was an earthquake or something I dreamed) and a few years ago when we felt the shock wave of a WW2 aviator bomb exploding in the harbor area.

So, yeah, the most exciting thing that happened all day.


I bet you all desperately want to hear about my two insect bites on my forehead... or possibly not. But I'm gonna tell anyway. So, over the weekend the swelling seemed to go down, but now it started itching. After a whole week it's just starting to itch now. Gah. It also now looks like I've scratched there even though I know I didn't, it started to scab! It looks awful!

People keep asking me if I've fallen on my face or something even though they know it's an insect bite. I've started telling them that they are battle wounds from my cage fight with a co-worker.


I've written this post using the Dreamwidth crossposting function, which is kind of neat. But I don't see myself using that all too often, because I just hate updating from the web. Using a client like Semagic to post is so much more convenient! It makes thing so much easier, too! But yeah, if you can read this post on LJ the crossposting has worked. Yay.

You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.


Happy Birthday, dirtyzucchini! I wish you all the best! *hugs*

All my LJ email notifications are delayed. *grmpf*

And how is it already 10:30 pm on a Sunday? I don't want to go to work tomorrow. *whines*

Day 8 of the eight days of happy meme:
My brother, my mom and I went to the Mongolian BBQ for lunch today, which was as awesome as ever. And after that I bought one of the most awesome pair of shoes ever. They are cute and so, so comfortable. They were also very, very expensive. I believe they are the second most expensive pair of shoes I've ever bought (the most expensive pair are the Doc Martens boots).

( See pictures behind the lj-cut. )

Also, am I the only one who wears new shoes at home for a few hours just to see how the feel? I do that with most shoes.

Happy Birthday, padfootie! I wish you all the best! *hugs*

Here's an interview with Brian Austin Green (♥) about Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, includes spoilers for the season finale.

#amazonfail: Amazon’s "Glitch" Myth Debunked

Merlin Songvid Rec: Look at my 'girlfriend' ♥


Day 6 (yesterday) of the eight days of happy meme:
The above interview with Brian Austin Green made me happy. He's so hot! Yum!

Day 7
I bought an antiallergic creme for the bump/insect bite (which is definitely not a nest of baby spiders!!!) yesterday and it seems to work. The swelling's gone down. Yay!

Day 5 of the eight days of happy meme:
Since I don't have anything else, I'm telling you my happy moment of the day was having a long and hot shower! Bliss! I mean, it's a pretty regular happy making thing for me, but it's just awesome. Every time. Hot water pounding on your back... *happy sigh*.
This is also the reason why I tend to shower in the evening. Once I'm in the shower I'm in there. I just can't take quick showers and I'd have to be pretty damn quick in the mornings. More time to enjoy this in the evening.


The bump (insect bite?) on my forehead has gotten slightly bigger. It doesn't hurt, but it's red and hot to the touch. Bleh. I'm currently pressing cold gel pads on it. It seems to help. Or not. There's also some tender areas in front of and behind my left ear. They are not red as far as I can tell, but hurt when I press on them.

Of course, it probably doesn't help that I keep touching and pressing on the bump and around my ear. Why do I do that?!?

ETA: How could I forget that?!? Although, I did the birthday thing on Twitter already, maybe that's why I almost forgot it. Anyway:

Happy Birthday, saba1789! You're one of the awesomest people I know and I'm so, so happy to know you! I wish you all the best! Love you lots! *hugs tight*

And, Happy Birthday, chani_atreides! I wish you all the best in the world! *hugs*


Day 4 of the eight days of happy meme:
Last week I mentioned to my co-worker that I've never done the egg hunting thing when I was a kid (or ever actually). So, this morning when I got to work the co-worker told me that she'd hidden ten chocolate eggs all over my work place. ♥ It took me a while, but I found them all. Go me!
(I just remember that we didn't do any egg tapping on Easter this year. Woe!)

I also bought two Linkin Park concert tickets for my brother and I. \o/ I told him it's going to be his birthday present. I'm an awesome sister! ;-) The concert's in July.

In other news I've got a red bump on my forehead and a smaller one right above my left eyebrow. I'm sure I didn't knock my head anywhere and it doesn't hurt. It doesn't itch either. It's just weird. Probably an insect bite. :-/

I'd like new icons, but I'm lazy and not really in the mood to make my own (haven't felt very creative lately). Anyone wants to make icons for me? I'd love to have some Being Human icons (Mitchell!) and more Merlin icons. Please?

...beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.


digital_diva tagged me:
Firstly: If you've been tagged, you must write your answers in your own LJ and replace any question that you dislike with a new, original question.
Secondly: Tag eight people. Don't refuse to do that. Don't tag who tagged you.

I'm tagging you, you, you, you, you, you, and you, and definitely you over there. (Yes, I know! I suck at tagging people!)

( meme behind the cut )

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About #amazonfail:
- Link round up here.
- Also, Amazon Rank (with explanation here).
- And: On Amazon Failure, Meta-Trolls, and Bantown

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Day 2 (= yesterday) of the eight days of happy meme:
Pretty much the only times I go and visit my grandma and the rest of the relatives is on Christmas and Easter, but it's always a great day. We did the traditional thing (more or less), but mostly we just met up and talked and took a walk and ate so much and enjoyed the company. Yay.

It was good to see my grandma again, who was a bit better than I saw her last at Christmas. She's doing great walking with her cane and all (although, she sometimes "forgets" to use her cane).

For some reason, except for my grandma, my mom, my aunt, and me, the rest of the family is freakishly tall. My cousin's 12 year old son is taller than me! He's already about 170 cm! Why can't I also be a bit taller?

Day 3 of the meme:
Today, I'm just enjoying being alone! Just me, myself and I for company. That's the best thing ever!

Day 2 of the eight days of happy
I met up with liriel_ this morning. I picked her up at the train station and then we had breakfast at a cafe where I've never been before. It was a really nice place. Then we just walked and talked, went to the bookstore and later we had ice cream. First ice cream of the season! Yay.

It was really nice!

Back home I watched some stuff and installed Wrath of the Lichking, which took ages. I successfully resisted the urge to create a Death Knight. \o/

Watched the season finale of ( The Sarah Connor Chronicles )

It's not yet the 12th here, yet (just another five minutes or so), but:
Happy Birthday, meelie! I wish you all the best! *hugs*

trobadora tagged me with the eight days of happy meme, which I've done before, but it can't hurt to do it again.

EIGHT DAYS OF HAPPY!
1. Post about something that made you happy today, even if it's just a small thing.
2. Do this every day for eight days.
3. Tag eight of your friends to do the same.

I really suck at tagging people, so I'm skipping #3, but I think I can do #1 and #2.

Day 1
Today's the first day of a long weekend for me, which is very happy making after the week I've had. The lady boss left work early every day this week. She promised me that I could leave early yesterday. But then she called early in the morning to tell me that she needed a day off. Great. :-/

Also, Wednesday really wasn't my day at all.

So, yay, long weekend! Need to recharge my batteries and maybe even study a little bit. \o/

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Another meme, the shag, marry or cliff meme:
Rules:
1. Comment to this and I will give you 3 people.
2. Label which you would marry, shag, and throw off a cliff. Provide pictures so we can drool with you.
3. Post this meme with your answers.

geeklite gave me ( Spencer Reid, Bradley James, Arthur Pendragon )

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Besides memes, I also bring you a Psych vid rec: "White" & Nerdy. It's all about Gus! ♥

Happy Birthday, allaire! I wish you all the best! *hugs*

Another post about Dreamwidth: Dreaming in digital

Something that amuses me: The Akinator. He knows everything!

( Primeval ep 3x03 )

Happy (belated) Birthday, kageygirl! I hope you had a great day! *hugs*

Just random things:

• The latest episode of ( The Sarah Connor Chronicles )



• If you want to know more about Dreamwidth (and how to get an account) here are a couple links with lots of info:
  Dreamwidth: this week's fact sheet
  An introductory guide to Dreamwidth in closed beta from a non-expert



• Instead of studying and shopping for important things, I pretty much slept all day long yesterday. I guess I needed it.



• I did some studying today, though. Not nearly enough, but at least something.



• Haven't watched a F1 race in its entirety in a while, but today's race was exciting and cracktastic. Couldn't just stop watching. Yes, Felipe, baby, just calm down ;-).



• Either my new microphone or my new speakers suck or they just don't like each other. Or it's something entirely different. We (my brother and I) can't really figure it out. Damn acoustic feedback.

So, I haven't updated in a week or so, because mostly there was nothing to talk about. Just the usual stuff, nothing exciting. Did some studying on the weekend, well, most of the weekend was spent studying with the occasional story or TV show in between. Exhausting!

Next week I don't have any classes, because it's the Easter holidays. I still have to work, though.

meinnim tagged me to do this meme, which I filled out during a quiet 10 minutes at work yesterday, but I forgot to post it.

1. People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blog and replace any question that they dislike with a new, original question.

2. Tag eight people. Don't refuse to do that. Don't tag who tagged you.
I'm tagging everyone who wants to do this. Yes, I know, I suck at tagging people. And now ( meme behind the cut )

In other news, I've got a Dreamwidth account now. You can find me here: Bettina.
Anyone else already have a DW account? Feel free to add me! :-)

Also, I have to say that the import function really rocks.

ETA2: It just occurred to me that I should add that I'm gonna stay on LJ for the time being. It's my home after all and everyone I like is here! But DW sounds very promising and I will check it out and I will cross post my entries here and there.

ETA: And Happy Birthday, king_chiron! I wish you all the best! *hugs*

I got my glasses fixed, today. Yay!

And now I'm watching the season 3 premier of Primeval on German TV. Whee!

( Primeval 3x01 )

Happy Birthday, swabian! I wish you all the best! *hugs*

So, last week has been not so good with the backaches and the headaches and annoying people at work, but there were a few highlights as well.

For instance, the Sektfrühstück (breakfast with sparkling wine) on Thursday at work. It was our sort of bachelorette thingy for one of our co-workers, who is now on her way to Florida with her fiancé for the wedding and honeymoon.

On Friday, the same co-worker brought in some tasty dutch liqueur called "Bruidstranen" (= tears of the bride), which had gold and silver in it. Very, very yummy.

I had an appointment with my hairdresser on Friday after work and now my hair is short again. And, it's not gray anymore either.

Yesterday, I did lots of studying and lots of playing WoW and in between I even watched the last episode of Battlestar Galactica, which I sort of liked. It was good. The best part for me was when I recognized the theme of the original BSG series. :-)

Today, there was more studying and some reading and being kind of lazy.

In other news, this morning I dropped my glasses and one of the glasses popped out. Again. It's even the same one when it happened in December. Gah! I'm wearing my spare glasses now, but they are awful!

And my brother bought himself a new computer monitor and then I gave me his old one. It's bigger than my old one, so yay. The only thing is that the sound really, really sucks with this monitor.

Also, unpopular fandom opinion (and I'm not even in SPN fandom): I don't think Castiel is really that hot. He reminds me a lot of Connor MacLeod, though.

Happy Birthday, kat_fanfic! I wish you all the best! *hugs*

Random impressions from my weekend:
Sleep, read fanfiction, watch shows, sleep, get period, cramps, sleep, study (sort of), watch skiing, watch ski jumping, sleep, play WoW, more cramps, sleep.

Wow, that was really exciting! Not.

Happy Birthday, withdiamonds! I wish you all the best! *hugs*

Yesterday, I met up with keksmitmilch after work to check out the new big library at the Wissensturm (knowledge tower), which is really awesome. Lots of space, couches and chairs to read, terminals were you can listen to the CDs or watch a DVD (for max. of 90 min.), private work rooms, a big computer room for public Internet access. I really liked it there.

Unfortunately, all the books I wanted were checked out and/or in stock in other libraries. On the other hand, I've still got a million unread books at home, so maybe it wasn't that bad ;-).

Happy Birthday, shetiger! I wish you all the best! *hugs*

Picked up my new contact lenses today. I can't wait to wear them tomorrow. Yay.

Also bought the fifth season of Angel, because it was pretty cheap. And then I bought "Victory of Eagles," which I put into my bathroom, because apparently that's the place to read!

And I got awesome mail, which makes me very, very happy. Yay.

My brother is so mean to me! He showed me the Moonlight and Roswell DVD boxes he bought and when I wanted to steal take them with me, he wouldn't let me! Boo! *g*

Nah, he's not that bad. He even brought me a new headset when I called him Wednesday evening, because my headset was broken. I was going to play WoW with ari_ and liriel_ (we usually talk via Skype when we play together) when the headset broke. And he gave me his spare one, even though he was playing Guildwars and talking to a friend (also via Skype) when I called him.

And yesterday he bought a brand new microphone for me! It looks so stylish! \o/

So yeah, even though he doesn't let me steal his DVD boxes he's not so bad ;-).

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Parts of Merlin fandom seems to be obsessed with Bradley James' thumb ring, wondering why he wears it, etc. No one's ever been obsessed with why I wear a thumb ring. *pouts*

Um.

I meant to say: Does there have to be a special reason for him to wear it?

Um.

No, I really meant to say: Thumb ring FTW!!!

Yes. That. *g*

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Tomorrow is my second day of classes for my trainings course (well, it's really the seminar before the real classes start), which will be all about "communication." Me and communication? That can't be good. My communication skills suck.

Happy Birthday, elsmoka! I wish you all the best! *hugs*

In other news I'm working hard on being very lazy this weekend! :-D

Happy (belated) Birthday, sinden and temve! I hope you both had a great day! *hugs*

The various study groups for the trainings course are supposed to design a poster with our names and our motto and pictures of us and stuff (yeah, I know, but supposedly it's so that we get to know each other better). So, our study group met today for a short time to take pictures of us for the poster.

We didn't want to take ordinary pictures we thought that since we're all working in the hospital we'd do a group picture wearing scrubs. Unfortunately, trying to get scrubs was harder than we thought, so we ended up taking pictures just with surgical masks. Awesome! And yes, apparently our study group is made up of dorks ;-).

After work I went to my optician to get my eyes and contact lenses checked out. Turns out that I need new contact lenses, because my eyes got worse again. Oh joy! I should get them some time next week.

I had my first day of classes today, which was basically just a day to meet everyone in the group (we're 25 people), talk about what this course is all about, what is expected of us, to form study groups and so on. It was a good day and quite interesting, but also exhausting. Who knew that sitting in a room with 25 other people, listening and talking, could be so tiring!

I came home and watched episode 3x01 of Lewis, which I have to watch again, because I kept nodding off. But yay, it's back! :-)

Happy Birthday, mabiana and alyse! I wish you both all the best! *hugs*

And there's yet another new show where the casting makes me want to look at it for a few more minutes than I initially planned. This time it's the ( NCIS spinoff )

Yesterday, I felt a bit better, but today the headache and the dizziness is back. Meteorosensitivity sucks. Bleh. At least it's the weekend. Yay.

Happy Birthday, oceana_! I wish you all the best! *hugs*

So, I was skimming my RSS feeds in Google Reader when I caught a name in Joe Mallozzi's blog post (from yesterday) and I was like "fucking hell!" ( Casting spoilers for Stargate: Universe. )

Meme: meelie gave me ( five more things to talk about )

Happy Birthday, gem225! All the best! *hugs*

The weather's getting warmer, which means that I've got a headache and dizziness. I hate changes in weather, always makes me feel like my head's gonna explode or something. Bleh.