I spent the weekend at my sister's new house, or should I say soon to be new house? Because they still live in the old house and we painted the walls in the new one.(Orangy kitchen! :D ) ... and that's all there is to report about my oh so eventful life *lol*


*rofl* of the day goes to the "Tankshop" and the two Canadians who tried to figure out the meaning of it.

It's a terrible habbit in Germany to make up English sounding terms for stuff and this often goes very wrong (hello "bodybag") ... a "Tankshop" is just a shop that belongs to a gas station (the tank part comes from the German word for gas station - Tankstelle), not something for army supplies.
Today, while paying for my gas, I came across two guys in that shop, wondering where the tanks are sold. They totally cracked me up and we agreed to meet for coffee and picture taking tomorrow at the "Backshop" (no, they don't sell backs, they sell bread :p).


And Faking dawn quotes of the day:

Edward: "OooooooohOOOooooohhh"


Emmett: "Oooooops, I did it again ..."
Jasper: "You don't look cute in that cheerleader uniform ... just sayin ..."

Rainy day = more free time = iconz!
Gaspy in b/w (sans Kate Moss) ... or some Doctor? ... let's see ...


*rofl* of the day:
Someone created like a dozen accounts last night and spamed me with comments (and most likely others too, because I checked the comment count on one of the journals and it's more than what I received) ... only, they didn't notice that I have the IP logging thing turned on and therefor can see that it's all coming from one person only.
For a moment I thought about reporting them to LJ abuse, but then I thought their IQ is punishment enough already.

Help! I'm developing a week spot for idiots! :p

... and I still haven't replied to comments and mails and there's almost no progress in my icon sets (Well, maybe this week.).
I managed to do some of the other planned stuff though ;-)
SheepS are all well, btw, and I named a lamb "Donna" :)



Faking Dawn quotes of the day:

Bella: "Let's have fun!"
Emmett : "Oooo, scary."
Edward: "Very!"


Jane: "Im...what?! I think I'm allergic too!"

Faking Dawn quotes of the day (remember, they are totally out of context!):

Emmet: ... and I got a stripper for Edward's party ...
Jasper: ... Ooooooooops ...

Bella: He just wants to play
Tanya: But ... I'm allergic!


Proper update later ... when the crack wears off :p

Does someone need a couch? Black leather, 3 seats? Cause I've just seen one on the motorway. How can someone not notice when a fucking couch drops off their car?!

And guess who has a loooooooong weekend? Moi! To do list:
a) visiting the sheep and the new owners of the sheep we sold (they make cheese. Yum)
b) going home (Berlin)
c) catching up with LJ comments and f-list stuff and maybe, maybe making some icons
d) getting laid :p
e) movie? party? concert? I'm not quite up to date with whats going on
f) getting laid

So, I thought the most ridiculous thing in the Twilight fandom is middle aged women stalking film sets for days or weeks and using their little kids to get the attention of actors ... buuuuuuut ... then I came across this on SMeyer's site:

(...) If somebody does post a spoiler, I'd love your help in getting them taken down. My publisher has set up a special e-mail account, bdcopyrightviolation@hbgusa.com, for fans to alert us to spoilers that appear online. (...)

So, basically, I'm asked to spy on fellow fans and report them for posting spoilers? Run to the "authorities" to tell on my peers??
Yeah, I've always dreamed of a job as Stasi (Stasi = State Security in East Germany ... watch "The Life of Others" if you want to know what their job was) officer or head of inquisition. No one expects the Breaking Dawn inquisition. Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise....

And now excuse me for I'm moving to Lower Tadfield to get some practice. Only a few weeks left to get in good shape for the job.


Hey, that's three fandoms for the price of one, did you notice? I'm good :p

Personal stuff:
I've been sailing on a lake for the first time yesterday.
I thought it would be easy, because, no big waves, no unpredictable weather and all that ... but I totally forgot that we won't be the only boat on the lake and I'm just not used to obeying traffic rules on the water *lol*
I met some nice people though, sailing on a lake is definitely more social than sailing on the sea ... but I'm looking forward to the next real sailing trip with rough sea and strong winds, when you can go with full sails and enjoy the speed, the feeling of almost flying over the water ... and when you don't have to worry about running over two girls in a pink rubber boat.

And I got a sunburn. I was so careful with the protection while I was on the water, but then totally forgot about it when I was having a coffee at the yacht club terrace and this is when the sun got me :-/

Also, I gave in and renewed my account for another 6 months ... couldn't resist.

... ok, I'm not even sure if this is a handbags company or if they try to sell handbags with these ads or if they appeal to handbags lovers or not - because although I'm not totally clueless when it comes to fashion I really really don't get the handbag thing girls have. I understand girls with 100+ pairs of shoes, because my collection is quite big too and there are so many more options for girls ... but handbags will always remain a mystery to me.

Anyho, back to these ads ... even if I was interested in handbags I would overlook them here :p

Give me one and a half days and I'll start bitching about it, but right now it's really lifting my mood that it finally rains.

Yesterday it was 38°C (what's that in Fahrenheit? Must be something around or over 100 I think) and a guy at work had to borrow a small fridge from the catering to cool down his laptop. Without that it would shut down like every 10 minute because the overheating protection kicked in. And everyone was just sweating their ass off ...

*does a rain dance*

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(no time to post on the coms at the moment, sorry)

- I think I watched a few too many bad movies from good books, because when I found out that there's a movie made from "The picture of Dorian Gray" I automatically thought of ways to mess it up. I bet they'll turn it into some kind of horror movie, having the picture on display and show its changes ... or invent characters who try to steal it or something and turn it into an action movie.

- 11 pm and it's still fucking hot. My body lotion has gone all liquid from the heat and I spilled some of it on my boxers and it looks like ... ehem ... ya know ...

- Talking about "ya know". Twilight Tuesday ... Mike ... eeeeeh ... he's only there to show that Bella is Miss Popular now, he doesn't even have a character and he has his best moment when he throws up in that cinema. Why does he get a whole feature when there's still nothing about Esme!?

- I haven't watched the last Doctor Who yet and I'm proud of myself. I wonder if I'll really manage to wait till sunday to watch both episodes.

- Someone tried to spray a sample of Ed Hardy perfume on me today and I got a little panicky, because if that stuff smells like the clothes look (too much of everything) I would have spent the rest of the day being avoided by co workers.

It used to be fucking hot all day - 33 to 35°C - then it rained and I thought that would finish the heat off ... mais non, now it's hot AND humid and there is no wind, so leaving my doors and windows open to get some cool air in is totally pointless.


*off to dress down to boxer shorts and watch Doctor Who*

Talking Doctor - I love you guys for putting all the spoilery stuff behind LJ cuts. ♥
I'll throw in some cookies when it's cool enough for the chocolate to remain in the cookies. (liquid chocolate dripping out of chocolate chips cookies is a sad thing. Depending on where you put the cookies it's a total mess too ... )

Oh, and football ... France out, Portugal out, Holland out ... I'm just waiting for Spain to get kicked out too ... that's so weird, almost all the favored teams are gone.



But now, Doctor in boxers ;-)

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!

And now I need to find a way to get the fingernails back that I chewed off during the last 4 minutes of the game.

I thought working with an international crew during the Euro would lead to some great teasing fun ... but ... not really.
Can't tease the Brits (for not having their team playing at all), because for some odd reason they are either Ballack or Ronaldo fans or generally more interested in the advantages of white football shorts in the rain (hello there, swiss team ... nice asses ... :p).
Can't tease the Austrian, because she's very glad that she has a job in Germany and can avoid all the football madness in Vienna ... and of course, you can't tease the Dutch people either, because the Oranjes are just too damn good *lol*


And on other news - an article about "The Vintner's Luck" which looks quite interesting (haven't had time to read it all yet). Part 1 is about the book and the author, part 2 will be about the actors and I hope there'll be something about the movie in the 3rd part ... like, Angel!Gaspard pics. Anyho: Of Love, Wine and Angels.


More later. Got to switch that machine off and go hunting for a coffee.

I'm seriously lacking sleep and I'm like a week behind with replying to comments, PMs and mails ... sorry for that, I'm not ignoring anyone. Work is fun, weather is still unpredictable, social life is still very slow to non existent. I miss my friends a bit. So, same old same old.

Btw, I settled for "Good Omens" for the readers festival. I met with the organizer (which added to my lack of sleep) and had a couple of suggestions for my reading but we never got beyond my first one - which was "Good Omens" - because she thinks it's perfect.


Anyho, I just wanted to drop by and leave some hugs strawberry muffins :D

Why do I suspect a Twilight fan to have suggested this question? *lol*

Personal preference: Vampires of course! Beautiful, elegant and pale wins over hairy any day.

I think this is at least partly to blame on the mostly hideous movie werewolves though. I can think of very few good ones (the one in Doctor Who for example, that one was good) ... most of them look like guys in furry suits or puppets or bad CGI (like poor Remus Lupin. I love Remus, he has deserved better than very bad CGI). Of course, vampires are much easier to do.


But if this question is about who I think is more powerful and if you take "classic" vampires and werewolves (gets too complicated when you start to compare all the different versions of the myths) ... well, I think the werewolves have an advantage.
They can blend in easily, they only have to worry once a month and there are various ways to deal with that problem and the only thing that can stop them while in wolf form is a silver bullet. Vampires ... serious sunlight, garlic, holy water and crosses allergy. They can't enter a strange house without being invited, they need blood to survive and there's always a little risk of exposure while hunting and when a vampire hunter finds them during daytime they can't even defend themselves.

... to be the US president and find people with "go home!" posters welcoming you in Germany.
It must be even sadder to be the US president and find that the people who used to protest against your presence in their country don't even bother with poster making anymore because they think you've become too insignificant (true story).

I have just put up a hammock in the garden ... I bet all my remaining strawberry cookies and sour cream ice cream that it will rain soon. Of course, by the time it will start to rain there might be any cookies and ice cream left, but that's how the universe works, buy a hammock and it will start to rain, remember to take an umbrella and it won't rain for the first time in a week. *nods*

I think that cloud there on the left has already gotten bigger *quickly eats another cookie*

I'm signed up for a readers festival, which means I'll get to read 15 minutes of whatever book I chose to whoever wants to hear it ... so, now I'm wondering what book to chose.
I don't want something too heavy, too complicated or too serious - makes me looks smart, probably bores the audience to death.
And it has to be something that is understandable, I mean, something that can stand alone and isn't only understandable in the context of the whole book. Biographies are out for obvious reasons too - no time to explain who the person(s) in the biography are.

I think maybe something from "Good Omens", or something else Terry Pratchett, or a chapter from "Big Fish"? I'm good at reading Poe, but I've done that quite a few times already ... and I don't want to bore myself either ... would be an option though.

What do you guys think?