American tv apparently desperately needs some perspective, and its makers need to learn that the world won't just indiscriminately gobble up everything they serve, regardless of whether or not it looks and tastes like shit. In short? American tv, GROW THE FUCK UP.
- Mood:
spitting mad - Crossposts:http://allaire.livejournal.com/262292.html
Ridiculousness has just become commonplace.
OTTO, one of the main fashion mail order companies in Germany, now sells underwear for men with shaping effect. As in, "butt-pushing boxers" with removable rubber "butt pads".
My proof, let me show you it.
I might just die of laughter.
- Mood:
blank - Crossposts:http://allaire.livejournal.com/261981.html
 | , ![[personal profile]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small} milenaa, bettina, thenightsfall, ![[livejournal.com profile]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small} slashbabe, mamoru, and kitty_kitsune! |
Thinking of you!
I, sadly, had to change my plans for New Year's Eve at the east coast due to the friggin' cold not leaving me alone, but the party with friends I did go to was pretty great as well, and the new year - considering the likelihood of us hitting another power cable while drilling the wall in order to hang my new tea shelf - is rather looking up. Right? Right? Right?! Waaaaiiit! I wanted to knock on wood! I really wanted to!
...Dammit.
- Mood:
contemplative - Crossposts:http://allaire.livejournal.com/261887.html
Merry Christmas, everyone; and a happy New Year as well!
I'm fighting the flu, so no individual Christmas cards this year, sorry. I barely managed to wrap the (thankfully already) bought presents before falling back into a coma bed. Christmas goose tomorrow, yay!
Also, my wrath is going to be epic should my brother and sister-in-law's gift be, yet again, an invitation to a restaurant with inedible food. Swear to God.
- Music:Hillsong United - "Solution"
- Crossposts:http://allaire.livejournal.com/261494.html
...I hate walls made of concrete. A small thing like hanging a picture turns into a major production when you need to wield a percussion drill in order to make even the smallest of holes in a substance that is more likely to break your drill rather than give in gracefully. Ooof.
Anyway. Finally, finally, my new apartment is on the way of feeling like home. The cats are getting used to it as well. Yay, progress.
I'll be in Leipzig in two weeks' time. Anyone there feeling like hanging out for an evening or so?
...But back to our regularly scheduled evening. There are a couple of people I've-- well, not forgotten, but kind of ignored, I'm sorry to say. In particular, I failed to congratulate them on their birthdays. I can only swear to do better next year. Sorry, guys.
 | , franzi1981, tmz_cori, and lovis! |
I hope you all had a nice birthday. :-)))
- Mood:
happy - Crossposts:http://allaire.livejournal.com/261145.html
Anyway, relief! The 'supermarket' within walking distance from my apartment doesn't even have half of the groceries I consider basic, so my grocery shopping spree at its better-assorted competitor's led to that delicious dinner:
(in German:)
Feldsalat mit Cranberries und ZiegenkäseSuper yummy! Actually, I like the goat cheese far more than the blue cheese I tried the last time. First, however, one has to find a supermarket which sells both the cheese in question and fresh cranberries. Hmpf. Not that easy.
(für 1 Portion)
Zutaten für den Salat:
- 30 g Feldsalat
- 1 Handvoll frische Cranberries
- 1/4 säuerlicher Apfel
- 1/2 Handvoll Rosinen, Sultaninen oder getrocknete Cranberries
- 1 Handvoll Pecannußhälften
- 35 g weiche Ziegenkäserolle
- 40 g geräucherte Entenbrust, Bacon o.ä.
- 1 Kürbiskernbrötchen
Zutaten für die Salatsoße:
- 1/2 Zitrone
- 40 g Joghurt
- eine Prise Pfeffer
- 1/2 TL Essig
- 1/3 TL Öl
- 1 Messerspitze mittelscharfer Senf
- 1 Messerspitze süßer Senf
Zubereitung:
Salat und frische Cranberries waschen und abtrocknen, gewaschenen und geschälten Apfel in kleine Stücke schneiden, mischen.
1/2 Zitrone auspressen; die Hälfte des Safts für die Salatsoße verwenden, die andere Hälfte z.B. mit zusammen 200 ml Wasser, Orangen- und Kirschsaft mischen (Winterzeit ist Erkältungszeit - Vitamin C ist wichtig!) und trinken.
Alle Zutaten der Salatsoße verrühren, über den Salat geben.
Ziegenkäserolle in kleine Stücke schneiden bzw. zerbröseln, zusammen mit den Nüssen und Trockenfrüchten auf den Salat geben.
Entenbrust bzw. knusprig angebratenen Bacon auf einen extra Teller geben. Kürbiskernbrötchen ggf. antoasten, beides zum Salat reichen und alles zusammen genießen. :-)
- Music:Michael W. Smith - "You are holy (Prince of Peace)"
- Mood: cheerful
- Crossposts:http://allaire.livejournal.com/261097.html
 | , gwendolen (and happy belated birthday to the slew of my friends who were thoughtless enough to dare have their birthdays while I was a) losing my head over the logistics of moving, or b) sick with the flu! Pffft.) By that, I mean you! (As in moonilicious, i_am_schizo, katja, bingeling, kriski, and slippery_fish.) |
- Mood:
tired - Crossposts:http://allaire.livejournal.com/260777.html
Gah. So it wasn't perfect - neither the show nor its end. Nonetheless.
Thank you, Australia. City Homicide's the reason I'll give all further Aussie crime shows the benefit of the doubt and start watching them, no matter what the tag line.
:::sniff:::
- Music:"City Homicide" theme
- Mood: nostalgic
- Crossposts:http://allaire.livejournal.com/260493.html
Now the apartment's empty. I'm looking up modern art for my living room wall on eBay while trying to watch "A Gifted Man" at the same time (and slowly but steadily emptying the tissue box on my desk). Swell.
Somehow I thought October would go differently.
- Mood:
sick - Crossposts:http://allaire.livejournal.com/260168.html
Current problems:
- the new job (as mentioned);
- getting my security deposit back from my former landlord;
- getting my kitchen installed at my new place;
- the yet-to-be-located broken water pipe somewhere in the building which a) causes a small lake in the basement, and b) leads to water dripping into the space underneath my bathtub (therefore I'm currently rather unwilling to run the washing machine and/or take a bath);
- the need to improve the cat-proofing of my new balcony (one of my cats somehow managed to wriggle past the cat-net and marched along the balcony railing while I was watching her disbelievingly);
- cat-proofing the window to the balcony that I intend to leave tilted most of the time (and for which one of my cats has shown far too much interest - I don't want her to try to slip out of it and kill herself trying);
- the broken display of my netbook (and the to-be-expected repair costs) because I fell down the stairs with it (the head-sized black-and-blue bruise on my left thigh is unimportant in comparison);
- the flu (as mentioned);
- the antibiotics I've been taking against said flu - there's a red, circular spot on my left forearm... if it's the damned fungus come back, I don't know what I'll do. I can't go through everything again. I just can't.
- Mood:
scared - Crossposts:http://allaire.livejournal.com/259878.html
 | , mareen & frogspace! @ Doro: Deine geposteten Links sind böse, böse, böse! Wo ich doch gar keine Zeit hab' und trotzdem immer wohin klicken muß... Und Du bist schuld! *g* @ Mareen: Cats? Tend to be cute (when they're not being deliberately annoying). I know you have new plans for today, but if for some reason you don't manage to to watch "Captain America" - I'd be game. *g* Also, the last three days at my parents' were rather productive... More later. |
Anyway, both of you - I hope you're going to have a wonderful day!
- Mood: accomplished
- Crossposts:http://allaire.livejournal.com/258968.html
 | , esda! |
*hüstel*
Ein bißchen spät, ich weiß. Eigentlich wollte ich Dir mit Tim & Struppi gratulieren, aber egal in welcher Sprache ich Google durchforstet habe, irgendwie war da nichts zu finden. :-(
...und dann hat mich lj abgelenkt. Genau.
Trotzdem: Ich hoffe, Du hattest einen schönen (und un-nervigen!) Tag, und wir sehen uns beim Klettern. *g*
- Mood:
amused - Crossposts:http://allaire.livejournal.com/258745.html
Weil, ihr wißt schon: Man ist ja "tolerant" gegenüber "widernatürlichen" "Typen" wie Schwulen oder Lesben, solange die - ohgottohgott! - bloß nicht heiraten wollen, i pfui! Sesamstraße-guckende Kinderchen sind ja noch zu klein und sensibel, um an die Realität der Existenz von gleichgeschlechtlichen Paaren herangeführt werden, denn "Tolleranz [man beachte das Doppel-L!] kann man auch anders vermitteln" und sie "müssen noch keine Akzeptanz für Minderheiten entwickeln". Jawoll.
Unser armes Land.
Ob die winzige Petition (jetzt mit Gegenpetition!) selbst überhaupt irgendeinen Sinn macht, wenn sie nichts anderem dient, als auf einer unbekannten Website einsam und alleine vor sich hinzudümpeln, bevor T-Online sie aus der Unscheinbarkeit gerettet und zur Flickung des journalistischen Sommerlochs herangezogen hat, sei jetzt dahingestellt. Aber die Kommentare... oh Mann, oh Mann - kann ich irgendwohin auswandern, wo ich nicht das Gefühl habe, von hirnamputierten, intoleranten Idioten umgeben zu sein, bittääääh?
- Mood: spitting mad
- Crossposts:http://allaire.livejournal.com/258479.html
 | , scolaro! |
Also, your tv show rec for "Leonardo" sounds interesting...
- Music:Crispy - "The Game"
- Mood:
stressed - Crossposts:http://allaire.livejournal.com/257842.html
Also, lj? DoS attack or no, what really annoys me that livejournal is not uniformly down everywhere (at least then I wouldn't have the feeling of missing everything), but it's definitely been down here in my neighborhood ever since the problem started on - what? Monday? So I get comments all the time, but cannot reply. Argh.
- Music:loudly honking geese
- Mood:
annoyed - Crossposts:http://allaire.livejournal.com/256953.html
Anyway, happybelatedbirthday
rebecca2525... :::mumbles:::When in doubt, say it with cake! So there:
 | , rebecca2525! |
I hope you had a wonderful day yesterday!!! :-)
- Music:Lindsey Buckingham - "Peacekeeper"
- Mood:
restless - Crossposts:http://allaire.livejournal.com/256025.html
- Mood: grumpy
- Crossposts:http://allaire.livejournal.com/255928.html
To watch or not to watch? *g*
- Mood: grumpy
- Crossposts:http://allaire.livejournal.com/255613.html
The (weather-based) migraine wouldn't, in fact, kick in until late in the evening, but it was barely past noon when my head felt like it was on the verge of exploding, so I think I had good cause. I still blame myself for not sticking it out (not being willing to stick it out), but really.
Sharp, toxic, surely cancer-inducing clouds of paint fumes? I hate (but have gotten used to) working in the middle of a perpetual construction site. Still, there are limits. It's nice to know that the company responsible for the construction work is willing to repair little things like scratched varnish at the outside of our office doors, but why the fuck couldn't they have done this... I don't know, during the weekend? Late in the evening? Or, hey, the novelty, before we moved in perhaps?!
Not in the middle of a work day without providing proper ventilation (aparently forcefully propping the main entrance open is unnecessary for pussy little shit like that).
I religiously tried to keep our office door shut and thus the toxic smell confined to the hallway (even though it meant biting two colleagues' heads off for standing in the open door while talking), opened all available windows, and still had to admit defeat when the spray can-wielding guy arrived at our door. Itching eyes? Check. Burning sinuses? Check. Building pressure headache? Check.
I'd prepared for a long day to make up for my late start to the very same - I would have damned well called in sick from home if I'd only known.
If only our "occupational health and safety" division at work would, I don't know, actually do their job in the first place, perhaps then things like that wouldn't happen. Frankly, I'm not okay with damaging my health just because "it's just for one day", "it's not so bad", and "just open all the windows". For fuck's sake.
- Mood: cranky
- Crossposts:http://allaire.livejournal.com/254147.html
Anyway, this morning my colleague and I were working at our desks like always when suddenly, a troop of three VIP colleagues crowded into our office and loudly started to divvy up the room ("This is where I'll put my desk, and your filing cabinet goes there..." and whatnot). We were flabbergasted.
Turns out the VIP section is getting new personnel (again), and of course their "secure area" doesn't have enough room anymore (despite the fact that we moved into this building - what? Just three months ago.), and so they have to expand into our side of the hallway now. The decision was made sometime last week, but a few people up the ladder still have to agree, so it's not been made official. In fact, the section heads have been asked to keep it to themselves for the time being. Well, I guess the VIP head screwed that up.
We're to move about eight offices down the hallway into a smaller room that's right now serving as a storage area. The office is smaller, but still okay, room-wise. I'm just pissed at having to pack up all our files, other stuff, computers etc. and move yet again.
Always so nice to learn something like this from three vultures showing up to pick clean a corpse that's not even dead yet.
- Mood: pissed off
- Crossposts:http://allaire.livejournal.com/253706.html
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