I’m currently in the middle of season 3 of Alias and enjoying it like hell. First I hated Lauren, then I kinda liked Lauren, then we learned that Lauren was EvilLauren and I started to hate her again, but in another way than I first hated her, then she turned into Man-Eating EvilLauren With Better […]

You should all go to Overheard in the Office. I have to fight real hard not to burst out laughing when reading this at work.

Today I remembered an incident at university where we had some kind of argument in a folklore studies seminar. It’s not even important what it was about, basically I said that you can get an idea of a nation’s view on itself by taking into account its TV programs and this stupid guy argued that […]

He: „What time is it?“ Me: „12:16. So it’s really 12:06. So, actually, it’s 12:04.“ I wonder if it’s a waste of brain space that could be used for more important stuff that I know exactly how much each of our clocks and time displays on various electronical gadgets goes wrong.

Einer hält den Spaten Und zwei schau’n ihm beim Halten zu. Sorry – untranslatable. Finger weg von meiner Paranoia – Element of Crime

My mother is the only person I know who will make more gifts on her birthday than she received. She’s saccharine sweet. And birthday girl.

Les voilà – mes livres préférés de l’année 2005… (don’t ask, I had a French minute) 10) Barbara Kingsolver: The Poisonwood Bible I didn’t expect to like that book as much as I did. The story of a missionary’s wife and daughters lost in a strange place called Africa. The different voices and views of […]

Here they come… the rest of my TV highlights of the last year. Enjoy. 5. How I Met Your Mother: A Belly Full of Turkey (1×09) Representing several episodes of the surprisingly wonderful new sitcom â??A Belly Full of Turkeyâ? was my personal highlight of the episodes shown so far, followed by â??Okay, Awesomeâ? and […]

I hate it when big stores make those special deal days and everyone just runs off to it and it just gets crazy in there. Usually I try to keep my pride and stay out of these things. Today, I couldn’t. They had advertised special duty-free days (meaning no VAT) at one of our electronic/media […]

We stood on the balcony, watching the fireworks, holding hands and I wanted to cry because it was so beautiful. Here’s to hope.