Das hier ist von L. oder Kalafudra…keine Ahnung - die Memes verwirren mein kaputtes Hirn.

Jedenfalls sind hier 8 Lieder, die ich grade auf und ab höre:

The Subways - Alright
Ingrid Michaelson - Keep Breathing
Tori Amos - I don’t like Mondays
Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart
Patrice - Clouds
Sara Bareilles - Lovesong
Tegan and Sara - The Con
The Buffseeds - Sparkle Me

thnx kalafudra…

… happiness?

Beats me.

… pain?

It feels so good when it stops.

… fear?

…Fear is just there. It’s great when the adrenaline rush hits you, and annoying when it freezes you on the spot. Sometimes it’s useful, sometimes it’s a damn nuisance. Depends.

…music?

I crave it. I need a constant background buzz of music (or at least some form of pleasant noise), except when I’m asleep. If I don’t have music from outside, I get tunes in my head…and it sucks to have a bad tune on your mind all day.

Do you like being alone?

Yes, and no. I like being alone with something to do. Books, movies, writing, daydreams,…anything. I don’t like being alone with myself. I also need to have a good balance between being alone and having company, because too much of either makes me crazy.

Do you like being in huge groups?

Let’s see…If it were a huge number of people I like and am comfortable with, I wouldn’t like it because I wouldn’t be able to really spend time with everybody. If it were a mixed group of people I know and strangers, I’d withdraw into the darkest corner and leave at the earliest opportunity. If it were a group of strangers and my role would be defined (e.g. trainer, guide, or whatever), I’d feel uncomfortable. And if my role weren’t defined, I’d just plain hate it. So, do I like being in huge groups? HELL NO!!!

- meme developed by L. -

Wieder: Danke Kalafudra!

What’s your favorite dish?

Sushi…and chicken. And anything that I get cravings for at the most inopportune moments (i.e. Couscous craving at a table full of Apple Strudel; dark bread in England; Roast pork in a vegetarian restaurant…)

Your least favorite dish?

I’d like to pride myself of trying almost anything, but I draw the line at slimy and/or wriggly and/or alive. I made that rule for myself after trying my first oyster. And reaffirmed it after my second oyster. I also don’t eat innards, mayonnaise, asparagus, pineapples, and anything pattered and fried that really, according to the laws of nature, people should have no right to patter and fry (aubergines, Emmental cheese, …).

…dessert?

Sure!!! Where? (just go easy on the cream, plz ^_^)

Decoration for table?

Food. More food. Plates & cutlery as required. More food.

What is essential for a good meal?

Enough time to eat it & the right people to share it with.

Are you a good cook?

I experiment. The results vary between absolutely mouthwateringly delicous and toxic waste. The kitchen will be a disaster zone either way. I am the undisputed Queen of Muffins and Deserts Involving Apples (in our household).

- meme developed by L. -

Danke Kalafudra!

Take the nearest book and write three sentences from page 123, from the fifth sentence on.

Ooookaaaay…ich habe nichts zu meiner Rechtfertigung vorzubringen…

Italy’s decision to side with the Entente powers was dictated by her interests and her opposition to Austria-Hungary on the ‘Irredenta’ and ‘Adria’ questions (p.119).
26 Apr 1915 Secret Treaty of London. In exchange for entering the war, Italy received the promise of territ. concessions.

Penguin Atlas of World History Vol2

Tja…es sollte eben das nächste Buch sein. *grmpf*

…are greatly exaggerated (although they have a certain poetic truth to them).

Jedenfalls stelle ich fest, dass ich jede Menge Aufholbedarf in Sachen Tags (und überhaupt allgemein habe).

Also geht’s jetzt einfach mal los.

Attackeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*krächz*…!!!!!!

Familienereignis Lifeball…(Hehe, früher wäre es wohl der Song Contest gewesen - es ist schön, wenn sich die Zeiten ändern.)

(CARE hat einen Preis bekommen - Yay…Go CARE!!!)

Und während wir also die Modenschau zu Gemüte führen, taucht bei mir unweigerlich die Frage auf, wie diese Nippel-Quasten (was auch immer der Fachausdruck sein mag) eigentlich halten. Es ist mir ein Rätsel…ich werde dem auf den Grund gehen müssen, sonst lässt es mir keine Ruhe.
Von den Quasten landet das Gespräch (logischerweise?) bei Sex-shops.

Ich: In Wien auf der Mariahilferstraße gibt’s einen Shop, der heisst “Spartacus - World of Sex”. Und ich bin schon sooo oft davor gestanden und hab’ mich gefragt was an Spartacus sexy sein soll.
(im Ernst…die Massenhinrichtungen? die Kreuze? der langsame, qualvolle Tod??)

Schwester: Na sein Schwert.

…

(*rofl*)

Ich mag Kaffee. Kaffee macht mich glücklich.

Aber aus irgendeinem Grund (der vermutlich bedeutet, dass ich mich wegen Hochverrats von der österreichischen Staatsbürgerschaft trennen muss) macht mich Kaffee im Becher noch ein bisschen glücklicher als Kaffee in der Tasse.

Das würde Sinn ergeben, wenn ich in  jedem Coffeeshop den Triple-Skinny-Caramel-Soy-Mocchachino bestellen würde. (Dann wäre ich glücklich, weil sich jemand anders damit plagen muss, und nicht ich, hehe.)

Aber das mach’ ich nicht. Ich bin geradezu peinlich unkreativ in meiner Suchtbefriedigung.

Woher also dieses extra Glücksgefühl?
Und wenn mein Glück so groß ist, wieso sind dann die Profite von Starbucks im letzten Quartal zurückgegangen?

Kalafudra tagged me. I should grumble…but the truth is that I love those things, too.

1. Last movie you saw in a theater?

Love and other disasters (that was over a week ago…I’m already suffering from cold sweats and tremors)

2. What book are you reading?

Falling Man (Don DeLillo) and Winkie (Clifford Chase) … and there is a bookmark somewhere around the middle of American Gods (Neil Gaiman), but that doesn’t count, since I haven’t touched it in over 6 months (shame on me).

3. Favorite board game?

Trivial Pursuit is the only board game where I have a chance of winning. But I also like DKT (= Monopoly) and Settlers of Catan.

4. Favorite magazine?

Um…I don’t really read magazines unless I’m in a doctor’s waiting room. But if I did, I’d probably read The New Yorker - I could pretend that I’m an intellectual (and they have great short stories).

5. Favorite smells?

Coffee, freshly cut grass, wood, orange & cloves, baked apples…

6. Favorite sounds?

A cat purring, the sounds of a fireplace, a mountain spring, footsteps in fresh snow

7. Worst feeling in the world?

Being helpless.

8. What is the first thing you think of when you wake up?

Nooooooooooooooooooooo. (Then I hit Snooze and go back to sleep.)

9. Favorite fast food place?

Subway

10. Future child’s name?

For a boy: Kai (with a K, because otherwise it would be the family tradition and my reputation as rebel would be totally trashed ^_^)
For a girl: Poesy Emmeline Fibonacci Nautilus … or Leonie (changes every day or so). (I’d like Felicitas, but my family has infrmed me that this would be cruel…)

11. Finish this statement. “If I had lot of money I’d….?

Travel. And volunteer full-time, all over the world.

12. Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?

Yes.

13. Storms - cool or scary?

Cool, as long as I’m inside somewhere, looking out.

14. Favorite drink?

Coffee. Tea (Iced with lemon, or hot with milk and sugar, or as Chai), Apple juice

15. Finish this statement, “If I had the time I would….”?

No idea. I *have* the time, and I still don’t know.

16. Do you eat the stems on broccoli?

Yes.

17. If you could dye your hair any color, what would be your choice?

I would say black, but I tried that, and it makes me look like a chubby goth with sunburn. So, it’s highlights for me. (I always wanted to try blue - but I saw it on kalafudra, and it didn’t stay blue for very long.)

18. Name all the different cities/towns you’ve lived in?

Aflenz Kurort (Austria), Vienna (Austria), Lincoln (UK), Stadtschlaining (Austria), Vienna (Austria), Aflenz Kurort (Austria)

19. Favorite sports to watch?

Skiing. Skiing. And Skiing.

20. One nice thing about the person who sent this to you?

Most bestest friend in the world.

21. What’s under your bed?

My cat (at the moment).

22. Would you like to be born as yourself again?

No. It’s nice to be me, but why do this again when I could try something completely different?

23. Morning person, or night owl?

Night Owl. I don’t do mornings. Mornings are evil (and before coffee, so am I).

24. Over easy, or sunny side up?

Sunny side up.

25. Favorite place to relax?

Starbucks. My bed.

26. Favorite pie?

Apple pie (in all variations)

27. Favorite ice cream flavor?

Choc-Orange. (Runner-up: Häagen Dasz Belgian Chocolate)

28. Of all the people you tagged this to, who’s most likely to respond first?

Nobody. The buck stops here. Because I’m evil. (And because I’m late to the party and everyone I know has already been tagged.)

Der Daily Telegraph hat eine Liste der “50 best cult books” aufgestellt. (Eine LISTE von Kultbüchern…und “guten” Kultbüchern noch dazu…Klingt nach einem Oxymoron? Ist auch eins.)

Ich bin sehr unzufrieden damit. (Und nicht nur weil sie schlampig recherchiert ist und ich von einigen dieser tollen Kultbücher noch nie etwas gehört habe…aber auch deshalb.)

Die Commenters erzählen irgendwie alle von ihren Erweckungs-Erlebnissen zwischen 16 und 20, und wie sehr sie das Buch nicht beeinflusst hat, und bla bla bla.

Ich lese da eigentlich nichts als lauter Menschen mittleren Alters, die sich sehnsüchtig an die Zeiten zurückerinnern, als sie noch alles wussten und alles konnten…*eyeroll*
Aber jetzt stellt sich mir trotzdem folgende Frage:

Habe ich jemals ein Buch gelesen, das mein Leben verändert hat?

…ich werde natürlich noch darüber meditieren, aber ich glaube die Antwort ist nein.
Andererseits bin ich auch noch nicht jenseits der 40 und schwelge nostalgisch in irgendeiner idealisierten Vorstellung von meinem jugendlichen Selbst.

Impfreaktionen = Spaß!!!

FEVER…in the evening, Fever all through the night - It gave me fever…