1.I left at least half my hair at the hairdresser’s yesterday. Rapunzel no more  ^_^

2. I bought a new laptop. It’s supposed to arrive on Monday and I can hardly wait.

3. I’ll be meeting my first Latin-tutee next week. Gröbi would be so proud (once he was done laughing).

…I like the idea of being part of the backlash against the backlash:

25 Things About Me:

1. I love cookbooks. I read them and imagine what the dishes would taste like, but I rarely actually try out any of the recipes.

2. I don’t like getting my picture taken, let alone be filmed, but I prepared an Oscar Acceptance Speech anyway – just in case.

3. When I recover from an illness, I start to knit, or stitch, or crochet. Once I’m completely healthy, I undo the work and put the stuff away until next time.

4. I used to write short stories and give them to people as presents.

5. When I have to do something I don’t like, I always put it off until the start of the next full hour.

6. I loathe mayonnaise.

7. I always carry a notebook with me and fill it with scribbles, or doodles, and whatever else may come up. Nobody else gets to look at them.

8. I dance when nobody’s watching.

9. When I go to the cinema, I keep the ticket and put it in my pocket or my bag. Sometimes, I find one moths later and the memory puts a smile on my face.

10. When I see a beautiful notebook, I instantly want to buy it because it would be ideal for [insert Unrealistic Scheme Of The Day]. In the end, my attempts at [insert Unrealistic Scheme Of The Day] fall short of my expectations and aren’t worthy of the beautiful notebook. As a result, I have a drawer full of empty, but beautiful, notebooks.

11. I own a black and white poster of Kermit The Frog in Calvin Klein underwear.

12. Some of the books on my bookshelf are there because I plan to read them at some point. Some books are there because I want people to think that I have read them. I’m not sure which ones are which.

13. I can remember the plot of just about every book I’ve ever read and every TV show and film I’ve ever seen, but I can’t remember my best friend’s birthday, because numbers just bounce off my brain.

14. If I miss people, I don’t get in touch with them, because then I’d miss them even more. Instead, I pretend to myself that I’ll see them soon, anyway – especially if that isn’t true.

15. I used to think that the past was black and white.

16. I get confused about which way is left and which way is right. If you ever have to give me directions, please use hand gestures.

17. I think chickens are stupid and vicious. Eating them is my revenge.

18. I’m not a nice person before coffee. I’m also very, very stupid, so communication should be initiated from a safe distance, using one-syllable words.

19. I have no respect for people who use an umbrella when it’s snowing.

20. I used to like staying up until sunrise, so it would be the last thing I saw before I went to sleep.

21. I once practised smoking cigarettes for an hour even though they tasted vile, simply because it bugged me that I couldn’t do it without coughing.

22. If it’s a sport, I don’t enjoy it (eg: athletics, chess, etc.). Ergo, if I do enjoy it (eg: skiing), it can’t possibly be a sport.

23. I talk to people on TV as if they could hear me.

24. I like to be touched, but I’m really particular about who gets to do it.

25. I wanted to study Egyptology, but I figured that I’d need to make a living at some point, so I chose Peace Studies instead.

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I have just watched blooper reels from some of my favourite shows on YouTube for over an hour straight.
Actors are hilarious. There is, however, something seriously wrong with me because I just watched blooper reels from some of my favourite shows on YouTube for over an hour straight. Aw, well…

The best one today:
Two tough guy actors, together in one of those deep, tension-building dialogues right after a Major Development:
Actor A: „I just don’t understand.“
Actor B (dead serious): „I do. I’ve been where he is. I’ve just screwed up the end there. Hold me.“
Actor A: „Ok.“
(They hug.)

But my favourite out-take ever is still this one.

I got this one from kalafudra, and I’m using her rules.

1. Started your own blog [Three times...two are up, one is dead and deleted.]
2. Slept under the stars [if clouds count?]
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower [a small one]
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain [I hiked up. And I didn't like it. But I live in the Alps - some things you just can's get out of]
9. Held a praying mantis [ewwww]
10. Sang a solo [It's what happens when you sing in a group, in front of everybody's parents and grannies, and everybody else forgets the lyrics, and the ground stubbornly refuses to open up and swallow you.]
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris [Die-hard Francophile here!]
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child [I haven't thought about it much. I'm still too young to be allowed, anyway.]
16. Had food poisoning [my first - and last - doner kebap]
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty [Walk? I'd have to walk???]
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France [Where else would I see it? Overrated.]
20. Slept on an overnight train [If you can call it "sleep" - I need to be stationary to sleep properly.]
21. Had a pillow fight [and stuffed animal fights, and lego house fights...blood was spilled.]
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort [snow forts, snow perimeters, snow observation posts,...]
25. Held a lamb [chicks, kids (as in little goats), a calf...I can't remember a lamb, so probably not.]
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon [I don't run. Kalafudra would run if chased by a mad swordsman. I wouldn't. I would faint.]
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset [who hasn't?]
31. Hit a home run [See my above note on running. Also, I wouldn't be able to hit the ball.]
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community [why would I want to do that?]
36. Taught yourself a new language [taught myself? I guess not.]
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied [I'm a true consumer. I'm never truly satisfied for any length of time.]
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance [Once with my chin full of broken glass after a car accident - that was pretty cool (shock will do that for a kid); and a few more times when I'd broken my leg - being horizontal in the back of an ambulance that goes up and down a mountain made me discover whole new levels of nausea.]
47. Had your portrait painted [Well...drawn, when I was a child. It's a family tradition.]
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person [it's pretty ingenious, really. It's so crowded that the only direction you can really look is up ^^]
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud [Who hasn't?? Seriously...if there is someone who hasn't, they're welcome to come visit so we can remedy that.]
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie [People have to trick me into letting my picture be taken. Movies are out of the question. Nevertheless, I have taken the time to prepare my Oscar Acceptance Speech.]
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class [Karate]
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen [same as kalafudra - for a school project in 10th grade]
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies [That isn't done here. And we didn't even have Girl Scouts where I live, so I didn't have to not join ^^]
62. Gone whale watching
63. Gotten flowers for no reason [Normally, I'd say that there's always a reason. But I was once handed a rose by a lady who stood on the street handing out beautiful roses to passers-by. She didn't give a reason, but it was nice :) ]
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma [They took blood from me before an operation, and it passed it on when I didn't need it. I won't donate now because I'm phobic about needles. I also have something slightly wrong with my blood so I probably wouldn't be allowed anyway.]
65. Gone sky diving [Falling is Not Good.]
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp [I'm Austrian...it's part of the curriculum.]
67. Bounced a check [I think we stopped using checks in Austria when I was in primary school.]
68. Flown in a helicopter [I'd love to do that.]
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy [Lots. All of the favourites, actually.]
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar [people pay money for that stuff?!?]
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job [I don't intend to...]
76. Seen the Changing of the Guard in London
77. Broken a bone [just once, but I made that one count.]
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle [I'm neither suicidal nor insane.]
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book [One of my short stories was published in an anthology. Does that count?]
81. Visited the Vatican [It was sort of a pre-requisite to seeing the Sistine Chapel. And St Peter. And the Museum.]
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper [*cringe*]
85. Read the entire Bible [Most of it, but not all. I'll probably end up having read it all, but I don't plan on doing it deliberately.]
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating [Oysters, hehe. They count, even if I only opened them and added a dash of lemon.]
88. Had chickenpox [On my 19th birthday, when I was old enough for it to be really bad.]
89. Saved someone’s life [I hope I never need to.]
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous [For a given value of "famous"]
92. Joined a book club [What kalafudra said: A private kind of book club, where we'd dissect the books of one Vampire Executioner.]
93. Lost a loved one [One grandfather and a cousin who was my own age.]
94. Had a baby [Not yet. Maybe not ever. Some days babies scare me. On other days I want one Right This Minute.]
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a lawsuit [not really involved, no]
98. Owned a cell phone [oh come on!]
99. Been stung by a bee [again...who hasn't?]