10:52 pm - Torchwood - Children of Earth A bit late I know, I just came back from Japan so I missed the original airing but I've been diligently watching it one episode a day except for the last two, which I watched just now.
02:09 am - Once again! I'm off to Japan :) This time I'll head a bit farther south and will visit Ishigaki Island und Iriomote Island. They're pretty much next to Taiwan so it should be hot and wet and the ocean should be just the right temperature. I can't wait! And then there's a wedding of course! So once again it will be a bit busy, but that's okay, I guess :)
11:54 pm - Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen I'm pretty sure there are quite a few people who were suprised how much fun the first Transformers movie was and who are/were looking forward to the new one. Well, unless you want to see 2 hours of Transformers fighting you will be disappointed. The few minutes were there's actually character interacting give you a tiny glimpse of what could have been and what I loved about the first movie, but it all gets drowned out in endless fights. The movie is 150 minutes long. Imagine that! It has around 20-30 minutes character interactiong and the rest, I'm not kidding here, is Transformer fights. So yes, the movie totally bombed for me. Terminator 4 was a masterpiece compared to this. Unless you're a total Transformer geek, this will disappoint. 1* out of 5
07:16 pm - And DALEK1... is the winner :) Going to sign the contract tomorrow. I just hope he'll be nice and won't try to exterminate me or anyone else...
10:22 pm - Thinking of buying a car.... So I've been looking at car ads for the past few days and I'm pretty sure I want a Smart 42, even though it's pretty high maintainance as far as I've found out... I've been looking at cabrios but they seem to be a bit out of my budget range... which is a pitty. They're not really cabrios in my opinion, more like roofless cars, but that's still very nice :) So I found a nice (non-cabrio) Smart in excellent condition with only 25.000km on it and now I have to make a choice.
Here is it:
So should I go with what is probably going to become "DALEK1" or should I wait and see if I can find something like this:
And of course name it "TARDI5"?
My mind tells me to go with the little pepperpot and sign the deal as it's a good one and probably hard to get another like this. My heart tells me to wait and see. But what if the pepperpot is gone and I don't find anything else I like for ages? Also with DALEK1 I'd probably pay the extra (what's a bit of money among friends) and order some golden dots to cover his grey parts so he looks more like his name-sake:
Another thing that is quite important: If I keep looking I'll spend hours and hours looking... time that I could spend a lot better.
It was great :) The singer is such a likable guy and he sounded great live. Whenever they visit little Vienna I'll be sure to see their show. Lots of old and new songs, a perfect mix. And they played "You could be happy"! What surprised me is that everyone was singing along. And here I thought I'm the only one who'd be hoping for that song :)
I've tested my new little Panasonic Lumix FT-1 in it's first live concert and it took wonderful videos. I'm uploading them to YouTube now, but it's tedious. Here's the first song of the concert and the first video that I've every uploaded to YouTube, lol :)
05:14 pm - Will it get better? I've already seen Star Trek twice now and I can't stop thinking about going again either tomorrow or sometime next week! The first time I was so stunned as I didn't expect it to be any good and then it got better and better and just didn't stop! The second time around you could feel that quite a few of the others were already re-watching it as it had a very jovial and campy feel with everyone laughing out loud and some laughing for what seemed like a minute every time Chekov said something :) I think if they'd actually continue playing it like once a week they'd be sold out every single week. Aaahhh... I have to re-watch as many times as possible as long as its running. OMG, what will I do when it runs out and before the DVD is released???? Current Mood: bouncy
12:54 pm - Ack.... Someone just posted this simple question on a Doctor "Will we get to see Matt Smith in Tenth's costume next week?" and it really got to me. It's really happening isn't it? The image of MS in Ten's pin-striped suit... it's killing me! (Well not really, but you get my point.)
12:50 am - I'm way behind ain't I? I just watched "The Tennat Tapes 5" about the filming in Dubai and it's soooooo cute! I actually re-watched it two times! Especially the bit about kidnapping Matt and Steven, had me laughing out loud, but the converse as standard desert wear bit and Michelle with her tea bags... ack... makes me want to re-watch it all over again :)
I've finally started on re-watching Series 2 now! I actually wanted to start again on Series 1 because I liked it so much. Another reason why I waited so long was probably because I'm so not looking forward to Doomsday... I know I'll cry my eyes out all over again :( Just thinking about it makes me sad.
But now I've got books! I actually have four Doctor Who books now and if it weren't so late and if I weren't so damn tired, I'd start reading one now. But nope, maybe tomorrow. So much to do and so little time! Sleeeeeeep... zzz... Current Mood: amused
12:10 am - Doctor Who - Planet of the Dead So what? It's campy and cheesy and I still loved it! I definitely enjoyed it more than "The Next Doctor". Seems I've just grown tired of Cybermen no matter how big they are. The dune shots were fantastic, Christina de Souza was great (if a bit too perfect) and the reminder of the Doctors imminent death was a nice squeeze to my heart which was nicely followed up by a laugh. So all in all great fun. And no, I did not mind the bad jokes, that's part of Doctor Who, isn't it? And I loved the reference to Midnight :) Current Mood: amused
10:27 pm - Doctor Who Filming Cardiff (Spoilers) That was quite an exhausting Tuesday/Wednesday this week. After only a few hours sleep I got up bleary-eyed, got my stuff together and moved to the location, forgetting my map in the process. Somehow I found it from memory and with the help of a nice local. Pretty much the first thing I saw was David Tennant leaving the set in his Doctor outfit. Seems he had been filming early this morning! He came back later, but we didn`t see him as filming was all inside and then he left for London. The day before the Tardis had been on set and David was filming there and even came over to sign and take pictures with fans (actually my main wishes all combined in a day). That teaches me that compromises are for losers. As every time I compromise I`m pissed at myself.
Anyway, this was my one chance of watching Doctor Who filming so I decided to enjoy myself anyway and what a blast it was! There were a few outdoor scenes with minor characters on the first day (lots of shouting and pointing at the sky) and Wilf filmed outside in his Reindeer antlers today! It was a lot of waiting, but I used that for napping or chatting or taking random pictures of the crew and accidentally landed a scoop with that. I`m not able to say what and how as it`s 100% against film watching etiquette, but I`m still very smug and pleased with myself :)
Today I even got a sunburn from sitting outside all day. So much for four days of rain. I hope the weather forecast for tomorrow is just as wrong, as I`d like to do some shopping, head off to the Bay to the Doctor Who Exhibition there and then take some evening shots in the bay. It`s freezing cold there with the wind though (went yesterday) and I was too tired to make my way down there this evening.
So all in all it was really worth it to come down here, I just wish I`d come a day early and then I`d have no regrets. Now it leaves the bitter taste of missing my one and only chance to see the Doctor filming (and the Tardis of course). Current Location:Cardiff, Wales
05:54 pm - Cardiff Leaving in a few minutes. I'm so nervous X_X Anticipation is killing me! Please let there be a Tardis and a Doctor and I'll be happy! If there's some Wilf or even the Master on top of that I'll be even happier. If Rose should appear (which I really doubt) I'd probably squee for real. But lets stay with the basics: Doctor and Tardis.
7h trip to Cardiff starting now! Current Mood: excited
10:16 pm - The Boat That Rocked :) I just won two VIP tickets to the premiere of that movie :) It's the new movie by the director of "Love Actually", "Notting Hill" and "Four Weddings and a Funeral"! And the director and one of the actors (not a BN though) is there. Waaaaah! One day before the offical release even, so it's a real premiere. For once I got lucky! No wait, I got the Australia trip too! Maybe it's my lucky year :)
12:27 am - Grey's Anatomy It's been so busy at work lately that I've felt like walking on strings that are so so close to breaking. I hate being interrupted when I'm working on something, may it be a phone call, my colleague, another email coming in and the contents showing just enough in this little announcement pop up to let my mind stray and of course customers coming in announced. It's not the kind of dark hate, just the little greedy kind because I simply can't deal with everything at once even if I want to. I know that I'm the one pressuring myself to be as close to perfect as possible. I know that I'm working as hard as possible to be able to show off to my boss that, yes, I can do it, and there's no reason to shut down my own little branch office now that I've gotten used to this job and started to like it, because I do, I really do like it. I feel terrible though when customers come in or call and I can't even string a sentence together because I'm so tired and words go missing from my vocabulary. I think they see that I'm tired, I hope they see that I'm tired.
Today I came home sometime past 8pm, ordered a pizza before I even left the office and it arrived just on time. I had pizza and Dr. Pepper and then I started watching Grey's Anatomy. I don't know why, but sometime late last year I just stopped watching and now I watched 4 or 5 episodes in a row. It was so relieving to watch other people with problems to care about their problems, not your own, to marvel in the beautiful build up over all those episodes, the dialogues, the wonderful writing and the acting. To have a good cry about something that has nothing to do with your problems, to cry about a small boy living and a bad person being killed and it being equally sad and wonderful.
I missed Grey's. I think it's a bit like PMS, it makes you laugh at inappropriate times and cry like a baby for nothing at all.
So tomorrow it's back to work, but this evening at least it feels like I took a break, like I let go of a bit of pent up stress and am ready to move on for a little while longer.
One and a half months and then I'm on my way to Australia. I'd never really thought I'd make it there. Now just keep going for a little while longer without messing up. Well without any big messups. Small ones I can deal with.
Time to sleep and maybe dream. Current Mood: energized
12:53 am - Wiiiiii! So after 2 1/2 months of waiting my Wii Fit finally arrived last Friday. So far I've been diligently playing each day and the more I play the more I unlock the more time I spent on it per day. There's plenty I haven't even tried yet and just going through the balance games (working on those high scores) and my yoga figures (about half of the ones available) plus 1 or 2 muscle trainings and a vigorous (but short) jog at the end puts me quite a bit over an hour of practice a day. I'm actually feeling the results (not in my weight but in my muscles) painfully, but it's a good kind of pain, not the "I can't move anymore" kind of pain. So in short, I'm quite happy so far. Let's see if I can keep this up for a month and how the results are by then. There's so many different things to do that I don't foresee it getting boring anytime soon.
In other news, three books to add to my list this year (and I'm including manga this time around): 1. Glennkill by Leonie Swann: Sheep try to find out who killed their herder. Funny, sweet and a quick read. This has been translated in quite a few languages so far. If you like crime stories with a twist, give it a try. 3* 2. Touch by Mitsuru Adachi: 11 wide-ban volumes or 22 normal volumes, quite a long series. The story centers around three childhood friends, the twins Tatsuya and Kazuya and Minami. Of course friendship is challenged when the twins realize that they both love Minami, but Minami loves only one of them. What starts as funny, but not so original tale with a bit of baseball thrown in takes a turn for the serious when one of the twins dies and the other steps up in his footsteps to fulfill Minami's dream, to take her to the Koshien stadium (the finale of the highschool Baseball Championship). This is a great mixture of sports manga and love story mixed with a great sense of humor. The end is fulfilling and keeps you guessing just enough to stay on your mind. I really loved the story and will pick up something else by Adachi when I get the chance. 5* 3. Prince on a White Horse by Tanith Lee: This reads like a Dirk Gently book (Douglas Adams in case you don't know) but as a fantasy. A prince wakes up on a white horse and has no idea where he is and what he's doing. His horse talks even though it's not supposed to and it turns into a lion whenever it feels like it. Not to mention the three moons, none of which is remotely round. The story is funny and witty and quite special. It reminds me a bit of Piers Anthony but less wordy. If you come across it and enjoy Douglas Adams, take a look. It's a quick, enjoyable read. Current Mood: drained
12:27 am - He's just not that into you If you love(d) Harry & Sally than you should love this :) It starts off a bit slow but then it really gets going and it had me laughing so hard I had to take cover. It also had me in so much cringy pain, so that I couldn't even watch the screen. And I might have cried a bit here and there. Go watch it! And let me know how you liked it :)
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