Ninjas STILL can't catch you if you're on fire

Okay, if you were on FB you could see that this was true as of yesterday, but apparently I got so distracted on the ~interwebs~ that I forgot to post here. And now I have to run for my UE PR meetup to discuss something I have not prepared and doubt that any of the others did either. HO-HUM, what can you do! Will try to catch up on things fully when I'm back at the dorms!

ALSO, NOT!SURPRISING NEWS: ROME WAS FREAKING AWESOME ♥ ♥

The trainride to- and fro, not so much! But everything else, oh my gooooooooood. THE GELATO ALONE, seriously we ate Gelato twice a day everyday lolol AND STILL DIDN'T GET THROUGH ALL THE FLAVORS WE WANTED TO TRY.

My complete listing, to make you all ~*jealous*~:
- Honey + Cinnamon and Ginger @ San Crispino
- Fig + Blueberry + Pistachio @ Giolitti
- "Black Venus"(Rosewater+black rice) + Toasted Almond @ Fata Morgana
- Honey @ San Crispino
- Cinnamon + Fig + Black Cherry @ Giolitti
- Blackberry + Black Cherry + Pistachio @ Giolitti
- Raspberry and Sage @ Del Teatro
- Black Cherry + Straciatella + Peach @ Giolitti

...as you can see, I was pretty much in LOVE with the Black cherry flavor, amongst others. SUCH DELICIOUSNESS I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE. And the honey at San Crispinos! But in total Giolitti's was pretty banging, they've been around since 1900 and apparently even Berlusconi stops by for some delicious Gelato from time to time. Carmen had flavors like Coffee, Sabayon, Green Apple, Pear, Frutti di Bosco and diverse rice-pudding ones.


.....aww crap gotta go now ugh PR :(

THINGS THAT MADE TODAY SUCK:
-KORRE grades are finally in: HELLO FAILURE! What the fffffffffuck, I was so sure that I had at least written enough correct to pass. Ugh ugh ugh, so I guess I can't sell my script off yet then! Weirdly enough I am more annoyed and slightly embarrassed than in abject despair. This better be the only PKW subject I flunk this semester (...probably not, given EVA and KOMET looming on the horizon, but who knows!).
NOTE TO SELF: KICK ASS IN THE RETAKE THIS JUNE OKAYYYY?? :|||
-Sabrina is back! And spent the first few hours of her return having her special phone conversations that consist of so much yelling that I can hear it in my room. She has some serious emotional issues, methinks! Now, I must say that this is actually the best kind of timing though-- I'm leaving for five days, everything is clean and my half of the fridge is full. I am almost curious as to how fucked up things will look like when I'm here again.

THINGS THAT QUITE POSSIBLY REDEEMED TODAY:
-I have more than half packed everything!
-Angie sent me a postcard from the Jungfraujoch that arrived today! MMM MAIL.
-I read this monster of a brilliantly well-written Norrington/Sparrow PoTC fic. "Between Wind and Water" is its name, and the author really makes 90'000 words fly by in an instant. And actually made me interested in the navy/ship happenings. I admit, the Narniaaaaa fic of the weekend has given me a hankering for some elaborate fic with battles and war, and this totally hit the spot. Glorious! The porn is hot too, of course, but not even the main point of it.
-Speaking of fic, laliandra is a goddess amongst us feeble mortals, and posted the most DELIGHTFUL and GLEE-INDUCING NBNW fic everrrrrr she wrote for my ~*birthday*~ over at RBR, so run, don't walk to gaze upon its greatness. ILU ILU LAL ♥
-LAST BUT NOT LEAST, spn_j2_bigbang posting schedule is reveaaaled! We're due on the 26th of June, laulan!! AHHH SO EXCITED ALREADYYYYY :DD

THINGS THAT I STILL NEED TO DO, OH FUCKSICLES:
-ALL MANNER OF UNI SHIT, WHOOOPS
-Some more drafts to send to laulan before I leave late tomorrow afternoon(...we'll see how much I get done d'ohh)

#1 "Now I am quite positive that you are using my toiletries willy-nilly, as they are always scattered throughout the bathroom instead of where I usually put them (like my razor), or suddenly empty, like the La Roche-Posay face wash I use that you also now have suddenly acquired two different tubes of. How nice to know that we both have oily skin, and that using MY STUFF helps you so much, Miss I Have Chanel and Shishedo Products Lining The Bathroom Shelves! BUT what kind of alarms me is the thought that my towels are the only ones in the bathroom currently, and that you never really seem to have a face towel. I really hope you're the type of person who just takes them into their room!"

#2 "While I should be quite used to the ...wonderful things you share with me in the bathroom, I must say that your uh, blood-smeared or otherwise stained thong lying in a puddle face up on the bathroom floor is always something that I wish I never would have to see. Do you have issues accepting the fact that you get a period? Do you seriously run out of pads/tampons?? And don't you realize that if you can tell that even when I leave the dorm, I do eventually come back and also have to use the bathroom??"

#3 "Admittedly, you seem to not be committing heinous crimes in the kitchen area yet, I mean, it's still dirty as fuck, but I am avoiding that by spending the least amount of time there and eating simple things like SALAD and FRUITS and okay, POP TARTS in my room, but I figure that it's just a matter of time before something is rotting again. BUT. Another thing that normally I wouldn't even think should be worth mentioning, BECAUSE NORMAL PEOPLE DON'T DO THESE THINGS and yet you keep doing this OVER AND OVER is the following: Just sticking your used wads of chewing gum on the kitchen sink OR the cloth towels to wipe the dishes is not the correct way to throw gum away. IT DOES NOT DISAPPEAR. Or maybe the fact that I eventually scrape it away because it grosses me out constitutes 'disappearing' for you, I can never tell."

#4 "STOP FORGETTING TO LOCK THE FUCKING OUTER DOOR WHEN YOU COME BACK DRUNK AND HORNY WITH YOUR FUCKBUDDY/BOYFRIEND. SERIOUSLY. LOCKS ARE YOUR FRIEND. I do not want to have to have to actually LOCK MY inner door as well every night, jesus christ this is the FOURTH TIME you have forgotten to do so, IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK."
I forsee myself snapping again soon, and the return of the passive aggressive sticky notes. O god how I despise her!! Go away go away go awayyyyyyyyyyyyyy D:

This Saturday I met Wido with Carmen for yet another ice cream/gelato session (after the time spent with Dad and co. gorging on the stuff) and proved yet again that I am currently incapable of making sound decisions for eating ice cream. As was with the Tiramisu coupe that was the size of my head, I totally couldn't finish my chestnut parfait :((. WASTE OF FOOD, UGH SELF. We also looked around and found the Brit/Ami food shop "Bobby's", holy high prices batman! They were smack dab sold out of Ben&Jerry's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, but I still felt the urge to buy 6€ chocolate chip cookie dough Poptarts though whoops. AND I ATE ONE TODAY AND THEY TOTALLY SUCK ugh ugh my poor teeth :(
We then hung out at Wido's apartment for a bit, chatted some and got to know more about how adorably sappy and head over heels he is for Lena, even after three(!) years together. He is seriously the type of guy who tapes 'Welcome Home, Sweetie ♥!' messages on their door to welcome Lena back, dawwww! MAKES ONE STILL HAVE HOPE FOR DUDEKIND, especially if the only other guy I have lots of interaction with is Clemens lolol he of the current long-reigning streak of Douche-itude.

Walked a scenic tour of Vienna on our way back and stopped at the Meinl (considering we started at the Kettenbrückengasse area! So need to buy a Pedometer one day.) for Carmen's overpriced Weetabix and I proceeded to buy some overpriced butter for my toast and some overpriced carrot salad and tiny French Parmesan cheese-covered delicatessen mini salamis, as my usual brand is ironically sold more expensively than these special made ones (4€ INSTEAD OF 2.50€ FFF YOU MEINL). I needed my savory fix! Money well spent though, om nom nom carrot salad!

...Clearly I am due for a monthly visit, seeing how food-fixated my thoughts have been these last few days! UGHHH as long as it's not during ROMA ROMA ROMA!!

MAN AND I STILL HAVEN'T DONE JACK SHIT FOR UNI WHOOPS. NOR LAUNDRY. NOR MY OTHER CHORES. Well okay I defrosted some berries for this evening's GNTM session, lol guess what we're having again? FUCKING ICE CREAM *headdesk*

PS Seriously, awesome anon who gifted me with the free time, I repeat that I am your drawing bitch for this generous gift, tell me your wishessss :D

STIEGL AMBULANZ, YOU ARE CURRENTLY ON NOTICE! What the hell is this, making us wait for our food for over half an hour when you weren't even at full capacity, having really cranky waitstaff snap at us when we politely(!) asked if the order was even taken, and then when it finally comes, the food is stone cold. I mean, my slow-braised pork shoulder on Bärlauch risotto was still delicious, but it would have been better uh, warm. And the cardboard they served Carmen that was supposedly their 2€ House bread lolol oh man. Meeting Hazel again was lovely though, and we really need to hammer out some time together for a day trip to one of the other Austrian cities near Vienna... Linz maybe? Since it's the ~cultural capital of Europe 2009~ after all.

And I meant to post this already earlier, but mediafire was being a dick--- MUSIC! Was trawling Aurgasm the other day, and wanted to share some of my favorites.

Warpaint- "Billie Holiday" ...GOOSEBUMPS GOOSEBUMPS GOOSEBUMPS, this song is just simply beautiful (the female vocals! So breathy and delicate) and worms its way into your ears and never lets go.
Fredrik- "Na Na Ni" ...I like how the melodies here are layered on top of each other, and how the singing just slowly starts feeling more and more urgent, yet is still with a sense of smoothness?
Matt&Kim- "Daylight" ...This I adore because of the unfailing beat, it just up and grabs you and is bursting with energy and happiness :D
-Amplive- "15 Stepz (ft. Codany Holiday)" ...Awesome, awesome R'n'B-esque cover of the already pretty damn fantastic Radiohead song!

UGH, now I better go off and do some work for my UE PR. I swear, just as I was about to count myself as happy with them anyways, the fun group vibe we do seem to have going, the same old crap rears its head. PRAY TELL, WHAT IS THE DIFFICULTY IS USING POWERPOINT/MAKING A PRESENTATION, ARE WE NOT ALL UNI STUDENTS CAPABLE OF THIS?? Especially given that all that has to be done is to just simply succinctly summarize our already finished report contents. I didn't want to do it because I will be presenting it anyways with Andreas, but fffff if you want to get something done right I guess :/// Though lol, I am also 'just' summarizing the info, Sven will be making the PPP. AH WELL WHATEVERR.

As most of you already know through FB and what-not, I've been back in Vienna since late Sunday evening. Civilization, it is a pleasure to be nestled in your welcoming, internet-access enabled bosom yet again! Krimml as a whole was as always predictable and enjoyable if one knew where to get one's little happy moments, and I fully admit that this time was made even better with the presence of Dad and co., AND DAD'S BRILLIANT COOKING ♥ We had Tafelspitz with creme spinach and potatoes! Assorted asparagus concoctions! Irish Stew (LAMB!!), Jungkitz chops and LAMB CORDON BLEU THAT WAS FILLED WITH FRESH PECORINO CHEESE AND DRIED TOMATOES AND BLACK OLIVES INSTEAD of the usual way of doing Cordon Bleu (which is a dish I normally am v. bored of. Like with Meatloaf) ...nggggh that dish basically made me die in foodgasmic glory.

Now the academic monster that is uni and exams is continuing to rumble, and I am slowly but surely realizing that I have a truckload of things to Get Done, and Get Done Well. All UE-HÜ that I should really have known better than to procrastinate until now aside, I think the WIRK(Media Results/Influences basically) exam went well enough today-- fingers crossed for a pass or better!-- and I've already done some of the exam prep and reading of the KORRE (Communications Law) exam that is due on Friday, so. Cautious optimism is me!

And on a more serious note, I really must say that my love for rahmbamarama is all the more strengthened in face of the constantly classy and respectable way the mods and everyone handle things that come up, and the care that is put into ensuring that it remains a pleasant, tolerant and safe space for all the fans. Which makes it all the more appalling to me how idiotic and hurtful I was being too with my ignorant actions and I'd just like to also apologize here as well for the sheer levels of lose I must have been radiating. I swear, I am normally not such a tool! "I had never really thought about it being seen that way," is such a weak and lame excuse, but it what I thought at first-- but really reading through the posts and comments linked to in the latest Modpost only served to bring home the message again and again, how privileged and wholly inappropriate and wrong I was and how lazy (to say the least!) it was to even think of using that as an excuse in the first place. This was a hell of a wake-up call to my previous belief that even if I consider myself multicultural/of mixed cultural heritage, my specific experiences are in no way wide-ranging and there are a lot of areas that I am shamefully under-aware of and under-educated in, and that is something that needs to change. Clearly I have a hell of a lot to still learn and work on, and I hope you guys will not hesitate to smack me hard if I fuck up again.

I really should have my packing done right now, but WHOOPS *shrugs*. Still psyched about getting to visit my dearest darling ~*Carmen*~'s home base of NORDDEUTSCHLAAAAND for a week! Oldenburg! Hamburg! Hannover! WOOO ♥ We're even gonna constantly be having internet access, though I guess my participation in our FB and all other SPAM SESSIONS will go down drastically lololol. And then I'll be back in Vienna for a few days, before DAD, SUE AND AE are here!! and it's off to Krimml to celebrate my Opa's 80th birthday... During which I will supposedly have to finish nearly all of my uni work and will need constant internet. Oh that is not gonna be fun to have to wrangle from Silvia again, pre-emptive waaargh!

Our YAY!BAKK1 1-er dinner ended up not being delicious Lamb 'n more at the Stiegl Ambulanz because of a damn geschlossene Gesellschaft (FFFFF), but we decided to go for a real detour and dine at DOTS- Experimental Sushi at the Mariahilf instead. Preeetty damn expensive (we basically ended up paying 20€ per person-- they have 5€ Gedeckkosten!! WTF), but a really swank place and quite okay food. Though in my opinion their sushi rice was soggy, too sweet and the nori on my salmon maki wasn't crisp. I liked how they decorate their ~famous~ experimental sushi though, Carmen had some cute 'Geisha Lips' (Tuna+flying fish roe on top of a roll with avocado, surimi and something else) and my 'Goldfish nigiri' were little prawn nigiri sushi with an extra wedge of avocado shoved in and little googly eyes made from ....something. I can't remember. Still: adorable! And then we had some gelato on the walk down the Mariahilf-- blueberry, walnut and chestnut for meeee ♥

IN CONCLUSION, some links and additional awesome for you guys:
A PRETTY DARN FANTASTIC PICSPAM OF THE J2 PANEL AT THAT RECENT SPN CON <33
PART TWO ...one thing I gotta say re: SPN fandom is that I am hearing things from the pathetic batshit side about A)the massive and irrational Danneel hate that is existing amongst some people (some idiot apparently tried to get her 'thrown out of the con because that was negatively affecting her Jensen-squee' WTF WTF) and B)some deluded fangirl thinking it's a GOOD IDEA?? to give Misha a collection of slash fic??. Jesus christ SPN fandom, this is why you can't have NICE THINGS :||

MY LITTLE PONY MODS! ...remember to scroll past the first admittedly INSANELY ALARMING first one, the rest are pretty darn awesome :DDb

PS IS THIS PIC PRECIOUS, OR THE MOST PRECIOUS PIC EVER?? GOD, HOW CAN THEY BE SO ADORABLE UGH :DDD

For bitchery and completion's sake, and so that I can also start forgetting how unpleasant and vaguely humiliated I felt about this, a quick recounting of our UE PR group meeting today!

Lena, one of the girls who along with old swede dude said per email they were pro-Medienanalyse method was early. So I started chattering to her a bit about my plans for the meeting, since I figured I had an ally of sorts in her. But little did I know that once we were all seated, all the fuckers would PULL A FUCKING MUTINY ON ME. "I really think a Befragung would be a better method!" "Oh yes, I agree, it would much better serve our purposes!" -- and to my objections of how last minute this is, why nothing of substance was presented during this whole week if everyone was so gung-ho for it, how crap we would look in comparison to the other groups, how much more ahead they are and what a difference it would undoubtedly make, were basically drowned out. And it now sounded like I was the dick who didn't believe in the group (WELL YOU GUYS DIDN'T REALLY GIVE ME MUCH HOPE TO WORK WITH), who was the killjoy disturbing everyone's hilarious time, the pedantic asshole who kept writing emails that no one would read anyways (thanks for that info by the way, Sven C! Like that was such a surprise, coming from you). And to make matters even better, as if my current position in the group wasn't already teetering on the edge-- Wido, who was sitting on the mezzanine above us, decided that it was hilarious to throw his balled up sugar packets down at me. THANKS FOR THAT LAST PUSH INTO LOOKING EVEN MORE LÄCHERLICH AND PATHETIC DUDE, SERIOUSLY IT WAS JUST THE FINAL TOUCH OF HUMILIATION THAT WAS MISSING.

We did manage to bang out some questions and divide the labor in the hour and a half of the meeting though, the others will be doing the actual asking Favoritener their opinion, and this other chick and I will be analyzing the date and typing up the end report. All in all, a favorable end to this steaming crap mound (for now). I guess I've learned that it is just too much to wish for, having a group project that can be efficiently decided per email (we can work together, it's been proven! But why not a few days earlier??). And I've had a refresher course in how ~wonderful~ it feels to know that one has united the group in basically viewing you in contempt and condescension. I mean, I'm not looking for new BFFs in this group either, but ohh, the feeling still rankles like hell.

UGHHHHHHH that felt good to get out. Off to look at spam/porn to cheer me up!

I HAVE TO MEET MY GROUP "TODAY" (oops 1AM) AT 4PM UGHHHH WILL I BE ABLE TO CORRAL MY HOMICIDAL URGES?? Only time will tell! I did ask our Teach some follow-up questions, so I at least know how much we are supposed to do. The real trick will be getting everyone to do it in a manner not resembling a steaming pile of shit that I will have to spend all my time editing. Ugh. I preemptively want to choke them allllll!

BUT the point of this post- have some awesome links of endless entertainment, so that I can finally switch off my computer again and clear off all my FF tabs:

PUNDITRY CLASSICS ON YOUTUBE:
TY TY Epic FB spam post for the ♥!
Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert singing the American national anthem. ...I have never heard Steve sing before!
Even Stevphen -"Halloween" ...I WANT CANDYYY 8( ♥
Even Stevphen -"Reality TV" ...Whatever will happen next! I'M ON THE EDGE OF MY COMA.
TDS "Prince Charles Scandal" ...Clemens asked me for some funny youtube links, so I sent him this and the following with the remark that if he didn't find it in some way utterly hilarious, I can no longer be friends with him. He didn't reply back. DUN DUN DUNNNN. Well okay, he did. He wrote 'was ist ein spanky machine'. Uhhhh.
TDS "So You're Living in a Police State" ...WHY HAD I NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE?? apple_scruffer, you have enriched my life, man!
TDS "Pitch" ...not a YT link, BUT DON'T CARE. Also, our spam actions on FB have really kind of cemented most of the dialogue that wasn't already half-buried into my long-term memory. IF I FAIL COMMUNICATIONS LAW AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, I KNOW WHO TO BLAAAAAAME :D!

ACTING WITH JAMES FRANCO:
..........how did I never see these before?? Oh my god I love this guy SO MUCH MORE NOW.
EPISODE 1: SENSE MEMORY ...THEY ARE SO ADORABLE. His poor brother :DD And this is just hilarious ♥ TOBEY THE CAAAAAT!
EPISODE 2: GREEN SCREEN ...the abuse he puts his brother through, bwaaaaahahahahaha :DD "THAT'S HOW YOU'RE GONNA DODGE A TYRANNOSAURUS REX??"
EPISODE 3: SCENE WORK ..."ACTORS ACT. ACTORS SNIFF JACKETS!"
A Message From James Franco's Mom .........*DYING* (also, cute childhood picssss)

RECENT SPN CON SQUEE AND LINKS:
Man, this looks like it was a pretty great one!
Jensen telling a Jared story
Bits of a CON report! juice817's whole journal can basically be checked out for tasty, tasty nuggets of glorious information!
"Dear Jensen, Sorry For Thinking About You in Bed. -The World. ...bwahahaha.
:D :D :D ..."own wrap party", uhuhuhu :D
More on Misha! ...seriously, his answer to the Kiefer Sutherland question even made Migel crack up when I forced him to listen to my squee over Skype!
This is where I got that sms idea from, Olga ;D ...also with links to the Con Wiki!
And some pictures! ...SERIOUSLY, OH BOYS ♥. Supernatural makes so so happy, you guys!

I LEFT MY DORM ROOM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN uh *counts* ...THREE DAYS! Man, did Sven and Carmen ever give me a weird look when I mentioned that. I mean, I had food! Water! The internet! What more does one need? Also I totally saved money that way. Though I guess it was kind of sad and vaguely disturbing how I would actively strain to hear for signs of Sabrina-activity to die down and mean that I could leave my room for the bathroom/kitchen. I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO ACTUALLY SEE HER AT ALL COSTS OKAY. I did realize the folly of hoping she would actually just leave yesterday though, since it was then 8PM and I was kind of hungry since 2PM already (and had kind of run out of satisfying snack food). Ah well! She seems to be gone since this morning though... FINGERS CROSSED THAT THIS LASTS FOR A FEW DAYS, AHH.

But yes, where was I before drifting off in that tangent that might have revealed some of my neurotic tics-- FOOD! Sven, Carmen and I had some Thai food at the Thai Lotus, also in our 20. district, and apparently as per lokaltipp.at one of the best Thai restaurants in Vienna? I had Somtam and Yam Woonsen Talae, which was pretty good if a little bit bland-- and I got to talk to the staff in Thai, so I was pretty happy. The Thai food I always have a craving for just mostly never is the stuff they serve here, I am normally not so much a fan of the Pad Thai or all the curries, so it was great to finally get to om nom nom on tasty papaya salad and glass noodles ♥. Will probably be heading there again when the weather gets more sunnier, especially since it is right near the Augarten for some awesome post-fooding walks.

AND NOW I should probably do a smidge of research for my PR-Übung that I will probably end up doing myself, as the group I am with has proven themselves to be a bunch of non-communicative incompetent asswipes. WHAT IS SO HARD WITH USING EMAILS TO DISCUSS THINGS. How hard is it to collectively come up with a PR Agency name that is not some bullshit like 'Forgive Us' or 'Miscommunication'?? I understand the sentiment to make things fun, but calling it names like that just smacks of self-fulfilling prophecies, especially since we are all collectively too incapable of staying in touch. And the agency name isn't even the only thing we are supposed to do-- so much for getting collective input on our hypothetical budget for the image improvement campaign we are supposed to do for the Viennese 10th district, or how we should precisely formulate our mission statement. AND WE KNEW ALL OF THIS SINCE TUESDAY. Heck, I thought I could send them an email early Thursday afternoon, and we'd have something by Saturday evening at least, but no. GOD, I HATE LONG TERM GROUP ASSIGNMENTS WITH PEOPLE YOU ALREADY DON'T KNOW (because then you at least know who you can yell at to get their asses on with it.) I am so going to get the rep as the goody-two-shoes of the group, but goooooood I was just so tempted to type a font-size 40 missive at them that would just blink over and over again "WHY DO YOU ALL SUCK SO MUCH??".

/VENTS