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

Just watched The Fall today with Miss Olga, in an act of awesome socialization that basically saved my Saturday from being just the day where I failed to actually get myself showered and ready to go buy some groceries before they closed in the time-span of uh, six hours. When I say that I am sometimes a profoundly lethargic person, this is about the kind of stuff I get up to when at my low points, lol what. DID manage to clean the disgusting thing that is our toilet brush receptacle and actually change the old, FOUL one for a new one (actually a glass cleaner and thus totally small, but whatever). There seems to be no point in buying normal toilet brushes, as dearest Sabrina roomie seems to have ~mysterious~ bowel issues that always involve making the public bathroom toilet brushes look more pristine than ours. I hope I am not jinxing myself by typing this, but she has been gone for the whole last week! Left some trash to molder again (that I am currently ignoring), but she is not here, fuck yeahhhhhh :DD

BUT THAT ASIDE, back to the movie. My non-spoilery review: HOLY FUCKING SHIT THIS MOVIE IS GORGEOUS. The scenery! The colors! Everything was so insanely lushly costumed and sumptuously shot and breathtakingly and heartstoppingly beautiful and Lee Pace(♥ ♥) and the little girl were all kinds of wonderful (their relationship ngggg socute). My face during the movie could basically be summed up by the following emoticons-- :O, with sprinklings of D:!! and :D!!. I was ever so engrossed in the story and I loved how the two worlds of the actual hospital staff and patients and the fantastic world that Roy was telling Alexandria of were slowly merging together in Alexandria's imagination and ahh *flails*. If Olga wasn't sitting right next to me, I totally would have also started crying at at least two separate scenes in the movie, haaah.

SO BASICALLY, if you guys have the chance, you should all watch this ASAP! It will seriously blow your mind ♥ For further gorgeous eyecandy, please to be checking out THIS PICSPAM.

And to round this off, ( one of my favorite pics/production stills from an image search :DD )

THIS WEEKEND: insanely awesome and productive socially, and all the more a resounding failure on the get-shit-done-for-uni-FUUUUCK side! Saturday evening was spent being wined and dined chez Miss Olga, with the evening's entertainment being moaaar Skins (EVERYONE'S SUCH A DIIIIIIIICK GOD :DD) watching and my continued indoctrination of her into the cult of Punditry (Jon Stewart's '96 HBO Special, o how I have watched you about 7 times already and still you remain awesome). I am still thinking about that Himbeersahneschnitte though, dude that was so tasty.

Now this Sunday I spent with previously mentioned Scruffy St. Pölten Dude (Marc). We ended up meeting at one-ish at the Westbahnhof, and proceeded to spend the next six hours chatting up a storm and hitting up multiple Sbucks and McD's for warmth and coffee/hot chocolate breaks, a late lunch at the Vapiano and more coffee at the Kurkonditorei Oberlaa. Our circuit was basically the entire Mariahilfer, then we walked from there to the Innenstadt past the Hofburg until we hit the Kärtnerstraße. Best walk of normally quite large distance, ever! Hot damn was it ever so much fun, we apparently do have a lot in common, yet enough differences to make friendly debates happen and it was just a blast. Though I did figure him for around my age, apparently he's 24 already (babyfaaaaaaace) and readily admits himself that he is a bit immature. Which uh okay, you could notice, but it was still in the acceptable adorable-jackass way that I am apparently susceptible to. I blame constant exposure to the dudes in my RIS Swiss Sec days lolol.

It was the oddest thing though, because I am still not sure if today was a date or not, because if you discount the fact that he paid for everything(!!) and kept asking if I was sure I didn't want anything else to eat/drink, I felt like I had just spent a very awesome day hanging out with Migel. He tried to go for the handshake when we parted ways, but I hugged him instead because lol, A HANDSHAKE?? Don't know if I'll have much time this January to really see him often though, but I've already wrangled a promise from him to show me around if I ever come down to St.Pölten. And I actually would like to, to be quite honest :)
ALSO HE IS (A BIT) TALLER THAN ME AND HAS CUTE HAIR SO THAT CRITERIA IS SOUNDLY REACHED :DD

HURTLING BY MY WINDOW AT HIGH SPEEDS. And I actually wanted to leave in an hour to go study in the MC (and mostly just have an excuse to wear real pants and throw my trash away but yeah) and the way it seems now?? FAT FUCKING CHANCE I AM SETTING FOOT OUTSIDE. Okay self, channel that urge to NOT FAIL and start studying! You know you can do it! jksdfhjskaSA!

But before that and since I am actually typing this new post right now some thoughts/incoherant squeebabble on
( SPN S4x10 )
and
( a mishmash of S1 GG and the most recent eps )

AND NOW IT HAS STOPPED SNOWING. THE SUN IS NOT REALLY OUT BUT IT'S BRIGHT. Might still get to go to MC after all hmm.

OH SWEET SENSE OF (semi) FREEDOM! No more exams, scooooore~~. Started the day by being rudely awakened by a very drunk Clemens who called me at 4.30AM just because he could, but thankfully I am skilled in all things concerning sleep and how to immediately fall into deep slumber afterwards. Not so much luck for Michi in that department, as Clemens called Lis next and she didn't hear the phone ring and the honor of clicking DISCONNECT CALL fell to the monsieur. SOMEONE'S STARTING TO GET JEALOUS AND INSECURE ahaha especially since Lis isn't as pissed by Clemens' cutesy flirty act as Michi would hope/want her to be. HAH.

Shopping for UEFA merch is getting harder and harder now! I dropped by the Gerngross in town with Carmen after we went to show Phil some solidarity as this gig his band won (they were filmed by GOtv on the top area of the Stadtsbibliothek because they were the winners of some competition... it was a great mini gig, but the sad thing was that hardly no one was there?? Some unlucky combo of no PR/spreading the word on Phil's side, I guess? So uh, we are now possibly on TV though ahehehe >_>;;). The sports merch has been sorely depleted, but thankfully I only had to buy some stuff for my thai relatives who basically don't really give a rat's ass what motives their shirts have. TOMORROW I shall go into town again (yay for sunday opening times!) and see about getting me a German national team player trikot! Hopefully there'll be a Podolski one, though Lahm (or Schweinsteiger) would also be ace ♥ ...and a fitting accessory for watching THE FREAKIN' FINAL TOMORROW EVENING WOOOO :DD

And to end this entry on a football note, too (Kat I bet you are so sick of reading this by now, eh?), I must say that "Deutschland. Ein Sommermärchen" is a really great documentary about the Worldcup 06. I'd bought it earlier today for a steal at 10€ in Saturn and we watched it earlier this evening. Seeing the little bits and pieces of the player's and team staff's personalities is always so great-- Poldi and Schweini BFF action! Kahn vs. Lehmann stuff! Random player antics! Klinsi's Lockerroom speeches! Random sightings of Jogi Löw in the background that are all the more awesome in the EM context! Jogi Löw wearing colour and talking (his voice will never not make me double-take)! Ballack being called MICHAAA or el capitano! ...and just stuff like getting a look into how the players lived, their schedule, the organisatory bits of the WM, ahh. All the more better to raise one's spirits in preparation for the finale cheering!

PS I actually wanted to make a post on some current uni dudes bullshit (dr)ama, but I am in far too much of a good mood now. Maybe tomorrow.

AHHHHHHHH am so dying here! NO NET!! Okay not really, since I have a shitload of DVDs to watch and the thought of PARISPARISPAAARIS soon to tide me over. And now since Sara's arrival is imminent, here a copypasted fake LJ post!
( Or rather a SPN S2 DVD commentary interspersed w/ other stuff loll )

UNTIL NEXT TIME??? AHHHHH

_ why, self, whyyyyyy must I have no self-control! Also was the same story with 'Oh, I'll just wait until I can buy the next season of 'Life on Mars' before reading fic and looking at meta'... and what do I do the next time I go online? *SPOILERSPOILERSPOILER woooooooooooah oh man...* -->*binges on fic* -->*late moment of realisation: ohshit :(*
OH and whoever doesn't already know this should WATCH IT NOW, I was positively blown away... even moreso than with my Nip/Tuck DVDs I think, as I wasn't that impressed by the DVD Box cover (I stand to my often shallow consumer decisions) I was looking at in Saturn, but bought it on a whim. And well, I must say I TAKE IT ALL BACK, I LOVE JOHN SIMM and the guy who played Gene Hunt(the Gene Genie! Hee) and ANNIEEEE... top notch acting, and oh the tension! The Mancunian accents! The smashing soundtrack! The plot sucked me in, simply brilliant and all around tight directing, very solid ♥ I was talking at the laptop and flailing at it at some points I believe ^^ I HEARTILY RECOMMEND THIS, PEOPLE and go google the plot, I can't possibly do it justice (two words and punctuation tho: TIME TRAVEL??!)

_ DAY ONE OF 'BODY COMBAT' class at the California! Wow Gym: PAIN. SO MUCH PAIN.
BUT: I can feel my muscles in my thighs again! Ahaha I am so out of shape, it can only be hilarious and at the halfway point of the 55 minute class I had to force myself not to look at my reflection as I was huffing and puffing and wheezing and fucking up all the choreo >_>;;. THE KICKS ARGHHH...That was also the only problem I had with the choreo-- since it's a mix of all these different 'fighting style' watered down with cardio and aerobic moves the stances and forms for all the kicks were all slightly different and I kept getting confused as I've burned the oldskool Taekwondo way down (My right Roundkick is still fabulous at least XDD)into my muscle memory and added to the fact that I am sometimes confused by which side we are supposed to be using (the cons of eagle-eye focus on the instructor and not realising that DURR it's all mirrored! I r so smart) I must have looked so bumbling. Was gratified to see other people in the class, who even if they werent as sweaty and redfaced as me, kind of lagging as well and sometimes doing the moves in a sissy energy-conserving way. The instructor is SO UPBEAT MY GOD he was jumping all over the place!
All in all I am quite happy with this class and admittedly already mentally in the place where all this cavorting will have paid off and I will be toned! Can this happen in two weeks???

_ had pastries and deliciousness and a photosession with Ma at the 'Mandarin Oriental Dharathevi', which is A FRIGGIN CASTLE IN THE SKY jesus christ the compound is so GORGEOUS and the thai word would be 'alangkarn' and ahhh the visitors aren't allowed to drive past a certain point so it's all so tranquil. AND PRETTY HAVE I MENTIONED THAT YET?? Will post pictures soonish~~

Theoretically I am not all that ill-prepared for my Umweltssoziologie test on Thursday.

I am HORRENDOUSLY unprepared for Step6, Step4 and Sozial Psychologie II next week though. And I have to be awake in six hours for the latter's last session and also need to wash my hair as I will be death warmed over later in this morning. :/

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BUT! Had a delicious dinner followed by DVD watching at my place with Clemens tonight~ Pasta with cream sauce and prawns and artichoke hearts with a lovely italian white wine aaaaand dessert: choco pudding interspersed with forest berries premade by yours truly earlier during the day. :D Dude better have appreciated my culinary attempts XDD Cooking really is more fun when you're not alone ♥
The DVD of the night was 'Ali' and I was pleasantly suprised at how awesome it was, especially the soundtrack. Fantastic music and Will Smith was great in his role!

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Spoiled myself for the end of Honey and Clover yesterday and jeeeesus shit when I was watching that scene from the anime version on Youtube the TEARS were rolling down my eyes like kajfhkjfh aaaaah HURTS SO GOOD. PERFECT INSERT SONGS. SIMPLY DIVINE. Ganked some off random LJ comm hoppings and shall probably be uploading em in the next post or so... AHhhhh *bliss*

Lamb leg yesterday was simply sumptious, and I wish I could say the same thing about the DVDs I watched afterwards, too. Boo at the DVD dude, I've never had such a dud quality from a supposed 100% one before! Must watch the other ones I bought before I leave so I can exchange them in time... But the first 2/3 of "The Departed" in english was great, love getting to hear the Boston accents that were flying around, even if Deep South sounds much more awesome to my ears. But then the DVD started skipping and fritzing and now Dad's kinda annoyed that it stopped just when it got good. Oops.

Went up and then watched "Driving Lessons", which I had vaguely meant to watch for a while now, but Kat's mentioning of it reminded me again and eeeee! RUPERT GRINT IS ADORABLE. All slouchy and shy (and kinda short, even if he's a giant in the movies next to Dan Radcliffe and Emma, but they're like midgets, so there) and ahaahah the TREE COSTUME. And the fact that all his crushes or girl-intrests were taller than him XDD Wish I knew what happened in THE LAST TEN MINUTES though, why such a lovely DVD, for dying right at that moment >_>;;

Might watch "Thank You for Smoking" again, or try "Rocky Balboa" or "Pan's Labyrinth" later~

And dinner shall be at the Steakhouse at the Landmark Hotel~~ LOOOKING FORWARD to that already mhhhh STEAK ♥

Viewed in the First Class with Ma, as she would rather spend 1000 baht on this instead of watching King Naresuan with me D: WHY COULD'NT SHE HAVE WAITED... Otherwise, the perks of First Class are great though, hurrah for cushy reclinable chairs with blankets!

( Moooovie! (spoilers within) )

And in that note, also bought some more Asian movies to watch-- now am the proud owner of 'The Banquet'(Ma says it's similar to this one?), 'All about Lily Chou-Chou'(WHEN I WANT TO DEPRESS MYSELF :(( ) and the INFERNAL AFFAIRS TRILOGY yessss :D :D
Must see about buying 'Faen Chan', 'Nana', 'Ping Pong' and 'In the Mood for Love' etc etc before I leave!

CAN'T FIND THE NODAME DORAMA THO WHHHHHY ARE THERE ONLY KOREAN DRAMAS HERE? DO NOT WANT D:

~~2 things that have brightened up my existance this past week(or so)~~

1) ...suprisingly, Tennis! And by which I don't mean watching eps of Tenipuri or reading the manga, although I imagine that would be fun too- I'm talking about *gasp* RL Tennis, or more specifically the US Open. Got to watch Federer in the semis against Blake and in the finals versus Roddick and hooooly shit, I have never been more at the edge of my seat watching any type of sports matches before.
Watching Federer play is simply a joy. The man knows his tennis, and oh, some of the shots he played ...So skillful and elegant! Plus when he was matched up against Roddick, who is also a fun player to watch, what with those smashing serves of his ...ahh it was all the more exciting to watch as a spectator~ ♥ ♥
(something I haven’t actively done since the nineties as a wee kid with Sampras and Michael Chang(Asians represent!)...ahh how I used to love tennis)

Bits from the match that amused me:
_ the also very random, yet amusing anecdotes of the german voiceover announcer, and thanks to him I now know that Roddick is, amongst others, a very fast eater and that he was kinda a precocious brat who once signed a bunch of tennis balls when he was six, gave them to a friend and said 'keep these, they'll be worth tons when I'm older'... which is actually quite adorable (...and probably true, too!)
_ the times that Roddick kept changing his shirt- at least three times during a two hour match... I mean, maybe it's normal for some players but it just stood out more compared to Federer just chilling in his seat, wearing his same old shirt (...and leisurely scratching himself as Roddick is already on court waiting for the break to be over XDD)

...long squee short, I personally think that ‘King Roger’ is awesome and a really nice, sympathetic guy who plays mindblowingly good tennis and that he should go on and break all records ever. And the weird thing is, even if I don’t watch his next few matches... just the thought that somewhere out there Roger Federer is kicking major tennis ass makes me happy. Like all is right with the world or something ^^V

Also: There is apparently a Federer beanie baby/Teddy bear, dressed in a blue shirt with a #1 on the back with a headband and a red racket ...and goddammit it is adorable and I waaaantssss it preciousssss DDD:


2) DVDs
When nightfall reaches the Austrian province...and the nightly TV schedule is basically crap warmed over, nothing saves one from boredom more than rewatching one’s entire DVD collection. (Since of course I am somehow incapable to just go to sleep before 3AM noooo)
I also relearned the lesson that watching Brokeback Mountain right before going to bed is also a bad idea, as being huddled in front of my laptop, clutching my stuffed turtle(IKEA is awesome) and sobbing my eyes out ... leads to a very extreme case of puffy eyes the next day and my Oma thinking weird things about what I do in my room. ...but it’s either that or funny stuff and apparently that too is also weird thought-inducing because one can hear my mad cackling when I decide to marathon Scrubs or Samurai Champloo(THE BASEBALL EP AHAHAHA OMG WHUUT XDDD) in the hallway as well....
You just can’t win, I guess :P Wish I had some Everwood eps or Nip/Tuck...such a shiny interesting show, that the german dub didn’t manage to fuck up like it does to House(...*brrr* I believe that like it is the case with Alan Rickman, dubbing Hugh Laurie’s voice should be a crime). And the Ducklings are ‘Sie’zing each other, how stiff is that? Not to mention that the guys dub voices all sound the same. URGH.

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Oh and I WANNA WATCH 'DAS PARFÜM' D: D: D: ...in english though! *curses lack of kino in 60km radius*

AND YAAAY WELCOME BACK TO NET-LAND KAT DEAR ♥ :D :D :D