These guys are awesome

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain:

• Theme from Shaft
• Smells Like Teen Spirit
• The Good the Bad and the Ugly

Ennio Morricone is pretty darn awesome too (I actually had to look up whether he’s still alive… 80 years in November). My parents had (well, still have I suppose) a vinyl best of which I regularly took out as a kid. Chi Mai – Le Professionnel was my favourite (and one of the first mp3s I ever downloaded!). I still absolutely love this track. The above Good, Bad & Ugly is probably the most iconic of his works. Can’t say I’ve ever knowingly seen the film tho (well, probably half-asleep as a kid on my dad’s lap at some point).

Wow (the Paris update)

[posted kinda late, originally written on the bus home] On my way home from a MOST AMAZING week-end. Paris still surprises me, or the love I feel for it does. You’d think I’d tire of it eventually, for all the times I’ve been (often spending much time in the same places). AND IT NEVER DOES!!!! 😮 More »

This still makes me laugh

Hurricanes

You’ve got to admit it is pretty surreal. Devastating. In a fascinating sort of way.
Lots of fairly high res photos of the damage done by Ike in Texas.
More (smaller) here, tho some of the same ones repeated.

Imagine losing everything like that. You can’t help wondering why people build – again and again – in high risk areas like that. And you figure that there are probably loads of reasons – mostly that they can’t afford otherwise I guess.

And you feel hella grateful for not living somewhere like that. Seriously! 😐
Which reminds me, I need to buy an external hard drive to back up my files. *lol*¹

1. this *lol* reads as a sort of sarcastic commentary. You know, the way a person may exclaim “ha!” in conversation.

Protected: People come and people go

Belated Birthday Entry?

Sorta by request, showing presents and stuff. Also I’ve cut and dyed my hair again and taken photographs. More »

Shall I turn this into Electionblog?

So I started a long yada yada election entry (which I may finish eventually so don’t act all relieved yet) but then I came across Moby again and hey, he’s turning “ok I’ll stop talking about politics now” into a competition.

Actually Moby is kind of annoying. I used to really enjoy his blog then stopped reading cuz he only ever talked about politics (while constantly apologizing for it) even when there were no elections. And now he just seems to be rambling ever more pointlessly and rabidly. (seriously!? the readers of his blog are gonna vote for Obama anyway!)

And his linebreaks are irritating as hell.

Thus spake America

I am way too obsessed with the US presidential election right now. Way. I’ve even considered going there in November to experience the rush first hand should Obama win. Which he very well may not. Earlier today I wagered “if the traffic lights are green Obama will win” and they were red. So there. More »

Quickies

• I should unpack my Mainz bags.
• I am going to London this week-end.
• I am going to see R.E.M. this week-end!
• I brought fun stuff from Germany:
  1. Mattress covers in yellow and red
  2. Müsli
  3. Peanut “flips”
  4. Various other food items
  5. Toothpaste (ok, more useful and less fun)
• I’ve done 4hrs overtime so far this week. (in 2 days!)
• I have 9 days of holidays left to use. (and 2 days of flexi time and about one day of “reward and recognition”)
• I have Monday off (booked back when I thought Thomas was gonna visit) and maybe I’ll just stay in London for an extra day. And stay in bed and watch DVDs all day.
• I need to think of other places to go with all those holidays.
• Paris is one of them of course. (whether with or without mum remains to be seen)
• Portland to visit Kate’s mum is another one.
• I missed CSI:NY last night even tho it was very important!
• But I slept for almost 10hrs which was nice.
• Tomorrow we have some weird training all day, I’ll probably sleep through that as well.
• I need to do more stuff around the flat:
  1. paint the kitchen door, but especially the frame. It looks disgusting.
  2. paint behind the fridge (bottom, I only did the top)
  3. find a way to paint / stick “Protect Me From What I Want” lyrics onto the hallway cupboards
  4. find mirror for bathroom, connect light on bathroom cabinet (more like, find someone to do it), fix bathtub panelling
  5. find fabric for lounge curtains and get them sewn (oh and find curtain rod too! and attach it)
  6. Should maybe also find a solution for the “sofa situation”.
• Oh and last but not least? The new girl at work I mentioned in the last entry who left after a week and then came back… she’s leaving again! =)) Don’t ask. Recruitment in our team has been a farce for months.

My Germans require an update

A bit silly really since I’m with them and there won’t be anything I can say that they don’t already know. But here goes.. More »