MoonSoleil's Wonderful Weird World

Rückblick 2010

2011-01-12T14:41:00.002+01:00

Meine Fresse... lange nicht mehr gebloggt. wird mal wieder Zeit!

Und weil 2011 ja noch ganz jung ist, und das alles gut zum letzten Eintrag passt, hier mein Eindruck vom letzten Jahr... =)

Vorherrschendes Gefühl für 2011?
AUFREGEND!!! Das wird ein spannendes Jahr voller Veränderungen!

2010 zum ersten Mal getan?
In die Schweiz gefahren.

2010 nach langer Zeit wieder getan?
Den Gefühlen freien Lauf gelassen.

2010 leider gar nicht getan?
Meinen Allergietest gemacht. Immer noch nicht.

Wort des Jahres?
Eichhörnchen.

Zugenommen oder abgenommen?
Alles fast gleich geblieben, mal ein Kilo rauf, mal ein bissel runter... Alles in allem sehr beglückend.

Stadt des Jahres?
Basel.

Alkoholexzesse?
Nur beobachtet, nicht selbst unternommen.

Davon gekotzt?
NICHT beobachtet (dankedankedanke).

Haare länger oder kürzer?
Wieder am wachsen.

Kurzssichtiger oder Weitsichtiger?
Das wird immer schlimmer. Noch so ein Fall von "nicht gemacht" - Augenuntersuchung. Autsch, und das bei Grauem UND Grünem Star in der Familie. Das wird in 2011 auf jeden Fall nachgeholt.

Mehr ausgegeben oder weniger?
Mehr. Und soviel wie noch nie für Weihnachtsgeschenke.

Höchste Handyrechnung?
100 Euro? Sowas um den Dreh.

Krankenhausbesuche?
Oma war mehrmals drin, die Arme. Boris auch. Ich selbst aber immer noch nicht.

Verliebt?
Ja!

Getränk des Jahres?
Glüüühwein (soviel zu den Alkoholexzessen =).

Essen des Jahres?
Selbstgemachte Ravioli.

Meist (an)gerufene Person?
Boris.

Die schönste Zeit verbracht mit?
Boris.

Die meiste Zeit verbracht mit?
Boris. Schonwieder.

Song des Jahres?
30 Seconds to Mars: Closer to the Edge.

CD des Jahres?
30 Seconds to Mars: This is War.

Buch des Jahres?
Schneeball. Wer bin ich? (Deutsch-Serbisch) Beim Vorlesen haben wir Tränen gelacht, was wohl durch meine grandiosen Serbisch-Kenntnisse begründet ist.

Film des Jahres?
Megamind 3D. In Basel. Noch niiiie habe ich so viel für einen Kinobesuch bezahlt. Alleine das macht ihn zum Film des Jahres.

Konzert des Jahres?
30 Seconds to Mars in Basel.

TV-Serie des Jahres?
The Walking Dead. Endlich eine Zombie-Serie.

Erkenntnis des Jahres?
Einfach mal machen.

Drei Dinge auf die ich gut hätte verzichten können?
Beziehungsstress, Arbeitsstress, Familienstress.

Nachbar des Jahres?
Samir.

Beste Idee/Entscheidung des Jahres?
Die Sache mit der Magisterarbeit durchzuziehen.

Schlimmstes Ereignis?
Omi im Krankenhaus. =(

Schönstes Ereignis?
Da gab's erfreulicherweise einige dieses Jahr. Zum Beispiel hab ich meine Magister-Arbeit abgegeben. Juhuuu!

2010 war mit einem Wort?
Anstrengend, aber es hat was gebracht.

Stöckchen: Jahresrückblick 2007

2008-01-03T13:27:00.000+01:00

Vorherrschendes Gefühl für 2008?
Gut, besser, 2008!

2007 zum ersten Mal getan?
Ein Brett durchgetreten.

2007 nach langer Zeit wieder getan?
Disziplin gezeigt.

2007 leider gar nicht getan?
Ausgespannt. Nicht richtig, wenigstens.

Wort des Jahres?
Stress!

Zugenommen oder abgenommen?
Fett ab-, Muskeln zugenommen! =)

Stadt des Jahres?
Paris. Je t'aime.

Alkoholexzesse?
Nö.

Davon gekotzt?
Von nix kommt nix.

Haare länger oder kürzer?
Bissl kürzer.

Kurzssichtiger oder Weitsichtiger?
Blind wie ein Maulwurf, 2007 wohl NOCH kurzsichtiger.

Mehr ausgegeben oder weniger?
Uff, mehr.

Höchste Handyrechnung?
40 Euronen oder sowas.

Krankenhausbesuche?
Hab den Carsten im Krankenhaus besucht, aber selbst drin lag ich nicht.

Verliebt?
Hmmm...

Getränk des Jahres?
Barbados Sunrise. Yumm!

Essen des Jahres?
Onigiri, 2007 zum ersten Mal selbst gemacht und süchtig geworden.

Meist (an)gerufene Person?
Marco denke ich.

Die schönste Zeit verbracht mit?
Marco, Gernot, Boris.

Die meiste Zeit verbracht mit?
Trotz allem wohl Samir. =)

Song des Jahres?
Depeche Mode: One Caress. (Meistgehört laut last.fm)

CD des Jahres?
Snow Patrol: Eyes Open. Rauf- und Runtergehört.

Buch des Jahres?
Owly. Lese ich immer wieder.

Film des Jahres?
Untamed Heart. Steinalt, aber endlich auf DVD gekauft in 2007.

Konzert des Jahres?
Wir sind Helden in Saarbrücken.

TV-Serie des Jahres?
Prison Break!!!

Erkenntnis des Jahres?
Hab mir zu wenig Zeit für meine Freunde genommen. Das muß 2008 geändert werden!

Drei Dinge auf die ich gut hätte verzichten können?
Stress, Hektik, Panik.

Nachbar des Jahres?
Gernot, Franzi und Pascal, Maria und Corvin.

Beste Idee/Entscheidung des Jahres?
In Paris Urlaub zu machen.

Schlimmstes Ereignis?
Sag ich nciht. Da ärgere ich mich nur wieder.

Schönstes Ereignis?
9. Kup-Prüfung im Taekwon-Do (Meine Erste!)

2007 war mit einem Wort?
Eine Achterbahn.

An wen reichst du das Stöckchen weiter?
andreas - Hol das Stöckchen, lauf, feeeeeiiiiin gemacht!

Ich hab mein Stöckchen von vird und micanopy bekommen... und doch nur einmal beantwortet. =)

Free Burma!

2007-10-04T00:08:00.000+02:00

Me on TV!

2007-09-28T22:20:00.000+02:00

Here's the video of the report on my photo blog as seen on TV (Saarländischer Rundfunk) on September 24, 2007. It's in German, sorry for the English speaking community! =(

SB Daily Photo on TV!

2007-09-19T23:35:00.000+02:00

Today, a camera team of the Saarländischer Rundfunk was filming me, asking questions and reporting about Saarbrücken Daily Photo. Super-exciting!!! =)
The movie should be shown tomorrow or the day after, I'll post the video here if I should have the right to do so.

Weekend in Paris

2007-04-17T16:19:00.000+02:00

Wohoo, I got them!!!

SNCF is having special offers on TGV tickets from Saarbrücken to Paris, because this new connection will be opened June 10th.
A single ticket costs 19 Euros only, and the train will take me to Paris in 1 hour 50 minutes!

Before, we had connections that took at least 4 hours for the journey (Paris is about 400 km away from here).

In July, I will have a nice weekend in Paris now... (another weekend there I should say - I just can't get enough of Paris, I love this city!!! I come there at least once a year.)

Happy Easter!

2007-04-08T14:00:00.000+02:00

My cat Pido played the Easter bunny today, due to the lack of a pet hare of mine... =)

Single Extreme!

2007-03-30T01:09:00.000+02:00

Long time no post, but today there's definitely something to write about.

I went to the cinema today (not spectacular).
I wanted to watch Music and Lyrics (I love Hugh Grant, no big deal there.)
None of my friends came, so I decided to go alone (first time of my life, but still not that viewy).
BUT - and here's the BIG FAT BUT: I was all alone in the cinema!!! ALOOOONE!!!

Again I went to see a romantic movie made for couples, and I did not just go alone into the cinema, but I had a huge movie theatre all to myself.

The biggest surprise for me was that it actually didn't feel bad - the movie was excellent and really really funny, and having a whole cinema to yourself is actually not that bad - just really weird.

So, just got home, and believe me - I was never that happy to see my cat before... =)

Question: Did you ever have a single extreme night?

Patrick - there I was!

2006-09-29T02:11:00.000+02:00

Oooohhh, it's already over! I did my little trip to London (travelling time equals time of my stay there =) on September 27th to watch Guys and Dolls (and more importantly, Patrick Swayze).
It was amazing!!!

Before the matinée show, I asked if Patrick would come out to give some autographs at some point, and the staff just told me to wait at the theatre exit after the show... no problem! So I was waiting with a little bunch of mabe 30 people for him to come out (we waited for about 70 minutes) - and it was totally worth it!
He took some time to talk to us, telling us a bout the prolongiation of his contract with the theatre (he could have mentioned that earlier, then I would have had a more relaxed trip =) and how he loves starring in the show and being in London.
He went to shake some people's hands (yes, mine too... such nice and warm hands!) and went back in to the theatre again.
Patrick usually isn't allowed to write autographs there, because the street would be crowded and people could get hurt by the cars (that's what the security told me).

At 7.30 p.m. I went to see the show, and it was fabulous. Excellent cast, great songs and dancing. (I won't say any more, go and watch it for yourselves! =)

After the evening show, I went back to the place where Patrick came out before. This time, there were less fans... so we waited for an hour or so, until he came out again. He only had time for 2 and a half minutes, so he basically said the same things like in the afternoon and shook hands. One girl asked, if he couldn't sign her book, and may it be the guilty conscience for not having much time or just the fact that we weren't so many people, but he decided to sign some flyers... Again, I was lucky to get one with two more handshakes. Then he rushed back into the theatre.

Unfortunately, I couldn't take a picture together with him, which was a bit of a shame. Maybe next time... =)
First, I'll have to go and sleep some more. Good night!

I've put some pictures on my picture blog, so have a look!!!

Patrick - here I come!

2006-09-25T00:38:00.000+02:00

Oh oh, when madness strikes a groupie's brain, then you better don't try to get into her way... =)
That's when they decide to spend 200 Euros for a 24-hour-trip to London to see Patrick Swayze starring as one of the main characters in the musical "Guys and Dolls". Poor crazy people!

(People who know me will know why I chose this picture =)

I'm famous!!!

2006-08-30T18:09:00.000+02:00

Oh my, just yesterday I told you that it probably won't get more exclusive, but have a look at what we found on gametrailers.com today...

I'm not sure, but I'd say that necro and I are among the 15 people in the world who have a video of themselves playing the Wii... =)
(Yes, it's us! Have a clooose look... Yippie!)

Back from Games Convention

2006-08-30T02:38:00.000+02:00

Hey folks,
necrotech and I are back from this year's Games Convention!
I still haven't had time to sort through all my pictures (I got about 700 from this trip), but nevertheless I wanted to present some of them to you today...

Luckily, we (and the guy who handed the controller to us) didn't know that Nintendo doesn't allow pictures to be taken of people with the new Nintendo Wii console or controllers, so I'm happy to prove to you that we did! =)

Being sent to the fair by our instutute, our status as professional visitors allowed us to play several games on the Wii, including Tennis, Baseball, Super Monkey Ball, Battalion Wars 2 and Rayman. One thing I know for sure already... I'll have this console the first day it's out. It's the best fun I've ever had, and different from the Playstation EyeToy, I think this will even be fun for single players.

We also (and I'm so superproud of it) played Virtua Tennis 3 on the Playstation 3 console (or the black mirror as I'd like to call it), that will come out in November and wasn't playable for the nomral audience as well. We had a chance to try it in the Sega Business booth, and I assure you - the graphics are amazing!!!

Of course, we weren't alowed to take pictures of games in development, so I can't present you more exclusive pics than the ones above, but I'll make sure to put some more on my picture blog in the next days (including game babes).

Games Convention 2006

2006-08-24T23:18:00.000+02:00

Hey people,
I'm in Leipzig at the moment, to attend this year's Games Convention.
Our internet connection here is pretty slow, and I don't really have the time to blog "live" from there yet, so I'd like to introduce the official GC Blog to you.
As soon as I'm at home again, I promise to show you some of my pics and write about my experiences there.
=)

Cute Cute Stupid Animal

2006-07-27T10:50:00.000+02:00

I was just reminded of the probably cutest and most stupid (which makes it even cuter) animal in the world again, after seeing this entry in St. Kilda's Daily Picture Blog.
In Münster (located in Westphalia, in the North-West of Germany) lives an adorable little black swan that madly fell in love with a large paddle boat shaped like a white swan.
He cries for her love, but she can't answer... a classic romantic tragedy.

The little guy is quite famous in Germany, even has his own Wiki-entry... and the WDR, a local broadcast station has a long online article including nice pictures. Please have a look, it's just too cute! =)

Meeting my Childhood Hero

2006-07-25T02:08:00.000+02:00

Ooooh, wow! Most of you won't know him, but believe me, meeting this man on a party in Munich felt like meeting Micky Mouse to some of you.
His name is Jean Pütz, he was a German television host for not less then 35 years. His most famous show was the "Hobbythek", a DIY-show giving tips how to achieve a healthy and eco-friendly life.
I'm sure lots of the German readers are now jealous... a shame that he was so drunk he probably can't remember a single second of this meeting... =)))

PS. I love you

2006-06-20T00:30:00.000+02:00

Oh my, I just finished one of the most heart-warming books in the world...
PS. I love you is the writing of Irish writer Cecelia Ahern, and is far more than chick lit like some friends called it.
The book is about coping with the death of beloved ones, finding new strength and slightly letting go without forgetting about them. You'll finish the book quickly, but it'll probably stay with you for a long time.
You cry and laugh with Holly, the main chracter who lost her husband Gerry, you'd like to cheer her up when she is down and you want to celebrate whenever she had a good day.
Holly was left a series of letters from her husband, preparing her for new time alone, helping her through the worst months without him.

It's a great book that I highly recommend to anyone out there, and if you still think it's chick lit, so be it. Wrap it in the Financial Times and read it secretly, just don't ask me how to explain why you're crying over it to your neighbours on the bus...

SMS to God

2006-05-25T14:22:00.000+02:00

Hmm, have you ever wondered why God isn't answering your prayers? I found out the reason today... he's just too busy answering the text massages... =)

This ticker stands next to Johanneskirche in Saarbrücken. You can send SMS from the church, that will be displayed outside. By the way, the Katholikentag 2006 (Catholics Day 2006) is hosted in Saarbrücken at the moment, that's why the SMS-service to God was introduced.
To be fair, I'm quite dissapointed... where's the Hallelujah-ringtone of the month, the Amen-SMS-sound or the animated-farting-Jesus-video? Maybe that would be a way to get the money they obviously urgently need... =)

I can't wait!!!

2006-05-19T23:14:00.000+02:00

When I was in the cinema with my best friend, I saw this biiig box with the new X-Men-poster and a countdown... I can't wait for the remaining days to pass, so I can finally see Wolvie and the others in action again.
It's a shame that the trilogy will be ending with this movie, I wouldn't mind if they'd make a million more, but I guess that's Hollywood. Maybe it's even better this way, because I'd be sooo dissappointed when they'd mess up this fabulous series of movies. =)

More Football Shopping Madness

2006-05-08T23:52:00.000+02:00

Hey there, I've been shopping again, here's what I found this time... I still think it's hilarious!!! =)

Brise scented candle.

Toffifee chocolates... yummy!

Sports Deodorant... of course! =)

Finally there's a politically correct way of having "Negerküsse".

FIFA Champagne.

A small eleven-pack of liqueur.

Toblerone looks funny.

Football minispray surprisingly smelling of peach, not sweat. =)

Football wine, of course...

Cereals... (they're actually really good!)

Peanut Flips football.

Ooooh, cute, a lion's cake! =)

Aha! Nutella has a special edition now, it's the form of a football. I knew it!!!

And some more chocolate... Milka has a football mix.

Football Shopping Madness

2006-04-29T00:51:00.000+02:00

As many of you will know, Germany will host the FIFA World Cup in 41 days.
I went shopping today, had my camera with me, and thought I'll give you an impression of what shopping in football-country is like at the moment.

As you will see, they try to put football-logos and competitions on basically everything at the moment... Maybe some German Photo Bloggers want to extend that list with me?

Duplo by Kinder gives away outfits...

Maggie has new soups. The noodles are shaped like footballs and football fields.

Handkerchiefs by Zewa.

Kleenex kitchen towels.

Actually, I was a bit disappointed by Nutella. I thought they would go for a bigger advertisement. Still 41 days to go, they might still give us a special edition.

Ritter Sport looks funky now.

Haribo doesn't just have football gums, they even have an international slogan now.

Chio and Oddset give away tickets.

Müller Corner looks also like a world champion now.

Cereal stars Tony and (whatever the frog is called) in their football-outfits.

Prinzenrolle cookies with a football print.

Langnaese sells a 5er set of icecream with football-related names.

World champion antipasti. =)

Football toilet paper (!)

This one is even better, it comes with football quiz questions that are printed on the toilet paper.

My absolute favourite!!!
Football condoms (!!!) with one extra condom for the free kick (Freistoß). Hahaha!!!

Additionally to all those products there are also some of those displays, where you can buy merchandise like CDs, T-Shirts, dishes...

Muschi Muschi Muschi (or the strangest party ever)

2006-04-25T22:29:00.000+02:00

Look look, what I saw at an advertising pillar on Saarbrücken Campus today.
Some inviting posters to the "Muschi Klub" (Pussy Club) at the Atomic (Night-)Club in Saarbrücken.

I was so fascinated by the concept of the party that I thought it's definitely worth a blog entry... Here we go:

From 10 pm to 1 pm the party is a girl's only party... girls will be welcomed with a glass of sparkling wine to hear some nice dance beats and see some naked guys (or what else do you think is the "special animation" at a girl's party) - for two Euros only!
So far so good (and I still like the concept)...

AFTER 1 am guys are allowed to enter the nightclub. Well, guess what they'll find there? A bunch of drunken girls that were just so sexed up they'd probably shag everything that kind of looks like a man (and still: great concept - for both sexes!).

Why? How can a girl like this concept?! Especially with the big red banner on the poster saying "Atomic Club discriminates" (Men or women? I'm not thaaat sure here.)!

Well, I just think it's a great concept to finally lock the very desperate all together in one room, get them so pissed they won't even know where they are, play some "I wanna f*** you in the a**" (Come on, you know the song!), and there you go - 500 people having the best night for ages.

A shame though they won't be able to remember the day after!!!
(And all she left me was a dirty bathroom... =)

Passed Exam, Killed 20 Zombies!

2006-04-25T03:06:00.000+02:00

Hello everyone,

In case you're interested (and who cares if you're not =)... I PASSED MY EXAM!!!
Yippie yippie, hooray hooray!!! =)))

That wasn't the only success for the day though.
Since it was Vird's birthday yesterday (Happy Birthday again!), my best friend (his brother necrotech) and I got him the Zombies!!!-game from his blog wishlist.

The game board with loads of zombies on it... (I'm the red player.)

Vird, micanopy, necrotech and I just played for about 3 hours until 2 am (ouch!), and I won!!! ME! (who never wins any game at all!) - and I took a hell lot of risks! Goal of the game was to either to enter a helicopter landing spot with 9 zombies on it (that's hard) or to kill 20 zombies (that's harder)... I somehow magically managed to win by killing the 20 undead, with one last life left for the last four of them!
Yippie yippie, hooray hooray again!!! =)))

Winner's pose for my figure with only one live left and the 20 killed zombies. Har-har!

OK, but now I'm really off to bed, all the studying for the exam and the massacre made me tired... =)

Sweet dreams,
MoonSoleil

Can you cuddle THAT for 5 min?!

2006-04-24T00:18:00.000+02:00

Stress, stress, stress...
I'm having my intermediate examination in information science tomorrow.

Unfortunately, my cat is not very supportive...
So if there's someone out there who would want to cuddle my kitty for a while, please come here... =)

Goodnight, and good luck (for me)
MoonSoleil

PS: That's (the exam, not the cat) the reason why I didn't have time to write about our trip to Cornwall yet... sorry!!! Will do so soon. Promise!

Back from my holidays

2006-04-19T15:16:00.000+02:00

Hey everyone,

did you miss me?
Really? - Yeah, thought so...

Anyway, I was away for a whole week with my somebunny special for an Easter holiday.
We've been to Cornwall in England to check out the Eden Project, The Lost Gardens of Heligan and several nice beaches there. On the way back to Guildford, we visited the Brownsea Island (or Squirrel Island in my words) close to Poole.

[No, unfortunately I didn't take this picture... You'd think the squirrels would pose for the visitors, right? Wrong! (I should have brought nuts, I should have brought nuts!) ... took a great picture of a tail though!]

It was sooo great that we have around 800 pictures together... I'll post some here as soon as I've sorted them all out.

Additionally, I'll start a new PhotoBlog soon, where you can see some more pics of this trip and anything else that seems interesting to me and/or my camera. =)

So stay tuned, pictures and detailed reports will follow soon.

Happy belated Easter,
MoonSoleil

WWW: World's Weirdest Watch

2006-04-06T14:30:00.000+02:00

Hmm, well there's something weird for you...

I don't consider myself extraordinarily slow or not capable of thinking fast (and speaking faster =), but sometimes there are moments where you just want to know the time... in this very second, without thinking involved.

Well, Japan, the land where everything (electronic) is possible, gave us a new watch that you actually need an explanation for.
It looks quite cool, to be honest, but how long will it take the owner to answer the question "Sorry Sir, what time is it?"?

"Why?" - do you really want to know? Then try making any sense of the time shown on the watches below:

Yeeeees... Riiiight... O-K... Erm... WHAT?
Yup, that's exactly what I thought. Thankfully, here's an explanation:

The manufacturing company, SeaHope, has other weird models on their website, take a look to find out... =)))

BTW: It's two blocks, two blocks, nine blocks now.
MoonSoleil

-> via TokyoTimes

Nintendo-Star-Bag

2006-04-06T13:01:00.000+02:00

If you're a gamer playing Nintendo, you probably know their VIP-programme.
You buy any Nintendo game, you'll get 250 "stars" (=bonus points) for it, 1000 for consoles.

Why do I bother you with this?
Because you can buy nice things with your bonus points... starting with Nintendo screensavers and desktop images, you can get T-Shirts and basecaps for lots of points (around 3000).

Well, thanks to Pascal, Maria and Tobi who gave me 3 vouchers for 250 points each, I suddenly had 4315 points today... and I guess what? After collecting them for 3 years, I finally spent them! On a cute little Nintendogs-bag! Yippie!!!

Look at it, isn't it... divine?

Well, I'm sure I'll get in serious trouble with my sisters (both 7 years old), who'll try to get that thing off me, but NO CHANCE! It's mine and I'll love it (guess I already do)!
[Did I mention that one of my sisters will get a new DS Lite after giving away her Gameboy Advance to some random girl as a gift?! Are we a little spoiled here?]

Anyway, Nintendo please hurry (just got my order confirmed... it might take up to 28 days for the delivery... WHAT?!) and send me my doggy-bag (HAHA).

Greetings to all you adults out there! I'll never grow up! Ne-ne-ne-ne-nee-neeee!
MoonSoleil

My new toy!

2006-04-05T14:45:00.000+02:00

Hey everyone,

may I introduce? My new electronic toy, the Casio Exilim EX-Z600!!!
It did arrive today, test-pictures have been made, and I have to tell you, that little thing already blows my mind. It's small, cute, has a huge screen, and takes excellent pictures!!!

Well, before I can show you some nice proving pictures of what the camera actually can do, I'll give you some pictures of the camera itself:

Watch out - or I'll take a picture of you!!!
MoonSoleil =)

Zombie Park...

2006-04-04T02:43:00.000+02:00

Hey there,

following Vird's call for living dead South Park creatures, I made this cute little Corpse Bride. =)

Ooooaaaaaaarrrrrhhhhhh,
MoonSoleil

Almost...

2006-03-31T13:48:00.000+02:00

Dear World - I want to thank you for my friends!

I was almost tempted to do work... almost... but thanks to Vird's recent blog entry, I found that it was time to make a nice South Park figure of myself! =)

Wow, I'm brilliant! Hihihihi... =) That looks exactly like me (or maybe what I want to look like).

Well, back to work now, if nobody has a better suggestion.

Oh no, they (probably my co-workers) killed... MoonSoleil

It's getting serious!

2006-03-30T13:21:00.000+02:00

Wohoooo, my decision on finding the perfect digital camera for me is (ALMOST) made...
It's (most) definitelty going to be a Casio Exilim. Either the S600 or the Z600.

Both very nice, very small and slim and about the same price.

It's just hard to decide for one, because the specifications are almost the same, except the S600 takes movies in MPG4-quality and therewith compresses them much better then the Z600 (S600 can fit about 1 hour on 1 GB, Z600 only 15 min). Therefore, the Z600 has a bright screen of 2,7" - WOW! The S600 only has 2,2".

Both are available in nice colours though, I think I'll go for blue, no matter which camera it will be. Both are extremely stylish and soooo nice to look at... =)

Well, if anyone of you should have recommendations are knows how to choose between them, please let me know!

(ALMOST) shooting,
MoonSoleil

Liar, Liar

2006-03-28T14:27:00.000+02:00

Oh no, I'm such a liar!
I didn't blog as fast as I wanted again, to be fair and to my excuse, I just didn't have the time.

I have to write a paper, and did lots of avoidance-cleaning in my appartment on the weekend.
Luckily, my friends also supported my evil avoidance plans, so we went to the cinema together (Inside Man - gooood movie) and yesterday Hitoshi cooked a wonderful Japanese meal for Olli and me.

Who would think of writing a paper or blogging then? =)

Anyway, you've been spared long enough, so this time I want to show you some nice pictures of my kittycat...

Cuuuuuute,
MoonSoleil

Long time no... blog!

2006-03-24T12:47:00.000+01:00

Hey World,

I think I spared you long enough from my unqualified comments, so finally, here's a new entry about... nothing, really... =)

Here's some things that made me happy recently: Gregor was here (yippie yippie) and brought me an iPod shuffle for my birthday (Finally I belong to the cool crowd, too!), PS3-games will be region-free (that means lots of funky Japanese games on my future console), I now have enough money to buy a digital camera (no idea which one yet) and a new mobile (milk-accident with the old one). But one of the best things is that my surprisingly surprising boyfriend booked a cottage in Cornwall for us... we'll be there on Easter for whole 4 days!!! (I'll post some pictures that I'll take with my new camera) =)))

Some things were baaad: Gregor left Saarbrücken again (sniff), I had (and still have) a cold (again!), I'm still addicted to chick's lit (no, actually that's a fun thing =), I didn't blog for aaages...

I don't want to depress you, so I'll leave that section without mentioning the REALLY depressing stuff.

Anyway... world, I missed you, so believe me, you'll read more of me - maybe even today!

Watch out for more blogging,
MoonSoleil

Birthday Wishes...

2006-03-14T15:15:00.000+01:00

Argh, everybody keeps asking me: "What is your birthday wish?"

OK, here's a list of things that I think I'd fancy:

... (nope, no idea)

And here's what I really want:

Living close to my boyfriend
No wrinkles (never ever...)
That my hair accepts henna colour again (oh, no blond roots anymore!)
Not to get older... =)

There you go, it's decided. *evilgrin*

MoonSoleil - doesn't try to be mean but really has no idea what to wish for

PS: Oh yes, I forgot to mention... I got birthday on Friday...

A Legend in Saarbrücken

2006-03-12T16:03:00.000+01:00

Wooooow - Vint Cerf was in Saarbrücken on Friday.
What? Did I hear "Who the hell 's that?"??? Hello?! Vint Cerf was one of the developers of what you're using just now to see this site! No, not your eyes, dumbass! THE INTERNET!

Vint Cerf was already working on the ARPANET, the first packet switching computer network. He is responsible for developing things like the TCP/IP-protocol. He is current Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google. He was given tons of awards and overall... seems a really cool guy!

Anyway, this legend was here (everyone was awestruck). In one of the crappiest lecture halls that we have: the mathematics lecture hall 001 at Saarbrücken campus.
But Vint coped. And he talked. And talked, and talked, and talked (overall an impressive two hours).

He spoke about "Tracking the Internet into the 21st Century", e.g. explicating his idea of an InterPlaNetary internet and achievements of google and useful things like internet-enabled socks. =)
I like his Question-Answer-part in the end the most, because the questions were relevant, and his answers to the point. It was great that an information scientist had the opportunity to ask about Vint's view of the importance of information science in combination with computer science (Did I mention that I'm an information scientist?). Vint said that due to the analytical theories made in computer science (Where is the science in computer science?), computer scientists don't really have an understanding of information theory. He sees huge developing opportunities for both information and computer scientists. (YEAH! Did I also mention that the Saarland university decided to stop this study course here?)

I scribbled down lots of notes, so when I'm sorting them out, I'll blog some more of his opinions, but this one was really important to me, since it shows the stupidity of this university.

So far so good, so much for now.

It was a very impressive talk and I'm glad to have joined it.

Best wishes,
MoonSoleil

Part-time Partners...

2006-03-10T11:55:00.000+01:00

Hey all you long-distance-relationship-partners out there,

you know what I'm talking about...
There you go, you found the love of your life, and he lives in another city, country, maybe even continent. And you're... well... here.

As soon as you visit each other, everything is perfect.
Every minute, even second is precious, and you feel great - for 5 days or so. And then? You're thrown back into reality, all-day life without HIM.
Suddenly it feels awkward to go out with your couple-friends. Let's see: "Do wanna go to the cinema tonight? Jushua & Tanja are coming, Louise & Peter, Sandy & Stephan, ... Would you (singular!) like to join?" - "Well, I'd rather noooot. Thanks anyway."
Things like that were fine some days ago when HE was there, but now you suddenly feel terrible, all alone, and get sick of couply couples.

So you end up spending more time with your single friends, feels much nicer. Why? Because you're not just a part-time partner, you're also a part-time single. Let's face the truth: You're a single WITH a partner.
That means you're longing to be loved like they are, too, but you need that special person. HIM, and nobody else. (That means no chatting somebody up in a bar, limited flirting and a constant thinking of "Wouldn't it be nice if HE was here?")

Well, I don't want to complain, of course you're lucky to have found that special somebody, other people will search their whole life for somebody like that.
And it's awesome when you get little gifts (Whoopee! Got a package last week!) and mails and phone calls... and to fall in love with HIM... every single time you see HIM you realise how wonderful this relationship is, and how worth it is to fight for it.

Still, it's hard. Why? You don't get a hug when you need one, you don't get a kiss when you want one... There are lots of small things happening over the day and you can't remember all of them on the phone in the evening. And HE can't be a part of it...
Ugh, it's all tough, but always remember why you're doing it: Because you love HIM. It sounds very soppy, I know. But seriously, that's the reason why you're doing all this. And why you're strong enough to go through this.

I hope for all of you that you have supportive friends and families that help you through the hard times without HIM.

Only a few nights alone now... =)
MoonSoleil

Cutest Hamster EVER!

2006-03-09T16:58:00.000+01:00

Hey guys, please look at this:

(from myspace.com)

Thanks Tobi for showing that to me...
MoonSoleil

Arena Advert

2006-03-09T14:45:00.000+01:00

Hey there,

as you will see, what I wear is what I like...
I bought an Arena swimsuit 2 days agao, and could finally try it in the water today.
It's perrrfect! Speedy Gonzales underwater! (Poor drowning mouse)

Aaaanyway, I don't mind advertising for them, because the product I've bought is excellent.
Apart from that, their TV spot is hilarious.

There you go, another company that should pay me for advertising for them... =)

Submerging,
MoonSoleil

Oscar time - doodoodoodoodoodoodoo - Oscar time!!!

2006-03-06T14:48:00.000+01:00

Oh no! It's over again!

The wonderful glorious Oscar night, my staying-in-my-duvet-eating-chips laughing-and-crying-with-the-winners-tv-night (and falling-asleep-at-work-the-next-day) is already over!!! What a shame!

I don't want to give you a summary like you can find millions on the net, therefore I'll give you my personal high- and lowlights, as well as best- and worst-dressed celebrities... (and whatever else is coming into my mind):

My personal HIGHLIGHTS:

Will Farrell and Steve Carell presenting the Oscar for 'Achievement in Make-Up' - I think these both guys were wearing the best make-up I've ever seen!!! (especially Steve's fake eyelashes)
Ben Stiller - the flying head - in his green overall (totally invisible =)
The March of the Penguins - Winner in the category 'documentary' (one of the best movies EVER)

My personal LOWLIGHT:

Winner of the category 'Song': "It's hard out here for a pimp" from the movie Hustle&Flow - WHAT?!?!?! (That was probably even one of the worst and most boring songs I've ever heard!!!)

My personal opinion on the BEST-DRESSED FEMALES:

Uma Thurman (like a Greek beauty, I think I've never seen her THAT beautiful before)
Salma Hayek (WOW as usual)
Keira Knightley (Quote from the E!-reporter: "She's on the screen, and everybody in the studio is just goo-goo-ga-ga") - also: She's strawberry blond now! (Like me, like me, like me [originally, ahem] !!!)

My personal opinion on the BEST-DRESSED MALES:

Ludacris was wearing a niiiice suit (but again quoting one of the E!-reporters: "My, darling, what cute little diamond earrings you have there! Divine!" - I think that might be a sentence the rapper has never heard before.)
George Clooney, Keanu Reeves and Matt Dillon were sexy as usual, but had one huge flaw: they were all wearing bow-ties... (Why, why oh world did you invent these terrible pieces of clothing? Eeeewww!!!) - therefore...
My award for the nicest tuxedos goes to the Plush Penguins from March of the Penguins =)

All in all, I have to say that I missed lots of the "usual suspects", like Johnny Depp, Bill Murray, Tom Cruise and so on... (but a man who never dissapoints me was Jack Nicholson, who as always occupied his seat in the first row).
Also, Jon Stewart who hosted the show this year, wasn't too good. He was funny and sarcastic, but I've seen better. (But the introduction movie was one of the best ones ever!)

I loved the stage in the shape of an old movie theatre though, it was very well done!

Anyway, I'm looking forward to next year's Oscars, just (just?!?!) one more year and I'll sing "Oscar time - doodoodoodoodoodoodoo - Oscar time" again...

Greetings to all you movie freaks out there,
MoonSoleil

Support under any circumstances!

2006-03-02T15:05:00.000+01:00

Guess what?
I know the worlds' happiest (male or lesbian) scientists!

Scientists from Edinburgh University and Portsmouth University joined to devellop a new sports bra model. Doesn't sound like fun yet?
Well, they actually did 3D-models of... ahem... er... (how to say?)... well... WOBBLING BOOBS!

They also develloped the great BOUNCE-O-METER to show their results to the world. With this flash animation you can enter your (or your preferred) breast size (up to G!!!) and your preferred activity (for very visible results, I recommend MEDIUM/HIGH), then you will get animations of these breasts without bra, with normal bra and the new shockabsorber.

Don't get me wrong, I'm already totally convinced of their product, but I still think it's weird when you come home after work and tell your wife that you're dizzy of all the wobbling boobies at work today.

If you want to learn more about their work, please go here.

Anyway, cool bra, cooler job!

Don't get dizzy,
MoonSoleil

-> Found at BoingBoing

Back to the Past: Michael Jackson for Pepsi

2006-03-01T14:58:00.000+01:00

Ah, isn't it nice how you discover things from your childhood from time to time?
Only, I was probably too young to see that one on TV, plus I'm originally from East Germany, we didn't even know what Pepsi is...

Anyway, a nice spot and definitely the time when Michael Jackson was the Super-Über-Mega-Star of the world.
Check out the Michael Jackson 80's Pepsi Spot!!!

Heeheeeee,
MoonSoleil

-> via ***C-REEL***

Boyband of the year!

2006-03-01T13:04:00.000+01:00

I found this in a blog, and I have to tell you... I love it!
Saw it without sound first, it's almost funnier then.

In my opinion, they should win the boyband of the year-award!

Keeping my fingers crossed,
MoonSoleil

-> via xargon's Den: The Chinese are coming!

Managing multiple girlfriends!

2006-02-24T12:03:00.000+01:00

There are products in this world that make you think: "How could we ever have survived without them?".
There is a new software that finally eases the problems of many men: instantly, easily and for just 20 Dollars a month... You're finally able to manage life with their multiple girlfriends.

What? You only have one girlfriend? Well, don't worry there, the programme gives you chat-up lines and links to online sources of... well, women.
You don't have a girlfriend at all? You think that's your fault? Don't despair! The programme will turn you from a "turbo geek to [a] sex machine" as customer Ben from Omaha, Nebraska lets us know.
You're gay? Also no problem for the software. As the trustworthy FAQs promise: "You might have to toss away some of the pickup lines, but other than that – you’re good to go."

I'm sure you can't wait to hear the name of the tool that will solve all of your problems in an instant... (Did I tantalise you enough now?)... It's Girlfriend X, the Hi-Tech Dating Software for Men.
The congenial tagline describes the product as follows: "GirlFriend X is your automated love life manger, taking care of the tedious side of having relationships with women so you can spend more time enjoying them!". (Please mind that women is to be taken literally!)
Not just that, the producers promise that " GirlFriend X manages your love life from “Hi” to “It’s been great”."

Wow, that's just amazing!!!
You want to know how exactly a simple programme can achieve that?
Let me list the most important functions for you, so you can be sure about the high standards and multiple functions the software is accomplishing.

Let's say, you are an ordinary bloke, having your usual... erm... let's not go over the top with that... so well... maybe FIVE girlfriends, trying to make plans for your weekend. Do you already sense the stress and hectic it means to set up all the different dates? In different places? Making sure your girls won't eventually meet? Trying to remember the favourite food of girlfriend number 1 and the deadly allergy of girlfriend number 5? Or worse, their names?
Oh guys, I can even hardly imagine the terror you must be going through during such a night!

Luckily, Girlfriend X helps you out here with its terrific functions:

The software comes with the probably most essential helper: a calendar function that helps you remember who to date when, anniversaries, birthdays and so on. So far so good.
You can manage your girlfriends by doing little setcards with their names, pictures (Some people are just bad with faces... I can totally understand that!), addresses and ah, interesting: categories (What was she again? My Girlfriend, Lover, One-Night-Stand, Wife? Always good to keep track with that!). Very handy also: The score card. (You don't want to call the girl you had BAD sex with by mistake... you better score them with Girlfriend X.) Phew, now you can alreay distinguish girlfriend 1 to 5... yippie! More functions, please!
Well of course, time doesn't allow you to waste precious moments actually thinking about individual presents for your beloved (Or similar, just look up the categories again.). The programme comes with auto-poems that you can send by mail. E-Flowers and even naughty mails are provided, too. You're going to be late for dinner (We know how hard you're working on the project with your collegue!)? Don't worry, send a pre-written excuse text, she'll understand!
"Hold on!" you'll think, presents? How am I going to keep track on whom I bought what, and is she even really worth the effort? Haha, don't think Girlfriend X doesn't have the solution to your little problem there: Not only can you enter the amount of money spent on your date, you an also enter sexual encounters (No Sex, Hand Job, Oral Sex, Sex, Anal Sex, Threesomes) in your little DateLog, not just to keep the overview, but most importantly to show you if she's actually worth the money.

I won't forget to mention the GFX Wingman, a sub-programme made for your PDA, so Girlfriend X will always be on your side hooking you up with the best compliments, lines and jokes to seduce the girl of your dreams. How romantic!

As you can see, Girlfriend X convinced me over and over.

I just want to know: Why don't we have such a handy helper? Where's my Boyfriend X? Do you really think we don't have problems remembering names and birthdays? Shouldn't we have a rating system, too (Providing extended choices of course, options for stamina, creativity and...erm... bonuses)?

One question is left, though... Thanks to all the functions, options, management... do you still have time for five girlfriends? Could it be that Girlfriend X is really creating (E)X-Girlfriends?

Have a looong hard think about it (especially how to use your credit card to buy the software without your wife noticing),
MoonSoleil

Wanna have your balls removed?

2006-02-23T14:29:00.000+01:00

Found this on the net today:
Best Funny Pics: ...Your Balls Removed

Cheerio,
MoonSoleil

I want REAL men!

2006-02-21T12:25:00.000+01:00

Hey there,

I'm sure you know this whole Metrosexuality-thing going on in the world since Beckham came up with his weird looks a few years ago.
It's the whole "Don't-be-afraid-to-show-you're-female-side"-thing (Don't get me wrong: I don't mind guys showing their feelings, I just mind them wearing tiaras!).

This morning I had an encounter with an exemplar of this rare species in the bus...
There was this male guy - we're speaking of no plucked eyebrows, no make-up, no sparkling clothes or anything like that - a real man so to say, no girlfriend in sight (she could have been an excuse for what you're about to see), him, male and self-secure wearing... well... THIS:

Don't get me wrong... I like the the bag, it's really cute and stuff, but I would rather consider having it for myself than for my boyfriend...

Once again: A man was wearing this. not a woman, not a girl, a carrier of the Y-chromosome: an actual real man (from what I could see).

My question: WHY??? Why world, why did you do this to me?!?!?!

I want men with hair on their chest, no eyeshadow or lipstick (It's hard enough for one to take care of buying the kissproof one!) , no weird hair-experiments (latest metrosexual fashion victim see below) and other potentially silly stuff like that that for some reason the media (and more and more guys) think is "cool"...

Please, all you guys out there: No decent woman will think you're hot when you're looking that ridiculous!
There is only one woman in the world fancying this: Posh Spice, and she IS married already.
(Also, it's obvious why she needs her husband to look female: She's so skinny that she lost all her female features, so she feels better if there's at least somebody at home looking like a woman.)

Women (and probably even 98% of the gay population - correct me when I'm wrong) want men to look like men. (Well, to be fair, they are allowed to smell nicer then oxen... but does that make them female? =)

All I'm trying to say with my little desperate exclamation here is "MEN ALL OVER THE WORLD - UNITE TO BE MALE AGAIN!". Screw everyone who's trying to sell you male make-up and mini skirts and glittering collars or whatever... Stop them!
(And especially for Tobi, let me add the following: Follow the rule 'Mann gegen Mann'!)

Poor guys, you're confused now? Don't know how to achieve that? Which direction to go? What to look like? Don't know what this strange woman is asking you to do?
I'm not evil, and I won't let you try to do your make-over without an instruction... THIS is definitely the right way to go for you:

Any questions?
Just talk to my boyfriend... Mhuahahahahaaaa! (Dr. Evil-Laughter)

Hoping for more manhood in the world,
MoonSoleil

Back from my safe place...

2006-02-20T16:43:00.000+01:00

There I am, thrown back to my allday life again after spending two wonderful days in the city of my dreams.

I'm not trying to sound mean and awful, but it's horrible being back. (I'm sure that came out the wrong way... =)
Two days to wander around the streets I've been to with Gregor three weeks ago just took my brain off all the thoughts it had to deal with over the last months, even a bit from feeling alone (ironically - I've been there by myself).

My safe place (told you about it earlier) helped a lot:

But now I'm back, still trying to fight reality... being defeated... more and more every day...
Until, in three and a half weeks, my knight is coming to save me. =)

Au revoir Paris, ne m'oublie pas!
MoonSoleil

Paris... again?!

2006-02-15T14:40:00.000+01:00

Hey out there,

I'm thinking of spending another weekend (2 days) in Paris.
Just to relax, just to get out of here, just to see something different.
And also, because I love it there! =)

Well, I just booked my hostel, so the thinking got serious!

Bye bye Germany, here I come sweet Paris, (but first: bed, here I come!)
MoonSoleil

Oh, and that's my true colour!

2006-02-14T01:53:00.000+01:00

Just to add this, I took another test (Tickle again), and here's the result that shows you my true colour:

"Your true colour is green!

You're green, the colour of growth and vigour. Good-hearted and giving, you have a knack for finding and bringing out the best in people. Green is the most down-to-earth colour in the spectrum -- reliable and trustworthy. People know they can count on you to be around in times of need, since your concern for people is genuine and sincere. You take pride in being a good friend. For you, success is measured in terms of personal achievement and growth, not by status or position. Rare as emeralds, greens are wonderful, natural people. It truly is your colour!"

Grün grün grün sind alle meine Kleider...

Good night,
MoonSoleil

That's my Flavour!

2006-02-14T01:39:00.000+01:00

Just did the test on Tickle and guess what:

"Hmm, you taste of Cinnamon!

Mmm ... cinnamon! Fiery and intoxicating, you add a spicy flavour to a wide variety of dishes from apple pies to pork chops. They don't call you red-hot for nothing! You're passionate and creative, an impulsive person who puts your heart and soul into everything you do. You definitely know how to have fun -- in fact, your adventurous, spontaneous tendencies might even be called explosive. And you're not afraid to speak your mind, either; your hot-blooded nature won't stand for secrecy or repression. You're all about going with your gut feelings, expressing yourself, and living in the now. Exhilarating and intense, you're a truly tasty treat."

Sounds about right, fellas! =)

Sweet dreams,
MoonSoleil

-> via Vird's weird World

Impressive Pictures

2006-02-12T02:25:00.000+01:00

Native Eye has some of the most brilliant picture artworks I have ever seen!

I want a DigiCam!!! =(

Good night,
MoonSoleil

Lovely DS Lite

2006-02-10T17:00:00.000+01:00

Hello world,

I'm in love again!!!
I found out today that Nintendo re-designed the Nintendo DS handheld, and transformed it into a lighter, smaller, cuter and more stylish version of the old one.

It's avalable in three colours, all of them gorgeous.
Revolution Report made a comparison of new and old DS, the difference is enormous!
I always liked the concept of the touchscreen, but in my opinion the handheld look awful and was far too big and clunky. Now they made this nice little thing in Apple-Design, and all I can think of is how to make money to call it my own.

If I'll have some dough left over, I'll ask Akiko to bring me one from Japan (she'll be there in April).

Your donations are welcome!!! =)
MoonSoleil

Paris Pics

2006-02-09T16:19:00.000+01:00

Hey guys and girls,

since my mobile is broken (a long and painful story for both of us - my mobile and me), I can't include my pics here. =(
Gregor already downloaded his photos, so I can at least show you some of them (They're much cooler than mine anyway!)

Here we are in front of Notre Dame (that's the partial building behind the Smilies =)

This is my favourite place in the world - in front of St. Eustache...

My favourite man in the world sharing secrets with my favourite statue...

Gregor in front of the Louvre pyramid.

Well, I wasn't allowed to take pictures with the REAL one... Pas des photos, pas des photos!!! (I Euro for everytime we heard that! =)

Uh, did I mention that I LOVE Arcades? Why don't we have them in Germany???

So much for first pictures of Paris (Aren't we cuuuute? I love us!)... I'll go home now and reminisce (all alone... =( )

A wonderful day to all of you,
MoonSoleil

Comic Blog

2006-02-09T14:43:00.000+01:00

Heyyy, that's a cool comic blog:
http://maq-bonecada.blogspot.com

Not that I could understand it, but still... VERY COOL!

Penetrative Seminar

2006-02-08T17:03:00.000+01:00

Hey there,

wow - things you learn from seminars are... wow!
Just had my seminar on "Content Management Systems", and guess what was the topic for today: BLOGS!!!

Wohoo, I thought, there's something I like! Great!
So I put away the book that I brought in case it might not be interesting (erm, I never did some private stuff in a lecture before, seriously, never!!! *keepingfingerscrossed*), and guess what was the conclusion?

"Blogger is the second best platform to publish posts (sounds good so far) for desperate, depressive and lonesome people (mostly girls) who basically talk about nothing. They're designing blogs with lurid colours."

Hello?!?!?! I soooo object to that! *protestprotest*

I mean, I am a girl (Even if people keep telling me that I'm not as female as other girls, thanks again! Punch you later!) - ok for that. And well, yeah, maybe I'm a tiny bit lonesome, and maybe I'm using lurid colours (but nice ones, eh?), but is that a reason to be sooo mean?! *cryingoutdesperately*

Whoops, damn it, guess he's right. =)
(But I'm not talking about nothing! Just something... and maybe anything... but most certainly not nothing!)

Oh, sweet university, tell me more about life! (I didn't mention my last lecture being told about women becoming reasonable for the first time AFTER the age of 35, torturing their men... did I? Oh, all you women's libbers out there, shut up! It was a woman teaching it to us!)

Studying haaaard,
MoonSoleil

Post-Paris

2006-01-31T13:46:00.000+01:00

Hey there,

I'm back to reality! And it sucks!
Maybe it's not so bad, but having a romantic weekend with the man you love and then being pushed back into the office with nothing but memories isn't very pleasant. Expecially when you're aware of the fact that he's 700 kms away again.

Aaaanyway, our weekend was fantastic.
The hotel was both cute and great (but made for small people like me, Gregor is about 1,88 m and hit his head in the shower), we even had free breakfast-in-bed-service.

Paris was freezing and looked so different from the touristy city in summer, but was charming as usual and very special in the winter sun (The view from Montmatre was more breathtaking than ever!).
We saw everything important (I think Gregor still regrets that he took me to the Louvre, but the Egyptian stuff was just sooo cool! Sorry for taking ages there!!! =) and trailed away in the magic streets of Marais and the Quartier Latin...

I even had a very brave day where I was walking (!!! I was so scared! Especially on the way down!) up the Eiffel Tower, tried a snail (Ewww!!!) and Oysters (Yummy!!!).
With my man next to me I'm able to face any of my fears! =)

As soon as I have downloaded the pics, I'll make sure to show you some good ones! Big promise!

Anyway, back to work for now =(
But on the weekend I'll take time to write some more, so see you then!

Cheers,
MoonSoleil

Ginger Snaps Pics

2006-01-26T03:22:00.000+01:00

Hey guys and girls,

very quick, just a question: Who knows the movie "Ginger Snaps"?
If you don't, go and watch it right now!!! First half of the movie is great! (Other half ok...)

Anyway, I just came across a blog of a guy who makes pictures like the Ginger-girls.
Hilarious! Watch his blog here: Comin @ ya ded from RI

Good night (this time for real)!
MoonSoleil

Pre-Paris

2006-01-26T02:53:00.000+01:00

Whoa, just two more days (1 and a half actually) and I'm going to Paris.

Wanna hear something really kitschy? I'll meet my boyfriend there for a romantic weekend celebrating his birthday - and I love it!

We'll stay in the Hôtel Opéra Grands Boulevards, which hopefully is nice.
It looks great on the pictures at least. =)

We haven't made fixed plans yet on what to do in these four days, so we'll just get lost in this beautiful city and enjoy the moments there (IF we're leaving the hotel, haha).

How come every woman I know loves Paris so much? Are we all romantics by heart?
I guess that must be it, because even if I look at the smallest dirtiest street in Paris, I just have to love it. Everything there seems magic.
It'll be the first time I'm there with a boyfriend, so we can enjoy the whole romantic-kitsch-parisian-thing. I'm so glad he's sharing this opinion. =)

Expect a long report on Tuesday!

For now, I just want to wish you a good night and sweet dreams.
MoonSoleil

PS: Since I probably won't have time to blog tomorrow, I also wish you all a nice weekend.

Losing contacts...

2006-01-24T15:59:00.000+01:00

Hey again,

ugh, I was blind AGAIN today.
I jumped into the water (I usually go swimming on Tuesdays), my goggles came off, and suddenly I thought that it wasn't a good idea to have opened my eyes.

OF COURSE I lost one of my contact lenses in the pool. Great.
I decided to go on swimming and met Lukas there, who told me he'll leave in the beginning of March.

That's the bad thing about my job (secretary in an international institute) - people there are coming and going (one of them happens to be my boyfriend)...
It's hard to see your friends leaving after being in the institute for some months or years, and believe me - they're all leaving sooner or later.

I don't know if you ever tried to stay in contact with your "former" friends... never really works, does it?
I'm especially sad about Lukas leaving, who is a good friend and an absolutely fabulous guy all around.
"Beginning of March is sooo soon..." I thought, and Lukas promised he won't just sneak out of my world, but this way or that way - another friend gone, another lost contact...

A Miracle!

2006-01-23T14:34:00.000+01:00

Hey there,

you - in front of the computer - I can see you!!!

Finally, I'm able to see again after a whole weekend and blurriness and not-being-able-to-do-a-single-thing.

I didn't tell you yet that I went shopping on Saturday - all by myself. One of the worst experiences ever! After basically diving into the freezer (and then crawling out again to read the prices), I was crawling through the isles hoping that nobody would know me (first, it would have been very embarrassing, second, they might get pissed off when I don't say hello to them).

Well, I crawled back to my flat (hoping not to step in dogshit), and tried to watch TV (I failed miserably). Then I decided to work on my Computer, hard to do, but I managed it! Yeah!

Then luckily Martin stopped by and we cheered each other up.

The next day I had a terrible headache for the whole day (I'm still convinced that it was because of the contact lenses, not the Cuban Rum =), but in the evening I trudged to Martin's appartment, and had a nice dinner and even nicer talking with him.

Today I went to see the optician (finally), and weird but true - I got 2 dioptrins less then the last time, so I actually see better now.
My glasses are ordered now, should be finished in a few days, which should make Gregor the happiest boyfriend in the world (Finally, his own sexy secretary!).

I'm off to my lecture now, SEE you later! (Wohoo!)
MoonSoleil

Help us - We're bored!

2006-01-22T04:20:00.000+01:00

Hello again,

it's half past 4 now, and guess what? I can't sleep!
Since it's sooo late, I obviously can't call anybody...
I also can't watch a movie or play a game, because of an appointment with the optician on Monday I'm not allowed to wear my contact lenses for 48 hours (ouch!), so I have to spend the weekend being a mole (National Geographic, here I come! =).

Anyway, me and my cat are bored, so I'll just spend my time writing a bit.

How do you guys like my blog-template? I'm very proud of it!!!
BTW: I didn't steal an iPod-Poster, that's me up there, just to calm all you copyright-obsessed people out there. =)

Here's a funny picture of Karstadt's pricing system, no wonder they're not doing well.
Check this out:

Hmpf, I'm so bored, I don't even know what to write anymore.
Think I might just try to go to bed with my kittycat.

Good night to all of you,
MoonSoleil

Friends... on MoonSoleil

2006-01-21T13:22:00.000+01:00

Hey there,

as I promised yesterday, I'm currently collecting quotes from my friends.
They're asked to describe me in some words.

I'm a bit scared, but there's no way back now!

Martin: "Bezaubernd! - Ein Traum." (I'm speechless.)
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Akiko: "Open minded - especially about food." (My favorite quote from Akiko: "You can eat everything that's in the air except for planes and helicopters and everything with four legs except for chairs and tables" - Any questions?)
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Samir: "Knackig, zackig, gut!" (Typically Samir.)
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Gregor: "If you were me then she'd be perfect for you!" (I love you too, Engel.)
"She's my lobster!" (And you're mine - I could eat you up!)

So much for today, the interview are going on, I'll keep you updated about comments like these.

Hello World!

2006-01-20T03:50:00.000+01:00

Wow, I finally did it.
Everybody has a blog so I thought "Why shouldn't I?!"... well well, and here we are.

This will also be a surprise for my boyfriend living in England. "Hey Schatz! I got a blog!!!"

Oh, mentioning my boyfriend, I should maybe start the whole thing introducing myself... how rude of me...

My name is Conny, I'm living in Germany and I study Information Science.
That's about it. Questions?
No, I'm joking, it's just always hard to tell things about yourself... my first task for tomorrow is asking people to describe me. I'll post the comments here. If you want to publish something yourselves, you're very welcome to!

BTW: I'm not sure if I'll post in English all the time, so don't be shocked if there's some German stuff in between.

I'll catch you later guys, I'm off to bed for today.
Nighty night and lots of love from

MoonSoleil