Can I just say “Ugh”? My whole weekend is spent working (at the reception of an old people’s home) – Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 2.30 to 9.15 pm, without break. Trying to concentrate on the money factor and the fact that pretty much all I do there is play with my laptop and answer the phone occasionally.
But still, that’s my weekend, people! Hope yours is nicer…
Last night were the MTV Europe music awards in Edinburgh. I didn’t watch them (totally forgot – MTV is simply not on my TV schedule), but one of my favorite actors presented an award: Billy Boyd, who plays the hobbit Pippin in my beloved Lord of the Rings movies. I have this thing for Scotsmen (specially Glaswegians), and I also have this thing for men with green eyes. And for hobbits, too. So he’s perfect! *g*
I just saw some pics from last night and couldn’t resist – even created a new “fandom” category for my Billeh-boy. Because at times being a fangirl is fun! 😀
For the last two weeks there have been rides and food and craft stalls all over the city. It’s an annual happening, the biggest fair in the region, and everyone goes, even if it’s just to the Petersplatz (the oldest market, right in front of the university) to buy some of the yummy specialties.
When I was younger, we always went on rides, spending a lot of money that way — but these days it’s more about walking around taking everything in. And food, of course. *g*
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Saturday Senses:
[sight]:: I think everybody has a memory related to Mickey Mouse. What´s yours?
Reading the magazine and following their advice on how to be a private investigator. They always had thos funny gadgets, like fake noses and stuff.
[taste]:: Halloween. What´s the best treat you ever got when trick or treating as a kid??
We don’t do trick or treating in Switzerland, so I’ve never done it. *sniff*
[smell]:: “Where there´s smoke, there´s fire” – Have you ever smelled something burning and realized you completely forgot about something in the oven, or forgot the fire on when it was supposed to be off? What happened?
I often forget that I have water boiling, so that maybe half an hour later I rush into the kitchen in a panic.
[touch]:: Have you ever touched an animal like a snake, or a lizard, or a frog, or maybe an insect like a roach? Any animal that is generally thought of as disgusting or gross?
When I was in primary school a friend of mine brought along a tiny little frog from her garden. She put it on her nose and I begged until she let me put it on mine, too. It was a cute little frog, not disgusting at all.
[hearing]:: Do you get scared when you hear a strange, perhaps spooky noise during the night, even if you know that nothing´s wrong? How did you deal with strange and scary noises at night when you were a kid?
I’m more a visual person when it comes to being spooked or scared, I always imagine the monsters lurking in the corner. It’s strange, but I can’t recall being scared by a strange noise…
It’s not a big holiday here in Switzerland – but it’s an opportunity for me and some of my friends to dress up and go out… So last night found us at the ZicZac in Allschwil, which was decorated (specially the waiters *g*) and later got terribly crowded (and smoky – my eyes really watered). But it was fun – we danced (which feels weird in a long dress) and talked and ate. Not so much drinking, though, because that’s really expensive and I had taken painkillers before.
At one point there’ll be pictures from that party on partysearch.ch, including several with us, because Beat, a friend of ours, was their photographer. Until then – here are some of the pics that I took:
Sibylle made her dress herself – isn’t it gorgeous? I also really enjoyed wearing my dress – it just feels so luxurious!
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I haven’t been very happy about the fact that people not used to blogs might be confused by the mass of text and links of my blog when they enter chocolate dream. Therefore I’ve moved it and created a little entrance page, just to make things easier. The new url of this blog is therefore: http://www.chocolatedream.net/blog.html – much nicer than index2.html, anyway! 🙂
And now I’ll go grocery shopping — was planning to go to town this afternoon, but this changing over took a bit longer than anticipated. Plus, thanks to the flu shot yesterday I feel a bit feverish. Tomorrow then — I need my energy for tonight’s party… Happy Halloween to all of you who celebrate!
I finally finished copypasting all my old entries, so everything is up and running again. But shit, now by shoulders are all knots – I’m not doing this again in a hurry! 🙂
Think I’ll go to bed now. Tata!
MyMediaList (which I use for the “currently” section to the right) seems to be down. What a pity, I hope it’s only a temporary glitch.
Surprisingly enough fall seems to have made a reapperance, so when I found I had my camera in my bag this morning on my way to the doctor’s (for a flu shot) I snapped a pic… It’s the Dorenbach creek at the bottom of the hill, which constitutes the border between Basel and the suburb where I live, and which I cross whenever I have to catch a tram.
My mom loves to take photos there, she’s got them in every season. I just love how close to nature we live while still being close to the city — one end of the path leads straight to the forest, the other end to a square with grocery stores, post office, pharmacy, banks and whatever you need for daily life.
I’ve never been good with pain, haven’t had much experience with it either. I’m sick often, but that’s always been more about feeling weak and feverish than about being in pain. So right now, I’m pretty damn uncomfortable, because there’s something wrong with my back (maybe from my first try at yoga — I might have been a bit too enthusiastic and pulled something).
Sitting in class was awful, and then walking around afterwards was even worse. So I’ve been sitting (more like lying) on the couch all afternoon, because I simply couldn’t face going out there again and being in so much pain again. And I couldn’t even spend the time on my laptop, because sitting straight hurts, too. Took painkillers (called my doctor — his wife/assistant told me to take them three times a day), although I don’t like taking painkillers more than once a day, but it’s not helping a lot.
Am I a wimp? I sure as hell am. I am very aware that there are a lot of people that go through life with chronic pains much worse than this — but this is the first time for me, and it’s making me pretty miserable.
Not the most interesting entry in the world — but I just had to get it out, just so I know how ridiculous I am, moaning and whining like this. My apologies. Time to get off the comp anyway.