I started this last year in January but never kept up with it on lj, only on my laptop. That's why this time the list gets its own post :)

Coding from the NaNoWriMo word meter which you can find here
Idea to use this from dine7184

What I did in 2008: no book count, 95 films, 430 TV show episodes.

My goals for 2009: 25 books, 100 films (again!), 500 TV show episodes (oh my god !)

11 / 25 books. 44% done!

( books )

61 / 100 films. 61% done!

( movies )

500 / 500 episodes. 100% done!

( episodes )

Looking back on the last three days: snow, hail, rain, storm
Looking at my shiny new calendar: End of March

WTH??? I'm cold !!!

I'm insanely happy that this is over with because making 200 icons in 3 weeks of a guy who really hasn't enough pics floating around the internet while working and watching AI is probably just a little bit crazy :) Did anyne understnad that sentence ??? 200 icons are under the cut, made for 25_50_100, thanks to agent_almeida and astrum_presul for making me join the 24 fandom again :) Some of those icons I'm pretty proud of, some I had to use as fillers to make the 200. Hope you still enjoy :) Uploading took nearly as long as making them !

Preview:



( Carlos Bernard )

if there's a three year old running wild. Unfortunately the familiy where I'm tutoring at home did not know that. Consequently me and the girl ended up locked into the living room while daddy and Allessandro (said 3 year old) left for some friend's home. If you're wonderingabout our reaction when I tried to leave - it went something like this:
Did you lock the door ? ...Mhhh, no, why ?...Because it's locked....It can't be locked!...It is...But I don't have a key!...Well great. Now what ?
We phoned the dad who laughed at us - I could hear him - and then he called the mom, who came home 5 minutes later. Unfortunately Allessandro likes to hide keys, too, so she ended up trying the one from the kitchen and that worked as well. Good thing that I wasn't even late for my next student, which is from 7 p.m. till 8.30 ON A FRIDAY. Just so you know how I spend my Friday evenings now :D

Completely unrelated, you can find my take on the contestants of the two last American Idol shows under the cut (not the wildcard show yet, we haven't gotten that far). I think my sleeping patterns would be great for someone living in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean nowadays but I'm simply not tired as long as I sit up :D

( It's 1.45 a.m. and I'm not tired because that's the best AI watching time )

And since it seems that instead of memes this week people-who-tell-you-what-not-to-write-on-your-lj get around, a huge thanks to my f-list for not saying something like that to me. I'm already angry enough about the audacity some people possess when they're online!

And just so you know that my mom named me correctly, I give you the 'What your initials say about you' meme. I think it's pretty accurate.

( CH )

Your Birthday e-card might be a tad late as the site keeps crashing on me - but never fear; it will get there somehow :)

In the meantime I'll give you this:

( Happy Birthday Jess! )

Edit: It won't be late after all :D

I got tagged by agent_almeida, thanks so much, hon :) You really did make my day as I'm a bit lonely right now!

Pick 10 people and give them the "you make my day" award. If you're picked, you are charged with picking 10 of your own.

I'm so going to cheat because I didn't know whom to cut from those 12 !!! :D

1. chris4short

2. agent_almeida

3. astrum_presul

4. jessm78

5. sammyjayne

6. sirenprincess

7. lockets24

8. ana_khouri and starbuck1980 That's cheating part I *g*

9. dine7184

10. drgemini

10a. pygmymuse and that's part II.

(11. kateraindrop she does it far away from lj but I can't NOT mention her, just in case you're reading, Kate *g*) That's not cheating :D

I love you all for different reasons and know you from different fandoms. We have different believes and opinions and I love talking about them. Basically you all rock !

( you make my day )

I'm thinking about doing a timed icon challenge (someone's prodding me actually but I don't mind). Now here's the problem - I need a topic. Anything goes. People, TV shows, movies, couples, cities, buildings, flowers, any stock theme, anything besides 'text only icons' really.
So here's your task, f-list, or anyone else. Give me an idea that I can make 200 (!) icons out of while still enjoying myself. lease :D

And picture number 2 of my cat taken on 17.01.2009. She took over the bed :)

( 065 Dream )

It's my dad's Birthday today and we're doing dinner and bowling (probably not much bowling for me because of the foot). The team with the least points gets 2 hours of bowling for free so I'll try my best with my mom and her friend. Yes, we're that bad and we love it :D

I booked my flight to Stuttgart for June 17th (because it's faster than a train and about the same price and it'll be my test run for the luggage). On June 18th we'll fly to Rhodos, at 5 a.m. from Frankfurt - so we'll be leaving at about 1 a.m. which essentially means we'll get no sleep unless on the Taxi ride or the plane. We'll see.
Amazon still hasn't sent the new credit card - they have about 16 days to go as the old one is only valid until the 31st. So far nobody used mine anywhere :)

Now on to the interview meme - snagged from both astrum_presul and agent_almeida at about the same time :)

1. Leave me a comment saying, 'interview me'.
2. I will respond by asking you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. Update your LJ with the answers to the questions. (You must do this, even if it's filtered for my eyes only!)
4. Include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

astrum_presul wanted to know about: ( these )

agent_almeida wanted to know about: ( these )

He's undercover - not an agent but undercover. And thanks for clearing up how Tony could possibly be alive.

Do I really need to wait until next week now ? Oh well...

( Thoughts and pics under the cut...I tried to get a good shot of the lie detector but failed *g* )