The freaking Tampa Bay Lightning will be playing in my hometown.
On my Birthday! Against our hometown team.
Go Eisbären!!!

This is all kinds of awesome. It's part of the grand opening of the new sports arena and I so want to go.
No idea how much the tickets will be since they'll be on sale from the 28th on. I doubt I'll have the money for it but it's still freaking awesome.

And I am just realising that I really suck at writing job applications.
*headdesk* I have done it before, I should know what is supposed to be in there. Meh... It's not really my day.
Or my week.

ETA: My SPN DVDs are here! *bounce*

Happy Birthday leeloo3!

***
With the season going like that my interest in F1 is kind of going into the negative range.
*sighs* Freaking car.

***
This day could have started better.
Freaking Fandom.
Am alone.. again. I can't motivate myself to do anything. I should though, I want to get done with the fic.

blue_ant, I can't access google.doc right now, so I can't go over the story. I'll try later again.
Sorry.

@ _bettina_: I got the DVD today! Thank you so much again. I so know what I'll watch tonight. :)
*hugs*

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Why do people keep on writing to the mail addy on the site trying to hook up with Aaron?
I don't know how often I have said it or had it on the site itself (and yes I will have to do it again as it seems) that this is NOT Aaron, nor a way to reach Aaron.
People obviously can't read and obviously think they can hook up with someone they don't know via email... oh wait that actually works.

***
Seems like I'll still be able and allowed to submit the story. At least I know I can get it done on time now.
Not much missing anymore.

Swimming is over and today is Puppy Chow's birthday.
I miss the site I had and I miss seeing him swim.

Happy Birthday Tom!

Since I don't have a fitting icon anymore: ( caps from two months ago ).
Has it really been four years already?

Mike really made it. It is kind of wow, may you think about it what you want. I don't really know..
I have never seen him cry during a victory ceremony, this was actually the first time I really saw him cry.
Jason and Aaron laughing their asses off was awesome to see as well.
Thorpey kissing Mike's mother though was... kind of dirty (yes blue_ant, I totally agree with you there.

The relay was closer than I had expected, which was good. I feel sorry for Brendan because that really wasn't a good race.
I was actually rooting for Roman and Kosuke.
Yay Russia for the European Record there.

Mike and Aaron after Jason touched the wall kind of reestablished why I had them as one of my OTPs all those years ago.
Boys, it's nice you can't keep the touching and hitting down but dude, that was almost like pda.. :)

Sheep was sick. Made 5th though. Oh Larsen. But hey, a 400 free medal.
I so didn't expect Ous to win. I really didn't. Ous pointing at Larsen during the medal ceremony was cute (USC boys).
Erik being in the stands and cheering for Larsen was even cuter.
I had to switch channels in between because I couldn't stand the things one of the commentators was rambling about.
He wasn't even stating things as his opinion but as facts, implying things that really hadn't anything to do with the race going on.
*sighs*

Hehe Britta! She was so cute with Dara and Cate during the victory ceremony.

So that's it. It feels strange to know that some, or well almost all of my favourite swimmers will not be there anymore at major competitions.
There are only a few left that I like and that I want to watch.
After 8 years of watching meets, being at meets, watching Olympics and seeing how they grew and what they managed, it's really weird to know that I'll maybe not being doing that anymore in the future.
I am still hoping for the World Cup to be well attended and maybe for Aaron to be at the Worlds in Rome. But I don't know.

Bed now.

I think I'll make crosses in my calendar when swimming is over.
As much fun as it is to watch and to squee over the guys and girls (swimmers I know) it seriously screws with my sleeping schedule and my feeling for time.
I actually managed to stay awake to see Ryan wining the 200m Back and Aaron recovering pretty quickly to hug the life out of RyRy. I am not as disappointed as I thought I'd be.
Probably it's Ryan and Aaron is stil second and Arkardy was there as well. I am okay with it. I am glad Aaron had good Games. His last probably.

I don't think I will watch this morning. I want to sleep. I am so tired. And even though it's 50m free and the 100 fly final; and I want to see Crocker and Cavic I don't think I could stay awake.

It's strange to think about how many of the swimmers I know or followed over the years will probably retire after these Games.
I am still hoping for Aaron to go on until the Worlds next year, I am not sure though if he will. I think I'll maintain the site for another year or so.
Have to ask Bobby if he knows anything.
Klete will retire. I am pretty sure Erik will, too. I don't know about Crocker or Jason, but Markus will retire after Rome 2009.

It will be interesting to see the start lists for the World Cup.

blue_ant, I don't know about tonight but I'll be there on Sunday though.
Larsen qualified for the 1500m free final and there will be the medley relay ( I hope so at least), and I want to watch the last day live.
So Sunday then. :D

***
I am so behind with the Summer Love Song Challenge that I feel sorry for myself.
I want to finish it and I will. I just have to find the time to do it. I never though that once I am done with exams and uni that I would have problems with time management.
Freaking Olympics.

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*waves at new friends*
Hi there.

First things first, since it is already after midnight here and since I don't know if I'll be online during the day:

Happy Birthday benitle!
Have a great day!

***
Had a lovely afternoon/evening with sandrine.
We met up to watch Mamma Mia!, which turned out to be funny and good. I still have some of the songs running on repeat in my head.
It took me some time to recognize Amanda Seyfried. I mean I know it was her but I couldn't remember where I had seen her before. Great singing voice.
Colin Firth was awesome. And I even oculd stand to watch Pierce Brosnan (even with a voice like that. It was decent when he was singing with Meryl Streep).
Meryl Streep's voice surprised me.

Got some drinks afterwards and generally enjoyed the atmosphere of the Sony Center.
Until my grandpa called just tot tell me that my mum had managed to close herself out of the apartment.
D'uh. She was waiting in the car until I got there, 1 1/2 hours later.

LJ is not letting me comment.
It's not loading.
Dammit.

Yes, I am awake. shut up.

Holy Hell okay, I htink it was worth getting up for.
Kosuke with WR and gold. I feel sorry for Brendan though, that was not what I wanted for him.

Aaron being slow and maybe limping? That has me worried.
Aaron please don't do it like Bren did.

But the relay, the relay had me in shock.
I didn't expect Jason to catch Bernard on the last 5 metres. Jason was so far behind that I'd never thought he could manage that.
But he did.
Holy Cow. That was one of the best relays I have ever seen.
And yes I screamed at the screen.

Back to bed!

ETA: I am kinda baffled by my visitors' numbers. On the site that is. Oh boy...

Haven't been online much due to the pre-wedding party yesterday and the wedding today.
Wedding was great. Nice atmosphere and a really gorgeous bride.

Am off to the party later.

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LARSEN!
Those are just the prelims and the guys swims an AR.
I just hope he'll be able to swim fasdt in the morning as well.

Olympics, Swimming: Larsen Jensen Sets American Record to Lead 400 Free Prelims

I am bored as hell. I have been doing nothing but sleep, drink, watch Bollywood movies and occassionally check LJ.
Still sick, not as bad as during the weekend but it is still there.
At least now I have something to drink around and masses of tea in the cupboard.

I want to write. Can't concentrate.
That sucks so much.

*goes back to drooling over Jensen pics*

***

Happy Birthday reijamira

@ spiritcrow: I got your card. :D Thank you!!!

***
I have been doing nothing but sleep (catch up on the sleep I missed the last weeks) and read big bang fic (since I kind of missed a lot with not being online so much).
I have even managed to almost get the last bit of editing done. I think my fic is almost ready to be posted.. yay

***
The whole Jessica Hardy thing gets more mysterious every day. I have no idea what to think or whom to believe. There are so many conflicted infos and no one seems to have the real story.
I don't know.. It's always kind of a shock, but if I suspected someone to come out and tested positive it certainly wouldn't have been her.
And really, the thing is that she was tested one day negative the next positive and the day afterward negative. How?
*sighs*

barely though. This is exhausting.

Spent the day at the library getting the last things our of the books about Oscar Wilde. But the two books I could have really used weren't there and hadn't been there for the last times I was there.
*pouts*

Had some strange but kinda cool encounter in the train the is morning. Trains was late, train was full and people had to pile (kind of).
So there was this group of American exchange students and we were standing really close together.
I use to think that my mp3 player isn't that loud since I perfectly understand people speaking with normal volume and I can perfectly hear the announcement sof the stations.
So this one guy of the Americans (I don't know how old they were maybe 15 or 16 but not much older) was looking at me for a while. Not creepy or so.. just sort of smiling. Until I just wanted to know what was up and asked"What?"
He just smiled a little more and said "That's Kane playing right?". His friends kind of started laughing, along the lines of 'nice pick-up line, dude'.. Me, though.. I was just kind of speechless and said 'yeah' and smiled back.
I have absolutely no idea how he could have heard that. Okay we were standing close but.. I don't know.

Apropos trains, they have had bilingual announcements on the city trains for about two years now (at least the main lines going to the main attractions). The one on my line is about where to change trains to get to airport and where to change trains to get Central Station and to the Olympic Stadium. This week though they added a new announcement and the cool or strange thing is that the voice they used is really British and it's the same they use on some of the National Express trains and somtimes on the Stansted trains. It's weird because it's so polite and so British. Every time I hear it I want to go back to London.

My interesting stories today revolve around the train as it seems.
On the way home a really cute girl was sitting across from me and we kind of kept looking at each other and smiling... and I don't know.
I loved her hair cut. Really.
So what did I do when I got home? Right, I cut my hair because I thought it would look a little better... I am surprised that it worked out the way I wanted it..

Important thing away from the train, bought shoes today. On the way home but between trains.
I didn't even want to go into C&A but they had this huge SALE in the windows and I thought I could go and look for some shirts.
Bought shoes. Summer shoes. Yay.

This is so random and I didn't even want to write a huge entry.

Just my back is bothering me more and more these days. I can't walk properly and without pain. It's just really hurts to sit and be all hunched over books.
Ouch.

ETA: Watch Dr Horrible's Singalong Blog. WATCH IT!!!!
http://www.drhorrible.com/

Happy Birthday gehirnstuerm!!
Hope you have a great day!


*hugs*

Dear next-door neighbours,

no it is not cool to suddenly blast music so loud that the next block even can hear every word of the lyrics at 4.00am in the morning.
And furthermore it is not okay to then go ahead and argue with your girlfriend, or whoever that squeaky voice was, about the volume of the music.
There are other people living around, even if it doesn't seem like if because the place is so bloody QUIET all the time.

No love
me

I went to bed early yesterday (which btw is one of the reasons I am so behind with my flist. Sorry guys) to catch up on the sleep deficit. It was a good plan and I had, for once, no problems falling alseep.
I even had nice dreams until 4.00am and until so idiotic drunkensomething decided to play hardcore rock and wake uop every single person around. I mean I appreciate that someone tried to do somehting but the constant jumps between loud and slightly less less and no music at all for almost an hour was not really helping matters. Police was around at one time, so I guess someone called them. I would have done it if had gone on.

I was feeling okay on the way to talk to my prof, which turned out to be a useless act since she has her office hours tomorrow and not today. I was awake and feeling okay, so I went to get some more things done at the library. Unfortunately it was not the Brain today but the *new* JFK library. New as in newly re-opened after the construction work that was donw to the whole building. The problems is, they are not finished by any means. Not at all. So it was loud and sticky (because this time the AC was not on at all. So I didn't freeze to death but couldn't breath.. yay?). And they had a huge water leak in all of the bathrooms, like water not only leaking but running down the walls and stairs in some kind of little waterfalls. Joy. Oh and the security guy was working on the door, freaking alarm sounded every few minutes.

I don't really know what happened but it kind of it me. I was about to fall alseep there. My head was *this* close to hitting the desk and it was about to explode at the same time. I mean I actually managed to get some things done and I really hope they'll be enough for the exam on Monday but still it wasn't such a productive day. Not as much as I wished it would be.
Slept for two hours when I got home and now I am trying to catch up with LJ, emails (for those who are interested, no answer from NBC yet.) and get more exams stuff done. But really, I am drained.

Yesterday was better. I did get more stuff done and I managed to go and watch "Hancock". I liked it. It was good for that kind of action movie.

***
Photo meme thingy, you can still ask me to take pictures of things.

Someone asked for a picture of my favourite place in town. I never thought this would be such a hard task, because there are a lot of places I liked to be at or in but I couldn't really say which one of them is my favourite. I could tell you my fav places in London or Barcelona or even in California but here... it's hard to decide.

***
Obama will be here on the 24th and now they are arguing about whether they should allow him to speak in front of the Brandenburg Gate or not. Some people fear it would look like the government is preferring one of the candidates.
D'uh.

Hehe.. Okay... I think this is the first time since I have been following swimming that I've seen a backstroke WR tied. (which makes it what? Between 12 and 8 years? Huh..)
YAY Aaron!!!!! Tied Ryan's WR
*hugs RyRy*

But holy hell they were close:
Aaron -> 1:54.32
Ryan -> 1:54.34

Oh and yay for Gary and Nathan making the 50 Free finals. Gary looks pretty good. Hope he makes it.
Would be cool for him at 33 to make his fourth Olympic team. And really Game without Gary... I can't remember Games without him.

Bed. Now.

ETA: Wheeeee Amanda!

Let me just say this: WORLD RECORD!!!!
Aaron? I still love you!!!

In addition: Klete and Erik are on the team. Realy spots only (for Erik so far) but they are on the team!
Thank God!

Amanda though didn't make it. Neither did Randall.

***
Oh I hate to be up this early.

LJ just ate my entry. :(

Wheee "Shadow's Return" has been sent off today. About fucking time.
*bounce*

And I really kind of love the new Opera browser. Uhm.. really.

In other news, will not stay awake for finals tonight. I just can't do it.
*sighs* I wanna but yeah... Hope Aaron will wing it anyway. I want him on the team.
ETA: since Ryan dropped the 200 free final Larsen is in it now... Dude, does that I have to try and watch now?
Damn.. but really that means Ryan is concentrating on the 100 Back, which now makes me worry about Aaron.
Uhm was that a swimming post now? Okay, who cares ?

Back to other, less entertaining books.

Short prelims post... because I am actually studying on the side (or pretend to..).
Watching prelims almost always leaves me kind of angry at some of the guys (and girls). No matter if I am there to see it live or watch it on the screen.
Just now Aaron kind of scared the hell out of me... he qualified for the semis tonight (which I hate btw.. I hate semi finals) but he was just 6th. Randall kicked butt though, as did Ryan.

KLete qualified as well and I am praying for him to make it into finals.
Larsen once again was the surprise of the race. Was actually 2nd fastest qualifier in his 200m free heat.. And he always said the short races aren't for him. Guess coach Salo saw that differently.

Amanda!!! Amanda qualified for semis, too. Wheeeee.
Natalie broke the WR in the prelims, after it was broken in the heat before hers (kind of reminds me of Barcelona and that 100m Fly race).

ETA: God I so miss seeing them live. Right now I actually wish I could be there and watch, even though I know it probably would break my heart to see some of them not make it.

See? I said I would be spamming.

I love Larsen in USC colors. I don't know but I love it.
Larsen from last night.


And dude, arms.


Aaron will be swimming today, so I guess I'll be watching at least the prelims.
Mike scratched the 100m Back, but Ryan will still be swimming it. So there is the chance for Aaron and Ryan to qualify 1-2 (not matter which way).

This picspam is for blue_ant because it's Erik and I promised to post some Erik pictures.
( There you go. )

***
The Team in Berlin. It still feels cool to see that even though I am not there this time.
I know how it is to be there and be in the middle of the party so seeing it on the TV screen is kinda nice as well.
It is cool that they are breaking tradition for the fans, with coming to Berlin instead of Frankfurt.

I like the shirts.

Ha.. Poldi und Pocher..

And I still have a slight crush on Thomas Helmer. Hehe.. It's been years but still...

***
University wise this day was a failure. Well not completely but still. Got books back to the library and got a new one.
The admin office, or rather the desk being responsible for my kind of degree, was not manned today, which we only saw when we were standing in front of the door.
D'uh. Okay, next try Wednesday. Because really this is the last step I need to do to be able to do the exams.

Okay then... back to Oscar Wilde.

Since I am still awake and not in bed as I am supposed to I can do the squeeage now... Because OMG LARSEN!!!!
AR in the 400m free beating out Peter, Erik and Klete. A 400m FREE RACE that LARSEN won with an AR!!!!!! What the hell happened there?
He is going to Beijing with a 400m free spot... uhm, and I was worrying about the 1500m. *snorts*

Sad thing about that.. Klete and Erik.
Klete went out way too fast and dropped back in the last half of the race. Oh Klete, so it has to be the 200m spot now?
Oh poor tiger.
Erik though still has the 1500m and I think one of the IMs to go.
I hope he makes the team. I hope they both will. I want my Trojan boys on the team and I want Erik and Larsen to be together again.

Oh and Ryan made the team... and how he made it. Under the WR in the 400m IMs... the thing is Mike was under WR as well and was actually a tad bit faster.
So Mike won (how else could it go?) with Ryan taking second.

OH God I need pics.. I need videos. I want to see Larsen.
Sheeeeeep!!!
*bounce*

FINALE!!!!!!!

Holy Shit.
Not such a good game but still... they did it.

*bounce*

And shit it's loud around here.

ETA: Seems like the team will be in Berlin again, no idea if it applies to both cases (win or not) but it would be cool to do it again. This time it will be a Monday, so maybe not so many people (yeah right.. *snorts).

****
Josi? Petschan asked where my twin was today.. *grins*
Was good that I was there today, he totally forgot to ask for a room and wanted me to take the consultation in september.
I had to remind him that the exam was July. So he wrote everything down.. again.

***
still have to decide what to do about NBC.

Okay, that isn't what I expected. I didn't even want to watch the game. But my mum and my brother kinda got me watching... and holy hell, what happend to the team?
That was a good game. Like really a good game.
YAY!
Semi-Final!
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I don't have a football icon anymore... I need one again I think.

***
And some fun.

*laughs and laughs and laughs*
That actually looks pretty good despite the fact that I wanted Jensen or Jared.. but hey I can live with Steve...
*giggle even more*
OMG I will like 13 again. It's been a while since I played that.

		I will marry Steve Carlson.
		After a wild honeymoon, We will settle down in Vancouver in our fabulous Apartment.
		We will have 0 kid(s) together.
		Our family will zoom around in a black Chevy Impala.
		I will spend my days as a writer, and live happily ever after.

Happy Birthday mata090680!!!
I hope you have an awesome day!


*hugs*